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I didn't see anyone stand up before the last "Rise" in LWL, but the problem was that most people, standing or not, started applauding long before Patti stopped singing, drowning out the last 8 seconds of the song. I expected it, but it was still annoying.

I really hope there was a ProShot since we didn't get a cast recording. Otherwise, I'll have to start digging for a bootleg.

inception said: "Luminaire2 said: "Now that show is ending, and as someone who is far away and never got to see it, can someone explain the set / set design and how it functions? I have read it is very complex and impressive?


Would love any and all details!"

I'm guessing you've seen the filmed footage they released earlier of the opening number? With all the cast inside a square.

The set is mainly lit up boxes like that to define rooms or apartments. Sometimes a small square & sometimes a larger rectangle.

When a scene is a character's apartment, it is fully furnished. Harry & Sarah's living room looks very mid century modern with a large all white Jasper Johns' style 35 hung over the sofa.

There is one smaller square that raises & lowers from a trap in the stage. That one seems to be the main piece that gave them troubles. It is used as the apartment balcony in the Susan/Peter vignettes.

The marijuana scene is set on the steps outside a group of Brownstone apartments. All have the street address "35."

The whole "Not Getting Married Today" scene is set inside a sort of aspirational, well appointed yet cluttered, kitchen - all expensive appliances. How did these boys afford it? Are they both stock brokers? Instagram influences? The repeated emphasis that Paul is a Jew seems to suggest it is family money. Of note, at the end of the song the chorus all repeatedly pop out of cupboards etc jack in the box style.

During "Another Hundred People" there are some large letters that spell out COMPANY that get wheeled about into different configurations for the vignettes that break up that song.

During both "Marry Me a Little" & "Being Alive" Bobbie sings alone center stage with the rest of the stage in darkness.

Just as important to the whole set design I think is Bobbie's costume of a red jumpsuit with a lovely frill across the blouse. For most of the show she wears a pair of simple white sneakers - sort of Converse style but without logos.

I probably missed lots."


thanks so much for all this detail!! I appreciate it.


I had only see the opening number, and curtain call footage so I knew of the orchestra.


Does anyone know how they rigged up the orchestra? I assume it’s a relatively narrow, stationary platform that would only block a few rows of fly space at the front of the stage? Is it covered by a black border that rises to reveal them?

Updated On: 8/2/22 at 07:43 PM

hollebolle said: "One of my favorite moments from Sunday--during one of the freezes in Side by Side, Patti adjusted Greg's party hat so it was like a unicorn horn, but then it slipped and it was resting on her head for the rest of the freeze. They were both holding back laughter and the side orch was living for it!

Patti was always up to something in that number. When I sat in a box seat, I had a great angle and noticed that she was always having a conversation or laughing about something during the freezes.

Agreed!! A very fun moment.

ontherighttrack said: "From small things like the way that Patti ad-libbed a different name for her second husband each time (Edwin, Timothy, Boomer, Harry - just a few that I remembered)"

My personal fave of the second husbands was Zeus.

OhHiii said: "ontherighttrack said: "From small things like the way that Patti ad-libbed a different name for her second husband each time (Edwin, Timothy, Boomer, Harry - just a few that I remembered)"

My personal fave of the second husbands was Zeus."



yep so much fun. It was Caleb that made it to the NYPL Archive LOL