Saturday, February 09, 2008
'Phantom' Costumes Get Special Care
KETV Omaha: "'Phantom of the Opera' is nothing without the intricate costuming, but how does the traveling production now playing at Omaha's Orpheum Theater keep the costumes clean?"
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This story is sort of like the one form last week about the chefs for the concert tour. We think that just doing out jobs to make the show itself happen is all that it takes, but there are jobs which need to be done just to make it possible. If the costumes are too filthy to wear, they can run into big problems, if velvet gets sweaty and isn't dry cleaned it can just shred. If they crew is starving, they probably wont work as hard.
You know, this is a topic that comes up here a lot actually. It's interesting how people overlook the obvious when paying attention to the details of how something will happen. Like Elize said, if you don't feed the crew, there's going to be a problem. Sometimes you have to be able to step away from the project enough to see what actually needs to happen for the project to exist in the first place instead of ironing out all the minor details.
I can imagine the work that goes into getting these costumes into stage presentable quality. Every detail is crucial to the designer. Going through a 6 step process of checking whether or not the costume are in pristine shape must be as much work as getting the costumes fitted. Speaking of fittings, when a play runs this long do they ever get another costume fitting?
i guess it's just because i've never thought about it, but it's a new idea to me that costumes get shopped out to local cleaners when a show goes on tour. i guess it's an honor and a punishment all at once.
Phantom's suit totally needs the special care at the dry cleaning! I once knew someone in costume crew at the Jesus Christ Superstar whose job after every show was to hand wash the underwear for Jesus. But I feel unsure about changing the different dry cleaners every city. I feel like the designated person should be in charge of the costume pieces throughout the production.
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