Catherine Zuber

Catherine Zuber is a costume designer for the Broadway theater and opera, among other venues. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, and has been referred to as "one of theater's most sought-after costume designers on both coasts."[1]

Life and early career

Zuber was born in England, and came with her family to New York City when she was 9 years old. Her first choice of career was photography, but she switched to costume design because she found photography to be "a lonely art form". In addition, she enjoyed the collaborative nature of working in the theatre.[1]

Broadway

Zuber's Broadway credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Tony nomination), Born Yesterday (Tony nomination), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, South Pacific (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award), Edward Albee's Seascape (Tony nomination), Awake and Sing! (Tony Award), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Royal Family (Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle nomination), Oleanna, A Man for All Seasons, Cry-Baby, Mauritius, Doubt, Little Women, Dracula, Frozen, Dinner at Eight (Tony, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations), Twelfth Night (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Ivanov, Triumph of Love (Drama Desk nomination), The Sound of Music and The Red Shoes among others.

Opera

Zuber's opera credits include Le comte Ory, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Doctor Atomic, The 125th Anniversary Gala, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Metropolitan Opera), Two Boys, Carmen (ENO), Roméo et Juliette (Salzburger Festspiele), and Der Ring des Nibelungen (Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera).

Off-Broadway

Zuber's Off-Broadway credits include BAM/Old Vic's The Bridge Project 2009, 2010, 2011 (Richard III, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter's Tale, As You Like It, The Tempest).

Awards and honors

Zuber has been nominated 11 times for a Tony Award, and has won six times:[2]

In addition, she received the 2003 and 2004 Henry Hewes Award for Outstanding Costume Design, the 2004 Lucille Lortel Award, the 2004 Ovation Award, and Obie Awards in 1997 and 2005 for Sustained Achievement.

Other


Her other work includes Fête des Vignerons (1999 Vevey, Switzerland).

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Hefflet, Lynne. "A costumer's fitting versatility", Los Angeles Times (December 5, 2004)
  2. Search on "Catherine Zuber" at the Tony Awards website. Accessed: January 8, 2012

External links


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