Posted in Mainstage, The Gypsy King on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a sneak peek at the workshop presentation of the all new (and all hysterical!) musical production The Gypsy King, beginning tonight.
The Gypsy King cast, 2009. Photos by Sam Freeman.
The Gypsy King will play at First Stage Theatre from January 30–February 1, 2009. Visit ww.villagetheatre.org for more details.
Posted in The Gypsy King, Village Originals, tagged Deane Middleton on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Deane Middleton, costume design extraordinaire, comments on the process of pulling together costumes for the upcoming Village Originals production of new musical The Gypsy King on a tight budget. Middleton most recently designed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast costumes for Village Theatre.
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In the script, the time period is stated as the 1800s, so I’ve chosen the [...]
Posted in Mainstage, The Importance of Being Earnest on January 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Importance of Being Earnest opens in Issaquah this Thursday, January 22, and we thought we’d offer up a little costume teaser. It’s amazing that these costumes begin as sketches, and, after hours of thought and hard work, become the lavish and detailed pieces of art you see up on stage. Compare the sketch to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, early January. The perfect time to contemplate the year gone by and take stock, blog-wise.
Above all, we’d like to thank our readers for all their time and attention — blog traffic has more than tripled over the past year!
Our “busiest day” (the day with the most traffic to the blog) was Friday, November 14. [...]
Posted in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Mainstage on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve reached the fourth and final installment of ‘Creating the Look of the Beast’. If you’ve missed the first three, scroll down to start from Part 1. Enjoy!
This is an image of the final head cast alongside the sketch of what the final look will be.
Here we see a couple different views of a mock up [...]
Posted in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Mainstage on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alright, we’ve made it to ‘Creating the Look of the Beast: Part 3′.
The mold is finished and the head cast is in the works. The head cast is a critical step in this process. It becomes the tool used to create the prosthetics which really bring the look of the Beast to life. Of course, [...]
