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www.nytimes.com
2 weeks ago
Design

How a Broadway Theater Was Remade Into a Queer Cabaret

Scutt designed a surreal, New York-inspired version of Kit Kat Club, preserving intimacy in a larger theater setting. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
2 weeks ago
Design

How a Broadway Theater Was Remade Into a Queer Cabaret

Tom Scutt created a surreal, New York-inspired version of Kit Kat Club for 'Cabaret', aiming to preserve intimacy despite a larger theater capacity. [ more ]
Creative Bloq
1 month ago
Graphic design

The unexpected design influences on Amazon's Fallout TV show

Fallout TV series faces challenges in translating video game designs to real-life costumes.
Costume designer embraces the task of bringing iconic Fallout looks into reality while staying true to the game's aesthetic. [ more ]
Creative Bloq
2 months ago
Graphic design

Fans spot strange detail in new Wicked movie poster

Some fans have noticed a similarity between the costume design in the poster for the movie Wicked: Part One and layers of sliced ham.
Ariana Grande is not actually wearing a ham dress, but the resemblance has sparked discussion online. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Fashion & style

Ryan Gosling asked me if he could have Ken underpants': Barbie costume designer Jacqueline Durran spills her secrets

Costume designer Jacqueline Durran crafted Barbie's outfits first and then fitted Ken to be her accessory.
Despite Ken's second-fiddle role, Ryan Gosling's portrayal of Ken in the Barbie film is nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
4 months ago
Fashion & style

The Year of the Mega Sleeve

The costume designer for the film Poor Things created a silhouette with slim top and exaggerated bottom for the protagonist.
The film's director had a specific focus on the sleeves of the costumes, which were puffed, ruffled, and ruched to an extreme degree. [ more ]
IndieWire
4 months ago
Film

'The Color Purple' Musical Required Close Collaboration Between Costumes and Choreography

Costume designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck worked on the original film and is now creating costumes for the musical adaptation of 'The Color Purple'.
Choreographer Fatima Robinson has a deep affection for the original film and is incorporating themes of women's empowerment and sisterhood in her work. [ more ]
IndieWire
4 months ago
Film

How 'Maestro' Hit the Notes of Leonard Bernstein's Life

Director Bradley Cooper describes " Maestro" as a series of movements through the life of the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre.
www.theguardian.com
4 months ago
London

On the scene: Tristram Kenton's best stage shots of 2023 in pictures

Yuko Kawamoto, centre, in The Brides by David Glass Ensemble and Topi Dalmata, with Julian Crouch as design consultant, at Jacksons Lane, London, as part of the London international mime festival Standing at the Sky's Edge by Chris Bush and Richard Hawley, directed by Robert Hastie and designed by Ben Stones, at the National Theatre, London Emmet Byrne, Dan Skinner and Killian Coyle in The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, directed by Nicky Allpress and designed by Anisha Fields Jemima Brown in Surge, part of the double bill by Tom Dale Company, designed by Barret Hodgson, at the Place theatre in London The RSC's Hamnet, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti from Maggie O'Farrell's novel, at the Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, directed by Erica Whyman and designed by Tom Piper Figures in Extinction [1.0] by Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney at Sadler's Wells, performed by Nederlands Dans Theater with set by Jay Gower Taylor and costumes by Nancy Bryant Lenny Henry in his play August in England at the Bush theatre, London, directed by Lynette Linton and Daniel Bailey, and designed by Natalie Pryce Corps Extremes choreographed by Rachid Ouramdane for Chaillot, Theatre National de la Danse, performed at Sadler's Wells, London, with costumes by Camille Panin Maxine Peake in They by Kay Dick at John Rylands Library, Manchester.
www.theguardian.com
5 months ago
Germany news

Marion Cito, ingenious costume designer to Pina Bausch, dies aged 85

Marion Cito, costume designer for Pina Bausch, has died at 85.
Cito's elegant and versatile designs played a crucial role in Bausch's dance-theatre productions. [ more ]
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