What Broadway theater(s) have you been backstge at? What was it like?
Lunt-Fontanne- Extremley small but very high ceilings!
Marquis- again not a huge backstage but very tall ceilings. big basement. the dressing rooom area was huge! lots of stairs!
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
Say NO to drugs and YES to Jackie Hoffman Live At Joes Pub!
"ITS THE DAY OF THE SHOW YA'LL!!"-Bwaynerd
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
Say NO to drugs and YES to Jackie Hoffman Live At Joes Pub!
"ITS THE DAY OF THE SHOW YA'LL!!"-Bwaynerd
Marquis, Minskoff & Gershwin - very large space/dressing rooms back stage.
Broadway Theatre - good sized dressing rooms, and the stage was deeply raked as it was during "Miss Saigon." Winter Garden - the dressing rooms and stage area were good sized. Walter Kerr - small dressing rooms.
Imperial Theatre - small dressing rooms, and the stage is not deep at all, and there's practically no stage right. St. James theatre - small dressing rooms and very small wing space. Belasco - very small all the way around.
haha ljay889! "my boy is stupid..." i love that lyric too!
"(in a sweedish accent) Oh! What a lovely T-shirt you are wearing!"- Catherine Zeta-Jones refering to my ALNM shirt at the CD signing.
Say NO to drugs and YES to Jackie Hoffman Live At Joes Pub!
"ITS THE DAY OF THE SHOW YA'LL!!"-Bwaynerd
Lunt-Fontanne- Little Mermaid Very small stage and wings. So many raised scenes in the wings. Pretty scary for the crew since they need to know when they go down otherwise they can get seriously hurt.
Eugene O'Neill - Very actual BACKSTAGE area, but the green room, etc. downstairs is pretty wide open. The dressing rooms seemed pretty decently sized, but not really worth the crazy walk up/down those stairs.
Al Hirschfeld - Didn't really notice the wing space, seemed pretty open backstage, though. Dressing rooms were nice sized, though the hallways were kind of narrow looking at times. I was surprised that the dressing rooms were all basically the same size, none seemed to be distinguished for the "lead" or the "star."
Most of the older broadway houses don't have much wing space at all. They were built during the vaudeville era when painted drops were pretty much the only scenery used.
August Wilson-Pretty narrow wing space and staircases backstage, but the flies were pretty large, even though Jersey Boys only implemented the flies for that fence/"curtain"
Neil Simon-I went backstage after the closing show of Ragtime and I noticed the wings were packed to the nines, even though the wingspace was huge. The flies were small but a lot was stored up there, including the 3rd tier of the set, a ladder, and the tempo club sign. The set itself was huge, and not so "stripped down" as it looked.
I cursed the Lyceum by accident when I went backstage. I said "Macbeth" during the course of a conversation. I forgot the whole curse thing, and kind of forgot we were still technically in a theatre as well. Oops. My friend went off on me then, no need to attack me now.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never
knowing how
I got tired from walking up the stairs at the Hirshfeld. It was commented that the cast didn't have to go to the gym because of the stairs.
Brooks Atkinson and Broadhurst are small but the Vivian Beaumont is pretty nicely sized as far as backstages go.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Walter Kerr- Grey Gardens Schubert- Spamalot Curran Theatre (SF)- The Phantom of the Opera Golden Gate Theatre (SF)- Legally Blonde (pre bway) Huntington (BU Theatre), Boston
There's a crazy, winding staircase leading up to the dressing rooms. It's very cramped and they make the most of the space available. On the stairs stood Fantine's costume on a display and the wings leading onto the stage is practically just a few feet from the stage door. The dressing rooms are like walk-in closets.
It made me realized just how unglamorous performing on Broadway can be.
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.