My Fair Lady - ball scene- Page 2

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/25/07 at 10:44pm

A unit doesn't need to be static. SO many people hear "unit set" and think RENT, where everything is stationary... A simple set may be designed with platforms, priaktoi, etc that may be shifted and repositioned to create a very effective design. Periaktoi are only of the oldest and easiest, and very effective tricks of the stage that can help free up some budget. Don't under estimate selective realism being used on a unit set.....

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 10:34am

I was in a stock production that cut the ball - exit for the ball ended Act 1 and the return opened Act 2 - no major damage. It also used a unit set - the study was permanent, though shallow and upstage. Abstract drops then lowered in front for the Covent Garden/Ascot scenes. It worked well enough.

I never heard one comment during the run concerning the deletion of the ball.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 4:59pm

I saw a horrible production of MFL but they had one moment of utter inspiration. The ballroom scene. I think they had maybe six or eight people who could waltz and they built a very large flat with a grand doorway looking INTO the ballroom and had the scene take place inside the ballroom but from the very tiny keyhole view, with the same people waltzing by, changing some element of costume and waltzing back again. It was brilliant, simple and very memorable....

Try to use your imagination before using a red pencil.

[AngusN]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 6:30pm

Thanks for your input guys. OtherDaryl how were the other settings depicted? Miss Higgins home? The pub scene?