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Additional authors

1. Robbins, Carrie
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Costume designer Carrie Robbins discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. Best known for her re-creation of the 1950s look in the hit musical Grease, Robbins has designed costumes for more that 30 Broadway shows, major operas and even a season of Saturday night live. Robbins describes how she now uses a computer to produce her meticulous sketches; how she created the costumes for Grease on a very tight budget; teaching costume design, in which she seeks to impart the art and craft, as well as the business aspects to her students. Robbins relates that her interest in working in the theatre started in set design, but when a professor told her that "women don't design sets," she changed her course of study to costume design, which may explain her technical approach to costumes.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Women in the theater
2. Talk shows
3. Robbins, Carrie > Interviews
4. Interviews
5. Television
6. Theater > Production and direction
7. Theater > New York (State) > New York
8. Costume designers > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2223

Note

1. Credits at end of videodisc.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. On container: Season 4, episode 8.
4. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Jan. 26, 2006. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, May 26, 2006.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Carrie Robbins [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2006.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Jan. 26, 2006. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, May 26, 2006.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Robbins, Carrie, interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2223