‘Cupcake Wars’ Meets ‘King Lear,’ and Designers Meet Each Other
1812 Productions didn’t just come up with a way to collaborate with designers on mini-stagings of ‘King Lear’ during the pandemic—they also turned it into a bake-off-style web series.
Category Archives: By Design
Various Stages of Dress
Costume designers, who spend their lives clothing fictional characters, tell us what they’re wearing (and why).
Shall I Clothe Thee for a Summer’s Day? Costuming Outdoor Shakespeare
Hidden freezer packs, light fabrics, optional layers: how costumers prepare for the wind and the rain (and the heat).
For This ‘Titanic,’ It’s Sink and Swim
In its latest work of immersive theatre, Serenbe Playhouse will submerge a ship nightly for its production of “Titanic.”
Why Put These 2 Plays Together? Sound Reasons
At New Georges, ‘Sound House’ and ‘This Is the Color Described by the Time’ are linked in repertory by their audience-enveloping sound design.
‘Black Rider’ Rides Again
How set designer Sean Riley paid homage to Robert Wilson without copying him.
In ‘The River Bride,’ Using Light to Create the Amazon
How lighting designer David Lee Cuthbert used light to transport audiences to a small South American village.
Shades of Gray in ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars’
At Intrepid Theatre, costumes for Suzan-Lori Parks’s Civil War-set take on ‘The Odyssey’ evoke both the past and the present.
The Silence and Noise of ‘Small Mouth Sounds’
How sound designer Stowe Nelson filled the silence in a play that had almost no dialogue.
‘Four Immigrants’: From Manga to Musical
Scenic designer Andrew Boyce took inspiration from comic strips for the design of a musical about Japanese immigrants in San Francisco.
