Favorite Set Designs

[Scott Briefer]

I'm passionate about stagecraft. What are some of your favorite sets...

[zooxanthellae]

the original Hal Prince staging of Sweeney Todd.

[Scott Briefer]

On The Twentieth Century: (opening sequence and She's a Nut)
Chess (Broadway)
Phantom of the Opera
Dreamgirls
Pippin
Dracula (recent musical)
King of Hearts


there are so many more...

[Tag]

Crazy For You
Mamma Mia
Chicago (Revival)
Sunday In The Park With George (Original)

[Scott Briefer]

KA (Unfortunately this isn't Broadway but Las Vegas, it counts though as it's one of the most lavish productions in the history of theater!)

[Scott Briefer]

Sunday In The Park With George (both original and recent revival, for very different reasons)

[BNN]

Follies
Xanadu
Wicked
From what I've seen, the original Company

All time greatest for me is The Drowsy Chaperone.

[Scott Briefer]

original Company was really cool as was the original Follies

However, the original London Follies was even more spectacular.

[lakezurich]

The Drowsy Chaperone

Sunday In The Park With George (Original, and Revival)

Sweeney Todd (Original)

Dreamgirls

Xanadu

Avenue Q

[parislover87]

dirty rotten scoundrels was pretty impressive to me... it was obviously relatively inexpensive but it fit the cartoonish behavior of the characters.

Drowsy is probably one of my favorites as well.

If this were opposite day I could also mention The Little Mermaid

[jv92]

FOLLIES! FOLLIES! FOLLIES!

[[tos]fan999]

My all time favorite set was the one for the 2006 McCarter/Papermill PLayhouse productions of A Misummer Night's Dream with GroovoLily and Lea DeLaria. I wish I could find some pictures, it was truely an amazing and innovative set.

[TheatreFreak05]

I absolutely love Drowsy Chaperone's set!

It is so creative and different :)

Designed by David Gallo

[sondheimgeek]

I have to agree with jv92...

FOLLIES! FOLLIES! FOLLIES!

[TheatreFreak05]

My other favorite would definitely be the revival of Sunday in the Park With George. The projections made the show even more beautiful (if that is even possible).

Designed by David Farley
Projections designed by The Knifedge Creative Network

[LadyRosecoe]

Company
Sunday in the Park with George (both original and revival)
Sunset Boulevard
Dreamgirls
Assassins (revival)
Follies (London)

[Wildcard]

I love the sets of:

Miss Saigon
Sunset Blvd.
Into the Woods (original)
A Chorus Line (sets don't have to be complex)
Phantom of the Opera
NT Carousel
Hal Prince Showboat
NT My Fair Lady
London Revival of Evita
Light in the Piazza
Beauty and the Beast (original set)
Dreamgirls
The Producers

[LadyRosecoe]

OH and absolutely The Pillowman- fantastic, so so eerie and perfect.

[toanythingtaboo 2]

The Little Mermaid.



No, but seriously...I like the sets of; The Lion King, My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and Wicked.

Even the sets for Legally Blonde are quite cool, I like how slick they glide in and out.

[candydog2]

I think the original Beauty and the Beast sets are stunning, the Beast's castle was amazing to look at for it's sheer size and attention to detail despite how big it was. And everyone gasped when the curtain went up in the title number.

Other than that, I've heard that the house in Mary Poppins is really something, bu having seen only pictures I can't really give a personal opinion.

I love those pictures of the SITPWG sets though!

[ruthiefan_felix]

I really hope there are some set photos of the Mary Poppins the musical in London and Broadway and esp the UK Tour which opens up differently like a book rather than a doll house!

[brad3]

Aida

[BrianIdol]

Well, I'm going to defend the Little Mermiad. Is it the best set ever? No. But I think it's very imaginative and 'out-there' and I applaud that. It was a brand new way of looking at a traditional fairy tale.

[Scott Briefer]

thank you for the wonderful photos. they're absolutely gorgeous.

[TheatreFreak05]

Not my favorite, but still beautiful.

The set for Little Women:

Designed by Derek McLaine