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They Don’t Make Theatre Sets Like they Used To

Just take a look at that stage from the Broadway debut of George Gershwin’s groundbreaking opera “Porgy and Bess” in 1935. On the rare occasion that I take myself to the theatre these days, what I look forward to seeing the most is always the set. I find myself willing the show to keeping moving …

Stop Everything and Check out these Tiny Hand-painted Wes Anderson Sets

When I come across anything Wes Anderson related, I really do just stop everything and prepare myself for a delightful treat. And this particular nugget I came across today certainly didn’t disappoint. How about these perfect little watercolored paper dioramas inspired by my favourite Anderson film sets– tiny Mendl’s cakes and Darjeeling luggage sets included! Mar Cerdà is a Barcelona-based…

Backstage Fakery at Universal City in 1963

Universal Pictures was founded by a German immigrant, Carl Laemmle, who opened his first cinema in Chicago in 1906. In the early days, other studio chiefs laughed at Carl’s haphazard Universal City and nicknamed it “Laemmle’s Folly”. But the ambitious film pioneer would become responsible for creating the “star system”, rather than just using anonymous actors in films, and…

Stop Everything and Check out the new Wes Anderson Bar

If you’ve ever dreamt of being on a Wes Anderson film set (like, all day long), I’m bursting to inform you that now is your chance. Sip coffee amongst his signature pastels (personally chosen by Wes), listen to the jukebox wailing out tunes that would appear on his soundtracks and play the part of a Royal…
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