#broadway set design

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Edward Gorey (British) • Illustration for stage design for the adaptation of Bram Stocker's Frankenstein on Broadway • 1977

[roth70]

Virtually recreating Boris Aronson's Original 1970 Company set!

[sillybillywaffl]

(GREAT GATSBY MUSICAL SPOILERS(ish) AHEAD BTW!!!!!!!!!!)

just recently saw the great gatsby musical on Broadway and had a thought I wanted to share about how much I love the inclusion of roaring on as the opening and closing numbers of the show.

to my knowledge, the lyrics of the chorus remained unchanged for both versions (original and reprise), and I think that is what elevated it to such depths. the lyrics talk about moving from one party to the next, paying off the cops and doing anything to keep a glamorous life "roaring on". at the beginning of the musical, it sets the tone for the main drive; all the characters want to maintain their lives while still doing whatever they can to keep being swept up in the glamour of high class 20's society. it was a gorgeous spectacle of an opener, a dazzling song meant to draw you in and set the scene.

now at the end, even though it all stays essentially the same lyrically, my analysis of it completely changes. after Nick has to watch everything burn so bright and then horrifically die out (literally die out for several characters), and yet everything... really doesn't change for people. the parties and society life will still continue with or without Gatsby's parties, Daisy will still be able to live a privileged life like she did in the beginning, and everything just moves on. applying this to roaring on, it now has a much deeper meaning; it more so represents the fleeting nature of life, and how people can just move on so quickly to the next shiny thing they see. How you may seem on top of the world at one point, but how eventually the party ends, which may affect how your life pans out, YET people will just find another to attend and be swept up in their lives, making yours almost meaningless once all the guests have departed. I really admired just how much the exact same words could create such a different tone in this musical.

[thephantomofanastasia]

Additional photos from the production of Anastasia the Musical at the University of Mainz in Germany.

Photo credit: vidhyavictoria on IG

[eddie-redmayne-italian-blog]

My gifs from video " Tony Nominee Best Costume Design - Tom Scutt/ Cabaret at Kit Kat Club"

"Cabaret has some of the most breathtaking costumes on Broadway right now, courtesy of the phenomenal designer Tom Scutt"

Entertainment Weekly

[the-cricket-chirps]

Edward Gorey and his Tony Award winning set for Dracula, 1978.

Edward Gorey, Dracula & Lucy

Edward Gorey, Dracula, Photo mechanical print,

[thesquirrelqueer]

@finallyheereandqueer is referring to this picture

which is from one of Beowulf Boritt’s 3D models for the show, there’s a bunch more too!

and even some 2D models

I don’t remember where I found them at all they’re just in the archive

[collinsportmaine]

Edward Gorey on the set of the 1977 production of Dracula, which he designed.

[sleepboysummer]

being a costume designer and set concept artist who is also a maximalist irl is fun and games until literally nothing is over the top enough.

[leisplayhouse]

set designs are very important art

[the-herdier]

Just a warning for anyone who wants to see The Outsiders musical: If you cannot handle blackouts and harsh, blinding white light flashes, you might want to pass this one by.

[roth70]

Stephen Sondheim's Company in its Pre-Broadway tryout period in Boston, 1970:

Still lots more rare OBC Company stuff to come!!!

[szollibisz]

Pretty sure the thing I'm gonna miss the most when i move abroad is hungarian theatre (especially my local theatre)

[suburbianovertures]

mini falsettos things i noticed (spoilers)

i'm specifically talking about act the 2016 revival & productions post-revival here. i’ve seen act one in the proshot of the original cast & a small production live.

it's a (probably) fairly well-known fact that the set design incorporates more real-life props (e.g. books, plants, beds) the more serious the scene. more real-life props are introduced as the ending nears, and this takes place primarily in act two, with the bed in what more can i say? and whizzer's hospital bed up until jason's bar mitzvah and the ending. but there are some similar references in act one!!

in i’m breaking down, trina uses a real knife, bowl and food.

in marvin at the psychiatrist, mendel uses a clipboard.

during please come to our house / jason’s therapy, trina brings out real food/plates, but they’re dismissed by mendel in favour of his therapy sessions, which don’t really take anything seriously.

and in making a home, just before marvin hits trina (a very serious/not downplayed moment in the musical), trina, mendel and jason all use real props like plants and books to make the home, and the rest of act two takes place there. they’re surrounded by all of the “serious”, real objects during the most serious moments in act one, during father to son, and (to some extent/at a stretch) the games i play. and this happens again in act two.

there is also the recurring chessboard during significant and more serious moments, but i might make a follow-up for the chessboard prop’s significance :)

[attheendoftheline]

I mentioned it before but I love three things : Mines, caves and gore makeup. Hadestown 100% knew what it was doing setting Hadestown as a mining/company town WITHIN the mine itself while also combining more ‘traditional’ elements of the underworld such as the river (being the wall, one of them anyway there’s 3), Cerberus (in this version being presumably 3, bloodhounds) and just idk cave vibes. This is compounded on the fact that above is sort of a New Orleans vibe both musically but ALSO as a setting. (Looking at the bar and Hermes states it himself “and it ain’t against the blacktop tar you’ve walked a hundred times before”) this is sort of funny considering how much a “I ain’t leaving my land”farm boy Orpheus was in earlier drafts. Also not to mention Spanish moss? Another….hhhhh no I just- the vibes- they’re so right for the settings and the way they set up the set is- absolutely my brain is- yes.

[shmreduplication]

Groundhog Day Musical on Groundhog Day heehee haahaa hoohoohoo

Company The Musical on my birthday heeheehee haahaahaa hoohoohoohoo