JayElle said: "KingOfTheMine said, in part: "I bet the ticket prices will be astronomical. This would be a quick turnaround if American Utopia does go to the St. James as rumored, but I don't think either show has a very elaborate set, so they might be able to make itwork."
Great. Glad to hear it. Saw it twice the first time.
Bruce has no backdrop/scenery. The back wall and stage looks as if nothing ever played there. Just Bruce in jeans, his several guitars, and his piano. Bruce's show is still on Netflix.
The live B'way Utopia that was filmed & is on HBOMax has nice digital lighting backdrop. Presuming the same, looks minimal.
Looking forward to seeing him again. I wondered what he'd do next. Has all new music.
As for stage door. At his last show, dealers & non-attendingfans showed up with unrelated show stuff which, understandably,he wouldn't sign. After several months, it became an autograph seekers line forpatronswho skipped a mortgage payment or rent to buy a ticket.
Towards the end of his year-long show, a fight broke out and Bruce canceled all stage door signings. To prevent it, allit took was restricting it to patrons only ala Bryan Cranston in Network.
1- Although it was a simple set, the back wall was a set not the venue's actual wall. I was there at tear down. So it had a set and would be simple to set up.
As for the stage door. Bruce signed basically the entire time once he started. There was only a few single days when he didn't stop and it was never because of any fights. Also, he never distinguished who he would sign for, attending fans, non attending fans, autograph hounds or just real fans. He signed for all types.
Yes they did eventually make a stage door area available to attendees, but it was only one side, the other side was ALWAYS open to the general public, every night and Bruce stopped on BOTH sides each night on his in and out.
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