by admin | Apr 25, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Cinderella Slippers When a local youth theatre company was staging the Rogers & Hammerstein musical Cinderella, I volunteered to create the glass slippers that Cinderella wore to the ball.Two pairs of shoes are ideally needed for each...
by admin | Apr 25, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home 30-Minute Peasant Skirt If you costume for community or high school theatre, you will almost certainly be asked, sooner or later, to work on a Disney show. And if you costume a Disney show, you will almost certainly need to costume...
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...
