The New York Public Library opened a long awaited exhibit at its Lincoln Center of Performing Arts Library Branch. The exhibit, "Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance," features renderings of costumes and set replications from over 100 female artists.
The most spectacular portion of this exhibit is once you enter the hall with actual costumes from Broadway productions. There is a sea of fabric and beads and hats. Costumes from musicals, historical dramas, ballets and opera overwhelm the large room. Costume Renderings line the walls and spotlights are focused on certain costumes displayed on a platform in the center.
Among the most familiar are from "Beauty and the Beast." Belle's golden full bustle gown is displayed next to candlestick Lumiere's royal blue and gold costume which has candleholders for the arms and legs.
"Curtain Call" was a collaboration with the League of Professional Theatre Women and was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. The exhibit, which opened in November of 2008, will be up until May 2, 2009.
To learn more about this exhibit, visit:
http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/exhib/lpa/lpaexhibdesc.cfm?id=487
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