West has been nominated for more than 30 VMAs over his career, and odds are he'll also be performing Sunday night given that the award's previous two recipients (Beyonce and Justin Timberlake) were given ample stage time. .
Daniel Ettinger's set features stylized woods that soar to the highest reaches of Woolly's ample stage, with shadowy nighttime lighting by Colin K. Bills and outdoorsy sound from Palmer Hefferan.
Mr. Cantone has ample stage credits (he replaced Nathan Lane in "Love! Valour! Compassion!" on Broadway) but is probably best known for his high-pitched stand-up comedy work, and he knows how to take over a room.
Unfortunately there's no way to digitally airbrush away the hokum that pervades the whole show, like the ample stage smoke puffing away throughout the proceedings, giving a most commendable featured performance as the fabled pea-soupy London fog.
The Santa Fe Opera, an important summer company, performs in an open-air space with a big stage and ample orchestra pit, with seating for more than 2,100, all covered by a high roof.
Inside, the building is dark, dank, and unadorned – like any good honky tonk worth the title – with a red, gleaming stage and an ample dance floor tucked into a corner.
The spectacle of the driven prosecutor, the impassioned defense attorney, and the accused, whose fate hangs in the balance, has received ample treatment in literature, on stage, and on the silver screen.
The sparseness of the pit gave the band ample space to exit the stage and properly terrorize.
He got what he needed through ample access to the artists, on stage and in the studio.
