Flooding the Stage in Nine?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Flooding the Stage in Nine?#0

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:20pm

Exactly how was this achieved.

I still list missing this revival as one of the pitfalls of my short life, so far :)

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

Updated On: 8/1/06 at 03:20 PM

[Yankeefan007]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#1

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:21pm

Water was pumped in for the Grand Canal sequence. There was a drain in the stage, so it all went out that way.

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#2

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:23pm

It was a very cool effect.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#3

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:24pm

Oh Russell Tovey!

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#4

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:26pm

So did the audience have an underwater view as well? Or what...?

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#5

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:28pm

No, it only flooded a few inches.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#6

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:34pm

All the Women took off their high heels and walked on chairs and the table, it was a great moment.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#7

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:36pm

double post. Oops!

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

Updated On: 8/1/06 at 03:36 PM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#8

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:36pm

oh wow!! That's so cool...

It seems as if The Glass Menagerie has killed Mr Leveaux's career

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#9

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:51pm

I'm sure he will be back.

[gustof777]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#10

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:53pm

It seems as if The Glass Menagerie has killed Mr Leveaux's career


I doubt that. He's a great director. He just took a risk with that production and it didn't work. He'll be back

RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#11

Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:54pm

I was (I think one of his few) a fan of his work. I thought Jumpers was a dreadful play, but I loved what he did with it, and I loved his Fiddle and I even thought The Glass Menagerie was passable. Partly thanks to his direction. Oh well...

"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

[LeaGirl]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#12

Posted: 8/1/06 at 4:07pm

That flooding the stage thing was so super sweet - but I didn't notice it happening the first time I saw Nine.

I was like "wait... wait is the floor wet?" and by then it was already in. It was very unobtrusive and in a childish way I really liked watching everybody splash around in it.

And they USED the water well - Carla picking her torn up papers out of it, Luisa knocking the chair over into it when she was angry - the water was actually really effective for a lot of what went on in that scene.

And I missed it going out the first time too - very seamless.

Now what would you say if today I started over? Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover And I'll pretend like everything is already alright And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#13

Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:59pm

The water wall in the back was pretty cool too.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[Mattbrain]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#14

Posted: 8/1/06 at 6:00pm

What exactly did he do wrong with The Glass Menagerie?

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[Glebb]

re: Flooding the Stage in Nine?#15

Posted: 8/1/06 at 8:14pm

The "Weeping Wall" was magnificent!
It is one of my favorite theatre moments of all time and I've been seeing Broadway since the 70s. I saw the original production of NINE!
Leveaux made no mistakes with NINE as far as I'm concerned and his NINE had a very respectable run.
The recent Sweeney lifted me in the same way Leveaux's NINE did.

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."