Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events They have been nominated for 24 awards and won 10 of them. That’s true of Wicked, and it’s true of Ellen McLaughlin’s The Oresteia, which I’m currently designing, and it is certainly true of Athol and August Wilson. 2018 Costume Design Award: Amy Andrews Harrell For her work on the television series Mercy Street. 3 Speen Street, Suite 300, Framingham, MA 01701. ), ANNIE (2013), INTO THE WOODS, 2002 (Tony, Drama Desk noms; Hewes Award) 2020. © 2021 Questex LLC. As to Spring Awakening, it’s always been one of my favorite texts because of its powerful point of view: seeing the world through an adolescent’s eyes as they begin to understand power, sex, and their place in the world. The award was first presented in 1947 and included both plays and musicals. Nomination Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Set Design Hamlet. Winner TDF/Irene Sharaff Award for Lifetime Achievement . So, really, why or how I design sets and clothes depends on who the director is and what their process is for creating a world. Everything about our design is focused on clarifying that. Annaleigh Ashford Talks About Her Move to L.A. BroadwayHD Celebrates Tom Kinney's Third Anniversary, Kelli O'Hara & Seth Rudetsky 1/17 at 8 PM ET, Block, Arcelus and Rudetsky 2/14 at 8 PM ET. Arts Professor; Chairperson. Susan Hilferty. The musical has won over 100 international awards and promises to continue ‘defying gravity’ as it flies into Leeds Grand Theatre this June and July! Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty) 2007 Broadway.com Audience Awards (3 Nominations, 1 Win) Favorite Long Running Broadway Show WINNER; Favorite Female Replacement (Julia Murney) Favorite Male Replacement (Sebastian Arcelus) 2007 lastminute.com People's Choice Theatre Awards (4 Nominations, 3 Wins) Favourite Musical WINNER Hilferty has designed over 300 productions across the globe including the United States, the UK, Canada, Japan, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, Malaysia, Spain, Brazil, Germany, and South Africa. SH: To really be involved in theatre, it has to be a calling not a profession. IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. © 2021 Questex LLC. (February 2002) : Costume designer for "Into the Woods" musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine (Ahmanson Theatre, Los … You have to be interested in telling stories. Trivia (7) Won Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Costume Designer for "Wicked." Signature Theatre (New York City) New York Wicked 2003. Susan Hilferty: In Wicked, I was drawn to the relationship between the two vastly different central women, but especially to the character of Elphaba, who is ostracized by her community because of the color of her skin. All rights reserved. Susan Hilferty and William Ivey Long during 61st Annual Tony Awards - After Party at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, United States. She majored in painting and with a minor in fashion design at Syracuse University. Susan Hilferty is known for her work on ABC Weekend Specials (1977), National Theatre Live: Salomé (2017) and Present Laughter (2017). Susan Hilferty. Susan Hilferty is an American costume designer for theatre, opera, and film. It is a unique and wonderful position to be in. LD: What drew you to a life in the theatre? 2017. St. Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn Boesman and Lena 2019. Q&A Susan Hilferty: TDF/Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, She also chairs the Department of Design for Stage and Film at. Once she is invited to join that community, she has already learned about how rotten it is at its core and decides to become an activist who dedicates her life to changing it for good. Susan Hilferty. Award-winning costume designer SUSAN HILFERTY and legendary scenic designer JOHN LEE BEATTY are among the 25th Anniversary TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients which were just announced by TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts. Room 331. LESTAT (Tony nom. That’s the tragic truth and those who are the most afraid end up killing themselves. I’m more interested in that than I am in visual splendor. That experience really instilled in me a passion for telling stories and the importance of allowing ourselves to live through an experience and be moved or changed by it. Year Award ceremony Category Nominee Result 2006 So you must prepare yourself to be lucky!” Being a designer means you have to be fluent in history, art, and culture as well as knowing about fabrics and clothing and how things are made. That’s why his plays translate across cultures and worlds and, frankly, through time. During her junior year she studied abroad in Susan Hilferty, Costume Designer: ABC Weekend Specials. That’s really the exciting work and it requires the team to approach the design inspired by the dramaturgy. Being an admirer of the Wedekind text, I was so amazed at how truthful an adaptation this musical was. Susan Hilferty Tony Awards Info including nominations and wins. Or, in a contemporary piece, like Hands on a Hardbody or An Ordinary Muslim, my role is to observe a culture. But if you are interested in all this and love to tell stories and choose to be a designer, it is a hell of a life! I love these writer/directors who do not come into their creative process with preconceived notions of how the piece should ‘Look.” They are interested in creating a liminal space throughout their creative process. SH: Working on a new play or musical is literally about responding to the structure of a text and, together with your director and other designers influencing its development. Awards; Exhibitions; Contact; We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. It is the arc of the story: the beginning, middle, and end, and how we get from one to the next that is critical to the design process. SH: They are all special to me! Her many Broadway designs include Wicked (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk awards and Olivier nomination), Present Laughter (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Hands on a Hardbody, Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), Lestat (Tony nomination), the 2013 revival of Annie, Into the Woods (Tony and Drama Desk nominations; Hewes Award) and Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland. To kick off 2021 with a good start, Live Design has collected its most visited stories of 2020. Winner USITT Lifetime Achievement Award for recognizing a lifetime of distinguished contribution to the performing arts . Wicked Awards and Nominations for the Melbourne, Australia Production. TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award, Winners of Theatre in the 2020 Design Achievement Awards, Quest Sound & Productions Supports Augusta Symphony Stream. August asked me to design Jitney and, of course, he’s one of the great playwrights of our time. What does that involve for you? All rights reserved. Doug Wright has always been fueled by theatre making traditions. In talking about his work, Athol often uses the word “appointment.” He’ll see something or read about an event and feel he has an “appointment with that story.” He also has a voice that is his own but influenced by his deep understanding and appreciation of the various traditions in theatre history. LD: Is structure important to you when you are choosing pieces to design? What was it about that particular show that initially caught your attention? Hilferty grew up in a big family in Arlington, Massachusetts, where her greatest source of joy was the library. search. Hamlet 2020. In Wicked, for instance, we are responsible for creating an entirely new culture that doesn’t exist in our world. LD: Can you speak more about what you mean by “structure?”. 2019. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited. We have to be a tabula rasa—a blank slate—waiting to respond to the author’s words. In 2008 awards won were: Green Room Awards – Susan Hilferty and Eugene Lee won Best Artistic Direction of a Musical. LD: Can you talk about one or two productions that are particularly special to you? Rebecca Taichman, Yaël Farber— if you look at the directors I’ve worked with you find this theme, and it comes down to the appreciation of story and structure. Exclusive: What Going On at York Theatre Company and How You Can Help! 3 Speen Street, Suite 300, Framingham, MA 01701. LD: Since then, you have developed a robust collaboration of your own with Athol Fugard. Susan Hilferty is a designer and director with credits and awards spanning Broadway, the American regional theatre, and the world, including a Tony award for Wicked and Tony nominations for Present Laughter, Spring Awakening as well as many other nominations and awards. Our responsibility was, not only to understand this specific place, but go even deeper and put ourselves in the local jitney station and convey how relationships between these characters are driven by emotion, their place within society, and the created hierarchy around them, whether that’s because someone is an elder in the community or they are the emerging generation finding their voice and power. Award-winning costume designer Susan Hilferty will receive the 2019 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, April 26 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City. In Wicked, a young woman wants to be part of a community that initially shuns her. I feel like I get to talk to great writers like Shakespeare, Chekov, or Aeschylus across time and the globe. The 2017 Lucille Lortel awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway ( Visual ) Most widely held works by Susan Hilferty The Gabriels ( Visual ) Emerald City looks so striking and appealing so that we understand why Elphaba is attracted to the Wizard’s world, and also why she feels the responsibility to change it. We caught up with Wicked Costume Designer, Susan Hilferty to find out what goes in to creating the incredible costumes… Can you tell me more about that? From the times of the Greeks, the stories are meant not merely to entertain but to change or perhaps transform the moral center within a person or a community. Susan Hilferty is an American costume designer for theatre, opera, and film. Susan Hilferty Biography Awards Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Wicked. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. She has worked in dance and regional theatre, working with such names as Alvin Ailey, Richard Nelson, August Wilson, and Athol Fugard to name but a few. I am interested in well-crafted stories, but I know that the director will be my guide. “We didn’t have a television,” she says. Wicked Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz is currently the 10th longest running Broadway show of all time.Based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Wicked is set before we meet Dorothy in L. Frank Baum’s classic book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Annie A spunky orphan girl finds a home with a New York millionaire during the Depression, but must dodge the clutches of her evil orphanage mistress, in Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan’s 1954 musical based on the popular Harold Gray comic strip. But a couple that jump out in the context of this conversation are August Wilson’s Jitney and Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Spring Awakening. Awards. All of the directors that I’ve worked with are deeply connected to the history of theatre: Garland Wright, both as director and artistic director of the Guthrie, would move from ancient Greek plays to modern texts; Des MacAnuff has a huge range in his body of work; and Richard Nelson was a dramaturg and was inspired tremendously by the writings of Chekhov. The comedian and activist Dick Gregory said, “Luck is opportunity meeting up with preparation. … LD: I am interested in the designer as a dramaturg, and what you say about creating a culture. Joaquina Kalukango Visits Backstage LIVE- Watch Now! Below are the top industry updates, webinars, and case. In a piece that takes place in the past in a particular period, such as August Wilson’s Jitney, or our production of Verdi’s Rigoletto (that I designed for the Metropolitan Opera and that we placed in Las Vegas in the 1950s), then I have to research a culture to inspire the world onstage. We saw Athol Fugard’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead at the Royal Court, and I remember viscerally feeling that in that hour and a half, two actors on a blank stage with a few chairs and a chalkboard transported me to South Africa – a place I had never been! She also chairs the Department of Design for Stage and Film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. 2017 ... Search where Susan Hilferty and . He trusted me and the design team and the director, Marion McClinton, to go back in time to understand and interpret his specific world of the Hill District in Pittsburgh in the 1977. He has a heightened understanding about structure, which is a quality I look for and admire in a director. Susan Hilferty Awards and Nominations (winners are in red) Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Play : Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter : They are all home to me, so it was enlightening to watch how each city responded to the play. All of this is what contributes to the world that we create. These elements all support the creation of the unique world being put onstage, one that has its own visual life, behavior, rituals, relationships, and class. When I’m thinking about whether or not to design a show, I first consider the director and the text. © 2021 Questex LLC. Costume Design Award: Rafaella Rabinovich For her work on the film To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Spring Awakening is a great example of the remarkable work that’s created in our Off-Broadway theatres. LD: What advice would you give to young designers? It was important to him to have a composite of audience responses, and he would revise at every stop. Emerging designers need to be looking for their tribe, which means finding their community and finding their voice. I tend to design sets for playwrights who direct their own work. ... Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Germany, Australia, Austria, Korea and Japan. Susan Hilferty Won 2005 Grammy Awards: Best Musical Show Album: Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Won North American tours. The Augusta Symphony's A Little Night of Music, a livestream performance, featured lighting design by Cliff Smith of Quest Sound & Productions. All rights reserved. That was a piece, as were all of August’s plays, developed across America in its regional theatres. “Reading was my entertainment.” says Hilferty, whose interest in art and designing clothing led to her making all of her own clothes by the age of 12. SH: From the very beginning, his work has struck a chord with me and that is to do with his outlook on humanity. Joe, in his experience as both an actor and director, has such an extraordinary ability to navigate new work. She won the 2004 Tony award for Best Costume Wicked Costume Her reasearch was focused on the period that Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz books, which was from about 1900 to 1920. I believe that theatre is inherently political not overtly political. I was especially excited to work with Joe Mantello, whom I had not worked with before. The 25th Anniversary TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards were held last Friday, April 26 at The Edison Ballroom. Susan Hilferty grew up in a large family in Arlington, Massachusetts. Photo of Susan Hilferty - 71st Annual Tony Awards - Arrivals - Picture 1. LD: How is designing scenery different from designing costumes, and why do you sometimes do both at the same time? Wicked in Melbourne, Australia has also picked up numerous awards and nominations too. Watch the Trailer for the Film Adaptation of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI, Skylar Astin & Kelly Agree 'A Moment Like This' Is Difficult To Sing, Jane Levy Talks ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST, Cristin Milioti Shares Her Bj?rk Impression on THE TONIGHT SHOW, Lennie James Talks About Writing His First Play on a Bet. SH: It informs how I have to approach the work. Susan Hilferty is the costume designer for Wicked. You have designed 48 productions of his plays. Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design for a Play. The work of costume designer Susan Hilferty and scenic designer John Lee Beatty will be celebrated at the 25th annual TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards. Live Design: Wicked is, obviously, a piece that has captured millions of hearts and imaginations for nearly 20 years. 2018. Susan Hilferty Videos including on stage appearances, live events, award shows, concerts, tv shows and more from BroadwayWorld TV and our extensive Stage Tube coverage. Click through the slideshow for a portfolio of her costume sketches. Be first to get the top news & best streams. Award-winning costume designer Susan Hilferty will receive the 2019 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, April 26 at the Edison Ballroom in New York City. In 1961, and since 2005 the category was divided into Costume Design in a Play and Costume Design in a Musical with each genre receiving its own award. When I did his final play, Radio Golf, we did productions in New Haven, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, and Princeton before the play was on Broadway. She makes all 200 costumes in the show and individually tailors them for each particular actor. Hilferty has designed over 300 productions across the globe including the United States, the UK, Canada, Japan, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, Malaysia, Spain, Brazil, Germany, and South Africa. SH: All of the work that I do as a set designer is about transitional spaces, spaces that are not necessarily modeled after a literal place. sh9@nyu.edu +1 212 998 1955. She also has about 400 shoes and hats with a unique, eccentric design. Unlike individual artists who must create the entirety of their work, theatre artists have to respond to a text and work collaboratively. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited. Susan Hilferty is known for her work on ABC Weekend Specials (1977), National Theatre Live: Salomé (2017) and Present Laughter (2017). It was clear to Duncan and Steven and director Michael Mayer that these characters are so fearful of becoming adults, and what’s amazing about the play/musical is that the adult world is painted as immoral or cruel, yet we know it’s the world these young people will inherit as they grow and mature into adults themselves. Susan Hilferty on IMDb: Awards, nominations, and wins. While he is South African and that, of course, is infused in his work, his stories are not unique only to South Africa. Once I’ve decided to design a show, I become part of a team responsible for creating an entirely new world! SH: I was a visual arts major at Syracuse University spending a semester abroad in London. are credited together. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Susan Hilferty - Tony Award for Best Costume Design (2004) , Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design (2004) , Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design (2004) and more awards. Susan Hilferty has designed over 300 productions from Broadway to the Bay area, and internationally including Japan, London, Australia, Germany and South Africa. 3 Speen Street, Suite 300, Framingham, MA 01701. I’ve done 48 productions worldwide with Athol Fugard and over 30 with Richard Nelson. The North American tours have been nominated 15 times for various awards, winning 13 of them. are credited together. SH: Absolutely. 721 Broadway. The … (And that’s perhaps why I was asked to do pieces like Laurie Anderson’s Moby Dick with Anne Bogart and Taylor Swift’s Speak Now World Tour). Award-winning costume designer Susan Hilferty and legendary scenic designer John Lee Beatty are among the 25TH Anniversary TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients which were just … Susan Hilferty has designed over 300 productions across the globe including the United States, UK, Canada, Japan, Ireland, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Malaysia, Spain, Brazil, Germany, and South Africa. The development of the show was organized by producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman, and it was programmed by Neil Pepe at the Atlantic Theatre Company, a company that is driven by its passion for new voices and new ways of expressing the richness of our society. The characters, plus the incredible story by Gregory McGuire, were the components that really drew me into the worlds that we encounter throughout the musical. Richard Thomas, Susan Hilferty, Paul Taswell, and J.T. That was very special for me because I spent the earlier part of my career in all of these theatres. Susan Hilferty Costume Designer Over 300 productions world-wide, including WICKED (Tony, OCC, Drama Desk Awards and Olivier nomination), PRESENT LAUGHTER (Tony, OCC, Drama Desk Award nominations), HANDS ON A HARD BODY, SPRING AWAKENING (Tony nom.) Browse more than 100,000 pictures of celebrity and movie on AceShowbiz. Susan Hilferty Hewes Design Awards - 2002 Sesigned over 300 productions from Broadway to the Bay area- and internationally including Japan, London, Australia, Germany and South Africa. Susan Hilferty on IMDb: Awards, nominations, and wins. Her designs for opera include Rigoletto for the Metropolitan Opera and Manon at LA Opera and Berlin Staatsoper. I have now been working with Yaël Farber for four amazing years. Live Design's 2020 Design Achievement Awards announced the winners of the Theatre category during a virtual awards presentation.