The Piper-Heidsieck Award for Best Musical Revival goes to @fiddlerroofuk with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and book by Joseph Stein at Regent's Park @OpenAirTheatre.
#OlivierAwards
Wicked has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture! #Oscars
Best Actress (Cynthia Erivo)
Best Supporting Actress (Ariana Grande)
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
Best Picture
The phasing out of DVDs / rise of streaming culture is robbing us of all of the behind the scenes and bloopers footage. These things inspired A LOT of us to go into the arts and pursue working in the entertainment industry in any capacity.
Price tag: $620,000 💰
This is the most expensive costume produced in Hollywood when it was made in 1944.
Worn by Ginger Rogers in Lady In The Dark, the dress cost $35,000 US dollars to make, which would be about $620,000 today.
As you can imagine, the dress was incredibly heavy to wear, so two versions were created - one for singing and static close-ups and another lighter version for dancing.
In the film, Rogers plays Liza Elliott, a successful fashion editor on the edge of a breakdown, daydreaming of glamour. According to the costume’s designer, the legendary Edith Head, “the dreams created a perfect plot excuse for fabulous gowns.”
💃🏻Film costume worn by Ginger Rogers as Liza Elliott in Lady in the Dark, designed by Edith Head and Mitchell Leisen, 1944