Without a doubt, Wicked has some of the most inventive costumes ever seen on a Broadway stage, and Susan Hilferty’s Tony Award for Best Costumes proves the point. Learn more about how she came up with those incredible looks. How did you approach the task of designing Wicked’s costumes? Susan Hilferty: I knew I was... Continue Reading →
Finding Your Nerve in ‘Finding Neverland’
By John Moore, Senior Arts Journalist for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Acclaimed Director Diane Paulus was hooked on Finding Neverland by a line the nefarious Captain Hook says to the story’s author himself, J.M. Barrie: “You can go back to being what everyone expects you to be,” the iron-wristed pirate says. “Or you... Continue Reading →
Playwight Douglas McGrath on writing ‘Beautiful – The Carole King Musical’
When Paul Blake, the producer of Beautiful, asked me if I wanted to write a Broadway musical about Carole King, her ex-husband and lyricist, Gerry Goffin, and their fellow songwriters, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, there was something I had to know before I could commit. “Are they all alive?” I asked. “Good news,” Paul... Continue Reading →
