Theater 13 Feb 2006 07:48 am
More Boris Aronson
Last night I saw Cynthia Nixon in a play by David Lindsay-Abaire (author of the Robots script). Rabbit Hole is a sad but nicely crafted show about the death of a child and the effect it has on a family. (Given the two feet of snow we had to tramp through, we already felt as though we made our own warren to get to the theater. But we had tickets in advance and didn’t think snow was enough reason for giving them up.) The set echoed the theme of the evening; it linked and revolved into numerous rooms throughout the house on stage. John Lee Beatty’s work reminded me of Tony Walton’s graceful set for The Real Thing.
I’ve decided to post a couple of more designs for sets by Boris Aronson. It never hurts to look at some artistry.
(A photo of white birch trees inspired the motif for the sets of A Little Night Music
(A painted design for a set in Cabaret, alongside the actual set)
(Click pictures to enlarge)
(Another painted set for Cabaret.
This became the famous one that used the neon “Cabaret” sign.)
on 13 Feb 2007 at 3:27 pm 1.Josh said …
where did you find these images, i am a scenic design student currently fascinated by aronson’s work and would really appreciate being able to get my hands on as many images as possible. any help you can give me would be amazing.
thanks.
on 13 Feb 2007 at 3:57 pm 2.Michael said …
Check out the book by Frank Rich: The Theater Art of Boris Aronson.