William Ivey Long
Tony Award-winning Costume Designer.
Five time Tony-winner William Ivey Long talks about his extensive career as one of Broadway’s top costume designers, from his earliest days on stage — living in a dressing room at the Raleigh Little Theatre in North Carolina — to his upcoming projects 9 To 5 and Dreamgirls. Along the way, he describes how shocked he was by the first thing he saw on stage at the Yale School of Drama; how his career developed largely thanks to the support of his drama school friends; how he came up with Anita Morris’ iconic body suit for Nine — and how it resulted in his never working with Tommy Tune again; whether there’s a difference between designing musicals and plays; how the paintings of Gauguin influenced his designs for Guys And Dolls; what its like to revisit the Chicago costumes for a variety of different actresses; and why he chooses to wear a largely unvaried “uniform” every single day.
Original airdate – August 22, 2008.
Running time – 1:00:00.
For more information, to listen online, or to download the episode go to Downstage Center’s William Ivey Long program page.
You can also download directly the William Ivey Long program (mp3).
Posted on Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 9:24 am
by
American Theatre Wing
Filed under:
Audio,
Designer,
Downstage Center.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the
RSS 2.0 feed.
You can
leave a response, or
trackback from your own site.
Leave a Reply
