Alvin Colt

Alvin Colt

Alvin Colt (1916 - May 4 2008) was an American Tony Award–winning costume designer. Colt worked on several Broadway shows including "On the Town" and "Forbidden Broadway".

His first job was in a theatrical fabric house, he also worked on painting scenery during the summer. "On the Town" was the first Broadway show he worked on in 1944, other shows he worked on include "Guys and Dolls", "Top Banana" and "The Lark". He won a Tony Award in 1955 for "Pipe Dream". The last official show he worked on was in 2001 for "If you ever leave me...I'm going with you!"

Colt died of natural causes on May 4 2008 in New York City.

References

*cite news | author=Andrew Gans; Robert Simonson | title=Alvin Colt, Tony-Winning Costume Designer, Dead at 92 | url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117420.html | work=Playbill | date=May 4, 2008 | accessdate=2008-05-09
*cite news | author=Michael Kuchwara | title=Alvin Colt, Broadway costume designer, dies at 92 | url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIqEH62yzvEQ93QlsDORrZe4CWBwD90FOKVO2 | work=The Associated Press | date=May 4, 2008 | accessdate=2008-05-09

External links

*ibdb|24615
*imdb|0173260


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Alvin Colt — (* 5. Juli 1916 in Louisville, Kentucky; † 4. Mai 2008 in New York) war ein US amerikanischer Kostümbildner. Er arbeitete über 60 Jahre am Broadway und entwarf die Kostüme für über 50 Stücke. Colt wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet.[1] Biografie Colt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • COLT — bezeichnet Colt Defense LLC, einen Waffenhersteller ein Pkw Modell des japanischen Automobilherstellers Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi Colt ein Schulflugzeug des US amerikanischen Flugzeugbauers Piper: Piper PA 22 108 Colt den Telekommunikations und IT… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Colt — bezeichnet Colt Defense LLC, einen Waffenhersteller einen US amerikanischen Automobilhersteller im Jahre 1907: Colt Runabout Company ein Pkw Modell des japanischen Automobilherstellers Mitsubishi: Mitsubishi Colt ein Schulflugzeug des US… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Colt Single Action Army — Revolver Second Generation Colt Single Action Army Type Revolver Place of origin …   Wikipedia

  • Tony Award for Best Costume Design — This is a list of the winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design. When first presented in 1947, the category included both plays and musicals. In 1961, and since 2005 each genre is represented in its own category.Awards… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Biografien/Col — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Golden Apple — Titre original The Golden Apple Livret John La Touche Sources l’Iliade et de l’Odyssée d Homère (et le cycle troyen en général) Lyrics John La Touche Musique Jerome Moross …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Li'l Abner (musical) — Li l Abner Music Gene De Paul Lyrics Johnny Mercer Book Norman Panama Melvin Frank Basis Al Capp s comic strip …   Wikipedia

  • The Adams Chronicles — was a multi Emmy award winning, thirteen episode special by PBS that aired in the mid 1970s to commemorate the Bicentennial. It chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150 year span, including John Adams (signer of the… …   Wikipedia

  • 10th Tony Awards — Infobox Tony Awards name = 10th imagesize = caption = date = April 1, 1956 venue = Plaza Hotel New York City, New York host = Jack Carter network = DuMont Television Network last = 9th next = 11thThe 10th Annual Tony Awards took place at the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”