Bullets Over Broadway Set Design

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 3:11pm

Stumbled across these pictures of what appears to be a set model for Bullets Over Broadway. Looks pretty damn awesome.

[kade.ivy]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 3:12pm

I agree. Very cool!

[GottaHaveAGimmick]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 3:41pm

Looks like the warehouse/factory from "Kinky Boots."

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 4:14pm

^ How wrong you are-- the KB set was just one idea with no attempt at an emotional goosebumps aura. This one has ghosts and spacial complexity and a sense of being a hundred places at once. And that's the difference between a Santo Loquasto set and a David Rockwell one for me. Would that Santo had designed the last revival of Follies...

Updated On: 1/9/14 at 04:14 PM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 4:15pm

Reminds me of the set from Follies.

[broadwaytbay]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 4:19pm

Y'all I don't think those are ghosts, I think those are gray scale sizing mock-ups of actors... pretty sure.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 4:22pm

I'm talking about the bas reliefs that flank the proscenium left and right-- shadows of a forgotten time that give you a ghostly feel for the period.

Updated On: 1/9/14 at 04:22 PM

[NoName3]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 5:09pm

The exposed inner proscenium, arches and columns coupled with the side pieces remind me of the original Ragtime set, which was modeled on the old Penn Station.
Updated On: 1/9/14 at 05:09 PM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 5:12pm

I love it.

[Up In One]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 7:52pm

Kinda like Follies meets Urinetown - another multipurpose single set

[ARTc3]

Posted: 1/9/14 at 10:47pm

How do we know its a "single set"? It does look like a unit set, but there could be multiple add on pieces that dramatically transform the stage. I wish I remembered the movie more and the possible locations the action takes place at

Updated On: 1/9/14 at 10:47 PM

[devonian.t]

Posted: 1/10/14 at 2:12am

I think the set will transform significantly for the show-within-a-show scenes.

I wonder if David Shane's new work will be a musical rather than a play?

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 1/10/14 at 4:22am

ARTc3,
The term for what you talking about would be "a unit set with phases"... ie, a single set that does transform a bit from scene to scene,

[LegallyBroadway2]

Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:11pm

Kind of off topic.... but here is an interpretation. Some adaptation in Russia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLLMZgpmS0

[madlibrarian]

Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:48pm

That set design has the potential for blocking sightlines!

[allofmylife]

Posted: 1/12/14 at 3:11pm

No concept at all of how to do curtain calls. I really had enough of the male dancer by the end of this mess.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/12/14 at 7:01pm

Is that the same version? So it's not a world premiere?

[broadwayrocks2]

Posted: 1/14/14 at 11:31am

Add about 10 more feet of height to that back wall and add a bunch more posters and hang and 1989 Oldsmobile from the grid then you can invite Green Day back to play .

[Younger Brother]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 4:49pm

Here's another pic. It's not the main focus but you can get a good look at it. Looks great!
http://bulletsoverbroadwaymusical.tumblr.com/image/74348879022

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 5:09pm

All that iron rigging reminds me of the set for the original "Ragtime."

Marin should feel right at home!

[VotePeron]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 7:56pm

I would kill to sit in those first two rows. Rush, perhaps?

[CoreyRyan3]

Posted: 1/24/14 at 9:32pm

I'll be seeing the first preview of this. Can't wait. Set looks great to me.