George Tsypin (Set Designer for LITTLE MERMAID) Picture Gallery

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:10am

I was going over the creative team for the upcoming stage adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID and wanted to acquaint myself with some of George Tsypin's past works since I've heard so much talk about how he designs for scale and is very conceptual.

I stumbled across a photo gallery with set designs from past productions he's worked on. All I can say is WOW. I am very interested to see what he does with MERMAID.
Tsypin Gallery

[timote316]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 10:17am

Those are stunning. I don't think I fully understand them, but visually stunning, definately.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 8:45pm

Well, I'm sure we would understand them if we knew the context of some of the shows. WEST SIDE STORY I get.

[professor]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:56pm

Wow- I didn't know Tsypin was invloved with The Little Mermaid. He is very well known in the opera world for his designs, which are full of massive mechanical and industrial elements (as you can see from that photo gallery). He came to scenic design after first making a name for himself as an architect. He also has a very close working relationship with Julie Taymor (which may explain why he's working on a Disney show)- they last worked together on the opera GRENDEL.

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:58pm

sexy sets

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:11am

Wow. These are all really amazing looking. But honestly, I don't get how half of them actually work for the production because they just seem to be pictures. But the sets for Little Mermaid will definetly be one of the (hopefully many) strong points of the show.

[timote316]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:14am

Well, I get the house portion of the WSS set, but the metal portions? Not so much.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:26am

Hah...i'm pretty sure I posted that site a little while back in a discussion about Little Mermaid. Tsypin has become one of my favourite designers. I think he is the perfect designer for Little Mermaid, because lately he has been using a lot of translucent materials, which lends itself well to an essentially underwater tale.

And as far as his West Side Story set he was trying to create a vision of a world that was both building up and falling apart at the same time...a recurring theme in his work...althout this time it was very much a reference to 9/11.

Also...because I am a huge shill...check out MY set designs in this thread: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=919088&boardname=off&dt=34

Akiva
Updated On: 12/7/06 at 12:26 AM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:28am

They will need a Huge theatre for his work.
And Bob Crowley's over blown stuff for TARZAN
was a part of the problem.
They just won't learn will they?
THE LITTLE MERMAID with an Opera Director and Designer on paper sounds great.
But could be another Mistake, or not.
Who knows, at least they will be putting their $ where their mouth is.
I quess they are looking at the Palace?

[helloagain]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:36am

Didn't Zambello and Tsypin work togethter on a few things includeing West Side Story, I think they will prove well to work togeter, Zambello also has allot of musical theater under her belt.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:42am

They did...but actually Zambello has a surprising lack of musicals on her resume. Besides West Side Story, Show Boat and Alladin I really can't think of any. But I still think they will do a great job.

Akiva

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 12:47am

As long as the show isn't boaring. Disney tends to forget about the book/acting and leans more towards visuals. Hopefully they'll get it right.