Musicals with a Brooklyn Bridge set piece?

[twinbelters]

Posted: 9/11/10 at 11:06pm

Spiderman Turn Off The Dark has a noteworthy Brooklyn Bridge set piece as shown on Good Morning America. Did that strike a chord with anyone else? There exists a somewhat dubious history of musicals with that particular landmark. Most notable is the musical Kelly which closed in one night in 1964. The title character jumps from the bridge, the central dramatic moment of the piece.

I know there's at least one other musical with a BB set but can't recall it. Can you name any? Also, what does this mean for Spiderman?

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 9/11/10 at 11:18pm

Well in the first movie, the Green Goblin (in less spiky garb...) kidnaps Mary Jane and almost kills her over the Brooklyn Bridge (I assume, i dont feel like checking)

BEFORE SPIDEY COMES TO THE RESCUE
!!!!!!!!!!!!

[broadwaybound882]

Posted: 9/11/10 at 11:39pm

It's not the Bklyn Bridge but the 59th St Bridge that Green Goblin drops MJ from in Spidey 1, hence the famous Roosevelt Island Tram with the kids on board which is also dropped by the Goblin.

Also, I know it was featured in the movie, but was the Brooklyn Brdige used in the Saturday Night Fever musical?

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 11:10am

Doesn't "In the Heights" have the Brooklyn Bridge as a part of the 'distant' scenery?

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 11:16am

^ Isn't it the George Washington Bridge?

"Just me and the GWB"

[mar97]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 11:35am

Definitely the GWB Bridge...IN THE HEIGHTS...as in Washington Heights in Manhattan which is up near the GWB Bridge...

Was the Brooklyn Bridge used in ON THE TOWN or was that also the 59th Street Bridge or the GWB?

[ErikInTheCity]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 1:30pm

Yes, SNF had the Brooklyn Bridge in one scene. Also, the revival of On The Town in the 90s with Lea Delaria and Jesse Tyler Ferguson has a large scale mockup of the bridge onstage the entire show. The orchestra was on top the bridge from start to finish.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 1:35pm

Not quite a Brooklyn bridge set piece but Brooklyn took place underneath the Brooklyn bridge.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 1:36pm

yeah SNF did have the bridge because i remember it looked rubbish

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 2:22pm

Aaah, yeah. My mistake; mixed things up.

[Jon]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 2:30pm

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN had several depictions of the bridge. It was designed by Jo Mielziner, who also desgned the above-mentioned KELLY.

The Off-Broadway musical WHAT ABOUT LUV? , based on Murrasy Schisgal's hit play LUV, is set on a bridge in NYC- I don't know if it ever specifies which bridge it is. Updated On: 9/12/10 at 02:30 PM

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 9/12/10 at 6:55pm

Sondheim's Saturday Night

[Jon]

Posted: 9/13/10 at 1:14pm

The movie of SNF featured the Verazanno Bridge, not the Brooklyn Bridge.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 9/13/10 at 2:45pm

These are all good ones, and some good guesses, but there is one musical I have in mind that features the Brooklyn Bridge in a fairly unsuccessful dramatized sequence. Grrr... it's gonna drive me nutso.