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Collection Data
- Description
- Tony Straiges (born 1942) is a New York City-based set designer, working in theatre and ballet. He is known for his designs for the original Broadway productions of Sunday in the Park with George (1984) and Into the Woods (1987). The Tony Straiges designs date from 1970 to 1994 and contain set designs, renderings, and set models from theatre and ballet productions throughout Straiges's career.
- Names
- Straiges, Tony (Set designer)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1970 - 1994
- Library locations
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Shelf locator: *T-Vim 1996-019
- Topics
- Costume design -- 20th century
- Costume design -- New York (State) -- New York
- Set designers -- United States
- Set designs -- 20th century
- Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery
- Genres
- Costume design drawings
- Models
- Renderings
- Set design drawings
- Design drawings
- Notes
- Biographical/historical: Tony Straiges (born 1942) is a New York City-based set designer, working in theatre and ballet. After studying design at the Yale School of Drama, Straiges's first designs for the Broadway stage appeared in the 1978 production of Timbuktu!. He won both a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his scenic designs for Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and was nominated for a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his sets for Into the Woods (1987).
- Content: The Tony Straiges designs date from 1970 to 1994 and contain set designs (including rough sketches, ground plans, elevations, and sections), renderings, and set models. Shows represented include Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, and regional theatre productions, as well as ballet productions from throughout Straiges's career. The collection contains designs from the Yale Repertory Theatre production of The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahogony (1974), as well as the original Broadway productions of Timbuktu! (1978), Copperfield (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). Also included are Straiges's set designs and costume sketches from his studies at the Yale School of Drama.
- Physical Description
- Extent: 2.23 linear feet (1 box, 4 oversized folders, 5 tubes, 2 set models)
- Type of Resource
- Still image
- Identifiers
- Other local Identifier: *T-Vim 1996-019
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20599823
- MSS Unit ID: 22749
- Archives collections id: archives_collections_22749
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c7aa3e90-8ea5-013a-4a93-0242ac110002