Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Most Important Prop in Each Show?
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#0Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:18am
What's the most important prop in each Broadway and Off Broadway show?
Updated On: 8/3/06 at 01:18 AM
mr14
Understudy Joined: 7/5/06
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#2re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:30amIn Indian Blood I think it is the folded drawing.
MsNina
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
#3re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:54am
gee, a wicked witch's broom perhaps?
and i would think hairspray's prop would be quite obvious as well.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#4re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:57amThe dumpster in The Wedding Singer.
#5re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:02amthe rose in Beauty and the Beast. The car in Chitty.
Robos89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/06
#6re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:07am
The mirror in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
The razor in SWEENEY TODD.
I'd say the hat in WICKED.
Hairspray cans in HAIRSPRAY
hahaha this is a fun game!!!!!!!!
#7re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:02am
I would say -
Wicked - Broom
Phantom - Chandelier (Does that count as a prop?) and if it doesnt then the Boat.
Avenue Q - Puppets (Obviously)
Blood Brothers - The Gun.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#8re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 4:03am
The boat would be a set piece too... I'd say the mask comes closer, though some might say it's a costume piece.
RENT - Candle and camera.
ZONEACE
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#9re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 5:07amam I going crazy or did the title used to say pop instead of prop?
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#10re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:10pmWell Zoneace, I hate to say it, but...
#11re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:58pm
Miss Saigon Helicopter
Ragtime Model T
Wicked Wizard Head OR Bubble
Les Miserables Barricade
Tokyogirl119
Swing Joined: 7/4/06
#12re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:02pmChandilier's pretty important in Phantom.
#13re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:21pm
the guns in Assassins
Audrey II in Little Shop
although those aren't on B'way anymore
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#15re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:37pmI'd say the coffin in the newer Sweeney
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#16re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:40pm
The giant lemon in In My Life.
The guns in Assassins.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#17re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:41pm
Wicked - Cherry Picker (or else those preteen girls would scream their heads out realizing that the witch can't fly)
Ragtime - Model T
#18re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:41pm
Another one that's not playing anymore: The hat in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.
The Grail in SPAMALOT.
The record player in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, if that counts as a prop.
"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel
#19re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:58pm
From what I understand, things like the Model-T in Ragtime, the Wizard Head in Wicked, the coffin in Sweeney Todd, etc. would be considered set pieces.
Generally, "if it's bigger than a bread box", then it's part of the set.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#20re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:03pm
I was wondering about that, too, The Distinctive Baritone. thanks for the guideline.
So much for my delightful dumpster in The Wedding Singer.
SweeneyPhanatic
Broadway Star Joined: 1/4/06
#21re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:16pm
Sweeney Todd: razor
Phantom: music box (though it's more obvious in the film) or the ring
Wicked: hat
Evita: the banners and signs carried on during "A New Argentina"
Funny Girl: blue marble egg
Big: the ring Josh gives Susan when she sleeps over
Carrie: the bucket of blood
#22re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 2:45pm
I wonder about big things like the "Wizard" and the Model T, I mean they are props but they're more like set pieces.
But in ways they are still props.
Take Audry II for instance:
Even past Feed Me it is probably considered a prop
In it's final stage its humongus and takes over half of the stage, but I think it would still count as a prop.
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#23re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:00pm
Sometimes it is a fine line between "prop" and "set piece." I've actually seen the matter discussed at rehearsals--"Should this be handled by the set designer or the props master?" Generally though, stuff that you can sit on, lay on, drive, etc. is a set piece, as are especially large objects that are permanantly fixed to the set (like a table or piano). Smaller objects (especially those that are held by a character) are props. Also, the props master will often handle the set decorations as well (i.e. a vase of flowers on the table).
But these are just general guidelines...also, things like the Audrey II puppett, the chandelier in "Phantom" and the helicopter in "Miss Saigon" would probably go under the "special effects" category and be handled by a seperate person/department entirely.
Updated On: 8/3/06 at 03:00 PM
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#24re: Most Important Prop in Each Show?
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:03pmI was also wondering if the mask in Phantom should be considered part of the costume rather than a prop, though it is kind of used as a prop when it's grabbed off his face.
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