Anyone Seen the Mary Poppins AD?- Page 3

[winston89]

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]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:49pm

I must ask...do they simply cut that sequence if it is not working, or does Bert do some sort of alternate choreography on stage?

[goofy108]

Posted: 7/29/07 at 10:55pm

im 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.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

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?

[musicalkid]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 6:34am

London's witches of Eastwick DID fly over the audience. don;t know about the current american staging

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 8:47am

The flying was more complex and impressive in London (the ladies could cross each other and had a larger range of movement), though Signature did well with the space and technical resources they had.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 9:15am

When I was in Box 11, I had well over an 80% view, and missed only the very back of the stage. However, the people in the very front boxes were continuously complaining during intermission (and I do believe that they thought they could trick me into switching with them before the show).

Box 10 should be okay...you'll have less of a view than I did, but a better one than the box in front of you.

[mikem]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 9:35am

(SPOILER for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, not that it probably matters at this point)

I thought the effect at the end of Chitty with the Childcatcher was very similar to Mary Poppins flying over the audience -- if I hadn't seen Chitty, I would have been much more wowed by the flying in Mary Poppins.

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 7:09pm

Opposite for me. I was far more impressed with Poppins' flight than the one in Chitty, which was overly publicized as something extraordinary to the stage.