Word: dracula
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...style soon became associated with the macabre themes of his drawings. He was asked to illustrate the opening credits of the PBS television series "Mystery" as well as many other book covers. Gorey also designed the set and costumes for the Broadway show Dracula, for which he received a Tony Award...
...Gorey continued to draw and write throughout his years in New York. In 1977, he designed the set and costumes for the Broadway musical Dracula; in 1978, he won the Tony award for Costume design, but declined to accept the award. Gorey refused to go to Hollywood, and did not even attend the opening night...
...empire, political conspiracy and tragedy. Created in conjunction with the Houston Ballet and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Cleopatra does not shy away from any of these large themes. Choreographer Ben Stevenson, of the Houston Ballet, brings to the production much of the dramatic flair that characterized his staging of Dracula in Boston last spring, but Cleopatra ultimately rests on the skill of its dancers, and as such emerges as the superior production...
...scenery, created by Thomas Boyd, who also designed the set for Dracula, is grand in scale and presentation. Boyd's showstopper in this production is a golden barge. The barge, complete with oarsmen, morphs into a magnificent, multi-colored throne invoking Ra, the Egyptian God of the Sun. Boyd chose to enhance the dichotomy between the Egypt of Cleopatra-light, airy and feminine-and the Rome of Caesar, which is cold, stoic and masculine. The music, composed by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov and arranged by John Lanchberry, echoes these themes as well...