River City Scenic Inc.

Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas – Blue Planet Mountain Set

Here’s a production photo from the show Blue Planet on the Allure of the Seas. Please click image for larger view.

The mountain unit contains three trampolines used for the acrobatic nature of the scene. This unit also traverses upstage-downstage on the stage’s built-in winch tracks. One unique aspect of the fabrication process was that the initial foam sculpture was done by CNC routing. A 3D scan was made of the designer’s scale model and we added voids where we would be fitting in our wagon units. The CNC routing saved us an enormous amount of sculpting time by creating the basic shape and allowing us to concentrate on the rock detailing itself. The finished sculpture was then fiberglassed for durability.

Production Credits:
Show Concept: Under The Radar Productions Inc
Director/Choreographer: Jeremy Plummer
Scenic Design: Hariton/Baral Design
Lighting Design: Simon Harry
Costume Design: Jackson Lowell

Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas – OceanAria

Here is a production photo that has been annotated with a few notes about the scenic items we provided. Please click the image for a larger view.

Production Credits:
Show Concept: Under The Radar Productions Inc
Director/Choreographer: Jeremy Plummer
Scenic Design: Hariton/Baral Design
Lighting Design: Mark Pranzini
Costume Design: Jackson Lowell

2010 – Year In Review: Allure of the Seas

By far, the biggest project of 2010 was our work for Royal Caribbean International’s new vessel, Allure of the Seas.  Here’s an overview of our involvement in the major entertainment venues.
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New Photo Albums Posted

Over on the Photo Gallery page there are two new albums of photos from the productions of “Hairspray”(link) and “Come Fly With Me”(link) which are both currently running onboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas. Scenery fabrication for these shows began in June 2009. Installation onboard started mid-October followed by public performances that began in December.

Production photos by Gerry Hariton of Hariton/Baral Design.(link)

Rose Brand 2010 Catalog

For the 7th consecutive year Rose Brand has placed a photo from one of our productions on the inside cover of their yearly catalog. The image is from a Royal Caribbean production, “Invitation To Dance” which is currently being performed on their ship, Independence of the Seas.

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A “Captain’s Video Blog” from Oasis of the Seas

Here is a video from the Oasis of the Seas website about the production of “Hairspray”. During the video, you’ll see a number of the scenery pieces that we provided. The light wall consists of 360 Acclaim Lighting X-Panels.

Rose Brand 2009 Catalog

There are a few photos from our recent installations in the 2009 Rose Brand catalogue. The two examples shown here are both two-page spreads. In fact, our installations have had great exposure by Rose Brand as we have been featured on the inside cover every year since 2004.

Thank You Rose Brand!

 

We are featured in the September 2008 Lighting & Sound America.

In the September 2008 issue of Lighting & Sound America there is an in-depth article by David Barbour about the production shows installed on Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas. The article is focused on the design challenge that Hariton/Baral Design faced with fitting four production shows in the ship’s main theatre, and details the process and end result of the overall project. Unfortunately, the article is not posted online at this time. The magazine’s website is here.

The Speed Art Museum – Art Sparks Interactive Gallery

We recently completed this interactive exhibit for the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY. Items from the museum’s Yoruba collection were used to develop the exhibit. Activities for participants include making a variety of paper rubbings with Yoruba motifs and decorating a costume for an Egungun ritual.

  

Prop Example

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Here is an example of a furniture prop that we recently built. The chaise was intentionally covered in the same fabric as the costume.