A More Beautiful Set

It was QUITE beautiful. I can't say EVER, but QUITE ...and that is capitalized.
:)
-d.b.j-

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I agree with the wall and the whole set of Nine was beautiful. Wicked has a really cool and beautiful set and same with phantom.

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I agree with you all!
I know Oliver Smith did the sets for Camelot, Oklahoma and maybe even Peter Pan. Zeffirelli and Desmond Heeley have done opera and ballet sets. Have they done Broadway?

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Oh, my bad.

I thought this was another discussion of the Dracula nudity.

Thanks ever so Miss Channing.
You are truly the first lady of the theatre!

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i loved the set of broadway production of la boheme!!!
i also think the set for the lion king is pretty awsome!!!

Phantom of the Opera had a beautiful set as well.

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I never saw it live , wasn't born yet, but I have seen pictures of Boris Aronson's set of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC was beautifully striking, or strikingly beautiful. NINE's set was captivating though.

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The best sets Ive seen (in order)
1. Wicked
2. Phantom
3. RENT
4. Hairspray
5. The 2003 Revival of Gypsy
6. Les Miserables

Breakdown:

WICKED- Truly amazing. When I walked into the Gershwin on opening night, I just stopped dead in my tracks to take in the intricate and fantastically designed sets. The dragon is awesome! I also loved the sets for the show itself. Everywhere from the Great Gillikin Forrest (As Long As Your Mine), to Shiz University (Dear Old Shiz, What is this Feeling?, The Wizard and I), to the Emerald City (One Short Day), the list goes on and on. Everything was blissfully perfect for a show of this caliber.

PHANTOM- Hauntingly wonderful. The lake scenes are amazing and the sets make beautiful transitions from the dreary depths of the sewers to the stunningly gorgeous opera house. The chandelier was breathtaking and the scene where it swings violently over the audience and crashes to peices on the stage, was deservingly declared as one of Broadway's greatest feats in set making and special effects ever.

RENT- This show displayed how simplicity can work. It looked like a high school show set, but yet it was so mind blowingly real. The sets were phenomenal and were one of the best things about the show. They also contributed to why it has become a groundbreaking and period peice.

HAIRSPRAY- It felt as though one was being transported into a comic book. It's 2-D, awesomely designed sets propelled the audience into the 1960's. Another example of how non extravagance works. They were nothing like RENTs sets, but they werent gigantic, toweringly beautiful sets. They were plain and colorful.

GYPSY- Sam Mendes' smash revival had stunning sets and (like Hairspray) made one feel as though they were actually in the time period the story took place. The Diamond Burlesque sets were stunning and the cue cards on either side of the stage were clever and inventive. These sets were truly amazing ones that made smooth transitions from one scene to the next.

LES MISERABLES: Not until The Barracade scene was I REALLY blown away by these sets. Obscure and complex, that one set really took my breath away. Although I didnt like the show that much, I must address the sets and how surprisingly great they were.

Those are the best sets Ive EVER seen.

Updated On: 8/4/04 at 10:43 PM

i love the sets for AIDA, Hairspray and Fiddler. Fiddler's setisn't that complex, but i love the trees and lanterns.

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son of a gunn. the show you are thinking of is "The Apple Tree". For the Garden of Eden. They had this huge, marvelous, Star Wars like Forrest set. The scene began and Mike Nichols called on the stage saying "Why aren't you there?" To which Barbra Harris and Alan Alda said "We are".

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I loved the sets for both Broadway productions of "Into the Woods."
The set for "The Producers" is a lot of fun.
"Nine" was inventive.
The "La Boheme" set was beyond gorgeous.