Crowley fills half the stage with a cloudless cerulean sky, the rest with the monumental forms of a low-angled marble roof, pocked marble walls, and a jagged, crumbling outcropping of stone.
"The tomb was very grand, with marble roof tiles, not terracotta, and was probably inspired by what he saw in Turkey," said Daniela Rossi, the archaeologist who led the dig and has written a book about the finds.
doormen, concierge, kitchen window, marble baths; roof deck, gym and pool in building; common charge $790; taxes $7,104; listed at $749,000.
The evening was also memorable for Bob Crowley's spectacular set: a monumental low-angled, marble palace roof set against a cerulean sky: a cunning correlative for a play in which heat and hiding are central.
The walls were decorated with marble, the roof was gilded, while the narthex featured a depiction of the baptism of Constantine the Great.
The temple that Domitian built was marble with gilded roof tiles and gold-plated doors.
Materials from all parts of the world were brought in: steel from England, marble from Italy, roof tiles from France.
Brooklyn's Borough Hall, a Greek Revival building with an Ionic colonnade clad in fine Tuckahoe marble and a roof topped, incongruously, with a Victorian cupola, is a monument to diminished expectations.
ceilings, granite and marble kitchen, private roof terrace; common charge $481; taxes $3,252; listed at $375,000 , 8weeks on market (Broker: Douglas Elliman) UPPER WEST SIDE $725,0002533 West 73rd Street (Level Club) 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,263-sq.-ft.
By Rebecca Mead Brooklyn's Borough Hall, a Greek Revival building with an Ionic colonnade clad in fine Tuckahoe marble and a roof topped, incongruously, with a Victorian cupola, is a monument to diminished expectations.
There'll be no 16th-century polished marble floors or roof terrace with unmatched views of Rome for the world's most powerful primate; Francis is giving up his rightful place in the opulent upper floors of the Apostolic Palace to live in a Vatican hotel, taking meals in a communal dining room.
