Post shows that use scrims
Post shows that use scrims
#1re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:20pm
What's a scrim?
jera
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#2re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:22pm
It's a drop that can be made to appear solid, translucent, or transparent with different lighting combinations. The Paper Mill Ragtime uses one throughout in the background.
Updated On: 7/25/05 at 03:22 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#3re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:23pmWicked
#5re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:25pmSunday in the Park with George used one, true?
#6re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:25pmLes Mis for everything.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:26pm
spamalot
for the map, and then the entrance into the scene from there.
#8re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:27pmSide Show. The twins did a seducing dance behind it, and it was very effective.
#9re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:29pm
Sunday in the Park with George used scrims throughout to show George working on the painting. The first act ends with the actors forming the painting and scrim is lowered in front of it, desolving up to a solid.
1776 uses a scrim at the end of the show, usually with either a painting of the famous signing, or the signatures at the bottom or both.
Brigadoon usually is done with a scrim to show the town fading up and disappearing. Also for the scene in New York toward the end, when Tommy keeps remembering what he left behind.
Into the Woods (OBC) used a scrim several times: At the beginning with the three houses. The curtain "fades to clear" before it is raised. When Cinderella visits the tree to make her wish, a scrim is used inside it to reveal her mother's ghost. When Red Riding Hood visits Grandma's house, the interior is shown through a scrim, etc.
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musicnmath
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/13/05
#11re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:39pmRe: Phantom... Not for the mirror. That was "ghost glass." Same thing they use in Wicked for Elphaba to show up at her sister's place in Act II. It works using the same principle as a scrim curtain though. Light affects what is seen and not seen. But it's made of glass.
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Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#12re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 4:47pm
FOSSE in the beginning. It rised during "Life is just a bowl of cherries".
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. "Little Lotte...", before the lights go on to reveal Christine's father's grave.
#13re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 4:49pmI've seen productions of Chicago that used one before Cell Block Tango.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#15re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 5:02pm
"I've seen productions of Chicago that used one before Cell Block Tango." ~ Hairspraydoll
That would not be the current revival version though.
ProducersFan
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/04
#16re: Post shows that use scrims
Posted: 7/25/05 at 5:28pm
Isn't DRS's show curtain a scrim? I seem to remember the stage being lit while the curtain was still down.
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