Photo Flash: Isaac Mizrahi's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

[ljay889]

What in the world is Henrik wearing?



Raine's suit looks almost identical to Hanson's act 2 suit from our revival.


http://tinyurl.com/24wnf6z

[wonkit]

Henrik looks too mature to be playing a seminarian.

[laura is broadway]

Anne does not look 18...

[Brick]

Really? I think she does..

I think whole productions look beautiful, if a tad over designed. I'd take over our the very under designed B'way revival. I get the Chekhovian approach and pacing, but why must everyone wear black in Act I?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

I didn't realize Isaac Mizrahi directed stage productions, I take it Scarlett Johansson won't be making an appearance

I like the design, how I wish the Broadway revival had something similar to this. I agree with you, Brick, "under-designed" is an excellent way to describe the current revival.
And yes, the suit Fredrick is wearing in the original post looks very much like the one Hanson wears.
I'd have loved to see Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Desiree costumes as beautiful as she manages to look in the Nunn production.

[AC126748]

This production looks absolutely stunning.

[ColorTheHours048]

Is no one else seeing what I'm seeing? What the hell is Henrik wearing?! And why is Mr. Erlanson wearing wings?!

This is an overdesigned mess, in my opinion.

[ljay889]

^ Agreed. I think the set is ugly too. Love all of that AstroTurf.

[somethingwicked]

ColorTheHours048, it's all part of Mizrahi's concept, which sets the show in a "magical forest" complete with fairies ala A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

He talks about it here:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/stage/story/E0BBBA7F62C5FAC68625773100756CB5?OpenDocument

[wicked1492]

I prefer this set over the current revival any day. It's beautiful.

[ColorTheHours048]

Oh, for Christ's sake.

[Auggie27]

Looks lovely.

[South Fl Marc]

It does, and I would love to see Sean Phillips and Amy Irving in this. I bet they are wonderful.

[Eos]

I always love Opera Theatre St. Louis' productions, and I can't WAIT to see this next week! I'm also glad I saw the revival on my recent trip to NYC, since I think Isaac's version will be anything but "traditional".

[Auggie27]

Doesn't Ms Phillips look like Kyra Sedgewick in about 40 years? (And come to think of it, Mrs. Bacon would also make a lovely desiree.)

[choitoy]

I really like the set and the women's costumes. The men's costumes.... What's with all the sleeveless shirts? Really Isaac... Really!?!

[Mildred Plotka]

The expressions of the Henrik are priceless.

[best12bars]

I think this looks elegant and romantic.







A far cry from that funereal and claustrophobic design disaster on Broadway. The more I see photos of other productions, the more I grow to hate the look of the revival.

[Mildred Plotka]

I also enjoy that they're eating at a table and not squatting like bohemians.

[PalJoey]

A discussion nearly turned into a fisticuffs last night with a man who lives in my building over the "beauty" of the current production. He began by saying "THIS is how Might Music should be done" and ended by admitting he had never seen the original.

[best12bars]

Most people who love the look of the revival have never seen another production of Night Music on stage.

[best12bars]

I like this one from France ...



"Hi, Dezzy!"

"Hi, Freddy!"

"What's the story, morning glory?"

"What's the word, humming bird?"

[givesmevoice]

I actually am kind of feeling that concept. Although you're spot on with the Telephone Hour reference.

I can't decide if I completely love the Mizrahi designs, but I do like it more than the current revival.

[alterego]

I like it. I also like the design of the recent french production which starred Leslie Caron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqqkVQFNAq4

[AC126748]

Most people who love the look of the revival have never seen another production of Night Music on stage.

And they either can't or won't comprehend why many of us don't love the look of the current revival.

[Scripps2]

I thought astro turf on the patio was A Chorus Line and not A Little Night Music.

I still haven't got over the black brick dungeon that the Egermans lived in in the Paris production - they'll be able to re-use the set when they do Sweeney Todd next year.

This production looks just as abstract.

In fact I don't think I can remember seeing a production of A Little Night Music that was entirely satisfactory in terms of design.