NewsPhoto Call: Veteran Broadway Costumers Honored With 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff AwardsJess Goldstein, Tony Award-winning designer for Jersey Boys and On the Town, and Douglas W. Schmidt (42nd Street), were be honored at the 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards, presented May 1 at 6:30 PM at the Hudson Theatre. The awards pay tribute to the art of costume design.
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Krissie Fullerton
May 06, 2015
Goldstein was selected to receive the 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. Schmidt, whose Broadway career stretches back to the early 1970s, will receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design.
The May 1 ceremony included a special memorial tribute to legendary costume and scenic designer Raoul Pene du Bois with a screening of an original 15-minute film on his life, created by designer Suzy Benzinger. Founded in 1993, the awards honor legendary designer Irene Sharaff, who designed numerous Broadway productions, including the original stagings of Lady in the Dark, West Side Story, The King and I, Juno, Sweet Charity, Funny Girl, Candide and Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
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Veteran Broadway Costumers Honored With 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
Veteran Broadway Costumers Honored With 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
Jess Goldstein, Tony Award-winning designer for Jersey Boys and On the Town, and Douglas W. Schmidt (42nd Street), were be honored at the 2015 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards, presented May 1 at 6:30 PM at the Hudson Theatre. The awards pay tribute to the art of costume design.
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TDF’s Executive Director Victoria Bailey makes welcoming remarks
Young Master Awardee was presented with his award by Sesame Street’s Telly Monster (with Puppeteer Martin P. Robinson)
Linda Hardberger, Mel Weingart and Robert Perdziola with L.B. Tobin Awardee, Douglas W. Schmidt
Suzy Benzinger
Jess Goldstein being presented his award for Lifetime Achievement by Jane Greenwood
Stephen Cabral with guests Alison Fraser and Carl Andress
Artisan Awardee Gino Bifulco or T.O. Dey Shoes and costume designer Gregg Barnes
Based on the 2000 film of the same name, the musical features a score by Tony and Pulitzer winner Tom Kitt and a book and lyrics by Cameron Crowe, the film's writer.
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