William Ivey Long: Costume Designs 2007–2016

Since working on his first Broadway play in 1978, prolific costume designer William Ivey Long has been creating historic and contemporary costumes for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays, dance and opera productions, cinema, television, and other stage shows. Having worked on more than 70 Broadway productions, he has received six Tony Awards (out of 15 nominations). He was also the first designer to be chair of the American Theatre Wing, from 2012 to 2016. This accompaniment to an exhibition of the same name at the international art and design Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC (the designer's home state), edited by senior curator Carlano, focuses on Ivey Long's designs from seven theatrical productions between 2007 and 2016, including The Lost Colony, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, On the Twentieth Century, and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, among others. The complexities of theatrical design are illustrated through sketches, photographs, preparatory materials (such as the designer's mood boards), and the finished costumes.