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Smell-O-Vision
#25Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/5/13 at 8:28pmGrey Gardens!
#27Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/5/13 at 8:40pmI believe the 4-D Disney attraction is called Mickey's Phillarmagic, and it's located in fantasyland. You can smell the dishes during Be Our Guest.
#28Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/5/13 at 8:46pm
What about THE FARTISTE? And yes, that is a real thing.
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blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#29Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/5/13 at 8:48pmThe West End show "Ghost Stories" already used this.
#31Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/5/13 at 9:25pm
Not exactly smell-o-vision. But in the play, "Having Our Say" Two elderly sisters cook a Sunday dinner in a fully functioning kitchen set onstage while reminiscing about their lives.
The dinner was intentionally designed around foods that had particularly good/strong smells...sauteing onions in butter, baking a ham, peeling oranges for ambrosia. The smells would drive the audience MAD! Not to mention us that worked in the theatre and endured it night after night, waiting until the curtain came down and we could enjoy our late night snack.
#32Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/5/13 at 9:27pmIt's funny, but the fake tobacco used in shows where characters smoke is one of my favorite smells in the world. I sat front row center for August: Osage County and the thing I remember most is the smell of the cigarette smoke.
#33Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/6/13 at 1:14pmAre they thet clove cigarettes they use?
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#34Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/6/13 at 1:37pm
Cloves do have tobacco in them, although it is only a small amount. You are not allowed to use those on set or in a theater. I just assumed they use herbal cigs, which are tobacco-free.
Herbal is what every show I have worked on uses and it's the most popular method. And while it's true that the herbal cigs are safe, they can still become addictive and harmful for those with asthma (if you constantly smoke them). For example, Mad Men - where they are smoking practically every minute of every scene - uses herbal cigs.
#35Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/6/13 at 1:42pmThe "pot" they used in HAIR smelled really good and even paid homage to it's inspiration.
#36Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/6/13 at 2:40pmDid anyone see Detroit at Playwright Horizons? That show was certainly in Smell-O-Vision. I'll tell ya, it was a bad idea going to that show hungry.
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#38Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/7/13 at 2:06pmGorlois, I saw "Our Town" when it came to Boston, and yes, not only could we smell bacon cooking, but also coffee and maple syrup. It didn't feel at all gimmicky: the whole audience wept practically simultaneously. It was beautiful and very relevant to the scene.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#39Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/7/13 at 2:15pmI recall a production of Wait Until Dark that wafted a strong aroma of gasoline over the audience during the appropriate scene. The audience freaked out and pretty much stampeded out the doors.
KirbyCat
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/08
#40Smell-O-Vision
Posted: 7/7/13 at 3:15pm
The production of Our Town in Boston DID use scents like that. However, these were very real smells. The set—which was completely bare-bones—featured a black curtain situated upstage. After three full acts of an empty stage (save for a few chairs and tables) the curtain was pulled to reveal an elaborately detailed interior of a home, complete with a functioning sink and stovetop. Fresh bacon and eggs were being cooked onstage, and yes, when the smells of the food being cooked hit the audience, people wept ever more. (They were already crying from the big scenic reveal.)
In keeping true to the theme of the show, just as life is fleeting, this beautiful moment on stage was ripped from the audience just as quickly as the curtain was opened, and the it was closed again.
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