by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home 1920s Show Girl Costume – “Chicago” Drury Lane Theatre, 2017 production of Chicago Our inspiration for the showgirl costume in this number was Drury Lane Theatre’s 2017 production of “Chicago”. The director and I loved...
by admin | Feb 19, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making a Dress into a Theatre Dance Costume Selecting Dresses for Theatre Dance Costumes With a few alterations, some dresses lend themselves well to conversion to costumes for heavy dance theatre roles. The best dresses for dance...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Quick Changes – Layering Costumes Layering costumes allows for a very quick transition to another costume when there is no time for an actual costume change. Guidelines for Layering Costumes In Chicago, Roxie has several very quick...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making “Jail” Robes – Chicago The show “Chicago” centers around the female inmates of the Cook County jail. Traditional costuming for some versions of this show have the actors playing inmates in a dressing robe that...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Chicago Ensemble Costumes For Chicago, we needed to costume ensemble boys for multiple similar numbers. I found that it was easiest to take “kit” approach. This enabled the director to make last-minute changes to the male ensemble...
