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#26

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 8:38am

Hands down, my favorite costumes are in Brooklyn! As mentioned before, Paradice's "elegant" gown for "Love Me Where I Live" always gets a huge response from the audience. I think the best costume award goes to Brooklyn though during "Brooklyn in the Blood". Any character who can accessorize with a Kentucky Fried Chicken box gets my vote! If this show doesn't get a Tony for best costumes, then there is no justice in this world!

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#27

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:01am

The costumes in Taboo were stunning and freakin' amazing.
The costumes in Bombay Dreams are bright and beautiful.
(Two shows where costumes are crucial to the show)

Also... Crazy for You, The Secret Garden, The Rocky Horror Show, Assassins (revival), and I have a secret thing for the revival of The King and I's costumes.

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#28

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:10am

AS THOUSANDS CHEER - Especially during the ACT I finale when the sepia tinged costumes seen behind the scrim began to move and criss-cross to Easter Parade.

I MARRIED AN ANGEL - Still, the most beautiful costumes, scenery, lighting I can remember. And the curtain, with lights thrown on it looked likea large venetian blind.

CAROUSEL - The costumes were a bit elaborate and rich for the characters, but they were exquisite.

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE - The original production really gave nuance and shading to the characters. Jessica Tandy's first appearance in the white dresss as contrasted with Kim Stanley's rather tatty blue smock (at least I think it was blue?)

THE KING AND I - the original production. What else can be said!

Miriam

Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!

#29

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:26am

I cannot believe that no one has mentioned Sunday In The Park With George. Those costumes (I wore the original Broadway costumes in the national tour) are hand-painted to look like part of the painting that the show is based loosely upon - A Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. They were absolutely breathtaking - especially from a close-up view, where you could see how the brush strokes had affected the colors of the material - simply stunning, Possums!

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

#30

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:37am

Onceadancer2 - who are you? You remember AS THOUSANDS CHEER from 1933?

#31

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 9:42am

AIDA's costumes will always be my all time favorite. I adored the Wedding Dress. If I was a woman, that would be my wedding dress! (oh who am i kidding.. just to piss Bush off... I woudl wear it anyway!)

#32

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:10am

My favorite are allllll the costumes in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES , I don't care what anyone says (I personally loved this show) about the show itself but you have to give it up for the costumes, make-up , wigs!
Millies dress in GIMME GIMME (had a replica made in emerald green for my prom...my hairs strawberry blonde, it was fabulous)
The Costumes in Boy From Oz are pretty spectacular.
NINE was ASTOUNDING with it's costumes, and the same for CABARET.

#33

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:39am

The Lion King
The Will Rogers Follies
42nd Street (revival)
The Phantom of the Opera
Sweeney Todd
Cats
La Cage aux Folles
Starlight Express
Bombay Dreams

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#34

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 10:54am

A number of Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals --

Phantom of the Opera
Sunset Boulevard
CATS
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

And some of the older musicals --

Hello Dolly!
My Fair Lady

And even the costumes for Les Miserables helped create the dramatic tableaux-like stage scenes.

#35

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:24am

All of Marin Mazzie's stuff in Passion was spectaculer as well as all the costumes in Ragtime. But I love the Victorian era so I'm a bit biased.

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#36

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:51am

Hmm, Phantom's costumes are pretty great. I think the Phantom's graveyard outfit is my favorite. Also, I think Amneris' dress she wears for the start of Strongest Suit, as well as her red dress from the opening are the best dresses I've seen. Edna & Tracy's matching "coming out" dresses are also great. And I second Bebe Neuwirth in her Chicago dress, as well as the first Fred Casely, Michael Berresse in the tight pants with the open vest... Rrr!

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#37

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:54am

depends what you mean by best.. Joe Machota's mamma Mia shorts are pretty nifty.....

#38

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 11:56am

I think the costumes from CATS are fantastic. I've always loved those!

The RENT costumes are cool- especially Angel's Santa dress with the zebra print tights and high heels.

The Taboo costumes are pretty awesome, too. And the Aida ones are just wow.

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#39

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 12:11pm

Best costume ever --

*It is the cheapest to make but draws the best "Ahhhh..." from the audience

*It fetches the best price in any auction - some running to many thousands of dollars.

*Easiest to maintain by the show's dresser for the lead role

Hugh Jackman's black t-shirt in The Boy From Oz

#40

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 12:22pm

"depends what you mean by best.. Joe Machota's mamma Mia shorts are pretty nifty..... "

Isn't this more of a case of the person being costumed than the costume itself? :P

#41

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 12:40pm

The costumes from the original Broadway productions of "Dreamgirls" and "42nd Street". Both designed by Theoni V. Aldredge. The colors and designs of the ladies gowns in "Dames" were simply spectacular.

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#42

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:32pm

Yes, I saw AS THOUSANDS CHEER. I was a dancer in Broadway musicals from 1936-1947, then left to get married and have a family and move to Israel. I was 15 years old when I started appearing in shows. Such a long time ago. My father was a pit musician, and he played in the original THOUSANDS CHEER.

Cheers,

Miriam

Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!

#43

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:43pm

I completely agree RedHot. SITPWG was the first thing that came to my mind when I read this thread and I wasn't aware of how wonderful they are up close as you have explained. I think Bernadette's first scene dress (the one that opens and closes and stands on its own) is an amazing feat in costuming particularly since it was only 1984.

#44

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:47pm

The single best costume I have ever seen on Broadway (of which I have been known to write of before) was designed by Theoni V. Aldredge for Chita Rivera's character in The Rink.

During the drab book scenes it was a simple blue shirtwaist dress. However when she danced deep box pleats had been hidden in the design the entire time and no one knew until we saw the great Rivera extension and wham! The skirt was actually full and opened when she would do a turn.

The show was 2 1/2 hours long and she wore one costume and we never got bored with it.

Runner-up: Charlotte's brown ensemble in the original A Little Night Music that looked like pants while standing yet appeared to be a dress while seated. (Or was it the other way around?) Anyway, the great Florence Klotz designed that one.

Ms. Klotz also did some stunning work for the ghosts in the original Follies.

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#45

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:53pm

Most of all the costumes in "Autant en Emporte le Vent"

Most of all the costumes in the French, Belgian, and Russian productions of R&J

Juliet's death dress in "Romeo & Juliet - the Musical"

Christine's blue dress, and wedding dress in "The Phantom of the Opera"

Belle's golden gown in "Beauty and the Beast"

Cindy's blue party dress in "Cindy, Cendrillon 2002"

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet

#46

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:54pm

I'll be stoned to death if I say the shower scenes in Take Me Out...

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#47

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:57pm

KMF
No, you won't be stoned to death. Not in the least.

What about women's costumes...?

Xx

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#48

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 4:58pm

i forgot one

carla's sheet in nine

and the "dress" jane krakowski wore for the rest of the show

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Updated On: 8/6/04 at 04:58 PM

#49

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/6/04 at 5:00pm

:)
thanks WOSQ

Well, the costumes for "The Woman" were pretty fab, but some of my favorites are:
The Girl in the Yellow Dres -- Contact
Patti LuPone's red gown for Blow Gabriel Blow in the LC revival of Anything Goes
All of Norma's stuff in Sunset -- especially the Zebra Robe a the pool scene opening of Act II

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#50

re: The BEST costumes youve ever seen?

Posted: 8/7/04 at 12:17am

Um,
The Lion King.

If you can call those costumes - where does the costume end and the puppet begin? Love those masks too.

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