We Interviewed the Designers Behind Broadway’s Tony-Nominated Musical Sets—Here’s What Really Inspired Them

After seeing all five nominated productions, VERANDA’s creative director takes a closer look at the season’s most ...
Today

Why ‘Barbie’ never fits into her car, and more secrets from the movie’s set

Creating Barbie Land was so much more than picking out pinks and re-creating toys. Instead, the duo behind the set design of "Barbie" say they interrogated the question: What is it that makes ...
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Getting Beaten by Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy Set Designer Was a Wild Ride

At Summer Game Fest, I got to play (and get schooled by) the man who turned Cloud, Sephiroth, Aerith, Terra, Yuna and others ...
Variety

‘Saturday Night Live’ Set Design Team Talks Mastering the Time Crunch — and Leaving Room for Last-Minute Changes

“Saturday Night Live” production designers Leo Akira Yoshimura and Keith Raywood work at breakneck speed under extraordinarily tight schedules to ensure sets for the timely satire are camera-ready ...
The New York Times

‘I Want to Live in That Room’: Designers on Their Broadway Sets

Live theater summons energy no digital performance can match. Set designers for five of this season’s plays explain how they built eye-catching environments that crackle with it. “Even though we were ...
Los Angeles Times

John Iacovelli, beloved L.A. theater set designer, dies at 64

John Iacovelli, the Emmy-winning prolific scenic designer for stage and screen, whose ability to balance poetics with pragmatism made him a beloved and invaluable collaborator for Los Angeles theater ...
BroadwayWorld

Tony-Winning Set Designer Beowulf Boritt Releases New Book, TRANSFORMING SPACE OVER TIME

Applause Books has announced the August 2022 release of Transforming Space Over Time a new book by Tony Award-winner Beowulf Boritt. Transforming Space Over Time tells the stories of six diverse ...