Cast, Setting, and Special Effects
The pageant's cast includes 700 people. Prospective cast, many from outside New York State, apply online between the previous August and November, and they selected based on appearance alone, since the soundtrack is prerecorded by professional actors with singing by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The show opens after only a week of rehearsal, and it closes after seven performances.
Over 1,300 costumes are utilized for the pageant, which plays out on a 10-level stage. Special effects include earthquakes, floods, and fireballs.
There are 8,000 chairs available for audience seating. All are also invited to bring their own chairs and blankets. There is also parking for 3,000 cars. The pageant attracts approximately 35,000 annually.
Read more about this topic: Hill Cumorah Pageant
Famous quotes containing the words special and/or effects:
“A successful woman preacher was once asked “what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry?” “Not one,” she answered, “except the lack of a minister’s wife.””
—Anna Garlin Spencer (1851–1931)
“Corporate America will likely be motivated to support child care when it can be shown to have positive effects on that which management is concerned about—recruitment, retention and productivity. Indeed, employers relate to child care as a way to provide growth fostering environments for young managers.”
—Dana E. Friedman (20th century)