Kennywood continued the Macdonald tradition of offering large-scale entertainment, presenting circuses, lumberjack and acrobatics shows, and stage performances at the new Hillside Theater.
His background was in hospitality and large-scale entertainment, among other, various skills that he probably had to tap into to create such a massive experience -- but his "what" is not what matters.
Public facilities such as baths (thermae), toilets that were flushed with running water (latrinae), conveniently located basins or elaborate fountains (nymphea) delivering fresh water, and large-scale entertainments such as chariot races and gladiator combat were aimed primarily at the common people who lived in the insulae.
In the season of large-scale fantasy entertainment, documentaries may be ideal counterprogramming.
I'm still holding out hope that the next generation of large-scale live entertainment is out there somewhere; here, it was the vision that was missing.
Lawrence Talbot, the hairy hero, broodingly played by Benicio Del Toro, is torn between his human and his bestial impulses, and this new version of the 1941 creature-feature classic struggles to stay true to its pulpy B-movie roots while fulfilling the commercial imperatives of a modern, large-scale commercial entertainment.
"Lincoln," released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures, is a long, lavish, talky historical pageant, featuring some of the finest and best-known actors in movies, written by an eminent playwright (Tony Kushner) and directed by a man (Steven Spielberg) whose name is virtually synonymous with large-scale, blockbuster entertainment.
A critic who voices skepticism about a comic book movie — or any other expensive, large-scale, boy-targeted entertainment — is likely to be called out for snobbery or priggishness, to be accused of clinging to snobbish, irrelevant standards and trying to spoil everyone else's fun.
For Marreno, witnessing continued events of large-scale violence in spaces of entertainment and amusement are particularly difficult in the wake of Pulse.
A sunny 6-foot-1, Aitken is known for staging large-scale public "Happenings" — theatrical entertainments involving farm auctioneers, gospel singers, a drum corps, dancers, a bull-whip-snapping cowboy and food served on "sonic" tables.
That event a decade ago set the bar for all subsequent Goma openings: lots of colourful, large-scale art mixed with generous free entertainment and bar privileges.
