PHOTO FLASH: Shaiman and Wittman's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN At Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre

[BWIDB Charlie]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:36pm

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[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:38pm

The set reminds me of the recent Guys and Dolls revival.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:39pm

Just about to say that, Wounds.

Hopefully it will be more successful. Promising pictures.

Love the Kerry Butler shot.. OBVIOUSLY.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:43pm

Norbert, Aaron, and Tom Wopat look great.

The set looks awful and Kerry Butler looks horrendous.

Glad to see Brandon Wardell back in a show after his last Broadway outing - Good Vibrations. I'm sure this one will run a lot longer...

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:45pm

It doesn't look quite as "big" as I would have hoped/thought, but oh well.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:45pm

I don't know if you are looking at the same pictures I'm looking at... Kerry looks FANTASTIC!

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 4:46pm

Those bangs look dreadful...

[pli1018]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:26pm

I hope this whole LCD = scenic design trend doesn't continue to grow. It modernizes live theater in a bad way.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:27pm

I don't know if I like the set.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:29pm

I'm not terribly fond of the "projection" phase sets are going through.

But I'm uber excited about this show.

[HBP]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:35pm

These projections are getting old fast. They looked terrible and cheesy in Guys and Dolls and 9 to 5. Incidentally, both shows were/are flops. I'm very disappointed, but I'm sure they poured too much money into these sets to change them before Broadway.

A note to all future producers and scenic designers: Broadway audiences have imaginations. Even the simplest set can represent the grandest landscape - we don't need giant TV screens behind the actors to set the scene. But thanks.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 5:45pm

fugly.

[Wildcard]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 7:18pm

Hmm? the colors are a bit dull. Works for a film but doesn't look well on stage.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 7:42pm

I like the file cabinets office set, but that's about it.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 7:50pm

Because of the integration of the orchestra and the lack of a physical set, am I the only one who feels like I'm looking at an Encores! production?

Kerry Butler looks incredible for 38.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 8:10pm

"Kerry Butler looks incredible for 38."

DANG! I wouldn't have guessed she was 38... I agree. She does look incredible!

[bjh2114]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 11:32pm

I think Kerry looks great.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 8/4/09 at 11:38pm

Well that was underwhelming

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 12:49am

"Because of the integration of the orchestra and the lack of a physical set, am I the only one who feels like I'm looking at an Encores! production?"

YES! A "real" set is needed for a flashly Shaiman production. This minimalism just doesn't work on the larger scale.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 1:08am

I do not like this trend of using a giant video screen in lieu of a set. Norbert is nearly unrecognizable in that picture. Aaron looks great, though. I still have hopes for this show, even if I don't immediately like the set.

[breakfree303]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 1:15am

I never ever thought I'd say this, but Norbert does not look hott at all.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 1:40am

Norbert looks SO HOT.

But Aaron is DROWNING in that letterman jacket

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 2:25am

LET'S JUST SAY... I LOATHE IT ALL!

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 11:58am

Wow, not excited about it at all. Band on stage and projections? Looks horrible. I am seeing it in a couple weeks so I will report back about the actual show, but I am not a fan of the design...at all. Looks cheap.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 8/5/09 at 1:04pm

looks more like a concert...any chance the set isn't entirely done yet?