Jo Mielziner (1901-1976) is an American theatrical designer born in Paris, France. His Broadway debut was in 1924 with The Guardsman, in which he designed the sets and lighting. He is considered the most influential set designer of his time designing and usually the lighting for over 200 productions. During World War II, he worked as a camouflage specialist with the United States Air Force. He designed along with Eero Saarinen the Vivian Beaumont Theater in the Lincoln Center. His work includes Strange Interlude, Carousel, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the film Picnic, and the ballet Who Cares?. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the... An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ... Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910, in Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1, 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish-American architect of the 20th century famous for his simple sweeping and arching shapes. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... A carousel in a summer festival in London, with traditional animal mounts, barley twist poles and fairy lights. ... A Streetcar Named Desire is a play by Tennessee Williams describing a culture clash between Blanche DuBois—a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South—and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. ... Cover to the Penguin Group book. ... The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel by Muriel Spark, first published in 1962. ... Friends and family gather for a picnic in a public park in Columbus, Ohio, c. ...
Similarly, in Mielziner, the author uses her subject and his spectacular career to refract events of several decades in the theatrical community that kept him employed.
While Mielziner was enrolled in art school, his older brother, actor Kenneth MacKenna (born Leo Mielziner, Jr.), recruited him as stage manager for summer stock in Michigan and his destiny was sealed.
Mielziner: Master of Modern Stage Design leaves one hoping that a biographer like David Herbert Donald, Fintan O'Toole, or Steven Bach will take on this fascinating theater figure in the kind of book that burrows under the skin of its subject and into his psyche in search of the artist's inner life.
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