Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play

[kaboodles041]

Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#0

Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:47pm

Hey everyone
I'm new here, so hello everyone :)
Anyways, costumes are very near and dear to my heart (my mom works with costumes). Just wondering what you guys all favorite or best costumes you have ever seen in a production.
Mine: So far, the only one I can think of is Phantom of the Opera. Beautiful, beautiful--can you tell by my avatar?

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[Unknown User]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#1

Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:51pm

Gary Beach's Chrysler Building gown and tiara in The Producers.

[WiiCKED x3]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#2

Posted: 3/30/06 at 4:55pm

wicked's costumes. :)

[BwayBaby18]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#3

Posted: 3/30/06 at 5:49pm

I would agree with Wicked only if we are talking about when Kristin and Idina where in the show, before they started using the cheaper fabrics on costumes.

The Color Purple has beautiful costumes.

[jonartdesigns]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#4

Posted: 3/30/06 at 6:07pm

the wicked costumes look alot different in normal light (the tour understudy glinda's gown, which i would assume is identical to the other versions, its essentially shiny silver with sequins, and opposed to the beaded lace.

favorite wearable- fiyero's ozdust ballroom suit
lawrences suit for the drs finale

visually- the poto costumes, morrible's costumes in wicked

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[Renthead#1]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#5

Posted: 3/30/06 at 7:03pm

Wicked and Rent.

Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#6

Posted: 3/30/06 at 7:06pm

I don't think the RENT costumes are anything special, I mean, parts of the original costumes were taken from some of the cast's own wardrobe (according to Anthony Rapp via "Without You")

[Dollypop]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#7

Posted: 3/30/06 at 7:07pm

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[keatonbynumbers]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#8

Posted: 3/30/06 at 7:07pm

Sometimes when I look at Wicked's costumes, I think, "Wow, those are really great," and then other times I'm like, "What child's costume trunk did they steal that from?"

The Color Purple does have fantastic costumes, IMHO.

[bwayondabrain]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#9

Posted: 3/30/06 at 8:18pm

dont forget "Light in the Piazza"'s GOREGOUS costumes...

[Holly Therese]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#10

Posted: 3/30/06 at 8:25pm

Love the Phantom costumes, and Elphaba's act two dress. I aslo like some from Beauty and the Beast, but I have to say the most beautiful costumes I've seen have been in operas.

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[DancNdaMoonlite]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#11

Posted: 3/30/06 at 8:28pm

Even though the Rent costumes arent as elaborate as other shows, I love them because a lot of them came from the original cast's closets- and I think thats really cool. Also, I just love the way they all look.

[bwayondabrain]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#12

Posted: 3/30/06 at 8:33pm

did the yellow and white shirt that Idina wore during "over the moon" come from her closet?

:)

[Unknown User]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#13

Posted: 3/30/06 at 8:44pm

i LOOVE the costumes in Phantom! Just gorgeous!! Especially Christine's dresses!! wow~
Piazza's were stunning...
ARE the fabrics CHEAPER or different in Wicked? I know a lot of the time they run out of fabric used on the original costumes.
When i played Ellen, I got the last fabric off the bolt for my Ellen skirts (BLECH...lucky me) so every Ellen after me got MUCH better costumes!!
AND...by the time i played Emma..they had run out of a lot of the original fabrics too. HOWEVER...my costumes were gorgeous and made of silk and leather and fur..(sorry PETA)...i miss my costumes, but someone i like a lot got to wear them! heehee.

[John3]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#14

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:10pm

The costumes in Phantom are wonderful, as well as some of the stuff from Hairspray. But I love the period pieces in Light in the Piazza.

[Broadwayluva]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#15

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:20pm

Wicked costumes are awesome . . . also (being very specific) I love what Link wears in Hairspray especially during It Takes Two!

[PhantomPhreak]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#16

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:27pm

I like the ones in Phantom. Especially Christine's Don Juan Costume... other than that, I really love how they made the costumes for CATs.

[JustChillin8908]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#17

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:35pm

I know I'm gonna get killed for this but... Brooklyn. I think it's so unique how they managed to make all the costumes out of garbage.

[SNLMedia]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#18

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:55pm

The lizard costumes in "Seascape" were amazing and so intricate.

I love Penny's purple beaded dress in Hairspray.

Muriel's camouflage ensemble in DRS is pretty cool too.

"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball

[ALWrules]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#19

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:58pm

Phantom
Les Miz
Wicked
Sunset Boulevard
Into the Woods

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[dancingthrulife04]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#20

Posted: 3/30/06 at 9:58pm

Clara's dresses in LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.

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[Katurian2]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#21

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:02pm

42nd Street!

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[peggyandvelma]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#22

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:04pm

Millie's finale dress.

No one is alone.

[alterego]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#23

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:27pm

The 1987 ANYTHING GOES (Tony Walton) and the recent 42nd Street revival and THE KING AND I (Roger Kirk).

[Lavieboheme3090]

re: Best or Favorite Costumes in Musical/Play#24

Posted: 3/30/06 at 10:34pm

SNL I agree with the Seascape lizards