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Author:

Boritt, Beowulf, author.

Title:

Transforming space over time : set design and visual storytelling with Broadway's legendary directors / Beowulf Boritt.

Publisher:

Applause Theatre & Cinema Booksimprint of Globe Pequot,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xiv, 334 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white & color) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Boritt, Beowulf--Anecdotes.
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--United States.
Set designers--United States.
Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews.
Set designers.
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.
Theatrical producers and directors.
United States.
Anecdotes.
Interviews.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Jason Robert Brown -- Fairy tale : designing Act one for James Lapine -- Deceptive perspective : a conversation with James Lapine -- Heartbreaker : designing The Scottsboro boys for Susan Stroman -- Clear floor : a conversation with Susan Stroman -- Windows : designing Much ado about nothing for Kenny Leon -- Backyard : a conversation with Kenny Leon -- Chasing complicity : designing Prince of Broadway for Harold Prince -- Prince's tower : a conversation with Harold Prince -- Plumbing and poetry : designing Meteor shower for Jerry Zaks -- Nomad's tent : a conversation with Jerry Zaks -- Puzzle : designing Sondheim on Sondheim for James Lapine -- Mecca : a conversation with Stephen Sondheim -- Epilogue: The future : advice for young designers.

Summary:

"A combination of wisdom and tools derived from 450 productions' worth of personal experience and a series of investigations into the minds and methods of the designer's key collaborator: the director"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1493064843
9781493064847

LCCN:

2021054407

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)