I am writing a review of Beauty and the Beast for my communications class, and was wondering about the style of the interior of the theater. What style would you classify it as?
50s kitsch.
What kind of theatrical review includes the architecture of the theatre?
Ahh, never mind...it was a simple question, if you can't answer it, don't bother saying anything.
I wasn't necessarily going to use it in my review, but I wanted to have it as a reference because sometimes you can incorporate the looks of the theater into your review...well according to my teacher. It wouldn't be the main focus...
Yes it is true that there are broadway shows that incorporate the theatre into the overall look of the show. The Lunt however is not one that does. The first theatre that comes to mind that does build in with the overall look of the show would have to be the Nederlander. They did it a good job of giving it the east village loft feel. Or the O'neal theatre is another one that comes to mind. They have lights all over the house that go with the show.
Again, I wasn't intending on giving a full-out description of the architecture. If anything, it was going to be subtle and focus on what needs to be focused on in a review.
I know that it was orginally called "The Globe" and had a roof that could open on summer nights, just fun bit of triva.
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"The first theatre that comes to mind that does build in with the overall look of the show would have to be the Nederlander. They did it a good job of giving it the east village loft feel. "
I thought they left it in "as is" condition BECAUSE it matched the "look" of the show. Wasn't the Nederlander vacant for long periods of time?
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