Boritt, Beowulf,

Transforming space over time : set design and visual storytelling with Broadway's legendary directors / Beowulf Boritt. - xiv, 334 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes index.

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.

"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"--

9781493064847

2021054407


Boritt, Beowulf--Anecdotes.


Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--United States.
Set designers--United States.
Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews.

PN2091.S8 / B643 2022

792.02/50973