Forgotten Designers is a book that features the work of thirty American and international costume designers who designed musicals and revues on Broadway from 1900 to 1930. The book features over three hundred images of these designers' color renderings and sketches.

Forgotten Designers Costume Designers of American Broadway Revues and Musicals from 1900-1930

Arts & Photography

Delbert Unruh

Ione C Unruh

History & Criticism

Page Publishing, Inc.

The Designs of Ming Cho Lee by Delbert Unruh presents the designs of this widely regarded and well known theatrical designer, mentor, and teacher. Foreword by Jon Jory. The book contains lovely illustrations of set models, renderings, production photographs, and discusses the major designs of this widely regarded and well known theatrical designer, mentor, and teacher. The story of Mr. Lee's career is accompanied by a list of his production credits, awards and nominations, and memberships.

The Designs of Ming Cho Lee

The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc.

Tharon Musser was America's most distinguished lighting designer during the 1970s and 1980s. She received three Tony awards for her brilliant work which encompassed 117 Broadway productions including such greats as "Follies," "Dreamgirls," "A Little Night Music," and "A Chorus Line." THE DESIGNS OF THARON MUSSER is profusely illustrated with sixty-nine photographs of her work, as well as over a dozen example of her hand-drawn light plots, magic sheets, and other paperwork. THE DESIGNS OF THARON MUSSER, published in March 2007, is written by Delbert Unruh, Professor of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas, along with two of Musser's longtime assistants, Marilyn Rennagel and Jeff Davis. The book also features a complete design chronology (237 productions!), a listing of Musser's awards and honors, and, uniquely, a listing of all twenty-five of her design assistants and the shows they worked on. The foreword is by Richard Pilbrow who worked with Musser first as a projection designer on "Golden Boy" in 1964, and later as a co-producer on shows like "A Little Night Music."

The Designs of Tharon Musser

Profile of the life and work of renowned Broadway lighting designer Jules Fisher whose award-winning accomplishments span a career of almost fifty years. Mr. Fisher has been celebrated by his colleagues for his innovative and technologically inventive solutions some of which involved creating the technologies he needed to achieve the artistic effects he wanted. He has lit Broadway, off-Broadway, film, television and concert events, and has been honored with eight Tony Awards (and 12 more nominations), seven Drama Desk Awards, and an Emmy Award nomination for lighting the celebration of President Clinton s inauguration in 1993. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2006, received the USITT Award in 1995, the Illuminating Engineering Society's Lighting Design Award in 1978 for "Dancin'," and the Henry Hewes Design Award in 1996 for "Bring in 'Da Noise Bring in 'Da Funk." A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Mr. Fisher is the founder of three related design practices, Fisher Marantz Stone Partners, who specialize in architectural lighting, Fisher Dachs Associates, theatre planning and design, and Third Eye Ltd., entertainment lighting with Peggy Eisenhauer, all based in New York, NY. The three firms work internationally. Mr. Fisher is married to director and choreographer Graciela Daniele.

The Designs of Jules Fisher

Humor & Entertainment

Tony award winning designer Tony Walton's career spans Broadway, film, puppetry, and opera. This engaging story of his life's work documents the successes and challenges of a storied career designing some of the iconic moments of Broadway and film. From Chicago and Dream Girls to the film Mary Poppins (starring first wife Julie Andrews) to The WIZ. Tony Walton has made an impact on entertainment that we all feel today

The Designs of Tony Walton

United States Institute for Theatre Technology