Broadway Revealed: Behind the Theater Curtain
Donald Holder Lighting Designer on the set of Spider‐Man: Turn Off the Dark, Foxwoods Theater, New York, NY, 24” H x 72” W
Exhibition Specifications
Title: Broadway Revealed: Behind the Theater Curtain
Artist: Photographer Stephen Joseph
Curator: Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs
Organizing Institution: Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 www.bedfordgallery.org
Description: The Bedford Gallery is offering an exclusive touring exhibition Broadway Revealed: Behind the Theater Curtain. This extraordinary show brings to life the mystery, glitz and over‐the‐top grandeur of New York’s most impressive Broadway theater shows. For the last three years, Bay Area photographer Stephen Joseph has captured images of the “giants” of New York theater—directors, set designers, costumers, tailors, and milliners that transform Broadway nightly. The exhibition includes many behind‐the‐scenes shots of these production artists at work in their studios, as well as stage imagery from many well‐known Broadway productions such as American Idiot, Hair, Spiderman, and several other shows.
Artworks: Eighty eight (88) 360 degree panoramic photographs custom printed by the artist. The photographs are printed in a variety of sizes ranging from 10 x 30” W to 24 x 72” W.
Artifacts and Ephemera: Bedford Gallery will supply an open list of the appropriate Broadway contacts to procure props, costumes and other artifacts to supplement the exhibition.
Space Requirements: 2,000 – 4,500 Square Feet or 250 – 400 Linear Feet This show is elastic; a small selection of the photographs are available in varying sizes to allow each venue design an exhibition that gracefully fills the exhibition space.
Online Tour: Here Stephen Joseph talk about his work, and view the Bedford Gallery exhibition of Broadway Revealed on YouTube courtesy of Walnut Creek TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB2lOSwl0NE
Tour Fee: $4,500 for 8 week exhibition, 1 week install/1 week deinstall*
*each venue also pays for the cost to ship in the exhibition
Available: June/July 2013 – 2016
Security: Moderate: works are fragile, requiring trained museum staff for handling, installation, and supervision.
Publication: Exhibition Guide, Curator’s introduction panel, and educational art project for public programs. This exhibition also includes a full set of engaging descriptive labels penned by the esteemed author, set designer, and theater maven Marjorie Bradley Kellogg.
Contact: Alesha Colberg Martinez, Tour Coordinator Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs Tel: 925‐295‐1435 Tel: 925‐295‐1415 Email: colberg‐[email protected] Email: [email protected]
American Idiot World Premiere Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA 24” H x 72” W
Additional Information: With its elaborate stages and celebrity casts, New York’s Broadway theater district is one of the most sought‐after destinations in the United States, drawing more than 11 million visitors annually from around the world. When we hear the word “Broadway,” we remember the stars, the costumes, the sets and the stories. But who are the people behind these magical performances? What happens behind the scenes of a Broadway stage? This exhibition aspires to answer those questions and cast the limelight on those invisible men and women who make it all happen. Broadway Revealed: Behind the Theater Curtain showcases sweeping, panoramic images of studios, set designs and workshops, revealing the process and complexity of creating theater. From Michael Mayer’s Tony‐nominated American Idiot to Julie Taymor’s controversial Spider‐ Man: Turn Off the Dark, the photographs present a stunning portrait of these geniuses at work.
Donald Holder Lighting Designer on the set of Spider‐Man: Turn Off the Dark, Foxwoods Theater, New York, NY, 24” H x 72” W
Donald Holder has been nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning the 1998 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for The Lion King. He won a second Tony in 2008 for the revival of South Pacific. Additional Broadway credits include Promises, Promises; Come Fly Away; Ragtime; A Streetcar Named Desire; and Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
William Ivey Long Costume Designer on the set of Chicago, Ambassador Theater, New York, NY, 24” H x 72” W
William Ivey Long has twelve Tony Award nominations for his work and has won five times. The Broadway productions of Leap of Faith and Don’t Dress for Dinner mark William's 62nd and 63rd Broadway costume designs. Other Broadway credits include Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway; Catch Me If You Can; Chicago; Young Frankenstein; Grey Gardens; Sweet Charity; La Cage Aux Folles; John Water’s Hairspray; The Producers; The Music Man; Cabaret; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guys and Dolls; Lend Me A Tenor; and Nine.
Ann Hould‐Ward Costume Designer in her studio, New York, NY, 16” H x 48” W
Ann Hould‐Ward has won, or been nominated for, virtually every major theater award in existence, including the Tony; Drama Desk; Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle; American Theatre Wing; Outer Critics Circle and Olivier awards for her costume design. A Tony Award winner for Beauty and the Beast and Tony Award nominee for Into the Woods, and Sunday in the Park with George, Ms. Hould‐Ward’s stage credits also include Company and A Catered Affair.
Santo Loquasto Production, Set and Costume Designer in his studio, New York, NY, 16” x 48”
Santo Loquasto is a production, costume and scenic designer for dance, theater, and film. He has received fifteen Tony Award nominations and won for his work in The Cherry Orchard, Cafe Crown and Grand Hotel. Additional Broadway credits include Fences; Waiting for Godot; Inherit the Wind; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Glengarry Glen Ross; Fosse and Ragtime. For film, Loquasto has received Academy Award nominations for his production design in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway and Radio Days, and for his costume design in Allen’s Zelig.
Werner Kulovits, Euroco Costumes New York, NY, 16” H x 48” W
Founded in 1990, Euroco has been creating costumes for theater, film, opera and dance productions for over 20 years. Specializing in costuming Broadway shows, Euroco’s work has been seen in The Producers, Spamalot and South Pacific.
John Jerard and Mary Creede, Jerard Studio Brooklyn, NY, 16” H x 48” W
Co‐owned by John Jerard and Mary Creede, Jerard Studio is a Brooklyn company with diverse specialties in artistic and practical design. Multi‐ disciplinary artists and craftspeople create everything from theatrical props and backdrops to sculptural costumes. Jerard Studio has provided original design solutions for many Broadway productions, including The Producers and Spamalot.
Installation Images of Broadway Revealed: Behind the Theater Curtain at the Bedford Gallery
Bedford Gallery Facts
About the Bedford The Bedford gallery attracts over 30,000 annual visitors from the greater Bay Area and beyond. Committed to serving the Contra Costa region, the Bedford exhibits work by contemporary and historical artists, and provides educational and outreach programs to encourage local engagement with the visual arts. By offering four to five exhibitions each year, it is the Bedford’s goal to stimulate an ongoing dialogue about the value of art in our daily lives, while pursuing projects that reflect the diversity and interests of our regional audience. With over 120 volunteers, hundreds of rotating art works, and a host of collaborative and creative events, the Bedford has emerged as a premier arts venue in Northern California.
History The Bedford Gallery is a vital member of the City of Walnut Creek’s Department of Arts, Recreation and Community Services. Founded in 1968 as the Civic Arts Gallery, the Bedford has been housed in the Lesher Center for the Arts—a vibrant theatrical venue that offers three stages and numerous annual shows—for over two decades. With 3,500 square feet of flexible exhibition space, the Bedford is the largest visual arts facility between the Bay Area and Sacramento.
Programs Exhibitions at the Bedford Gallery aim to promote works by both emerging and established artists that encourage our audiences to reconsider their approach to the visual arts. From group shows that examine the role of clothing in contemporary art (Outiftters, from 2012) to surveys of Dutch Impressionism (Waiting for Van Gogh, from 2004), the Bedford has cultivated a reputation for bringing outstanding exhibitions to the Contra Costa region, and has regularly received local and national praise from media outlets and art journals. In conjunction with its annual exhibition program, the Bedford spearheads numerous community and volunteer programs, including school tours, interactive open‐makes, and other gallery events. With the support of its docents and volunteer guild, the Bedford is able to offer educational workshops and themed events for children and adults throughout the year.
About the Curator
Carrie Lederer has curated informative, stimulating, and provocative exhibitions at the Bedford Gallery for over a decade. Under her guidance, the Bedford Gallery has consistently shown diverse and inspiring work by a broad range of local, national, and international artists. Ms. Lederer’s special talent lies in creating a contextual framework for individual works of art, whether historical, contemporary, or community focused. She has constructed a program that challenges her audience to consider alternative cultural narratives and experience new materials as a way of enriching the artistic fabric of the arts in the Bay Area. Her innovation is apparent in the success of her shows at the Gallery, their warm critical reception in the press, as well as the popularity of her traveling exhibitions. Ms. Lederer fosters a flexible curatorial vision, exhibiting a range of shows that explore diverse themes and media—from ceramic pottery and Dutch Impressionism to skate culture and crafting. As a result, the Bedford Gallery has emerged as a premier venue for the arts in the greater Bay Area.
Ms. Lederer came to the Bedford in 1993 from the Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael, California. There, she served as Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs. While at Falkirk, she initiated groundbreaking exhibitions such as Guerilla Girls Talk Back: A Retrospective. Prior to directing the Falkirk Cultural Center, she was Special Assistant to the Executive Director at the Oakland Museum Association. Ms. Lederer is also an award‐winning artist whose work has been exhibited nationwide and abroad.
About the Artist
Stephen Joseph has been photographing a diverse range of subjects for over forty years. His interests and skills in the photographic medium are expansive, ranging from the creation of daguerrotypes to modern digital photography. For twenty‐five years, Joseph has photographed California Artists in their studios, creating a stunning series of images that have served as a touchstone for his current project on Broadway. In addition, he has photographed Mount Diablo and the surrounding Bay Area, a historical photo essay on Oneonta, New York, and numerous projects to support open space. Joseph received his MFA from the California College of the Arts, and has taught at both CCA and Hartwick College. He has participated in exhibitions organized by the Oakland Museum of California, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Ansel Adams Gallery, and the LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite National Park. His work has been widely collected, and features prominently in the renowned Achenbach Foundation graphic arts collection, as well as numerous environmental organizations. Joseph has been honored as the Centennial photographer for the Muir Woods National Monument, and as a chosen Artist in Residence at Yosemite’s LeConte Memorial Lodge. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife and son.
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, Set Designer Exhibition Guide Set designer, writer, and professor, Marjorie Bradley Kellogg has spent the last 42 years working in the theater. On Broadway, she was Resident Set Designer for Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre. Other Broadway shows include Any Given Day; the George C. Scott revival of On Borrowed Time; Lucifer's Child, starring Julie Harris; American Buffalo with Al Pacino; Requiem for a Heavyweight; A Day in The Death of Joe Egg; Solomon's Child; Arsenic And Old Lace; Steaming and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Off‐Broadway, Ms. Kellogg has worked for the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theater; the Signature Theatre; the Second Stage; the Manhattan Theatre Club; Playwrights Horizons and the Roundabout Theatre, among others. From 1992‐94, she held the Pew Charitable Trust Residency at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Ruth Morley Design Award, and the 1995 Mary L. Murphy Award for Excellence in Design, the 1984 Boston Theatre Critics Circle Award, and the 1991 Los Angeles Drama‐League awards. She was a co‐recipient of the first Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration in 1994. While her primary commitment has been to the theater, Ms. Kellogg has also worked in film, television and exhibition design, and has undertaken design projects as far afield as London and Moscow. Ms. Kellogg is an Associate Professor of Theater at Colgate University, and has taught at Princeton and the Columbia University graduate theater program. Apart from her career in set design, she is also the author of three science fiction novels and a fantasy quartet.