Tales's AMAZING new sets!

For those who have not seen this in Broadway.com, here are some pictures of Tony Walton's "new" sets for *A Tale of Two Cities*

After seeing the great originals in Sarasota, I must say these are even more impressive. Something to behold.

This amazing labor, alone, should be almost enough to woo Broadway audiences. But I believe everyone will find quite a bit more to enjoy in this memorable epic.






http://www.broadway.com/gen/pop_Photo_Op.aspx?ci=568708&pn=18

Updated On: 7/20/08 at 12:06 AM

seriously, they look the same.

Ok. Fair. Perhaps I am one of the few who notes the difference, after having witnessed them 4 different times in Sarasota.
They are definitely bigger, and I find them more elaborate and finished.
Also, I suppose their magic is also in remembering how these sets were actually used onstage, which cannot be captured in these pictures. I found that a special effect in itself.

Everyone say it with me.... Shiller.

They do, infact, look different, to a degree. However, the one thing I just saw was that those sets look extremly tall, yet in the mock ups, look as if they're rather puny on the hirshfeld stage (height wise anyway). Knowing the stage from experience, it's not as nearly as big as it looks in that mock up, and as any designer knows, even an inch too small or tall could cause the sets not to fit and have to be re-designed. Wait... the opening is in 30 days... wow that's coming up fast...

I really hope it, even if it isn't a hit, is open for a few months. I want to see it on Fall break.

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I'm just unsure as to why we're saying "sets" (plural). It sure appears to be ONE set to me. Clearly, it will have to convey multiple locations throughout the show, but it's still ONE, wooden frame of a set.

It's fairly attractive, but I don't see anything to write home about here.

Of course there is fly space. I mean, they build the set to fit the theater