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.