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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
‘Here Lies Love’: First Images Of Broadway Theater Turned Dance Club
Deadline: First-look images were released today of the wildly revamped Broadway Theatre that will be transformed, at least in part, into the disco dance club home of Here Lies Love, the immersive David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical about Imelda Marcos.
2 comments:
Jasper
said...
When I saw the renderings of the scenic design for this show I was immediately blown away. I had never even thought that a traditional proscenium theater, especially one on Broadway, could be so radically transformed like it will be for this show. These designs take a traditional proscenium and turn it on its head. The way that David Korins has so successfully turned this theater into a nightclub is incredible. The rendering looks very immersive and I can’t imagine that this show will look the same from any two seats. One of the biggest restrictions of a proscenium theater, and the reason so many shows end up working best in black box type settings, is that it is very hard to create a scenic design that is not traditional in its setup with the audience facing the stage. This design has taken that restriction and ignored it entirely. I really hope to be able to see this show from any of the many angles it offers.
Here Lies Love is another show I am so excited to see. I feel like theater and art is ever changing. So when a production designer does something that can bring a new light theater I feel like that’s really impressive. The use of making this theater into a disco dance club and having a Four viewing seating option I think you’re so smart. The article talked about how the scenic designer really wants to redefine what it means to be in an immersive theater event. I feel like that’s what makes theater what it is and brings creativity to the stage. Also, the reason I want to see the show is because Alex Timbers is the Director and he talked about in the article that live theater doesn’t exist without an audience “ he is a Director that I think has brought theater back to life whether you talk about Moulin Rouge or this show it brings a new life to theater.
2 comments:
When I saw the renderings of the scenic design for this show I was immediately blown away. I had never even thought that a traditional proscenium theater, especially one on Broadway, could be so radically transformed like it will be for this show. These designs take a traditional proscenium and turn it on its head. The way that David Korins has so successfully turned this theater into a nightclub is incredible. The rendering looks very immersive and I can’t imagine that this show will look the same from any two seats. One of the biggest restrictions of a proscenium theater, and the reason so many shows end up working best in black box type settings, is that it is very hard to create a scenic design that is not traditional in its setup with the audience facing the stage. This design has taken that restriction and ignored it entirely. I really hope to be able to see this show from any of the many angles it offers.
Here Lies Love is another show I am so excited to see. I feel like theater and art is ever changing. So when a production designer does something that can bring a new light theater I feel like that’s really impressive. The use of making this theater into a disco dance club and having a Four viewing seating option I think you’re so smart. The article talked about how the scenic designer really wants to redefine what it means to be in an immersive theater event. I feel like that’s what makes theater what it is and brings creativity to the stage. Also, the reason I want to see the show is because Alex Timbers is the Director and he talked about in the article that live theater doesn’t exist without an audience “ he is a Director that I think has brought theater back to life whether you talk about Moulin Rouge or this show it brings a new life to theater.
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