by admin | Apr 23, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Renting Costumes When a theatre company decides to rent costumes, the expectation is that the costumer’s workload will be significantly reduced. At least, that was my assumption until I had firsthand experience. Recently, while...
by admin | Feb 14, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Musical Theatre Costume Plan Building a Costume Plan for musical theatre shows just makes sense. The hardest thing about costuming for amateur theatre is dealing with Directors who aren’t sure what they want. Others think they know what...
by admin | Mar 13, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Musical Theatre Costume Budget Once we agree upon the costume pieces, I build a spreadsheet for the Costume Budget in Google Sheets. This could also be done in MS Excel. But Google Sheets is free and provides a secure, easy way to build a...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home “Chicago” Corset Costumes One of the most iconic roles in musical theatre is Chicago’s merry murderesses in the Cell Block Tango scene. For these costumes, we wanted a dark look, but with a bit of sparkle. And the costume had...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home “Chicago” Lead Costumes Roxie and Velma both wear flapper dresses as their main costumes in “Chicago”. We wanted to have these two lead costumes coordinated. But we wanted to have Roxie look a little sweeter, while Velma...
