{"product_id":"if-the-song-doesnt-work-change-the-dress-the-illustrated-memoirs-of-broadway-costume-designer-patricia-zipprodt-hardcover","title":"If the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress: The Illustrated Memoirs of Broadway Costume Designer Patricia Zipprodt - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Zipprodt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArnold Wengrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIconic Broadway costume designer Patricia Zipprodt (1925-99) tells her own colorful story from a tumultuous childhood in Depression-era Chicago to Bohemian New York in the 1950s, becoming one of the 20th century's most celebrated designers. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with Zipprodt's acerbic humor and delicious wit, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e charts her journey to 1950s Greenwich Village, America's literary and artistic Bohemia. Tracking her career as it plunges into the developing Off-Broadway movement, and charting her personal and professional failures and successes collaborating with the biggest artists of the day - Jerome Robbins, Hal Prince, and Bob Fosse - making her one of the most recognizable, and award-winning, designers of 20th-century theatre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in full color, this illustrated memoir includes pictures from Zipprodt's own archive including sketches, drawings, and photographs of her work from some of the most significant shows of the 20th century, including\u003ci\u003e Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePippin, \u003c\/i\u003e and her work with such American theatre giants as Jo Mielziner, Irene Sharaff, Jos? Quintero, Boris Aronson, Tony Walton, and Joel Grey, who provides a personal foreword to the memoir. Zipprodt's posthumous collaborator, theatre design historian Arnold Wengrow provides a vivid epilogue about her final battle with cancer. Drawing from her archive at the New York Public Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, he amplifies her recollections with letters, oral histories, and interviews she gave over the years to offer a portrait of an artist consistently working against the grain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e will delight readers interested in Broadway, ballet, opera, and the history of costume design. Her lively anecdotes about New York theatre and working in Hollywood provide a rich insight into the life and work of a celebrated female creative giant of American theatre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Zipprodt \u003c\/b\u003e(1925-99) was one of Broadway's pioneering costume designers, working with legendary directors Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Hal Prince, and Mike Nichols on the iconic musicals \u003ci\u003eFiddler on the Roof, Chicago, Cabaret\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePippin\u003c\/i\u003e, and the movie classic \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Wengrow\u003c\/b\u003e served as an associate editor for \u003ci\u003eTheatre Design and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTD\u0026amp;T\u003c\/i\u003e), published by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT). His biographical articles on theatre personalities were published in \u003ci\u003eAmerican National Biography\u003c\/i\u003e. His articles on theatrical design have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Design\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTD\u0026amp;T\u003c\/i\u003e. He curated and wrote the catalog for \u003ci\u003eObserve and Show: The Theatre Art of Michael Annals\u003c\/i\u003e for the Theatre Museum, London, 2003. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Designs of Santo Loquasto \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2017.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44288991690854,"sku":"9781350430655","price":43.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/0FR0EFhxRU9781350430655.webp?v=1766735704","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/if-the-song-doesnt-work-change-the-dress-the-illustrated-memoirs-of-broadway-costume-designer-patricia-zipprodt-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}