(Yes, including the mock baize-plus-wood backdrop to Game Center — although that is truly awful).
The theater, as a result, was wreathed in smiles — a welcome distraction from the unattractive staging, which was accessorized with three giant funereal arrangements of flowers that could do nothing to soften the stark lighting or relieve the banality of the wood paneling backdrop.
But the most attention was paid to the stage, where a wood-paneled backdrop resembles a 1940s radio.
The action, ably directed by Michael Gieleta, unfolded in front of an attractive wood-paneled backdrop, enlivened by the cast's colorful Czech costumes.
Charred wood forms a backdrop to a soft canopy of English trees, with box and yew formal pillows.
Instead, a large amount of money seems to have been spent on installing sleek wood panels and backdrops that reinforce the feeling that the exhibition might be a department-store display, celebrating one of those landmark "birthdays".
She stood before a dazzling backdrop of wood and lights that resembled a lantern flattened out and crossbred with a Christmas tree.
Still, at Yetimogullari Restoran (Gazi Caddesi, Findikkale Arasi; 90-454-212-0839), where chandeliersleekrrors and sleek white leather upholstery are an unlikely backdrop for wood-oven-baked breads and home-style soups and stews, baked hamsi with onions, long green chiles and tomatoes served as a good warm-up.
Sweeping forest and mountain views form the backdrop for the wood-paneled contemporary, set on a ridge of more than two acres in the Blue Sky Ridge neighborhood.
His wife, Michelle Stuhl, is a painter who often uses wood, not canvas, as a backdrop.
