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petzipellepingoWest Side Story brings fabulous 60s New York fashion to the NMACC
Costume designer Alejo Vietti speaks to Vogue about creating a contemporary palette for the iconic period Broadway show which opened at Mumbai’s NMACC this month
BY AVANTIKA SHANKAR
To call West Side Story a “feast for the eyes” would be a bit of an overstatement. But hear us out. Jerome Robbins’ Shakespeare-inspired Broadway classic doesn’t have the spectacular set design of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, or the fantastical lighting of Julie Taymor’s The Lion King. However, what keeps audiences coming back to theatres, and directors (most recently, Steven Spielberg) dreaming up new interpretations for stage and screen, is its unbearably catchy music and choreography. West Side Story gave us the finger-snapping Jets, the switchblade-swishing Sharks, the spinning skirts and fan kicks and ruckus claps, all of which have become musical theatre staples in their own right. In this show, lighting, set, and costume all work to serve the performers–and as the West Side Story Broadway tour drops anchor at Mumbai’s NMACC this week, Indian audiences have a chance to witness first-hand how functional-but-fabulous fashion can keep a mid-century show feeling fresh as ever.
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Costume designer Alejo Vietti speaks to Vogue about creating a contemporary palette for the iconic period Broadway show which opened at Mumbai’s NMACC this month
BY AVANTIKA SHANKAR
To call West Side Story a “feast for the eyes” would be a bit of an overstatement. But hear us out. Jerome Robbins’ Shakespeare-inspired Broadway classic doesn’t have the spectacular set design of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, or the fantastical lighting of Julie Taymor’s The Lion King. However, what keeps audiences coming back to theatres, and directors (most recently, Steven Spielberg) dreaming up new interpretations for stage and screen, is its unbearably catchy music and choreography. West Side Story gave us the finger-snapping Jets, the switchblade-swishing Sharks, the spinning skirts and fan kicks and ruckus claps, all of which have become musical theatre staples in their own right. In this show, lighting, set, and costume all work to serve the performers–and as the West Side Story Broadway tour drops anchor at Mumbai’s NMACC this week, Indian audiences have a chance to witness first-hand how functional-but-fabulous fashion can keep a mid-century show feeling fresh as ever.
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