Best Sets- Page 2

[ken8631]

re: Best Sets#25

Posted: 4/8/05 at 6:32am

Chitty has GREAT sets! And lots of them!

[Jwei123]

re: Best Sets#26

Posted: 4/8/05 at 6:37am

I LOVED the Aida set.

awkward.

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[MrMarkCharlieBrownCohen]

re: Best Sets#27

Posted: 4/8/05 at 9:47am

Trap door in Rent -
During Christmas Bells one of the ensemble members comes up out of the floor (to "sell things"). At least that's the way it was in '99 when I saw it in NY. They may have changed it. Anyone know?

[South Fl Marc]

re: Best Sets#28

Posted: 4/8/05 at 9:51am

I doubt if most of the people here remember this show - I loved John Lee Beatty's set for the play Talley's Folly. It was stunning.

[Theatreboy49]

re: Best Sets#29

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:32am

I have to add the set of Assassins revival. Incredible.

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[KelRel]

re: Best Sets#30

Posted: 4/8/05 at 10:47am

The simplicity yet versitality of the set of RENT is amazing.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[cathywellerstein]

re: Best Sets#31

Posted: 4/8/05 at 11:28am

i loved the sets from dracula. the ways that the scenes transitioned were amazing and flawless. dance of the vampires also had great sets.

[Mister Matt]

re: Best Sets#32

Posted: 4/8/05 at 1:04pm

"WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - the use of the 'liftable' platform which covered almost the whole stage was brilliant, dividing the stage to 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' and making the ceiling of the stage when pulled all the way up."

A less spectacular carbon copy of Sunset Boulevard.

My favorite sets:

An Inspector Calls
Personals (also spectacular lighting)
Jane Eyre
Les Miserables
Starlight Express
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Phantom of the Opera
City of Angels

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[actor]

re: Best Sets#33

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:15pm

Favorite sets:

Rent
Wicked
Drowsy Chaperone

[folkyboy]

re: Best Sets#34

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:17pm

wait till you see the set for HIGH FIDELITY. sooooooo cool!

[Ciaron McCarthy]

re: Best Sets#35

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:18pm

Musical: Boris Aronson, Follies
Play: John Lea Beatty, Rabbit Hole

[Kitzarina]

re: Best Sets#36

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:22pm

Based on shows I've actually seen (which is not a lot):

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
La Boheme
Urinetown

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

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[Justin D]

re: Best Sets#37

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:23pm

Aside from Phantom, for me, anything John Napier touches is gold

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre

[defyingravity11]

re: Best Sets#38

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:26pm

Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Drowsy Chaperone
Les Miserables
Into the Woods
Rent
42nd Street

[shesamarshmallow]

re: Best Sets#39

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:29pm

Dude. Light in the Piazza.

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[Act4ever]

re: Best Sets#40

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:30pm

this is from over a year an a half ago.... interesting

[ThankstoPhantom]

re: Best Sets#41

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:32pm

The Phantom of the Opera
The Light in the Piazza
Doubt
Cats
The Music Man (2000 revival)
Into the Woods (2002 revival)
The Lion King
Wicked
Fiddler on the Roof (2004 revival)

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Updated On: 10/16/06 at 04:32 PM

[jess20882]

re: Best Sets#42

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:33pm

Wicked
The Color Purple
A Chorus Line
Cats
RENT
The Lion King (SO innovative!)

[shesamarshmallow]

re: Best Sets#43

Posted: 10/16/06 at 4:50pm

A Chorus Line may be innovative in its minimalism, but "best"?

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[mightydog]

re: Best Sets#44

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:11pm

Talk about ultra realistic... the Act 2 set for the revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. How did they do that scene change during intermission? It was the only time I have heard an audience gasp when the second act curtain went up.

[jess20882]

re: Best Sets#45

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:13pm

the innovative comment was for the lion king...which is why i typed it next to the lion king...

[Wildcard]

re: Best Sets#46

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:18pm

My Favorite Sets:

Phantom of the Opera
Sunset Blvd.
Whistle Down the Wind
Miss Saigon
Lincoln Center Carousel
Livent Showboat
The Producers
Beauty & the Beast
Hairspray
The Light in the Piazza
Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme
Into the Woods (original)

[theaterdude87]

re: Best Sets#47

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:22pm

I always loved the Hairspray set. I was also really intrigued by "Broolyn's" Set. I thought it was very real and loved it alot. I think another set that was very real and made you feel like you were there was the revival "Odd Couple" set. I thought the detail was very great.

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[alliez92092]

re: Best Sets#48

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:26pm

Updated On: 10/16/06 at 06:26 PM

[alliez92092]

re: Best Sets#49

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:26pm

As soon as High Fidelity comes to Broadway, it will be one of the best.