Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

#1

Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/3/07 at 9:37pm

I was watching the Behind The Scenes features of Show Business, and Eugene Lee mentioned that there was an original scenic designer of Wicked who was fired.

Anyone know who it was?

#2

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:18pm

Anyone would have been an improvement over Lee's design.

#3

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:33pm

Didn't Lee win the Tony?

#4

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/3/07 at 10:45pm

Yes, Lee did win the Tony. Ok, where can I see or get the DVD of the WICKED DOCUMENTARY? I have not been able to find it anywhere and so want to watch it.

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#5

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/3/07 at 11:54pm

What is the Wicked Documentary?

#6

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 12:23am

the original designer was Robert Brill...i used to be his intern:)

#7

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 12:26am

Did you see any of his designs?? Do divulge!!1 <3

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#8

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 12:42am

lol...no i didn't, but he is the one that designed dorothy's crashed-house and cornstalks...eugene stole that, and a bunch of other things.

#9

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 2:29am

Interesting since he ended up designing The Wiz.

What were the other things that Eugene stole?

How did he steal them if Eugene never saw the original design?

#10

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 3:34am

I like some of the Wicked set. A lot of it's quite boring though...

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re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 3:48am

dramarama any progress?

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#12

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 11:10am

boring? everyone is entitled to their opinion lol, but I must have seen another show...

#13

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 11:13am

BrianIdol...

That makes sense now. I always thought Dorothy's house looked different from the rest of the set.

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#14

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 11:32am

Oh BrianIdol,

I didn't realize we had another Set Designer around these parts.

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#15

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 3:05pm

:)

#16

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 3:42pm

"BrianIdol...

That makes sense now. I always thought Dorothy's house looked different from the rest of the set."

Yeah, I was always wondering, "How did that piece of crap get in there?".

I love the wicked set design,especially matched with the lighting. I don't they're boring in anyway.

#17

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 3:51pm

the house is not a "piece of crap"....that scene is one of the more beautiful images on stage during the whole show, imo. Robert Brill is one of the most talented set designers of our time...if anyone has scene his set for The Wiz, i'm sure you'd agree.

#18

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 4:01pm

I wonder why they let him go?

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#19

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 4:21pm

Original scenic designer or not, I'd be a little more careful in using broad statements like "crap" and "boring" for Brill or Lee's work:

http://ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=25052
http://ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=26059

#20

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 4:39pm

BrianIdol: "...if anyone has scene his set for The Wiz, i'm sure you'd agree."

Yup, I agree. He's quite ingenous. The Wiz set was very imaginative. The stage was round and scene starts with this set. Clothesline infront of the house with just a roof and base only. The walls are imaginary so people can see the staging inside the house. As the tornado hits the farm, the roof spins and goes up to the ceiling. Instead of sliding from the sides, all other sets are lowered from the top of the ceiling to the center of the stage.

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#21

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 4:43pm

exactly! Lee and Brill are both extremely talented...and whoever designed what for Wicked, it's certainly not boring. ....

..go see YF for boring scenery (except the lab)

#22

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 5:35pm

Which Wiz is that? La Jolla?

#23

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 5:52pm

Yes, La Jolla.

#24

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 5:56pm

I just found this image and doesn't it remind you of the Ursala bubble thing from TLM.

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#25

re: Original Scenic Designer of Wicked

Posted: 11/4/07 at 6:25pm

The house and cornstalks in Wicked are one of my favorite parts of the set; I think they look amazing against the red backdrop.

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