www.backstage.com: Theater has the power to transport actors and audiences whether it’s performed on Broadway, in a park, or in a prison. In “Sing Sing,” Colman Domingo stars as the wrongly convicted John “Divine G” Whitfield, a participant in the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program. The Oscar nominee shares the screen with a host of actual RTA alums, including Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, who costars as a version of himself.
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The costume designer for this show points out how fine of a line to tread it can be to balance faithfully portraying reality (especially with prison uniforms which can be very singular) with creativity and distinct style for the stage. I've had several shows where trying to preserve both realism and a visual style has been a struggle, because set and lights will want a very abstract style, but then costumes need to be realistic, but then that realism sticks out like a sore thumb on stage, but you can't be too abstract with the costumes either because then audiences will be weirded out by how crazy everything is for a show that isn't demanding that level of crazy... it can be quite the cycle. But puzzling through the challenge and eventually discovering the sweet spot where it works both ways is SO rewarding. In this shows specific case, I really like how its the addition or subtraction of certain items that give the costumes significance. Positive and negative space are really fun elements to play with.
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