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Posted: 4/26/16 at 12:22am
broadwayguy2 said:
Jon, yes. The end of the opening number as well as the Baker's Wife stealing Rapunzel's hair were also heavily changed and restaged compared to how they happened 8 times a week in the show."
How was the opening number changed?
Posted: 4/26/16 at 1:33am
Primarily, the end of the number. The "reveal" of the full stage did not happen in the way it is depicted on the filmed version. The reveal of the full stage comes later on due to the time that it takes to strike the three houses in the live performance, so the number, starting from when the characters set out and leave there homes, looks notably different in the actual Broadway staging. There are other moments of blocking during the number that vary based on how it would look on film in frame as opposed to how the full stage composition would look to an audience.
Posted: 4/26/16 at 1:59pm
Ah okay!
Also, do we know why Bernadette's wig is blonde in the taping and grey in all the production photos?
Granny's dress is different as well.
Posted: 4/26/16 at 2:18pm
broadwayguy2 said: "The show was filmed at the Martin Beck (now Hirschfeld) Theatre on Broadway, where the original production played. It was filmed near the end of the run, with the full original company (minus the original Snow White, I THINK) returning for several performances specifically for the filming."
Interesting. So, technically, there's a precedent for original cast to come back briefly for a live taping? I hate doing this (turning this post into a potential Hamilton one), but Groff could be back to do a live recording which can later be broadcast in 2027.
Posted: 4/26/16 at 5:39pm
Well, I am sure what reason you would like or why you would want to know, so I can't answer that. Only Ann Hould-Ward could do that. Costume evolve regularly and often as shows run. Production photos after often taken at the start of previews, and changes happen after that -- in Hairspray, Tracy's finally costumes had at least five iterations between first Broadway preview and Broadway closing. The filming happened near the end of the run.
As far as a change in wig color, again it may just have evolved, or it could be the exact same shade it reads differently because of how photographs are exposed and processed versus what they look like under lighting. The lighting for the show was HEAVILY redesigned for the filming because the stage lighting would not photograph.
re: Precent. Then why raise it? Clearly there is precedent, just as there has always been precedent for someone to return to a show for any purpose whatsoever. It is quite common. In fact, there was comment today in the press about the very prospect of filming that show.... And again, Into the woods was not filmed at the start of the run and placed into a vault for holding. It was extensively planned and executed at the end of the run and went through full post production for a scheduled air date as part of an anthology series.
