Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
that's my favorite set in the show. that and the 'fortune favors the brave' set.
i forgot Chicago's set- yes i kinow its just a staircase and bandshell but still
I always loved the rotating stage in Les Mis, especially during "On My Own". Whoever was playing Eponine was physically walking but she stayed in the same spot. I was 9 when I saw that (back in 1989)and I thought it was the coolest thing.
LES MIS, WICKED, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I have to give snaps to the set of BOY FROM OZ, it isn't a ton, but the space in the back of the Imperial is tiny, to fit all of that set in the theatre is incredible.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/04
I like how while you're waiting for Wicked to start, you're staring at the map of...Oz...straight from Maguire's novel...it's awesome. And the Emerald City looks so pretty glowing in the middle.
Featured Actor Joined: 2/3/04
Featured Actor Joined: 8/11/04
I like Bernadette Peters Set too! HOT!!!! I want ot make out with her. I also think that the best broadway set has to go to...INTO THE WOODS REVIVAL?????? What the hell were they thinking????
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
1. SWEENEY TODD
2. The last revival of SHOWBOAT
The brilliant Eugene Lee seems to be the one person who knows how to fill the gigantic stage of the Gershwin.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
I pick Nine - and having Antonio Banderas on the stage just is an amazing little touchj. How could he not make any set look more beautiful?
Sunset Blvd, Proof, Sweeney Todd and I was impressed with the set in A Raisin in the Sun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/23/04
I love the Dragon in the Wicked set, but it has nothing to do with the show. In the book, the whole first section revolved around it, however it is mentioned maybe once in the show. I love the Les Mis set.
Featured Actor Joined: 8/11/04
I think that you are hot 'shesings'...you look a lot like Mark Paul Gosselar...mmmmmm :)
I definately agree w/ BWayBoy. The novel does a fantastic job of describing the Clock of the Time Dragon. The show, however, does not. They really should've thought of that before devoting the entire thematic element of the set to something that, as BWay said, is only mentioned a few times. It just doesn't make sense to me. It's just too...clocky (?) for a show that seems to have nothing to do w/ the clock. Ya know???
I'd have to also say Sunset Boulevard as having one of the best sets I've ever seen. The adjacent hotel room scene of the recent revival of "Private Lives" was gorgeous. "Aida" was saved only by its set, in addition to Heather Headley's performance. Phantom was the first grandiose set I can remember, particularly the underground lake scene and the Act II Masquerade opener.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
Eugene Lee did simething similar to WICKED when he did the original RAGTIME set. The basic unit set was based on the old Pennsylvania Station in New York City - with all the steel columns, the stairways and the clock face on the proscenium. The novel devotes a couple of pages to the railroad station and its history, but it's really not that prominent in the play.
Chorus Member Joined: 4/17/04
Understudy Joined: 5/23/03
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Beauty and the Beast....so pretty!
La Boheme
Aida
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