For Broadway’s MJ: The Musical, which focuses on Michael Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous world tour, Derek McLane’s scenic design include 30 feet tall and 4 feet wide window walls on the side of the stage which pivot to open and close, and an upstage wall of windows that is 20 feet high and 27 feet wide. The show also has a significant mirror motif. Actors roll in large 3 ½ feet wide by 8 feet tall mirror panels, seven in all, which can be used in varying configurations. For the musical number “They Don’t Care About Us,” McLane envisioned shattered mirror pieces flying through the air. PRG created two intricate and delicate metal frames to hold 160 mirror shards made of Lexan.
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