A Facebook friend from my college days at Brigham Young University is the associate producer of a new Broadway musical opening in March called “Bullets Over Broadway.” He shared this clip of Bullets’ costume designer William Ivey Long who designed costumes for more than 60 Broadway shows over the last 30+ years including The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, Cinderella, and Young Frankenstein.
Mr. Long shares a glimpse of the theater costume design process in under 3 minutes:
Here’s a summary of his words and some basic steps for the costume designer:
1. Get a copy of the script
2. Meet with the director and ask lots of questions: