Patricia Zipprodt, Arnold Wengrow

If the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress

The Illustrated Memoirs of Broadway Costume Designer Patricia Zipprodt

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Patricia Zipprodt, (1925-1999), one of Broadway's pioneering costume designers, recounts with wit and candor the highs and lows of working with legendary directors, like Bob Fosse, on iconic musicals like Chicago.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2027
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781350430662
• ISBN-10: 1350430668
• Artikelnr.: 74791962

Autorenporträt

Patricia Zipprodt (1925-99) was one of Broadway's pioneering costume designers, working with legendary directors Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Hal Prince, and Mike Nichols on the iconic musicals Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, Cabaret, and Pippin, and the movie classic The Graduate.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Arnold Wengrow
Foreword

Chapter 1: Starting Out In Chicago
Chapter 2: College Days, A Puppet Show, A Fateful Meeting, Leaving Home for Good
Chapter 3: Getting Started In New York
Chapter 4: Making My Way on Broadway
Chapter 5: Finding Myself Off Broadway
Chapter 6: Hal and Jerry
Chapter 7: Fiddler on the Roof
Chapter 8: Cabaret
Chapter 9: Mike Nichols, The Graduate, or Why I Hate Hollywood
Chapter 10: Fosse
Chapter 11: Dealing with Addictions, Buying God's Pocket
Chapter 12: In Sum
Epilogue

Appendix Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Designs of Patricia Zipprodt

Acknowledgments
Index

Rezensionen

It is easy - a no-brainer, really - to recommend this book to anyone who loves the performing arts. It is also relevant for anyone pondering a career in theatre and film! Savor her memories, mainly reprised in her own voice - and keep the legacy of this remarkable and talented woman as vital as she was in person. Live Design 20250509