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Swarovski Crystals Are a Girl's Best Friend in 'Moulin Rouge!'

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, August 15, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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How Tony-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber helps make this spectacular spectacular --- One of the most heartbreaking moments in Moulin Rouge! The Musical comes in Act II, when the villainous Duke of Monroth (Tam Mutu) forces his conflicted courtesan Satine (Karen Olivo) to change out of a lush maroon gown that fits her like a second skin. In...

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Meet the Puppet Master of 'Beetlejuice'

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, May 09, 2019 • Design • 1 comment Share This

Thu May 9, 2019 • Design • 1 comment Share This

Michael Curry on reinventing some of the movie's most iconic nonhuman characters for the stage --- Compliment Michael Curry on his eye-popping puppets for Beetlejuice on Broadway, and he'll politely correct you. "They're characters really," he insists. "While they're not played by human beings, they're designed in a way where they have a sentient...

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Predicting the Next Big Names in Costume Design for 25 Years

By RAVEN SNOOK

Friday, April 12, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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Why the list of Young Master winners at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards reads like a who's who of the industry --- Where do you look to find the next big name in theatrical costume design? For the past quarter century, the winners of the Young Master Award at the annual TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards have been a great predictor. Named for legendary costume...

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Giving 'Alice in Wonderland' an NC-17 Makeover

By MATTHEW WEXLER

Thursday, April 11, 2019 • Design • 1 comment Share This

Thu Apr 11, 2019 • Design • 1 comment Share This

Company XIV's resident designer on his sexy neo-baroque aesthetics for Queen of Hearts --- Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is constantly being reimagined for the stage, from big-budget musicals to plucky kids' shows, audacious ballets to a an immersive trip down the rabbit hole. But Company XIV's Queen of Hearts may be...

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The Art of Designing Black Hair for the Stage

By JEN GUSHUE

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Tue Mar 12, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

How Cookie Jordan brings talent and cultural knowledge to her work --- Looking at Cookie Jordan's extensive New York City stage credits, it seems like she's the go-to hair and wig designer for productions with predominantly black casts. After all, her résumé includes Eclipsed, Once on This Island, Choir Boy, An Octoroon, Fairview, Sugar...

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The Recipe Behind the Scrumptious Set for 'The Cake'

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Monday, March 04, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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Tony-winning scenic designer John Lee Beatty dishes on his decades-long collaboration with Manhattan Theatre Club --- On April 26, 2019, John Lee Beatty will receive the Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards. Read our press release for more information. Scenic designer John Lee Beatty...

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Wearing Their Subtext on Their Sleeves

By JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II

Thursday, February 21, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Thu Feb 21, 2019 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Dede Ayite on crafting the costumes for the multi-era comedy By the Way, Meet Vera Stark --- How do you give outfits subtext? That's one of the many challenges Dede Ayite faced designing the costumes for Signature Theatre Company's revival of Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. The story of the titular character, a Depression-era black maid...

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