Costumes Broadway

The Lion King debuted July 8, 1997, at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, and was an instant success before premiering at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 13, 1997. It is Broadway's highest grossing production of all time, having grossed more than $1 billion. The show won six 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical, making Julie Taymor the first woman in theatrical history bestowed with the honor. The Lion King has also earned more than 70 major arts awards... [Read More]

Do you remember the days when everyone got their important information from the daily newspaper? It was a time when ink and paper ruled the world! It was a time when you had to flip to page A6 to finish the headline story! Yeah, we don't remember a time like that either. With the advent of internet and technology, pretty much every piece of information is at our fingertips these days, but there was a time when the local newspaper held a treasure trove of knowledge, and the news-carrier was like ... [Read More]

Boasting a score that contains such now-classic songs as "I Could Have Danced All Night, " "Get Me to the Church on Time, " "Wouldn't It Be Loverly, " "On the Street Where You Live, " "The Rain in Spain, " and "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, " My Fair Lady was hailed by The New York Times as "one of the best musicals of the century, " by the Christian Science Monitor as "a work of theatre magic, " and by the NY Herald Tribune as "a miraculous musical." Under the direction of Barlett Sher, Le... [Read More]

William Ivey Long (b. 1947) is a leading costume designer for the stage, film, and television, whose creativity, artistry, and craftsmanship have earned him ovations throughout the theater community and beyond. A defining presence on Broadway, he has won six Tony Awards for costume design and a National Arts Award for Fashion. Ivey is unique in the history of costume design, operating at once in the atelier traditions of court costumers of Louis XIV and in the dazzling mode of contemporary Pari... [Read More]

"Cats" opened at The Winter Garden on October 7, 1982, carrying an advance of $6.2 million, the largest in Broadway history. In 1997 it surpassed "A Chorus Line" as the longest running show in Broadway history. On September 10, 2000, after 7,485 shows and a run of nearly 18 years, the show closed - a Broadway record. For the first time ever, an Andrew Lloyd Webber show has been specially filmed and made available on video. With a star cast including Elaine Paige and Sir John Mills, and its stunn... [Read More]