Scrpts with interesting sets
Scrpts with interesting sets
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 10:47pmIt's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superman
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#2re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:29pmAssassins is always interesting to see staged. I have seen it 3 totally different ways, and loved it more each time. Evita is also a challenge to stage with all the projections and so on.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#3re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:37pmYou can make ANYTHING intresting...... you want a challenge try and redesign Grand Hotel
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#4re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:42pm
You really can make anything interesting.
As for Evita, I'm sure it can be done without the projections. I'd think you'd lose the realistic touches of seeing the actual Eva Peron in action, but it can be done. I've seen a production without the projections (but on the same set and staging as the original, so it was just kinda... empty almost).
A show like Assassins is wonderful - you can go big, or you can go minimalist. I love that.
#5re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:45pmI prefer minimalist. Sondheim shows have proven they can be better that way.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#6re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:54pmFor our final project for Drawing and Rendering I ended up doing an interesting set design for Chess. I used the "One Night in Bangkok" scene. It turned out pretty cool. I was thinking about maybe doing something for Hedwig and the Angry Inch but I obviuously chose to go with Chess. Good Luck!
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#7re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:57pmthe how to succeed set could be interesting. Peter Pan, Any Disney show
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#8re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/24/06 at 11:59pmI think the weirdest set is for Our Town. two ladders in one act and a cemetery in another.
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#9re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:06pmCompany, Follies, Cabaret, Chicago, Pal Joey (as a unit set maybe?)
#10re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:07pmMy school is doing Our Town right now, and we are building the entire thing on a rake.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#11re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:18pmInteresting - the whole point of OUR TOWN is that it's supposedto be done with NO SET. The stage should look like a bare stage.
#12re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 12:48pmI've seen some interesting concepts of Chess.
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#14re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 3:16pmYou could always do something interesting with "Into the Woods".
#15re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 4:53pmI found Aida interesting...very simple but beautiful!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#16re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:16pmLook for things by Caryl Churchill. She does a lot of almost absurd type stuff that could be very interesting to design. Or anything by Euguen Ionesco.
#17re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 5:27pmJon~ Yes, I'm not a huge fan of it. Especially since the floor is painted a God-awful fake wood tile.
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#18re: Scrpts with interesting sets
Posted: 2/25/06 at 7:44pmI just worked on a production of THE SECRET GARDEN...now there's a show with a design challenge. There are over 10 settings and the script moves from one to the next quite rapidly. Plus, you have a variety of settings - both indoor and outdoor, night and day, India and England - that challenges you to be innovative and creative while also coming up with something plausible and effective.
"Art is always in crisis: you must work fast to write in the breath on the window."
-Edward Bond
