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Tony Straiges (born 1942) is a scenic designer for the stage and ballet. He has designed the sets for 17 Broadway musicals, plays and specials. His sets "often have a sparse elegance or sense of fantasy about them."〔Wilmeth, Don B and Miller, Tice L. (Tony Straiges entry ), ''Cambridge Guide to American Theatre'' (2 ed.), University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-521-56444-1, p. 367〕 Robert Brustein said of Straiges: "Today, he is considered one of the visual poets of the stage."〔Brustein, Robert.(Chapter: Actors and Designers ), ''Letters to a Young Actor: A Universal Guide to Performance'', Basic Books, 2007, ISBN 0-465-00814-3, p. 160〕 Straiges attended Yale University.〔Brustein, Michael and Brustein, Robert. (Polemics ), ''Reimagining American Theatre'', Macmillan, 2003, ISBN 0-8090-8058-3, p.232〕 ==Career== His first Broadway production was ''Timbuktu!'' in 1978,〔Bordman, Gerald Martin. ("'Timbultu!' listing" ), ''American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle'' (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press US, 2001, ISBN 0-19-513074-X, p. 750〕 and recently he designed the sets for ''Enchanted April'' in 2003. He provided the scenic supervision for the 1985 concert version of ''Follies''.〔("Follies in Concert, with The New York Philharmonic, 1985" ) sondheimguide.com, accessed January 6, 2011〕 Off-Broadway productions include ''Chasing Manet'' at Primary Stages in 2009.〔Brantley, Ben.("Theater Review: 'Chasing Manet'" ) ''New York Times'', April 10, 2009〕 His first off-Broadway production was ''Glance of a Landscape'' in 1975, at Playwrights Horizons. He designed the sets for the stage musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' at the Irish Repertory Theatre in 2006.〔Gates, Anita. ("Having a Merry Little Christmas and Pining for the Boy Next Door" ) ''New York Times'', December 16, 2006〕 Straiges designed the set for ''Sunday in the Park with George'' (1984), and won the 1984 Tony Award, Best Scenic Design,〔("Tony Awards, 'Sunday in the Park with George', 1984 (Search Past Winners)" ) tonyawards.com, accessed January 7, 2011〕 and Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design〔("1983-1984 30th Drama Desk Awards" ) dramadesk.com, accessed January 7, 2011〕 for his work. Frank Rich wrote that the set was "fantastic", and "What Mr. Lapine, his designers and the special-effects wizard Bran Ferren have arranged is simply gorgeous."〔Rich, Frank. ("Stage: 'Sunday In The Park With George'" ) ''New York Times'', May 3, 1984〕 Straiges designed the set for ''Into the Woods'' (1987), for which he was nominated for the Tony Award, Best Scenic Design〔("Tony Awards, 'Into the Woods', 1988 (Search Past Winners)" ) tonyawards.com, accessed January 7, 2011〕 and Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Set Design.〔("1987-1988 34th Drama Desk Awards" ) dramadesk.com, accessed January 7, 2011〕 Frank Rich wrote of the set "The designer, Tony Straiges, transports us from a mock-proscenium set redolent of 19th-century picturebook illustration into a thick, asymmetrical, Sendakesque woods whose Rorschach patterns, eerily lighted by Richard Nelson, keep shifting to reveal hidden spirits and demons."〔Rich, Frank. ("Stage: 'Into the Woods,' From Sondheim" ) ''New York Times'', November 6, 1987〕 He has designed for many regional theatres, including Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut (1974–77, 1978–79, and 1981–82).〔("Straiges biography" ) filmreference.com, accessed January 6, 2011〕 A sample of productions for that theatre included ''The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahogonny'' (1974), ''Troilus And Cressida'' (1976), and ''Tales From The Vienna Woods'' (1978).〔("YALE REPERTORY THEATRE, Production History, 1966/67 – 1979/80 Seasons" ) Yale Repertory Theatre, accessed January 6, 2011〕 His work for Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland included ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' in 2004〔Himes, Geoffrey. ("Review:Center Stage Grapples with a Particularly Pun-Riddled Script from Oscar Wilde" ) ''City Paper'' (Baltimore), October 6, 2004〕 and ''On the Verge, or the Geography of Yearning'' in 1984. He designed for Arena Stage, Washington, DC in 1976-81, including ''The Winter's Tale'' in 1979〔Lardner, James.("Winter's Wonderland; Winter's Here; Shakespeare for All Seasons at Arena" ) ''Washington Post'' article (perfectstrangers.tv), October 11, 1979〕 and 1982–83, and in 1985 designed ''Women And Water''.〔〔Gussow, Mel. ("The Stage: Guare Chronicle, 'Women And Water'" ) ''New York Times'', December 8, 1985〕 He designs for the Alley Theatre, Houston Texas.〔("Creative Team, Tony Straiges ('A Christmas Carol')" ) Alley Theatre, accessed January 6, 2011〕 He also designs sets for ballet companies, including Pacific Northwest Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre.〔("Artists" ) Pacific Northwest Ballet, accessed January 6, 2011〕 A collection of 18 models of Straiges' set designs is in the Ohio State University Library.〔("Tony Straiges Collection" ) Ohio State University Library, accessed January 6, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Straiges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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