


Other panelists include Iyana Colby and Cyandra Bennett. I returned to Broadwa圜on in 2020 and was one of the panelists on the "So You Want to Be a Cosplayer?" panel, hosted by Em Hough. You can watch the full 2017 panel below!īroadwa圜on 2020 - "So You Want to Be A Cosplayer?"

I chose four other experienced Broadway costumers and cosplayers to join me and discuss how to get started in the fun world of cosplay. I was invited by the organizers of Broadwa圜on, the world's largest theatre/Broadway fan convention, to host a cosplay panels in 20. If you have specific questions, please email me at .īroadwa圜on 2017 - "Curtain Up on Cosplay!" And yes, the information below is useful for all characters from the story, not just Erik/The Phantom.

I’m sure if Maria were still alive today she’d still be improving the show because she was just that kind of person.Welcome to the new and improved Phantom Costume page! Here you'll find all the information you will need to start your Phantom costuming/cosplay experience. “Over time, we have done five different sculpts for the phantom mask itself because she kept wanting it to be more interesting. “She was interested in developing the show,” says Associate Costume Designer Sam Fleming. Despite variations and evolutions, every costume piece worn in Phantom today originated in Björnson’s design. Her designs were extravagant and yet simultaneously unsettling, as she perfected a unique idiom of romantic expressionism. When Björnson died suddenly at the age of 53, she was at the center of revelatory transformations in opera production. When Lloyd Webber introduced the musical to friends at his country home, Bjornson prepared a chandelier to plunge over the audience, a rousing effect that also appeared in the full production. “We used drapes swagging downwards and upwards,” Björnson once wrote, “dark Turkish corners leading off to nowhere, and candles rising out of the floor through mist.” Inspired by the subterranean glamour of Paris, she imagined a misty underground lake and studded the proscenium with gilded figures.
