Playbill: After each winning a Tony Award for their work on the currently running Maybe Happy Ending, the pair’s latest project, The Lost Boys, has descended upon Broadway at the Palace Theatre to mysterious fanfare. Based on Joel Schumacher's 1987 cult classic of the same name, the musical is honing in on the emotional vulnerability that underpins the disarmingly stylized vampire film.
1 comment:
This article made me think about how shows are marketed. The headline for the article says “Three-Story-Set, a 65-foot fly rig,” but the article is mostly about the dramaturgical content of the show. The headline with the big numbers about the technical details of the show are interesting and got me to click on the article. There are a lot of people who want to see a spectacle, and the easiest way to convince people that the show that they are watching is a spectacle is to show all of the technology that goes into it. The plot of the show and the story of the designers is only mentioned after people get interested by the technology. I think that as designers are considering the design of their show, it is important to both consider the actual design needs of the show to tell the dramaturgy, but also think about what moments are going to stick out for people to talk about and get new people into the audience.
Post a Comment