Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA

[cmetwo]

Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA#1

Posted: 6/26/07 at 5:28pm

Hello! I was wondering if the LA production and Chicago production of Wicked is more simillar to Broadway or is it more similar to the tour. Meaning, does the stage extend out, monkeys fly through audience, elphaba comes up through trap for No Good Deed. I'd love to get some info on it...I love to discuss differences in companies!

let's hear it! Thanks!

[Unknown User]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA#2

Posted: 6/26/07 at 6:01pm

Yes. Chicago has all that.

[ElFantasma14]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA#2

Posted: 6/26/07 at 6:03pm

I was wondering the same thign about L.A. Does the set extend into the auditorium, like the vines and stuff in the Gershwin? Or does it pretty much stop at the proscenium scaffolding like on tour?

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA#3

Posted: 6/26/07 at 6:10pm

The monkeys don't bounce or "fly" into the audience in Chicago like on Broadway. Other than that and a few set changes it's basically the same.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[broadwayboy1017]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA#4

Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:00pm

its the same, if not bigger in LA. The pantages is LA is a much bigger theater.

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA#5

Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:06pm

Oh, and the stage is not raked in Chicago like it is on Broadway (not sure about LA).

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[broadwayboy1017]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA #6

Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:16pm

it i snot raked in la

[ThankstoPhantom]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA #7

Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:29pm

The vines and such at the Gerswhin were mainly designed to fill the extreme empty space in the theatre.

I know that Chicago has the staircases on the sides, but they do not extend out into the theatre. I'm fairly certain LA is the same way.

On tour, they have no staircases at all, instead they substitute them with these rather cheap looking platforms (that's the only thing about the tour that I did not like).

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Updated On: 6/26/07 at 07:29 PM

[roseaddams]

re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA #8

Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:51pm

The LA staircases don't extend out into the theater, but the actual stage proper does a bit.

I think that possibly the Pantages is the one theater too big for Wicked. It may be because I was in the balcony, but the theater kinda dwarfed the show.

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