I think I just got a better idea for a WSS revival- Page 2

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 2:12am

No, I know. But I think on the surface, it looked like any old staging of the show. Everything felt very "been there, done that." I mean, the set wasn't anything inspired. It was just there. The costumes were mostly bad. The lighting was just there to serve its purpose. There were no chances taken, I guess is what I was trying to say.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 2:14am

Well the Spanish was a major change/update. Some like it, and some don't. And the rumble set is inspired, in my opinion. The bridge gets applause.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 2:27am

Really? Inspired? Which bridge? The one the guys come down on? Because that was stupid. Or the bridge "in perspective" that flys in? Because that looked like a ceiling.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 2:30am

Lol. Ok. Well it gets applause at most performances. It's impressive to me.





Updated On: 4/12/09 at 02:30 AM

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 10:50am

It's very impressive. If you don't think it's impressive then you have a stick up your @$$. Also what's wrong with the thing the Jets come down on?

[hunterchi]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 11:27am

Hey...maybe you don't even need to make major changes in order to make it exciting all over again. At the preview performance I attended there were 4 theatre patrons chatting cattily about the show in the lobby at intermission when one said:

"This show would be awesome if the gangs were shirtless"

so there you have it.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 11:50am

I actually think the moving bridge was pretty cool.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 12:37pm

MOST people do think the bridge is pretty cool. I don't know what RentBoy is talking about, I just think he wants to feel elitist.

And the Sharks come down on that mini bridge/overpass during the quintet, then Anita uses it for the rest of the song. I liked that too.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 1:51pm

The bridge gets applause.

So did the helicopter in Miss Saigon.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 2:08pm

And the chandelier in POTO certainly inspired response as well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/12/09 at 2:13pm

I never said the bridge was the only set piece to ever get applause.