Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
cmetwo
Swing Joined: 6/26/07
#1Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
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!
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ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#2re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
Posted: 6/26/07 at 6:03pmI 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?
#3re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
Posted: 6/26/07 at 6:10pmThe 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.
broadwayboy1017
Leading Actor Joined: 6/4/07
#4re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:00pmits the same, if not bigger in LA. The pantages is LA is a much bigger theater.
#5re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:06pmOh, and the stage is not raked in Chicago like it is on Broadway (not sure about LA).
broadwayboy1017
Leading Actor Joined: 6/4/07
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#7re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
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).
#8re: Wicked ?'s Chicago and LA
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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