Building a Costume Plan for musical theatre shows just makes sense. The hardest thing about costuming for amateur theatre is dealing with Directors who aren’t sure what they want, or who think they know what they want and then change their mind as the show progresses....
Once we agree upon the costume pieces, I build a spreadsheet for the Costume Budget in Google Sheets. This could also be done in MS Excel. But Google Sheets is free and provides a secure, easy way to build a simple spreadsheet and share it. This helps when sharing it...
Purchasing costumes can be the most enjoyable part of costuming a show. Even though most purchased costume pieces will need some type of change or alteration, you will need to begin by selecting the base costume pieces you will start. I have had good luck with several...
How to stone a costume Adding rhinestones to a costume (known to dance moms everywhere as “stoning costumes”) can be very easy or very difficult. For most dance costumes, and especially for “showgirl” costumes, adding stones to the costume will...
For Chicago, we needed to costume ensemble boys for multiple similar numbers. I found that it was easiest to take “kit” approach. This enabled the director to make last-minute changes to the male ensemble costumes with little or no extra last-minute work. The director...
Hemming Un-Cuffed Pants and Skirts You can always opt for hemming costume pants by hand. But using a sewing machine makes this tedious work much quicker and easier. If costume pants (or skirt, for that matter) are too long, you will need to hem them to fit the actor....
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