Your "How do they do that?!" moments- Page 5
Your "How do they do that?!" moments
#100re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 9:20amHow the stages looked flooded during POTO (Lair scene) and Titanic (End of Act 1)
#101re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 10:56amAt first I was completely baffled by the mirror sequence in Wicked during "Wicked Witch of the East." Now it doesn't really baffle me, I just think it looks cool.
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#102re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 11:15amMary Poppins' magic...I know it's all old stage magic but it still impresses me. Also, sort of random..but the fact that Jenn Gambestese comes down in the hammock (sp) without a safety restraint of any sort baffles me. I Love the song they sing while that happens, but I was almost a bit scared for her the whole scene.
Londonskyguy
Featured Actor Joined: 7/24/06
#103re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 2:04pmIve always been baffled by the opening of Dots dress in the beginning of Sunday in the park... I have an idea of how they did it, but does anyone know the particulars?
#104re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 3:30pmThere is a remote for the Dot's dress to open and close. George attaches the dress with a thin pole into the floor while he's adjusting Dot's hands so the dress won't fall over.
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#105re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 3:35pmWhen I saw Beauty and the Beast years ago, I was amazed when the beast turned into the prince. I wonder what it would be like mow. Probably still amazing. Oh live theater...how I love thee.
#106re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 6:55pmOk, maybe I'm crazy, but I think during the original 'Into the Woods', I think it's amazing how the chair lifts up in the air...how's that done?
This is Harvard, not a stripper bar...
#107re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 7:05pmA pole from under the stage attached to a leg. Baker's wife covers it with her dress as she stands next to the chair.
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#108re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/19/06 at 10:14pm
Eastwickian, those Our House quick changes totally blew my mind! And the actor that played him did a brilliant job managing to play two characters almost simultaneously.
Back to Dracula. I guess not enough people saw it to recall the "reversing the years" effect mentioned earlier. I remember being really impressed. (And that trapdoor fall really freaked me out!)
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#109re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/21/06 at 12:30pm
"There is a remote for the Dot's dress to open and close. George attaches the dress with a thin pole into the floor while he's adjusting Dot's hands so the dress won't fall over."
Just to clarify a little, Dot's dress in "Sunday...with George" has tiny little tubes that, when turned on from off stage, air flows through them and allows the dress to open up. It's a really cool effect. My drama teacher knew the guy who helped design that and he called it something I can't remember. Uh...pneumatic something-or-other, maybe?
Damn, I wish I could remember...
que pasa calabaza...
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#110re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:24pmwait... the witch and the Beast transformations? Those are so lame and tacky. The witch, you could easily tell and that beast tranformation looks like a corny 80s rock concert. So pathetic.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#111re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/21/06 at 1:24pmwait... the witch and the Beast transformations? Those are so lame and tacky. The witch, you could easily tell and that beast tranformation looks like a corny 80s rock concert. So pathetic.
#112re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/21/06 at 3:09pm
"wait... the witch and the Beast transformations? Those are so lame and tacky. The witch, you could easily tell and that beast tranformation looks like a corny 80s rock concert. So pathetic."
Hmmm...
Negativity breeds lonliness, dude...
...just wanted to put that out there...
que pasa calabaza...
ChristineAngel
Chorus Member Joined: 11/9/05
#113re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:55am
"neomystyk29, the real Phantom and Christine dont come out onstage until the 3rd verse "Those who ahve seen your face...." If you watch very carefully, sometimes the doubles on the walkway aren't even lipsynching the whole time. "
Actually no, that's wrong 
The real Phantom and Christine come out during "and do I dream again for now I find..." that's when they come out just to let ya know, I am a a HUGE phantom phan, so I totally know alot.
Yero
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
#114re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 9/1/06 at 12:09pmAll I know is the real Phantom and Christine come out on the boat, I have no idea what they are singing at that point, though.
"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#115re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 1:58pmI love the beginning of GREY GARDENS.
#116re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:29pmmy "WOAH!" is in wicked-how in the h does he go from boq to the tin man?!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#117re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:38pm
Um, it's called: silver make-up and a costume change. 
#118re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:40pmyeah but it appears that he never gets up
#119re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:40pm
yeah, the beginning of GREY GARDENS still kinda makes me ponder
the question is really, "Who stands in as Little Edie in the window: Erin or Christine?"
haha, sorry, that makes me wonder...I think its Erin, though. But it just seems like Christine's body...hmm
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
#120re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:41pm
I still dont see why people are baffled by Boq's transformation in wicked is done. Its just a double that comes out painted silver and lipsynchs the "oh no" part.
not so much "how did they do that" but more "that is totally cool and beautiful" is the scene in Aida when the river turns into a canopy then just falls and takes on the shape of a tent, totally theatrical.
as for the car in Chitty, maybe it was because i had 'Chitty' seats (lol) but i london i could clearly see the arm that supports the car, if just comes up out of the stage with the car attached, the same principal of those electric company trucks that have the bucket thing that raises the technician up to the telephone pole.
what was also totally a treat to watch was the recent revival of Little Shop at the end when the plant came out over the audience, i was totally tickled by that.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre
#121re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:43pm
I know these aren't that big of a deal, but when Leaf falls of the bleacher in Spelling Bee, I was seriously wondering how that didn't hurt. Also, the fast motion sequence in that show, while I understood how they did it, really impressed me.
I also agree with the Show Off quick changes...
#122re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 3:35pmThe set for Rabbit Hole. AMAZING!!!
Dover
Leading Actor Joined: 4/29/06
#123re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 11:43pmChristineAngel is right, the real Phantom and Christine come out just after "for now I find." The doubles only do the first cross on the travelator, the real ones do the second and third, and then climb down to the boat. That's why there's a few seconds where nothing is happening except the start of the candle sequence (which is pretty cool to watch in itself).
#124re: Your 'How do they do that?!' moments
Posted: 6/13/07 at 11:54pm
OKay, there's a video on youtube of Donna McKechnie, Chita Rivera, and Ann Reinking singing Let Me Entertain You. Donna is wearing a two piece outfit for the first part of the song but than the three of them go upstage and suddenly all three are wearing dresses.
How the hell did they do that? At first I thought it was fabric that was tucked into the Donna's clothing, but at the end she holds up her dress and it's a one piece.
I've watched the video and asked all my dance, drama, and costume friends and no one seems to know how they did it.
Christ, it's plauging me. Anyone know?
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