Catherine Zuber's guest appearances

Catherine Zuber

The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport

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Angels Costumes Behind The Seams

Lynne Meadow

Walter Bobbie

Doug Hughes

Natasha Katz

Todd Haimes

Thomas Schumacher

Richard Maltby

Lynn Ahrens

Bartlett Sher

Joe DiPietro

Kathleen Marshall

Michael Mayer

Alfred Uhry

Des McAnuff

John Doyle

OwlTail

Catherine and Jonathan delve into the fascinating process of how she builds a world around the production that feeds directly into the creation of the costume narrative. They also examine Catherine’s longstanding working relationship with Angels and in particular how the combined resources of the stock hire and manufacturing departments facilitate her practise.Her current biog. includes productions as followsBroadway: Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, My Fair Lady (Tony Award, Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle Award), War Paint (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony nomination), Oslo, Fiddler on the Roof, The King &amp; I (Tony Award, Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Gigi (Drama Desk Award), Golden Boy (Tony nomination), The Big Knife, Enemy of the People, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Tony nomination), Born Yesterday, (Tony nomination), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Royal Family (Tony Award), South Pacific (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award), Edward Albee’s Seascape (Tony nomination), Awake and Sing! (Tony Award), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Blood &amp; Gifts, Oleanna, Cry-Baby, Mauritius, Doubt, Little Women, Dinner at Eight (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations), Twelfth Night (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Ivanov, Triumph of Love (Drama Desk nomination), The Sound of Music, The Red Shoes among others. Opera: Rigoletto, Berlin State Opera; Le Grand Macabre, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg; Porgy &amp; Bess, Otello, L’Elisir d’Amour, Le Compte d’Ory, Les Contes d’Hoffman, Doctor Atomic, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, The 125th Anniversary Gala (The Metropolitan Opera); Porgy &amp; Bess, Two Boys, Carmen (ENO); Roméo et Juliette ( Metropolitan Opera, Salzburger Festspiele, La Scala); Des Ring des Nibelungen (Washington National Opera, San Francisco Opera); South Pacific (Sydney Opera House). Off-Broadway: BAM/Old Vic’s The Bridge Project 2009, 2010, 2011 (Richard III, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, The Tempest). Television: 2014 The Sound of Music, Live NBC; 2015 Peter Pan Live NBC. 2012 Olivier Award nomination, 2003 and 2004 Henry Hewes Award for Outstanding Costume Design, 2004 Lucille Lortel Award, 2004 Ovation Award, 1997 and 2005 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement. In 2016, Catherine was inducted into The Theatre Hall of Fame and received the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. Other: 1999 Fête des Vignerons, Vevey, Switzerland. Catherine is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.www.angelsbehindtheseams.com 

Catherine and Jonathan delve into the fascinating process of how she builds a world around the production that feeds directly into the creation of the costume narrative. They also examine Catherine’s longstanding working relationship with Angels and in particular how the combined resources of the stock hire and manufacturing departments facilitate her practise.Her current biog. includes productions as followsBroadway: Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, My Fair Lady (Tony Award, Drama Desk Awards, Outer Critics Circle Award), War Paint (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony nomination), Oslo, Fiddler on the Roof, The King &amp; I (Tony Award, Olivier Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Gigi (Drama Desk Award), Golden Boy (Tony nomination), The Big Knife, Enemy of the People, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Tony nomination), Born Yesterday, (Tony nomination), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, The Royal Family (Tony Award), South Pacific (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award), Edward Albee’s Seascape (Tony nomination), Awake and Sing! (Tony Award), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Blood &amp; Gifts, Oleanna, Cry-Baby, Mauritius, Doubt, Little Women, Dinner at Eight (Tony nomination, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations), Twelfth Night (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Ivanov, Triumph of Love (Drama Desk nomination), The Sound of Music, The Red Shoes among others. Opera: Rigoletto, Berlin State Opera; Le Grand Macabre, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg; Porgy &amp; Bess, Otello, L’Elisir d’Amour, Le Compte d’Ory, Les Contes d’Hoffman, Doctor Atomic, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, The 125th Anniversary Gala (The Metropolitan Opera); Porgy &amp; Bess, Two Boys, Carmen (ENO); Roméo et Juliette ( Metropolitan Opera, Salzburger Festspiele, La Scala); Des Ring des Nibelungen (Washington National Opera, San Francisco Opera); South Pacific (Sydney Opera House). Off-Broadway: BAM/Old Vic’s The Bridge Project 2009, 2010, 2011 (Richard III, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, The Tempest). Television: 2014 The Sound of Music, Live NBC; 2015 Peter Pan Live NBC. 2012 Olivier Award nomination, 2003 and 2004 Henry Hewes Award for Outstanding Costume Design, 2004 Lucille Lortel Award, 2004 Ovation Award, 1997 and 2005 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement. In 2016, Catherine was inducted into The Theatre Hall of Fame and received the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. Other: 1999 Fête des Vignerons, Vevey, Switzerland. Catherine is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.<a href="http://www.angelsbehindtheseams.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.angelsbehindtheseams.com</a>

Behind the Seams, an Interview with Catherine Zuber

Catherine Zuber is a costume designer for the Broadway theater and opera, among other venues. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, and has been referred to as "one of theater's most sought-after costume designers on both coasts." Her Broadway credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Tony nomination), Born Yesterday (Tony nomination), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Cry-Baby, Dracula, Frozen, Twelfth Night (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Ivanov, Triumph of Love (Drama Desk nomination), The Sound of Music and The Red Shoes among others. She has designed costumes for some 57 Off-Broadway plays and musicals including The Cherry Orchard (2009), The Winter's Tale (2009), As You Like It (2010), The Tempest (2010) and Richard III (2012).During our Saturday morning chat, Catherine and I did NOT talk about threading needles, but we did talk about: How she was terrible at sewing when she started . . . and that did NOT impact her ability to design. Why her favorite costumes aren’t the most beautiful. Technology’s impact on costume design . . . for better, but also for worse! Why costumes for the theater are so much different than costumes for film. How 21st-century playwrights are changing how designers must create clothes. Listen in to Ms. Zuber school me on costume design, and I promise, no matter where costume design ranks on your list of “Theater Things You Know,” it’ll go up after this thirty-five minute Tony winner’s master class.Keep up with me: @KenDavenportBwaywww.theproducersperspective.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catherine Zuber is a costume designer for the Broadway theater and opera, among other venues. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, and has been referred to as "one of theater's most sought-after costume designers on both coasts." Her Broadway credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Tony nomination), Born Yesterday (Tony nomination), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Cry-Baby, Dracula, Frozen, Twelfth Night (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Ivanov, Triumph of Love (Drama Desk nomination), The Sound of Music and The Red Shoes among others. She has designed costumes for some 57 Off-Broadway plays and musicals including The Cherry Orchard (2009), The Winter's Tale (2009), As You Like It (2010), The Tempest (2010) and Richard III (2012). During our Saturday morning chat, Catherine and I did NOT talk about threading needles, but we did talk about:<ul> <li>How she was terrible at sewing when she started . . . and that did NOT impact her ability to design.</li> <li>Why her favorite costumes aren’t the most beautiful.</li> <li>Technology’s impact on costume design . . . for better, but also for worse!</li> <li>Why costumes for the theater are so much different than costumes for film.</li> <li>How 21st-century playwrights are changing how designers must create clothes.</li> </ul>Listen in to Ms. Zuber school me on costume design, and I promise, no matter where costume design ranks on your list of “Theater Things You Know,” it’ll go up after this thirty-five minute Tony winner’s master class. Keep up with me: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kendavenportbway/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KenDavenportBway</a><a href="http://www.theproducersperspective.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.theproducersperspective.com</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

143 - Catherine Zuber

Five-time Tony Award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber (for The Light in the Piazza, Awake and Sing!, The Coast of Utopia, South Pacific and The Royal Family) talks about the process of costume design and the nature of the collaboration between designers and a director; explains how she chooses her projects -- and how many she takes on each year; recounts the challenge of creating 600 costumes for the Lincoln Center Theatre production of The Coast Of Utopia; describes the development of the costumes for the multiple incarnations (and changing cast members) of The Light In The Piazza; shares how she made the career transition from photographer to designer; and dispenses some tips to aspiring designers about how to develop their skills.

Catherine Zuber (#157) June, 2007

Three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber talks about the process of costume design and the nature of the collaboration between designers and a director; explains how she chooses her projects -- and how many she takes on each year; recounts the challenge of creating 600 costumes for the Lincoln Center Theatre production of "The Coast Of Utopia"; describes the development of the costumes for the multiple incarnations (and changing cast members) of "The Light In The Piazza"; shares how she made the career transition from photographer to designer; and dispenses some tips to aspiring designers about how to develop their skills. Original air date – June 29, 2007.