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He Doesn't Design Sets, He Creates Environments

By JONATHAN MANDELL

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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Why Tony nominee Dane Laffrey completely reconfigured the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater for Lewiston/Clarkston --- "You said you needed space; I gave you space," a drug-addicted mother tells her estranged gay son in Lewiston/Clarkston, two plays by Samuel D. Hunter presented as one evening at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. The mother's comment...

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He's Designing Three Shows at Once

By REGINA ROBBINS

Tuesday, October 09, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Tue Oct 9, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Set and costume designer Arnulfo Maldonado is having a major Off-Broadway moment --- An African-American woman is working in her kitchen. She's wearing heels; her hair is elegantly coiffed. The furniture and appliances indicate we're in the mid-20th century. This feels like a real place, with its floral-patterned wallpaper, Formica table and white...

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Resurrecting Old New York in 'This Ain't No Disco'

By MICHAEL MARTIN

Thursday, July 19, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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How set designer Jason Sherwood put Studio 54, The Mudd Club and Andy Warhol's Factory all on one stage --- How do you conjure three legendary hot spots from New York's past in an intimate Off-Broadway venue? That's the formidable challenge 28-year-old scenic designer Jason Sherwood faced with This Ain't No Disco at Atlantic Theater Company. A world-premiere...

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Dressing a Greek Classic for Tomorrow

By ALLISON CONSIDINE

Friday, July 13, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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How Lex Liang transports Antigone into the future through costumes --- Lex Liang had never seen a production of Antigone when director Carl Cofield invited him to design the costumes for the Classical Theatre of Harlem's take on Sophocles' tragedy. That was probably a good thing since this is far from a traditional mounting. The company's politically...

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How Do You Dress a Diva?

By MICHAEL MARTIN

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Wed May 30, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Tony-winning designer Paul Tazewell talks Summer: The Donna Summer Musical --- What becomes a legend most? That's what Paul Tazewell needed to figure out not once, not twice but three times as the costume designer for Summer, the new Broadway musical inspired by the life and music of late disco icon Donna Summer. Tazewell had to dress a trio of performers...

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WATCH: Highlights from the TDF Irene Sharaff Awards

Tuesday, May 29, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Tue May 29, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

Last month at our 24th annual TDF Irene Sharaff Awards, which honors costume designers, we did something we never had before: recognized four artists from the world of dance. On April 20 at the Edison Ballroom, legendary designers including Bob Mackie, Jane Greenwood and Susan Hilferty, and our TDF Costume Collection staff helped fete four fabulous...

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Putting the Pageant Cart Before the Plague

By MARTHA WADE STEKETEE

Friday, February 23, 2018 • Design • 0 comments Share This

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Tony-winning designer David Zinn creates a playful medieval world for The Amateurs --- David Zinn created an underwater extravaganza by designing the sets and costumes for the splashy Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants. But for his latest assignment, Jordan Harrison's The Amateurs at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre, he's working on a decidedly...

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