Yeah, it's pretty impressive that even when we know the ending, we're not expecting the ending! I saw it with a friend who wasn't familiar with the myth, like your wife, and she thought it was sad but probably not as devastated as I was.
We had the rotating rings, but not the lift. Instead, on the back wall of the stage there were these horizontal double doors, where one slides into the ceiling and the other slides into the floor. It was used as the entrance to the underworld. When Orpheus looked back, Eurydice was standing just inside the open doors, and it looked like the mouth of a cave. There were like a few agonising seconds where they just stared at each other, then the doors slid shut.
I'd heard it started as a concept album, but I didn't know there was just the one act! I'll have to check out the book, I'd love to know more about the creative process.
I hope the show has a long run on Broadway and you can go see it again!
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Date: 2025-02-21 12:28 pm (UTC)We had the rotating rings, but not the lift. Instead, on the back wall of the stage there were these horizontal double doors, where one slides into the ceiling and the other slides into the floor. It was used as the entrance to the underworld. When Orpheus looked back, Eurydice was standing just inside the open doors, and it looked like the mouth of a cave. There were like a few agonising seconds where they just stared at each other, then the doors slid shut.
I'd heard it started as a concept album, but I didn't know there was just the one act! I'll have to check out the book, I'd love to know more about the creative process.
I hope the show has a long run on Broadway and you can go see it again!