Is This The Future Of Theatrical Set Design?????????????????????????????

                         The photo, darlings, is from The Metropolitan Opera's latest production of Wagner's "Tristan And Isolde."  If it plays on the screen, I might go see it.

                             But look at the visuals.  This is almost identical to the recent Broadway revival of "Waiting For Godot," with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter.  Is this now the future of theatrical set design?????????  The production was directed by Jamie Lloyd, who helmed the appalling "Sunset Boulevard," so I wonder if this circularity is sparking a trend?

                                Frankly, it reminds me of an old sci-fi tv show from my childhood called "The Time Tunnel."  It starred James Darren and Lee Meriwether among others, and featured an enormous black and white striped tunnel, stretching into infinity, where anyone who gets near is hurled back into time.  Darren and another man are, and the show follows their journeys through historic events.

                                  But I was fascinated by that enormous tunnel, which took up a good portion of the lab set.  And now it is being copped for Broadway and the opera?

                                   Heaven help us!  Do you know there is a production of that wretched musical, "Starlight Express" going on in London right now?

                                     Please, God, don't send it here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!