BEST COSTUMES/SCENERY/LIGHTING you've seen in a show.

[Derek2]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:19pm

What show have u seen that blew you away with it's sets,costumes and lights? Id have to say Wicked and Dance Of The Vampires.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:22pm

The Lion King and Wicked.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:23pm

Peter Pan

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:24pm

Well, sorry to say it, but for a designer, Disney shows are amazing projects to work on! All of the Disney shows have amazing production elements.

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:46pm

Lion King and RENT

[Plum]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:51pm

Do photos of the original production of Follies count? Because those costumes and sets were seriously amazing.

But if we're talking stuff I've seen myself recently, the costumes that have really blown me away are the showgirl outfits at the end of The Boy From Oz. Those headdresses! And though this isn't technically complicated, the moon shining in a sky filled with coin stars in Caroline, or Change was one of the prettiest moments I've ever seen.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 7:55pm

thoroughly modern millie- costumes and lighting
i loved how the lighting on the everpresent cityscape changed as the time of day did. And i never realized that much technicolor could make sense in an office setting

oklahoma!- lighting- that backdrop was inspired in the overture with the sunrise and the like

[Jon]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:19pm

Way back in 1976, A CHORUS LINE truly changed the look of stage lighting. With a basically bare stage - just some mirrors until the finale - the lighting WAS the set design. There were times when each character wasisolated in a tiny square of light. It was especially cool if you were in the mezzanine and could see the patterns on the floor.

It's not such a big deal now, but back then, before the age of comnputer-controlled automatic-color-changing motorized moving stage lights, it was pretty damned impressive!

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:21pm

Sunset Boulevard. Simply amazing

[Delphine]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:22pm

Although I wasn't very impressed with this show, I thought AIDA had stunning sets, costumes, and lighting. I can certainly say that those things were the best part of the show. Everything was very bright, but well placed, and very very Broadway-glitzy.

[JoizeyActor]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:25pm

This wasn't Broadway, but the first show that I really noticed the lighting in was BARE.

Not that I didn't notice that lighting in other shows, but I felt the lighting in BARE added a LOT to the show and created so much emotion during the very crucial scenes.

I mean, when Jason is in the confessional booth and the light is filtering through the confession screen onto his face, that was just a really powerful image that added to the deep scene it occured in.

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:29pm

I agree with Jon -- in 1975, ACL broke all the boundries with it's simplicity and power...

[Trisky]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:29pm

Agreed on AIDA. My lasting impression of the show was of the lighting. The rest of it all went out of my head after I left the theater.

[Elphie6689]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:34pm

I would have to say Into the Woods, Aida, and Wicked

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/29/04 at 11:51pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie - lighting, costumes
Wicked - lighting, costumes, scenery
Hairspray - lighting, costumes
Oklahoma! - scenery

[erniesgirl96]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 1:47pm

I would have to agree Dance of the Vampires was amazing, and so is POTO

[chauvelin128]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:08pm

The lighting in Movin' Out is terrific. Also loved the scenic design in Caroline or Change.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 2:09pm

AIda, Les Miz, and very likely PotO and Wicked (once I get around to seeing them...)

[Marquise]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 4:26pm

one that made a lasting impression on me: "dreamgirls". that show used four gliding steel towers equipped with lights that "magically" glided to different parts of the stage to define space, create depth and atmosphere with the help of very minimal props. it gave you an "idea" and/or the perception where the action was taking place at the moment whether it was backstage, a dressing room or a concert hall.

the costumes were amazing! theoni v aldredge really did her homework capturing looks from the early 1960s thru to the early 1970s.

the above pic shows the gliding towers on either side, a table in the center, a couple of chairs used to create the illusion that the action takes place in a dressing room.

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 04:26 PM

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 4:28pm

GREAT set for Dreamgirls...

wicked
hairspray
beauty and the beast (at the palace)
lion king

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 4:39pm

for all three in a play -- M Butterfly

Updated On: 8/30/04 at 04:39 PM

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:30pm

Wicked, Hairspray, Millie, Phantom, Nine, RENT, Rocky Horror, Aida, Carousel are all favourites of mine set-wise. I am sure I am forgetting some more of my favourites though.

Akiva

Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:39pm

Dracula by far had great costumes, lighting (set a dark scary mood, and Scenery!

Wicked was also beautiful to look at!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/30/04 at 5:51pm

RHS had GREAt sets!

Posted: 8/30/04 at 6:10pm

The barracade in Lez Miz