hauntedorpheum:High school musical 3: senior year || inspirations and visual referencesWe’re
hauntedorpheum:High school musical 3: senior year || inspirations and visual references We’re aspiring to do the big broadway musical numbers, big movie musical numbers, to do them like the great choreographers and directors: Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins and Michael Kidd - Kenny Ortega, director He [Ortega] really wanted to reintroduce kids to everything about musical film and musical theatre. We all agreed that if we’re going to introduce kids to the song and the dance of the classic Hollywood and Broadway period, why not try to introduce them to a bit of the stagecraft of that time as well?“ - Mark Hofeling, production designer Footlight parade (1933) dir. Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon / chgph. Busby Berkeley Royal Wedding (1951) dir. Stanley Donen / chgph. Nick Castle Singin’ in the rain (1952) dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen / chgph. Gene Kelly West Side Story (1961) dir. Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins / chgph. Jerome Robbins Seven brides for seven brothers (1964) dir. Stanley Donen / chgph. Michael Kidd Sweet Charity (1966) dir. and chgph. Bob Fosse Chicago (2002) dir. and chgph. Rob Marshall Grease (1978) dir. Randal Kleiser / chgph. Patricia Birch Material Girl (1985) dir. Mary Lambert / chgph. Kenny Ortega Saturday Night Fever (1977) dir. John Badham / chgph. Lester Wilson Gentlemen prefer blondes (1953) dir. Howard Hawks / chgph. Jack Cole -- source link