Favorite Set Designs — Page 16

#376

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:39am

It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman
Dallas Theatre Center
Designed by Beowulf Boritt

#377

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Posted: 7/7/10 at 12:50am

Sondheim on Sondheim
Studio 54
Designed by Beowulf Boritt

#378

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:14am

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Designed by John Arnone

#379

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 7/7/10 at 1:25am

I really don't get Eugene Lee - Sweeney Todd and Wicked look like two sides of the same contrived industrial vomit pile to me. The scale is nice but otherwise eugh...

Even though Eugene Lee's designs tend to have the same theme, he's the go-to designer when one wants their show to have a very realistic, textured setting. His designs always feature large, wooden frames and steel beams. I read somewhere that they're directly inspired by his surroundings as a kid growing up near a river.

As much as I prefer something more creative and less straight forward, I've enjoyed the texture and overall feel of Eugene's designs. Let's not forget he also did the designs for the Hal Prince Showboat revival and the original production of Ragtime, both of which were breath-taking.

I liked his designs for Wicked, although I also didn't get the clock thing.

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Updated On: 7/7/10 at 01:25 AM

#380

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 7/7/10 at 7:01am

The Sister Act set design is fabulous!

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#381

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:11pm

"I liked his designs for Wicked, although I also didn't get the clock thing."

The element of the clock's cogs and wheels came from the book. The Time Dragon Clock :]

#382

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 7/27/10 at 7:14pm

The element of the clock's cogs and wheels came from the book. The Time Dragon Clock :]

And the Time Dragon Clock means sh*t in the musical...

#383

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 8/22/10 at 7:32pm

From the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park production of 'Into the Woods'.

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Updated On: 8/22/10 at 07:32 PM

#384

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 8/22/10 at 8:16pm

I was always partial to Oliver Smith's original designs for HELLO, DOLLY! and I was happy to see them once again this week when the Gateway Playhouse performed the show. (The costumes were "inspired" by Freddy Wittop's originals, too!)

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#385

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 8/23/10 at 12:59pm

I love this thread...

#386

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 1/21/11 at 8:04pm

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Minskoff Theatre
Designed by Heidi Ettinger

Say what you will about the show, but I loved the design.

#387

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 1/21/11 at 10:12pm

I just saw Gruesome Playground Injuries. Still figuring our what I think about the show, but I really liked the set design. It's simple with clean lines, and there's an interesting audience incorporation element. Also loved the water surrounding the stage. Wish I had a picture for you.

Love this thread!

#388

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Posted: 1/21/11 at 10:36pm

I thought the audience-on-stage thing in that play was a bit of a gimmick. There was no reason to have onstage seating for the audience. But the play was good and I look forward to Rajiv Joseph's upcoming work. Would I say the set was one of my favorites, though? Not especially.

#389

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Posted: 1/22/11 at 12:50pm

I'm in the minority, but I thought the set for the Night Music revival was very pretty. I especially liked Fredrik and Anne's house.

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#390

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 1/22/11 at 12:56pm

Anyone else think that last Tom Sawyer picture looks like they used a Wizard of Oz backdrop?

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#391

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 1/22/11 at 1:26pm

I love simple but functional designs particularly next to normal. The use of the lights and panels is genius. I also agree with the Ragtime Revival, In the heights, and RENT.

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#392

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:34pm

Ragtime (revival)
next to normal
In the Heights
A Little Night Music (Menier)
Sunday in the Park with George (Original and Menier)
South Pacific (revival)
Les Misérables (25th Anniversary Tour)

#393

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 3/21/11 at 12:26am

What is the design like for the Les Mis 25th anniversary tour? I am seeing it in June and I can't wait.

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#394

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Posted: 3/21/11 at 1:42am

Those pictures of Tom Sawyer are fantastic! Where did you find them CATSNYrevival?

#395

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 4/29/11 at 5:08am

I go back and forth with Eugene Lee but am I the only one who prefered the original--perhaps overly complex, granted--design for Ragtime he did, to the revivals minimalism? The show definitely can work both ways, but I just found something missing.

#396

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Posted: 4/29/11 at 6:52am

Those pics of the Tom Sawyer set are beautiful, but in the theatre they gave a very odd impression- with all that blond wood and new Danish architecture - the musical looked like it was set in scandanavia. The whole thing felt very IKEA which of course isnt quite what Mark Twain was going for....

#397

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Posted: 5/6/11 at 12:54am

Peter and the Starcatchers
Designed by Donyale Werle

#398

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 5/29/11 at 4:55am

The Guardian recently ran an article on the 10 Best Set Designs in the UK, starting with a 1912 Hamlet, via Brooks' Dream, An Inspector Calls, Sunday in the Park with George and Punchdrunk's Faust.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/gallery/2011/may/22/set-theatre-design-in-pictures#/?picture=374797450&index=0

My favourite is still An Inspector Calls.

#399

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 5/29/11 at 4:59am

The original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in the 70's - was simply amazing and changed my life.
Loved Les Miz
London Into The Woods (Richard Hudson version) was great
King And I revival with Donna Murphy was beautiful
Grand Hotel

#400

re: Favorite Set Designs

Posted: 5/29/11 at 4:59am

The original Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar in the 70's - was simply amazing and changed my life.
Loved Les Miz
London Into The Woods (Richard Hudson version) was great
King And I revival with Donna Murphy was beautiful
Grand Hotel