#Susan Hilferty

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"I Can See You" music video | July 7, 2023

Susan Hilferty custom dress (Speak Now Tour)

Reem Acra custom dress (Speak Now Tour)

Susan Hilferty custom dress (Speak Now Tour)

Colette Dinnigan dress (Speak Now Tour)

Jenny Packham dress (Speak Now Tour)

Marchesa custom gown (Speak Now Tour)

Mandalay dress (Speak Now Tour)

Alice + Olivia custom dress (Speak Now Tour)

J. Mendel dress (2011 People’s Choice Awards)

Temperley London dress (Speak Now album photoshoot for “Mean”) 

Lulu’s dress (“Mine” music video)

Valentino gown (Speak Now Tour)

Reem Acra gown (2011 American Music Awards)

This is not the first time that I've had to make a post like this. If you've been around long enough, you'll recall the masterpost I made of all the archival outfits seen on past Taylor's in the "LWYMMD" music video.

This was such a lovely trip down memory lane!

[thecommoncurator]

chill day ✨

[willstafford]

It's not easy being green

WICKED Birmingham Hippodrome, Wednesday 6th March, 2024 One of the most successful musicals of all time is on the road again and it’s a real treat to be able to catch it during its stay at Birmingham’s Hippodrome.  If you’ve seen it before, you’ll recall the emotional highs and lows of the story, and the green-faced one belting out ‘Defying Gravity’, but perhaps like me you’ll be reminded just…

[finding-w0nd3rland]

Concept art to finished costume comparison of the Courtier costume for the original run found on the Wonderland on Broadway site

(Art made by Susan Hilferty)

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2023 Tony Awards Nominations - Best Costume Design of a Musical

Some Like it Hot - Gregg Barnes Parade - Susan Hilferty Lerner & Loewe's Camelot - Jennifer Moeller KPOP - Clint Ramos and Sophia Choi & Juliet - Paloma Young New York, New York - Donna Zakowska

Updated: Congratulations to Gregg Barnes.

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I do not need the special Wicked themed dresses from Hill House Home I do not need the special Wicked themed dresses designed with Susan Hilferty I do not need THEM

[princesssarisa]

What are the clothing styles of Elphaba and Glinda?

Even though I've only seen this musical once onstage so far, I've been looking through production photos and articles on the costuming just so I can answer this question well.

Elphaba clearly favors plain, conservative, dark-colored clothes at every stage in her life. But as she goes through her journey of becoming "wicked," her aesthetic changes from "drab, nerdy schoolgirl" into "sleek, sophisticated lady."

When she first appears in college, she wears a simple dark blue turtleneck sweater, calf-length skirt, blazer jacket, and knitted cap, with tall brown boots. The school colors of Shiz University are dark blue and white, so make Elphaba and Glinda stand out and highlight the contrast between them, Glinda wears all white, while Elphaba wears all blue. When she attends her first party at the Ozdust Ballroom, she wears a stark, sleeveless dark blue party dress, and the pointy black hat Glinda gave her which becomes her signature hat from then on. Back at school, after her makeover by Glinda, she replaces her heavy blue blazer with a form-fitting white jacket. When she first visits the Emerald City, she wears a high-necked, ankle-length, button-down black dress in an Edwardian design, very similar to the dress worn by Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West. In "Defying Gravity," Glinda puts a black cloak around her to warm her, which completes the classic "Witch of the West" look. Throughout Act II, however, when she fully becomes the Witch of the West, she wears her most iconic dress. Black, floor-length, high-necked, long-sleeved, and still in a conservative Edwardian style, but much more glamorous than any of her earlier costumes, with a subtle yet wide assortment of patterns, textures, and colors woven into it (chiefly purple, red, and teal). The costume designer Susan Hilferty wrote that she meant for this dress to evoke the earth – raw, jagged, rocky earth, but with gemstones shining through it. At the very end, though, she wears a simple, low-cut, floor-length black dress when she leaves Oz with Fiyero after faking her death.

Glinda's costumes are just the opposite of Elphaba's – light, frilly, flouncy, and bubbly. Although one similarity (possibly symbolic?) is that in Act II, she favors the color blue like Elphaba did in Act I, just in a much lighter shade. Her aesthetic also changes from girlish and cute in Act I to more glamorous and womanly in Act II.

Her schoolgirl outfit is a short-sleeved white blouse and vest, a lacy knee-length white skirt, and white buckled high heels (she loves high heels), with a white travel jacket and white tam o'shanter hat at the beginning. To the Ozdust Ballroom party and in "Popular," she wears a frilly, sleeveless, knee-length pink dress and pink heels. In her first trip to the Emerald City, she wears a similar sleeveless, knee-length dress, but in yellow. Then in Act II, her costumes upgrade to reflect her new, high-status public role. Her "Thank Goodness" costume is an elegant yet conservative (although still slightly quirky and Oz-like) suit dress of ice blue and mint green silk, with a tiny white hat, inspired by the 1940s fashions worn by Eva Peron to evoke Glinda's similarity to Eva as a political figurehead. To her engagement ball, she wears a sleeveless, sequined, pale green ballgown with a full, 17th century-inspired skirt that looks like flower petals, and a silver tiara with a flower design. Finally, she wears her iconic, elaborate "bubble dress": a short-sleeved, bare-shouldered, large-skirted ice blue gown like that of a classic fairy princess, all covered in tiny crystal sequins, with another petal-like design for the skirt, and with a silver tiara shaped like glittering stars on her head.

The differences in Elphaba and Glinda's costumes is mirrored by the design of their college dorm room too, with Elphaba's plain patched-quilt bed and shelves of books vs. Glinda's frilly purple bed and shelves of designer shoes. By the way, that dorm room set reminds me of the difference between Margaret Hamilton's dressing room and Billie Burke's on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Allegedly, the studio treated them almost as if they really were the Witch of the West and Glinda; Billie Burke had a beautiful pink and blue dressing room, while Margaret Hamilton was just given a plain, ugly canvas tent.

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These are such cool additions! I REALLY love the contrast in their school uniforms, especially since later on Elphaba wears one of Glinda's white jackets after they become friends :)

The bit about One Short Day is so interesting because those roles change in act 2. The bubble dress is very puffy and airy and cloud-like and Glinda is the one giving the vibe she's from the sky, but Elphaba's act 2 dress looks like parts of the earth put together, she's the one that's grounded. They are once again opposites, but Glinda wears blue (one of Elphaba's colors) and Elphaba wears the hat and cape Glinda gave her, so this time even as opposites they are present in each other's costumes.

Here is the amazing Susan Hilferty talking about it, very cool insight into her thought process for designing the costumes!

i do mourn glinda's wardrobe more than anything else the movies could possibly change. every one of her costumes in the musical is so deliberate and there's so much visual storytelling done with them. her skirts get progressively longer as the show goes on because she's growing up. she goes from warm colors to cool colors because she shifts from naive and sunny to melancholic and serious. her accessories go from little purses to actual jewelry and her wand and tiara as her "public persona" solidifies. green and blue are incorporated to signify her relationship with elphaba. you can trace her whole character arc with just the way she dresses.

in the movie she just wears pink. all the time. the same shade of it. a bit of lavender if we're lucky :/

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FAS3003 - BLOG

For the final project of my fashion and textiles foundation year we have been tasked with creating either a sketchbook or 1xA3 folder containing research, samples, development ideas with a final range of ideas or large scale outcome. We have been asked to choose any topic of which we have a passionate personal interest. 

I started by brainstorming potential topics that I am interested in, including film, fairy tales, nature, flowers and theatre. I then narrowed it down to film and theatre costume with an interpretive period theme and mind mapped some of my favourite pieces to get an idea of the type of samples and outcome I would like to create. Some of these included the costumes from films such as ‘Mirror Mirror’ (2012) by designer Eiko Ishioka, ‘Cinderella’ (2015) by designer Sandy Powell, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (2010) by designer Colleen Atwood and ‘Emma’ (2020) by designer Alexandra Byrne. I also gathered some images from theatre productions and movie musicals such as ‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001) by designers Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie, ‘Wicked’ theatre costumes by designer Susan Hilferty and ‘Six’ theatre costumes by designer Gabriella Slade. 

After some consideration I decided to focus on ‘Moulin Rouge’ due to my strong interest in set and costume in both film and theatre. I particularly like the use of materials, fabrics, embroidery, patterns and colour palette that are a strong element of all Moulin Rouge productions as well as the real Parisian location itself. I would also like to look into the history of the Moulin Rouge to gain a better understanding of how it has changed over time, and how it has become what it is today.

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FUNNY GIRL

Los productores Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis y David Babani, junto con Gemini Theatrical, Accidental Jacket y Sony Masterworks Broadway, se complacen en anunciar el lanzamiento en CD de FUNNY GIRL - New Broadway Cast Recording, el viernes 20 de enero de 2023. Ya disponible en formato digital.

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Los productores Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis y David Babani, junto con Gemini Theatrical, Accidental Jacket y Sony Masterworks Broadway, se complacen en anunciar el lanzamiento digital de FUNNY GIRL - New Broadway Cast Recording, que saldrá a la venta mañana, viernes 18 de noviembre de 2022, a las 12:01 AM ET. Producido por David Caddick y David Lai y que incluye la partitura clásica de Jule Styne (música) y Bob Merrill (letra), el CD físico saldrá a la venta el viernes 20 de enero de 2023. Además, el álbum ha sido producido por Evan McGill y coproducido por Brian Gillet, Huck Walton, Sean Keller, Marc Levine, Michael Mayer, Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis y David Babani.

FUNNY GIRL está protagonizada por la nominada a los premios Emmy Lea Michele como Fanny Brice, el nominado a los premios Tony y Olivier Ramin Karimloo como Nick Arnstein, el nominado a los premios Tony y Drama Desk 2022 y ganador del premio Chita Rivera Jared Grimes como Eddie Ryan, y la cuatro veces nominada a los premios Tony Tovah Feldshuh como Mrs. Rosie Brice en el August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street). Les acompañan Peter Francis James como Florenz Ziegfeld, Ephie Aardema como Emma/Sra. Nadler, Debra Cardona como Mrs. Meeker, Toni DiBuono como Mrs. Strakosh, Martin Moran como Tom Keeney, y una compañía de actores que incluye a Miriam Ali, Amber Ardolino, Daniel Beeman, Colin Bradbury, Kurt Csolak, John Michael Fiumara, Leslie Donna Flesner, Afra Hines, Masumi Iwai, Aliah James, Jeremiah James, Danielle Kelsey, Stephen Mark Lukas, Alicia Lundgren, John Manzari, Liz McCartney, Connor McRory Katie Mitchell, Justin Prescott, Mariah Reives, Barbara Tirrell, Leslie Blake Walker y la suplente de "Fanny Brice" Julie Benko, que interpreta el papel todos los jueves.

El ganador del premio Tony, Michael Mayer, dirige esta nueva versión de FUNNY GIRL, con la clásica partitura de la ganadora de los premios Tony, Grammy y de la Academia, Jule Styne, y letras del nominado al premio Tony y ganador del Grammy, Bob Merrill, (con canciones adicionales de Styne y Merrill). El libro original de Isobel Lennart, a partir de una historia original de Lennart, está revisado por el ganador del premio Tony Harvey Fierstein.

FUNNY GIRL cuenta con la coreografía de Ellenore Scott, la coreografía de claqué de Ayodele Casel, el diseño escénico del ganador del premio Tony David Zinn, el diseño de vestuario de la ganadora del premio Tony Susan Hilferty, el diseño de iluminación del ganador del premio Tony Kevin Adams, el diseño de sonido del ganador del premio Tony Brian Ronan, el diseño de peluquería de Campbell Young Associates, la dirección musical y la supervisión del ganador del premio Emmy Michael Rafter, el reparto de Jim Carnahan, CSA y Jason Thinger, CSA, la orquestación de Chris Walker, los arreglos de danza, vocales y de música incidental de Alan Williams, y los arreglos adicionales de David Dabbon y Carmel Dean.

Esta comedia agridulce es la historia de la indomable Fanny Brice, una chica del Lower East Side que soñaba con una vida sobre el escenario. Todo el mundo le dijo que nunca sería una estrella, pero entonces ocurrió algo curioso: se convirtió en una de las intérpretes más queridas de la historia, brillando más que las luces más brillantes de Broadway. Con algunas de las canciones más emblemáticas de la historia del teatro, como "Don't Rain On My Parade", "I'm the Greatest Star" y "People", la nueva y audaz producción de Michael Mayer es la primera vez que FUNNY GIRL vuelve a Broadway desde su debut hace 58 años.

Las entradas para FUNNY GIRL están ya a la venta hasta el domingo 28 de mayo de 2023 en https://seatgeek.com/funny-girl-tickets. Los precios son a partir de 69,00 dólares.

El día de la función, si se agotan las entradas de pie, habrá un número limitado de ellas en la taquilla. Las entradas de pie son por orden de llegada.

FUNNY GIRL está producida por Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, David Babani, Roy Furman, No Guarantees, Adam Blanshay Productions, Daryl Roth, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lang Entertainment Group, Playing Field, Gavin Kalin, Charles & Nicolas Talar, Fakston Productions, Sanford Robertson, Craig Balsam, Cue to Cue Productions, LenoffFedermanWolofsky Productions, Judith Ann Abrams / Peter May, Hunter Arnold, Creative Partners Productions, Elizabeth Armstrong, Jane Bergère, Jean Doumanian, Larry Magid, Rosalind Productions, Iris Smith, Kevin & Trudy Sullivan, Julie Boardman / Kate Cannova, Heni Koenigsberg / Michelle Riley, Mira Road Productions / Seaview, In Fine Company, Elie Landau, Brian Moreland, Henry R. Muñoz III & Kyle Ferari Muñoz,  MaggioAbrams / Brian & Dayna Lee.

Los productores asociados de FUNNY GIRL – New Broadway Cast Recording son Joanna Drowos, Abby Green y Pickelstar.

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Gracias a Lucky Seat, habrá un número limitado de entradas disponibles para cada función de FUNNY GIRL por 47,50 $ la entrada. Las loterías digitales comenzarán cada lunes a las 10 AM ET y se cerrarán el día anterior a la actuación a las 10:30 AM ET. Los ganadores serán notificados aproximadamente a las 11 de la mañana, hora del este, del día anterior a la actuación, por correo electrónico y por SMS. Una vez informados, los ganadores tendrán un tiempo limitado para reclamar y pagar su(s) billete(s). Los participantes en la lotería deben ser mayores de 18 años. Los billetes son intransferibles. Todas las ventas son definitivas. No hay cambios ni devoluciones. Los límites y precios de las entradas son a discreción del espectáculo y están sujetos a cambios. Para ver las reglas adicionales e información sobre cómo participar, visita: https://www.luckyseat.com/shows/funnygirl-newyork.

FUNNY GIRL – NEW BROADWAY CAST RECORDING (TRACKLIST):

1. Overture

Nuevo reparto de Funny Girl en Broadway

2. Who Are You Now?

Lea Michele

3. If a Girl Isn't Pretty

Tovah Feldshuh y Toni DiBuono

4. I'm the Greatest Star

Lea Michele

5. Eddie's Tap

Jared Grimes

6. Cornet Man

Lea Michele, Kurt Csolak, Justin Prescott

7. His Love Makes Me Beautiful

Lea Michele, Daniel Beeman y la compañía

8. I Want to Be Seen with You

Lea Michele y Ramin Karimloo

9. Henry Street

Tovah Feldshuh, Toni DiBuono, Debra Cardona, Jared Grimes, Martin Moran, Lea Michele y la compañía

10. People

Lea Michele

11. You Are Woman, I Am Man

Lea Michele y Ramin Karimloo

12. Don't Rain on My Parade

Lea Michele

13. Sadie, Sadie

Lea Michele y Ramin Karimloo

14. Who Taught Her Everything She Knows?

Tovah Feldshuh y Jared Grimes

15. Temporary Arrangement

Ramin Karimloo, Daniel Beeman, Kurt Csolak, John Manzari y Justin Prescott

16. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

Lea Michele y la compañía

17. Who Are You Now? (Repetición)

Lea Michele y Ramin Karimloo

18. You're a Funny Girl / Beekman Call

Ramin Karimloo

19. What Do Happy People Do?

Nuevo reparto de Funny Girl en Broadway

20. The Music That Makes Me Dance

Lea Michele

21. Dream Ballet

Nuevo reparto de Funny Girl en Broadway

22. Finale Act 2

Lea Michele

[finding-w0nd3rland]

Concept art of Chloe for the original run by Susan Hilferty found on the Wonderland on Broadway site

[bobdobalina]

Curtain call at Verdi’s La Traviata, The Metropolitan Opera, November 4, 2022

Starring Nadine Sierra (Violetta), Stephen Costello (Alfredo) and Lusa Salsi (Germont). Production created in 2018 by Michael Mayer, with sets by Christine Jones, costumes by Susan Hilferty, and lights by Kevin Adams.

Funny how the iPhone camera turns images into these artsy little painted shapes when you zoom in.

[wri0thesley]

devastated about the loss of my favourite galinda costumes tho btw. the bubble dress not being blue. her adorable little cream shiz uniform. the yellow dress for one short day. looking like we’ve lost her engagement gown and her asymmetric thank goodness suit too… truly suffering. susan hilferty’s costumes are SUCH an iconic wicked moment for me i am Sad

Hey Nat! Was wondering if you saw the trailer for Wicked! (Well it’s more of a teaser since it’s so short :p )

Wicked was the musical that got me into musicals when I was 12 and when I say I was OBSESSED with it you have no idea. It was the first musical I saw live and it was on my 16th birthday! While there are many other musicals I love, this one is near and dear to my heart.

I feel like there are some GREAT movie musicals out there (i.e Hairspray and Little Shop of Horrors) and I hope this will be one of them! I am afraid of non musical fans going into it thinking it’s not a musical (and thinking it’s a Cruella-like movie, though the book is way older than the majority of “let’s look at the villain in a sympathetic light” stories) and panning it because of that. Hollywood likes to make movie musicals but keep the musical part secret to draw in everyone : / I might have to gatekeep otherwise (Jk jk)

i did!! i remain . . . sceptical of ariana grande’s casting (she was easily the worst part of hairspray live and i personally prefer my galindas with a much more legit style; also something about her speaking voice puts me on edge scdgd) but if nothing else i am hoping the costumes and the set will be gorgeous!!! i feel pretty middle of the road about wicked; i’ve seen it three times but i wouldn’t class it as a personal fave, though haz has quite a lot of emotional attachment to it!!! i am trying to be cautiously optimistic!!!

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