by admin | Feb 10, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making a Break-Away Suit Jacket In the musical “Chicago”, during the number “All He Cares About is Love”, Billy Flynn removes a break-away suit while he sings. He is left in his skivvies by the end of the song. Costuming this number led...
by admin | Feb 18, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making Break-Away Suit Pants For our staging of Chicago, Billy Flynn’s character required break-away pants to go with his break-away suit jacket. Break-away pants are easy and fun to make, especially compared to a break-away jacket. If...
by admin | Feb 19, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Break-Away Dress – Chicago In the show “Chicago”, Mary Sunshine is a really fun character. “She” is a conservative church-y lady with an operatic voice. The twist is that this role is traditionally played by a male actor. The show...
by admin | Jan 19, 2023 | Dance Costumes, Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Making a Circle Skirt Without a Pattern – Technique When making stage costumes for dancers, a circle skirt is a good choice. Circle skirt patterns are easy to draft and the shape of the skirt makes it move nicely on stage, and...
by admin | Feb 18, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Vest Alterations Cover Photo by christian erra on Unsplash Vest alterations are easy if a vest is too large. They can be altered in two ways, depending on how much too large the vest is. Alter using the existing belt Many men’s...
by admin | Feb 21, 2023 | Theatre Costumes
Back to Theatre Costumes Home Jacket Sleeve Alterations Suit jacket sleeve alterations are not difficult. Sleeves can be easily altered to be shorter. They can also sometimes be altered to add up to an inch of length, depending on the depth of the existing hem...
