Pulling Furniture

Theater warehouses are like dusty, rather mildew-smelling Aladdin's Caves.

Universally ill-lit and with narrow aisles, a theater warehouse is always piled rafters high with a motley collection of furniture: some of it real antiques come on hard times; some of it humble pieces jazzed up with trim and new upholstery, like an actor in stage makeup and costumes; and some of it built for a show and hanging on to help out, like many stage crew.