Designing Broadway

Name: Designing Broadway
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SKU: 9780762480364
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How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre

By Eila Mell and Derek McLane

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Designing Broadway offers an immersive journey into the art of scenic design, exploring how visionary designers create the striking visual worlds behind iconic theatre productions. Co-written by Derek McLane and Eila Mell, the book delves into the creative process, from generating ideas and researching historical context to solving staging challenges and collaborating with other theatre artists. Featuring insights and contributions from Broadway luminaries, it highlights acclaimed shows such as Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Hadestown, and Beautiful, bringing to life the collaborative effort that captures the essence of each production.

Richly illustrated with personal sketches and photographs from the artists' archives, this beautifully designed volume offers theatre fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at the visual craftsmanship that shapes some of the most memorable experiences on the Broadway stage.
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This book is ideal for theatre enthusiasts, set and costume designers, students of performing arts, and anyone fascinated by the creative processes behind Broadway productions. It will especially appeal to readers who appreciate detailed visuals and insider perspectives on staging and design.

In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage productions of the past few decades.

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Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites us into the immersive and exhilarating experience of building the striking visual worlds that have brought so many of our favourite stories to life. Discover how designers generate innovative ideas, research period and place, solve staging challenges, and collaborate with directors, projectionists, costume designers, and other artists to capture the essence of a show in powerful scenic design.

With co-writer Eila Mell, McLane and contributors discuss Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Hadestown, Beautiful, and many more of the most iconic productions of our generation. Among the Broadway luminaries who contribute are John Lee Beatty, Danny Burstein, Cameron Crowe, Ethan Hawke, Moises Kaufman, Carole King, Kenny Leon, Santo Loquasto, Kathleen Marshall, Lynn Nottage, David Rabe, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Wallace Shawn, John Leguizamo, and Robin Wagner.

Filled with personal sketches and photographs from the artists' archives, this stunningly designed book is truly a behind-the-scenes journey that theatre fans will love.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780762480364

Publisher: Running Press,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Running Press Adult

Illustration: Over 150 full-color photographs and over 50 sketches of set designs throughout

Contributors:

Foreword by Ethan Hawke

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 284.0mm

Weight: 1700g

Pages: 272

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Arts & Culture Derek McLane Eila Mell Non-Fiction

About the Author

Derek McLane is an Emmy and Tony Award winning set designer for Broadway and television with more than 350 designs to his credit. Broadway productions include Moulin Rouge! and 33 Variations(Tony Awards), A Soldier s Play (Tony nomination), American Son, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Tryingand Anything Goes. Derek is additionally the recipient of two Obies, two Drama Desk Awards, three Lucille Lortel Awards, and three Art Directors Guild Awards. Television credits include six years designing sets for theAcademy Awards and NBC live musicals: The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, and Hairspray. He is currently chairman of the board of The New Group, an off-Broadway theatre company. For the last twenty years, Derek has also been a mentor for Theatre Development Fund s Open Doors program, taking New York City high school students to Broadway shows. Derek currently resides in New York with his wife, Broadway producer Lia Vollack.Eila Mell is an entertainment and fashion writer who has interviewed the likes of Donna Karan, Gbenga Akinnagbe (the Trayvon Martin Foundation), Martha Stewart, and Tommy Hilfiger. Her book credits include Project Runway: The Show That Changed Fashion and New York Fashion Week: The Designers, the Models, the Fashions of the Bryant Park Era. She has been featured on CBS s The Insider, in the New York Times, Marie Claire, Glamour, People StyleWatch, Page Six, and in the documentary Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf s.

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