Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Is there really a giant train in WIW?
pianoman68
Swing Joined: 6/29/05
#0Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:26amI saw a clip from Woman In White and the set looked incredible. I though I saw a giant train zoom across the stage. Can someone describe the set (photos?) and clarify?
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:32amIt's not really a train, it is a line of actors on roller skates that represent the train. And it crashes down, or rather is lowered down slowly, but is supposed to represent a crash, onto the stage from above the audiences head. Spectacular!
pianoman68
Swing Joined: 6/29/05
#2re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:34amI can't remember the site I saw the clip on. It was a commercial for the show. Anyone have a URL? I want to see it again.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#3re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:38amThere is no "train" persay, the set is very inventive, that's all I'll say...the show is AMAZING by the way...
#4re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:39amWait, please tell me that was a Starlight Express joke Sueleen!
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#5re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:45am
What is it with Andrew Lloyd Webber and rollerskates?
However, unlike Starlight Express, this sounds like a good idea. Like Thesbijean saidn, inventive.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#6re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:47amYes, that's a very funny Starlight Express joke from Sueleen. The train is a projection. The entire set, pretty much, is projections on constantly (not to mention pointlessly and irritatingly) moving screens.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#7re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:49amYa know, jokes just aren't funny if you have to explain them. I give up.
#8re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:12amFrom Webber's track record Sueleen, it really could have been true. I hear Maria Friedman wears a cat costume during the curtain call.
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#9re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:18amAnd a giant, gaudy looking chandelier slowly descends from the ceiling at the end of Act 1.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#10re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 11:28amSueleen, please tell me that "jokes aren't funny if you have to explain them" is an "I'm 14" joke!
#11re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 12:31pmThe train effect in WIW is amazing. The girls in front of me actually screemed and ducked.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#12re: Is there really a giant train in WIW?
Posted: 6/30/05 at 12:33pmGood lord, really? What is it, 1898?
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