Costume discussion: The Lion King

[labricoleuse]

First, some context which may seem self-centered, but is also relevant:

I've got a couple of really exciting gigs starting up in the next few days! I'll be working Saturdays doing millinery assistance at the Brooklyn studio of Cha-Cha's House of Ill Repute, helping produce their fall line of hats. I'll also be working at Parsons-Meares, one of the

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[pandorasfox]

lmao i know just how you feel, i LOVE that show. i've worked on both US tours of it doing makeup and it's still my favorite show out of everything i've ever done. there is something so magical about her costume designs for that show.

but really i think it's just Julie in general that i love oh so much. *laughs* i've also done another production she designed with Constance Hoffman, The Flying Dutchman. it had a stunning set & costume design as well. if you ever see any opera doing her version you must go see it! sadly we've been told we'll never remount it due to the cost. :(

[pandorasfox]

oh! i've got photos if you'd like some more of different things close up. a few of puppets backstage and then several different characters up close in makeup. a few like scar and older simba have their heads on and timon is in his rig minus puppet.

[labricoleuse]

I would love to see those pictures, if you have a link to them or want to just paste them into a comment or something!

Small world, i worked on some of Constance Hoffman's The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein at the LA Opera. Though i was really excited to get the job i have in NC when i got it, it was sad to leave the LA Opera before that show opened, and before they began working on Julie Taymor's Grendel, which looked amazing, what i saw of it in photos.

[pandorasfox]

oh wow! i would have loved to see that too!!!

i've done a few shows with Constance and really love her designs. a lot of people think she's difficult to work with but we get along rather well. she's really intense and knows exactly what she wants. personally i like that in a designer......and the fact that she does a lot of really dark designs.

about 5 years ago she did a fabulously dark version of hamlet at the alley theatre. it was stunning!! it was never stated but implied that possibly the entire cast was dead. every costume in that show just made me quiver. but i built the coolest wig ever for it.

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i just put most of them on facebook this morning for someone from the cast. are you on facebook? if so just search for me, serret jensen. they're in my photos, labeled lion king

[dreamsofpaprika]

I love Scar's costume!!!

My mom wanted to work in the hair and make-up department for the Las Vegas theaters here in town but she ended up being an assistant instead. I actually work in the Mandaly Bay Theatre backstage and I am an assistant to the costume and props department for the Lion King! It's so fun and really cool! I also love Nala's costume and I can never stop admiring it before I have to hand it over to Ms. Simmons! (Kissy Simmons) LOL

Sarabi's costume and the Cheetah costume are also another one of my favorites. I actually love all the costumes; it's hard to say which one I wish I could keep in my closet!

The only costumes that freak the crap out of me, however, are the widebeast heads and the hyena masks. I can never go backstage alone when those things are sitting on the wall...staring at you...