What show do you think has OR had the best scenery??- Page 3

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:32pm

Wicked sets are all spectical and cheesy that having nothing to do with the SHOW. Now the book is another story. The own cast didn't know the revelance to why the show has a clock theme.
Updated On: 4/10/06 at 09:32 PM

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:33pm

Haha BwayBaby18, you are the best....

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:33pm

The sets have nothing to do with the show OR t he book? Your post isn't making much sense ot me. (And, YES, i read the novel. i know the significance of the clock of the time dragon.)

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:34pm

I think that she is just saying that the cast did not know the meaning of the clocks...I didn't understand the first part.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:37pm

Well, maybe the cast didn't read the novel. The clock is actually pretty insignificant in the context of the show.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:42pm

Therefor it is a useless set, it doesn't tell you anything about the main themes of the show.... i edited my earlier post.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 9:45pm

That makes more sense. It still has SOME relevance to the show, though, even if the cast doesn't necessarily know. The clock is mentioned in the very beginning.

[thez914]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 11:28pm

I agree that the Wicked set is both beautiful and holds its own within the concept of the show.

Also, my picks are (these are somewhat biased since I haven't seen anything in New York for two years):

The Secret Garden
Ragtime
The Lion King

[Attendthetale331]

Posted: 4/10/06 at 11:30pm

The Light in the Piazza, Fiddler On the Roof Revival

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 12:01am

Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Beauty and the Beast
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Hairspray

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 12:06am

Piazza's is quite stunning.

Though nothing beats Sunday in the Park With George.

[JulianHookbucks]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 12:07am

the ORIGINAL Porgy and Bess set in like... ninteen-thirty...something...

Phantom... (I always wished they had a SL staircase for Masquerade... but alas...)

CATS was pretty cool...

PIAZZA is GORGEOUS.

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 12:08am

Um...Glinda makes a reference in the very beginning of the show talking about the Time Clock.

anyway....

Ragtime
The Phantom of The Opera
Wicked
AIDA
The Lion King
Starlight Express....I love this set
FANTASMIC
Side Show...University of Montevallo

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 1:13am

Unmasked, I read in the Black & White today about Montevallo's "Side Show" - you'll have to post production photos, as I won't be able to attend.

Do you think you guys could elaborate more on why you like these sets and/or add pictures? I haven't seem most of these shows, so I'd love to see some of the sets mentioned.

I thought the Sweeney revival set was very effective, although, I didn't like how it had the parts on the side. The black parts. I felt like it should have sprawled out across the entire stage. Although I guess the narrowness sort of worked, cause it drew your eye into the story.

I think Wicked has great elaborate sets. I also like how the Wicked set fits the Gershwin like a glove. It was literally built into the theater and I like that. It doesn't look transplanted. I also love how even though its enormous, there is a lot of detail. I just think the show is great. I think it has great direction - in places. The only thing I didn't like was the dresser that Elphaba appears in. I get why it looks like that because of the "effect" - but I just think it looks sorta cheap.

I think the Chicago set is very effective. That show is a great example of how lighting and sets can work together to create an atmosphere. I love the "jail" gobos used on the floor and how the cast members never actually left the stage.

I sorta liked the Full Monty sets. They were interesting, yet creative. It worked great with the show, but wasn't really anything to rave about, but at the same time, I really liked looking at them and the sorta of neon colors that they used.

Mamma Mia has a very cool set too. Its a good example of a unit set. Is that the right term? I always get them confused. It worked for so many different locations. It was brillantly designed. Esp with the floor lighting up and the raised platform that was sorta useless, but interesting.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:57am

But here is the thing something as important as what you are looking over shouldn't be glossed over in one line.... which frankly half of the glinda's have had terrible timing and just speed over the point of th clock.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 5:01am

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.

I loved how they start with a bare white stage, transfoirm it into the outline of teh park, by the end of act one the complete painting is before us and by teh end of act two we return to a bare white stage. Magic! It fit the needs of the show without overwhelming it.

[Pippin]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 11:03am

I loved looking at the most recent fiddler revival. it was beautiful. better than the actual show.

also, I'm jumping on the piazza wagon.

[ze emcee]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 1:20pm

The Light in the Piazza
The Phantom of the Opera

[Barihunk]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 1:46pm

I'll throw another vote in "An Inspector Calls". Never before or since have I seen a set design that was so fully integrated into the production that the set itself was almost a character in the show. The genius of it though was that as fantastic as the stage design was it never once upstaged the performance... completely brilliant.

I was also a big fan of John Lee Beatty's set for the LTC revival "The Little Foxes". That staircase! Loved it (and Stockard Channing and Frances Conroy).

Also, Bob Crowley's designs for "Carousel" were stunning as well. Which brings up two interesting conclusions: 1994 was a great year for set design and the Vivian Beaumont is a great space for set designers.

Updated On: 4/11/06 at 01:46 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 2:14pm

Original Sweeney
It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman!
Wicked
Sadly, two of those three I have only seen in photographs.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 2:15pm

From the past, the original production of "Annie". The sets were wonderful, as well as how the set changes were incorporated into the show.

Currently, "The Light in the Piazza". Simply stunning.

[sharon1]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:20pm

I liked the Fiddler Revival set very much. I still think some are classics like, Sunday In the Park with George, Phantom, Sunset, and Les Miserables. My current favorite is Woman In White not just because it was new and different but because it worked. Even though some thought it didn't. I applaud their courage for doing something unusual. And yes, I agree with Avenue Q too.

[rosekwbp]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:29pm

Into The Woods

[knows_too_much]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:32pm

I don't think Caroline or Change has been said yet. I thought it was a great set.

Of course I'll agree with numerous other:
Sunday..
Phantom...
...Piazza
etc...

[tgrabon]

Posted: 4/11/06 at 4:34pm

Wonderful Town revival had the best set I have seen on Bway in a long while. I was bored with the show. Luckily I had the details of the amazing set to bide my time.