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...
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...
