Standing at the Sky's Edge coming to Broadway?- Page 2

[VirginiaK]

Posted: 3/2/24 at 10:23pm

inception said: "Or just do an Americanized version set in Pittsburgh or somewhere"

I suppose you could, but I learned from people sitting near me at the National that the apartment complex where it all takes place (3 generations of inhabitants -- not related -- of the same flat, post-War to the present day) was a well-known successful progressive proejct, well-designed modern good housing for working class people, in particular from the steel mills; and that the closing of the mills in the Thatcher era of course had a huge effect -- negative -- on the once-vital Sheffield.  So I think the historical and political infrastructure of the whole thing is automatically understood by the British audience.  As I remember the show, I remember it almost as a mood piece -- I remember the changing moods of the thing.

So likelier would be finding a way to provide the exposition if it's going to come here,  If it was a movie I'd use a voice-over and not care about it being retro. 

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/2/24 at 10:25pm

Yeah, at The National in the lobby there was display upon display upon display about the history of the building and the area this takes place in. They’re not just gonna “set it in Philly”.