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ENTERTAINMENT HIGH GEAR/FEBRUARY 1977

LASERIUM TAKES

CLEVELAND BOW

In mid-February, Friendship. Productions, Inc., a Cleveland based national entertainment corporation will join with Laser Images, Inc. of Van Nuys, California to introduce a new entertainment form to the Cleveland area for the first time. Although intensely difficult to describe, Laserium combines

from Gustav Holst's "The Planets," "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss and "Echos" by Pink Floyd.

Site for Laserium will be The Allen Theatre, 1407 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland's Playhouse Square, where Friendship Productions has converted the theatre seating portion of the historic old building into a planetarium complete with a mini space museum. Laserium will be run 15 times a week on Wednesday thru Sunday and admission will be $3.00 per person with no one under six admitted. Flash

sophisticated laser technology, a complex system of prisms and optical scanners, a computer, and a superb sound system. The result is a unique audio-visual experience which produces multi-colored, three dimensional illusions which

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photography and late seating CLEVELAND BALLET

are not permitted and the no smoking ban will be strictly enforced as smoke interferes with the trajectory of the laser beams. Laserium patrons inhouse parking is available in the Bulkley Garage located 200 feet south of the intersection of Chester and 14th St. on 14th.

choreographed to selections of classical and contemporary music.

The Laserium patron will walk inside of a four story tall 70 foot diameter planetarium dome where he will seat himself in one of 500 comfortable chairs, each complete with a headrest. Slowly, the lights will begin to dim and a planetarium starfield will be projected onto the curved ceiling. On top of this deep-space background, a performer known as a "laserist" will begin to introduce the

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Currently, Laserium is appearing in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis, Rochester, Oklahoma City, Toronto and Kyoto, Japan. To date, the spectacle has been enjoyed by three million persons worldwide with an average run per city of twenty months! For additional information, or information on group sales or the grand opening, contact Friendship Productions at 371-8294.

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brilliantly pure laser colors of red, yellow, green and blue and soon the domed "sky" will be ablaze with swirls, clouds, mists and intricate geometric patterns which appear to pulsate, dance and play holographically over the heads of the audience. All laser movement will be perfectly choreographed to 12 independent musical selections which will be faithfully reproduced on a specially created sound system designed by Terra Tu, a Cleveland based recording studio. Musical selections include "Neptune"

Laserium Images at the Allen Theatre,

1407 Euclid Ave.

in Cleveland's Playhouse Square.

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