Mielziner : master of modern stage design / Mary C. Henderson ; foreword by Frank Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson, Mary C., 1928-2012.

Contributor:

New York Public Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976.

Mielziner, Jo.

Set designers--United States--Biography.

Set designers.

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery--United States.

Theaters.

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Back Stage : Published in association with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 2001.

Summary:

The greatest American stage designer of the twentieth century is celebrated in the first fully documented book on his prolific, five-decade-plus career, spanning 260 plays, musicals, ballets, operas, and motion pictures.

In creating his now-famous designs for the original Broadway productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Carousel, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, and scores of other shows, Jo Mielziner (pronounced Mel-ZEE-ner) brought to full maturity the bold stage-design concepts of the modern era and influenced succeeding generations of stage designers. This definitive book covers his entire career and treats readers to many evocative sketches and fully rendered designs that have never been published before.

Notes:

"Chronology of all known productions designed by Jo Mielziner (1921-1976)"--p. 304.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

0823088235

OCLC:

46668657