Art History Goes to the Theatre: Research Secrets of Great Designers

Giotto, El Greco, Veronese, Degas, Monet, Seurat, Klimt, Kirchner, Delaunay, Mondrian, Ernst, O’Keefe, Nevelson, Stella. The names of these, and other, visual artists may not appear in playbills. As this exhibition demonstrates, however, their paintings and sculpture have played leading roles in theatre productions. Whether quoted directly, or exerting a more subtle influence, works of art can be essential to how designers and their collaborators envision the worlds they create on stage.