Anyone Seen the Mary Poppins AD?- Page 2
Anyone Seen the Mary Poppins AD?
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#25mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 1:56pmgreat ad. They did some heavy photoshoping to rid of those fly wires though
#26mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 2:12pmNot to burst everyone's bubble, but she doesn't fly at every performance - there have been numerous occasions when something has gone wrong with the technology and they don't risk it.
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#28mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 3:32pmThe flying effect must be awesome from those far-back boxes.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#29mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 4:11pmI'm curious to know how it is all rigged. Is there some piece of equipment that goes from the stage to top balcony that is there throughout the whole show or what.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#30mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 4:17pm
Ive seen from the orchestra and the balcony.
kind of hard to describe without pointing at it, but if you want me to try, i can.
yes, something is there for the whole show, no, you can't see it unless you look hard.
kate2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/05
#31mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 5:12pm
Was I the only one who wasn't really amazed that she flew at the end? It's not like she's the first person to fly over an audience.
edited for a typo
Updated On: 7/28/07 at 05:12 PM
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#32mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 9:25pm
She may not be the first, but she has one the most effective flights.
The first time I saw the show, she did not fly (and it was very scary). However, the show still ends with all the amazing night sky lighting in the house and you can watch the family on stage...giving a different and very moving perspective.
#33mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 9:48pmHow often does she not fly?
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#34mary poppins
Posted: 7/28/07 at 9:54pmIt seems to be a very rare occurence.....there's really no way of saying how often because it hardly ever doesn't succeed.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
srgr8
Understudy Joined: 3/4/07
#36mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 5:19amI was just there on Tuesday night and the first thing I thought when I walked up the stairs was "What a BEAUTIFUL theatre!" It's incredible. My mom and I were in the third row of the front mezz and it was incredible, We saw her all the way up to the (SEMI-SPOILER!!!) catwalk where she "lands"..my brother in the back of the mezz only saw her before she went up towards the balcony and his line of vision was cut off. A great way to end the show!...very effective as already said.
"Love the art in you, not yourself in the art." --Konstantin Stanislavsky
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#37mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:32amPeter Pan was one show I recall.
#38mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:35amWhat the heck is an AD?
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#41mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 3:56pm
Did you already buy your tickets?
I also remember Tarzan flying over the audience.
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#43mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 4:05pmNo they are fine. It doesn't really matter anymore if you can see her whole flight since you already bought the tickets and there is nothing you can do about it.
#45mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 5:12pm
I thought the ad looks amazing!
Sometimes even though you know they are going to fly you still get goose pimplies... Like when they did it in Witches of Eastwick here at the Signature.
#46mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 5:12pm
I thought the ad looks amazing!
Sometimes even though you know they are going to fly you still get goose pimplies... Like when they did it in Witches of Eastwick here at the Signature.
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#47mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 6:41pmThey flew over the audience in Witches of Eastwick?
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#48mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 7:40pmThankstoPhantom, the time you saw it and she didn't fly, why was it scary? I assume she just walked off or something similar...
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#49mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 8:04pmShe was basiclally yanked onto the stage by the wires (they looked like they were twisted). Crewmen walked onto the stage and tried to throw her in the air. Then more crew people ran on, they asked Brown some kind of question, and they pulled her off stage. Brown was continuously shaking her head no, and spending time slightly hunched over....I don't think she felt safe...nor did it look safe.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#50mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:24pm
I do recall reading somewhere that she doesn't fly just as often as Elphaba doesn't "defy gravity." They have done a good job ever since those inciidents to test it out between preformances and make sure it is working. But, they don't have her do it unlsess if is done safely. Same thing goes for Burt's dance in Step In Time.
But, as in both shows, they have had incidents where they couldn't do eiather one because the machaincs weree not working right.
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#51mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:49pmI must ask...do they simply cut that sequence if it is not working, or does Bert do some sort of alternate choreography on stage?
#52mary poppins
Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:55pmim sure they have some sort of a/b routine mapped out and the actor is notified before their scene to either go on as usual or to perform the back-up plan. they would have to.
#53mary poppins
Posted: 7/31/07 at 2:07am
"She was basiclally yanked onto the stage by the wires (they looked like they were twisted). Crewmen walked onto the stage and tried to throw her in the air. Then more crew people ran on, they asked Brown some kind of question, and they pulled her off stage. Brown was continuously shaking her head no, and spending time slightly hunched over....I don't think she felt safe...nor did it look safe."
*Shudders*
I just ordered box 10, I hope it's not like 50% partial view. :-l Does anyone know how it is?
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