#26
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:15pm
Well, if the mask is to be considered as part of the costume for the Phantom, I nominate the monkey music box as the prop.
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#27
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:30pm
I suppose the chandelier in Phantom is also a setpiece then.
#28
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:37pm
The candleholders/sticks in "Les Miserables."
#29
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:48pm
I know there are special effects crews for shows but only when they set up. Are there running crews that just do special effects?
SMiller
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#30
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:52pm
SMiller, bebe, are you in the right thread?
I agree with the candlesticks in Les Mis (in Beauty and the Beast it's a costume).
I agree with the candlesticks in Les Mis (in Beauty and the Beast it's a costume).
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#31
Posted: 8/3/06 at 3:56pm
Yes, I am responding to a previous post.
The Distinctive Baritone wrote....
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.
The Distinctive Baritone wrote....
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.
#33
Posted: 8/3/06 at 4:05pm
The Phantom's mask is a costume piece, and was designed by the costume designer (who also happened to be the set designer, the late Maria Bjornson.
#34
Posted: 8/3/06 at 5:09pm
Into the Woods... the cow as white as milk, hair as yellow as corn, slippers as pure as gold.... and the beans (if real props were used)
#36
Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:18pm
The blue blanket in the Producers was the first to come to mind
The yellow scarf in 42nd Street
The yellow scarf in 42nd Street
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- from Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
#37
Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:22pm
I think the green bottle in Wicked is more important than the hat or wizard head...
#38
Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:28pm
Definitely the gun(s) in CHICAGO.
#40
Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:35pm
uh, the whole diary thing was added for the movie. That's not in the stage show. Neither is Billy's tap dance, Velma at the trial, and Roxie looking for a job.
#41
Posted: 8/3/06 at 7:50pm
Oops.
Anyway:
Cinderella's slippers, or maybe the well?
Anyway:
Cinderella's slippers, or maybe the well?
#42
Posted: 8/3/06 at 8:00pm
What about the soccer ball in Light in the Piazza?!?!?
#43
Posted: 8/3/06 at 8:04pm
Some of you are naming set pieces instead of props.
B and the B - Rose/mirror
Wicked- hat
aida- necklace
B and the B - Rose/mirror
Wicked- hat
aida- necklace
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#44
Posted: 8/3/06 at 8:09pm
Corkscrew Slide - Mack & Mabel
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#45
Posted: 8/3/06 at 9:58pm
A Little Night Music - a letter delivered by hand.
Sweeney - Pirelli's purse.
Pippin - the knife.
Piazza - Clara's hat.
and MOST importantly....
Gypsy - eggrolls!
Sweeney - Pirelli's purse.
Pippin - the knife.
Piazza - Clara's hat.
and MOST importantly....
Gypsy - eggrolls!
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#46
Posted: 8/3/06 at 9:59pm
Reefers in Reefer Madness
Roger's dressed The Producers
Roger's dressed The Producers
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#47
Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:07pm
First one I could think of:
Fosco's Certificate from WOMAN IN WHITE, or else the characters wouldn't have a clue where they were going, and his address card, and Laura's portrait.
NOISES OFF- Sardines!
MY FAIR LADY- Henry Higgin's pair of slippers
PASSION- All of the letters they write back and forth
WITCHES OF EASTWICK- The voodoo doll and bowl of cherries
JOSEPH/TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT- the "precious golden cup"
WEST SIDE STORY- the weapons for the rumble, Chino's gun
Fosco's Certificate from WOMAN IN WHITE, or else the characters wouldn't have a clue where they were going, and his address card, and Laura's portrait.
NOISES OFF- Sardines!
MY FAIR LADY- Henry Higgin's pair of slippers
PASSION- All of the letters they write back and forth
WITCHES OF EASTWICK- The voodoo doll and bowl of cherries
JOSEPH/TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT- the "precious golden cup"
WEST SIDE STORY- the weapons for the rumble, Chino's gun
#48
Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:09pm
Joseph - the Technicolor coat
Pageant - The tiara
Pageant - The tiara
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#49
Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:20pm
Dorothy's shoes in the Wizard of Oz.
#50
Posted: 8/4/06 at 12:09am
I wouldn't call these the most important but they're significant.
The Hairspray in Hairspray
The numbers around each contestents neck in Spelling Bee
The Wheelchair in DRS
The blue suede shoes in ASU
The rose-B&TB
The Princess Phones-Bye Bye Birdie
The Hairspray in Hairspray
The numbers around each contestents neck in Spelling Bee
The Wheelchair in DRS
The blue suede shoes in ASU
The rose-B&TB
The Princess Phones-Bye Bye Birdie
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