How I costumed “Charlotte” in the musical “Cinderella” (Broadway Version)
When costuming a large chorus scene, I like to provide some unifying details if possible. In “Grease” all of the girls who went to the Dance had wrist corsages. I like petticoats for that same reason. In “Cinderella” all of the girls at the Ball had hair pieces. I had a wonderful Freshman who created…
Charlotte’s Banquet dress was one of those costumes that sort of took on a life of its own. When I started I did not have a clear vision, and I certainly didn’t expect it to turn out like it did. I love the dress, but, it was probably a little too much compared to the…
At the end of the Broadway version of Cinderella, the cast all come onstage in various tones of neutrals for the wedding. I absolutely love the effect of that. It was one of my “more” goals from the beginning that we would be able to make that happen. We clearly could not accomplish that for…
The theme for dressing Charlotte in this show was “more”, and her Ball Gown needed to be reflective of that. On the flip side, it also needed to be in line with the rest of the cast, and not obnoxious in a distasteful way. We began with this Prom dress: The dress was a strapless,…
Charlotte’s first appearance in the musical is returning from shopping and handing her package to Ella to be carried in to the house. We found some tiny boxes for her and Gabrielle to carry and tied them with bows to match their dresses. Charlotte’s hair is discussed here. She wears a little pillbox hat that we…
I have been vacillating back and forth the best way to approach blogging about costuming the various characters in “Cinderella”. Do you start with a synopsis and follow up with the individual costume posts . . . or do you write up the individual costume posts and then follow with a wrap-up summary? I decided…
If any of you read my first post about Cinderella, you know that I REALLY wanted to re-create a high-school-budget-version of the wonderfully over-the-top ball gowns found in the Broadway version of “Cinderella”. The magical lifts and twirling skirts weave a wonderfully fanciful image of a Fairytale land ball–something every little girl would dream of attending. Figuring…
What would YOU wear to cover your ball gown when going to the ball? Well, a voluminous, flowy cape of course! Knowing it would take a TON of fabric to make a floor length cape to cover a ball gown, and having a real dislike of doing more work than I need to . .…
The Ball in “Cinderella” begins as a masked affair. The Prince is wearing a white mask, and Gabrielle a pink mask. Sebastian and Madame plot for them to meet based on the color of the masks. I needed around 40 masks for the Gavotte dancers and the wallflowers. I wanted ones that had fairly large…
Work on “Cinderella” is progressing . . . right now I am in the “there is no WAY we will get all of this done in 8 weeks” state of panic. Where do you even start? For me, it was an easy decision to start with Charlotte, since that is the part my daughter…
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