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Freddy Wittop (July 26, 1911 - February 2, 2001) was a Tony Award-winning costume designer. He also enjoyed secondary careers as a dancer and college professor. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater or cinema performance. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ...

Dancing Ensemble Designs for On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. This original sketch, signed and inscribed with pencil notations, sold for $550 at the George Glazer Gallery in Manhattan

Born Frederick Wittop Koning in Bussum, the Netherlands, Wittop emigrated with his family to Brussels, where he apprenticed at the age of thirteen with the resident designer at the Brussels Opera. Moving to Paris in 1931, he designed for the Folies Bergère and other music halls, creating costumes for Mistinguett and Josephine Baker, among others. He studied Spanish dance and, as Frederico Rey, began a professional career that led to international acclaim as he and his first partner, La Argentinita, performed world-wide. He also toured with Jose Greco and Tina Ramirez. Bussum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Costume, c. ... Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 - January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-dOise, ÃŽle-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois. ... Josephine Baker, c. ... La Argentinita, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 La Argentinita is the stage name of a famous dancer born Encarnación López Julvez (March 3, 1898-September 24, 1945) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... José Greco (December 23, 1918 – January 3, 2001) was a flamenco dancer and choreographer. ...


In 1942, Wittop designed costumes for the Ice Capades, George Abbott's Broadway musical Beat the Band, and Lucille Ball for her film melodrama The Big Street. Following a stint dressing show girls and dancers at the Latin Quarter nightclub in New York City, he formed his own dance company in 1951 and for the next seven years toured the US and Europe. He returned to theatre design at the behest of director Harold Clurman, who saw his show and asked him to design his 1959 Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House. He actively worked in New York for the next fourteen years. The Ice Capades was a traveling entertainment show featuring theatrical performances involving ice skating. ... George Abbott (June 25, 1887 - January 31, 1995) was among the greatest of Broadway showmen. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... Harold Edgar Clurman (September 18, 1901 – September 9, 1980) was an Jewish-American theater director and drama critic, most famous for his work with New York Citys Group Theater. ... George Bernard Shaw (George) Bernard Shaw[1] (born Dublin, 26 July 1856 – died 2 November 1950 in Hertfordshire) was an Irish playwright based in England. ... In the words of AC Ward in his introduction to Bernard Shaw’s play Heartbreak House ‘the prime theme… was, that cultured, leisured Europe (words used at the beginning of the Preface) was drifting to destruction because those in a position to guide it to safety had failed to learn...


In 1973, Wittop retired to Ibiza, where he remained for eleven years before returning to New York to work on two more projects before settling in Tequesta, Florida. He frequently traveled to Athens, Georgia, where he held a position as adjunct professor in the school of drama at the University of Georgia. Ibiza (Eivissa) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea (), belonging to Balearic Islands (Spain). ... Tequesta is a village located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... Athens is a city in Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ... The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. ...


Wittop died at age 89 at the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Florida, shortly after being chosen as the 2001 recipient of the Theatre Development Fund's Irene Sharaff Award for "lifetime achievement in theatrical costume design." His original sketches have been showcased in museums and sold in art galleries throughout the country. Atlantis is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... Irene Sharaff (b. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ...


Notable productions

The Wind in the Willows is a classic of childrens literature by Kenneth Grahame. ... Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen is a musical with a book by John Patrick and music and lyrics by Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood. ... ÃA Patriot For Me is a play by John Osborne based on the true story of Alfred Redl. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... George M! is a musical with music and lyrics by George M. Cohan and book by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. ... Studio recording Breakfast at Tiffanys is one of the most notorious flops in the history of Broadway musicals. ... I Do! I Do! is a 1966 Broadway musical based on the Jan de Hartog play The Fourposter with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and Score by Harvey Schmidt. ... On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever is an original musical play with music by Burton Lane and lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner. ... The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd was a follow up musical play to Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newleys Stop the World - I Want to Get Off. ... Bajaur or Bajor (Urdu: باجوڑ ) is a tribal agency in FATA areas of Pakistan. ... 1994 Cast Recording Hello, Dolly! is one of the most popular Broadway musicals ever written. ... Subways Are for Sleeping was a Broadway musical produced by David Merrick with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. ... Carnival!   was a 1960s Tony-award winning Broadway musical starring Kay Ballard, Jerry Orbach, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Bob Merrill, Henry Lascoe, Richard Chamberlain, and Mel Torme. ...

Awards and nominations

  • 1971 Tony Award (Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, nominee)
  • 1970 Tony Award (A Patriot for Me, nominee)
  • 1970 Drama Desk Award (A Patriot for Me, winner)
  • 1968 Tony Award (The Happy Time, nominee)
  • 1967 Tony Award (I Do! I Do!, nominee)
  • 1965 Tony Award (The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd, nominee)
  • 1964 Tony Award (Hello, Dolly!, winner)

Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ...

External link

Internet Broadway Database listing



 
 

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