Editing Radio City Music Hall (section)

====Offstage====
[[File:Radio City Music Hall stage hydraulics.jpg|thumb|Backstage hydraulic system]]
The [[Parts of a theatre#Backstage or offstage|offstage]] area of Radio City contains many rooms that allow all productions to be prepared on-site. The offstage rooms include a [[carpenter (theatre)|carpenter]]'s studio, a [[scene shop]], sewing rooms, dressing rooms for 600 people, a [[green room]] for performers' guests, and a dormitory.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1978|p=9}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Radio City Music Hall To Be Opened Dec. 27; Brilliant Program Is Planned for Premiere – Theatre to Have Dormitory for the Chorus |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=November 18, 1932 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/11/18/105886921.pdf|access-date=November 30, 2017|archive-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403220548/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/11/18/105886921.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Two elevators are placed on either side of the stage, as well as a circular staircase. The female performers' restrooms and dressing rooms are placed as close as possible to the stage, and the male performers' dressing rooms are placed on the opposite side of the stage. This was in conformance with Roxy's belief that "happy performers make successful shows".{{sfn|Hofmeister|1932|p=359}} Above the auditorium were two studios for Roxy, as well as a broadcast studio, rehearsal room, and two preview rooms.{{sfn|Hofmeister|1932|p=360}}

The elevator system was designed by Peter Clark and built by Otis Elevators. The [[stage lift|elevator]] system was so advanced that the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] incorporated identical hydraulics in constructing [[World War II]] aircraft carriers; according to Radio City lore, during the war, government agents guarded the basement to hide the U.S. Navy's technological advantage.<ref>{{cite web|last=Boland|first=Ed Jr.|title=F.y.i. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/nyregion/fyi-414514.html |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=March 18, 2012|date=August 18, 2002|archive-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530054244/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/nyregion/fyi-414514.html|url-status=live}}</ref>