Joseph nicks the Chicago Set!

[Paulyd]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 3:52pm

Looking at the pics from the photo coverage on here from the new London production of Joseph, they seem to have knicked the set from Chicago.

Are they that hard up that they couldnt build a new one?

[Fosse76]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:12pm

You've got that backwards. That appears to be the same set design from the early 1990's version of Joseph, which pre-dated Chicago by about five years.

[Paulyd]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:20pm

Really!!

Thanks for that Fosse. I havent seen the show live since the 80's

Well then Walter Bobbie and company should be ashamed of themselves

[Julian2]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:24pm

Hey, its still worth mocking. Its basically the DVD without all that extra Mormon.

[Boq101]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:25pm

...? The Chicago set is meant to be a jury box that holds the orchestra...

Joseph doesn't need a judge box, so why would Walter Bobbie take an idea from Joseph in the first place...?

Paulyd, the sets are the same, but no one stole anything, its acompletely different concept.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:31pm

These pictures remind me of seeing the show (with Donny Osmond, and my first professional show seen). It'd be kind of cool if it came to the US again.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:46pm

Actually, they are probably using the set design from the last revival of Joseph that preceded the Chicago revival.

[Paulyd]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:47pm

The Jury box design from Chicago looks exactly like one of the sets from Joseph, down to the shape and colour tone.

[raphael06]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 4:53pm

And the same costumes! LAME! It looks like a bunch of laziness to me.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 5:21pm

What set? I wouldn't even call the black box and chairs that Chicago has a set...

[Flaunt It]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 7:16pm

bwaylvsong, did you bitch about the lack of set for Company?

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 9:11pm

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Company. However, I didn't bitch about the lack of set for Sweeney, because I felt it worked well without it. Chicago, on the other hand, should give the audience the advertised "Razzle Dazzle" they pay for and expect a show like that to have.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 9:54pm

I thought the Chicago set worked brillantly.

And Joseph just oozes cheese to me. I hate that show.