Broadway Costumes Designers
Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer: Insights and Advice from Leading Broadway Designers
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In the first book of its kind to be published in twenty years, ten award-winning and current Broadway designersfive set designers, four lighting designers, and one projection designerdiscuss the business aspects of the theatre world, sharing relevant insider information and strategies that will prove invaluable to aspiring and seasoned theatrical designers alike. Culled from years of experience, the information offered in these enlightening conversations will strengthen readers’ understanding of how designing in the commercial theatre is different from designing in an academic setting or not-for-profit theatres. The conversations are accompanied by designer sketches, finished drawings, technical plates of drafting, photos of scale models, storyboards illustrating multi-scene productions and unique lighting looks, and photos from Broadway and regional theatre productions. If you’ve ever wondered what it really takes to make it in the world of theatre design, let these Broadway stars be your guide!
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- Best Choice - #1 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
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Forgotten Designers Costume Designers of American Broadway Revues and Musicals from 1900-1930
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Forgotten Designers is a book that features the work of thirty American and international costume designers who designed musicals and revues on Broadway from 1900 to 1930. The book features over three hundred images of these designers' color renderings and sketches.
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- Best Choice - #2 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
- Based on 69 Reviews
Costume Design on Broadway: Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1985 (Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts)
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This book profiles costume designers who worked on Broadway between the 1915-16 and 1985-86 theatre seasons. The more than 1,000 biographies provide information about the designers' backgrounds and preparation. The profiles are followed by a chronological list of credits. Owen's introduction outlines the emergence of the profession. The text is enhanced by 100 illustrations of costumes by prolific and noteworthy designers of the twentieth century. These sketches, many of which have not been previously published, chronicle the history of costume design. The appendixes cover three major awards that have acknowledged the contributions of costume designers, among others, to the Broadway stage--the Tony, Marharam, and Donaldson awards. Recipients and plays are given in chronological order. The index alphabetically lists each play followed by the designer's name when that information is available.
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- Best Choice - #3 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
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The Lion King: Twenty Years on Broadway and Around the World (A Disney Theatrical Souvenir Book)
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The Lion King debuted July 8, 1997, at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, and was an instant success before premiering at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997. It is Broadway's highest grossing production of all time, having grossed more than $1 billion. The show won six 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, making Julie Taymor the first woman in theatrical history bestowed with the honor. The Lion King has also earned more than 70 major arts awards. The Lion King continues to roar on Broadway and to perform to packed houses all around the USA and the world. In celebration of its 20th anniversary on Broadway, this volume will feature trace the origins of the show from the blockbuster animated film, feature stories from the creators and actors, and showcase never-before-published images both onstage and behind the scenes from the many productions around the world The Lion King is Broadway's highest earning production of all time, having grossed more than $1 billion. The show won six 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical. The Lion King continues to roar on Broadway and to perform to packed houses all around the USA and the world.
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- Best Choice - #4 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
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Disney Aladdin: A Whole New World: The Road to Broadway and Beyond
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The Tony-award winning Aladdin is a veritable hit on Broadway and is just beginning national and international performances. In A Whole New World, readers will discover the journey from ancient legend to screen to stage in the words of its creators.
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- Best Choice - #5 Broadway Costumes Designers
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Drag: Combing Through the Big Wigs of Show Business
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Drag celebrates the fabulous current and historical influence of drag, and its talented and inspiring performers.Since man first walked the Earth...in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment.Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag Race, films like Some Like It Hot, To Wong Foo..., and Tootsie, and Broadway shows like Hedwig and the Angry Inch, La Cage aux Folles, and Kinky Boots.With stops in cities around the globe, and packed with interviews and commentaries on the dramas, joys, and love that "make-up" a life in wigs and heels, Drag features contributions from today's most groundbreaking and popular artists, including Bianca del Rio, Miss Coco Peru, Hedda Lettuce, Lypsinka, and Varla Jean Merman, as well as notable performers as Harvey Fierstein and Charles Busch. It includes more than 100 photos--many from performers' personal collections, and a comprehensive timeline of drag "herstory."
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- Best Choice - #6 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
- Based on 85 Reviews
Costume Designer: Planning Workbook for Designing and Organizing Costumes for Theatrical Productions with Fun Fucshia Cover Design
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Designed especially for costume designers, this unique notebook contains templates useful for sketching, planning, and organizing costumes for theater productions. Details8 x 10"130 PagesUndated CalendarsTemplated pages for recording sizes, measurements, ideas, costumes by scene and actor, and moreIncludes Detail Worksheets, Dot Grid Pages, and Combination Lined and Graph PaperProfessionally Designed Interior PagesModern and Durable Matte Softcover in FuchsiaThis practical and stylish journal is also a thoughtful gift for costume designers and aspiring costume designers involved in school, community, and professional theater as well as anyone who likes to sketch and design costumes.
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- Best Choice - #7 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
- Based on 40 Reviews
Costume Design: Planning Book in Lime Green for Designing and Organizing Costumes for Theatrical Productions
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Designed especially for costume designers, this unique notebook contains templates useful for sketching, planning, and organizing costumes for theater productions. This 6 x 9" journal with a total of 120 pages includes 100 two page spread template pages for organizing costumes and information, including sizes and measurements, for each actor/actress and character plus 20 extra blank and blank lined pages for sketching, design, and extra notes . With a cute durable matte softcover in lime green, this costume design notebook is also an awesome gift for costume designers and aspiring costume designers involved in school, community, and professional theater as well as anyone who likes to sketch and design costumes.
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- Best Choice - #8 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
- Based on 10 Reviews
Costume Designer: Planning Workbook for Designing and Organizing Costumes for Theatrical Productions
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Designed especially for costume designers, this unique notebook contains templates useful for sketching, planning, and organizing costumes for theater productions. Details8 x 10"130 PagesUndated CalendarsTemplated pages for recording sizes, measurements, ideas, costumes by scene and actor, and moreIncludes Detail Worksheets, Dot Grid Pages, and Combination Lined and Graph PaperProfessionally Designed Interior PagesModern and Durable Matte Softcover in Black and WhiteThis practical and stylish journal is also a thoughtful gift for costume designers and aspiring costume designers involved in school, community, and professional theater as well as anyone who likes to sketch and design costumes.
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- Best Choice - #9 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
- Based on 38 Reviews
Broadway Costume Designer
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- Best Choice - #10 Broadway Costumes Designers
- Checked on 02/03/2023
- Based on 40 Reviews
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