Adrianne Lobel

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Adrianne Lobel is an American

scenic designer and producer for theatre, opera, and dance known for her "very daring and creative sets."[1]

Life and career

Lobel was born and raised in

Yale Drama School, where she studied with set designer Ming Cho Lee.[2]

Lobel has designed sets for

Nixon in China and the television broadcast the following year,[4] as well as the 1991 PBS Great Performances: Dance in America staging of The Hard Nut by Mark Morris.[3] Additionally, she designed the sets for the 2005 Metropolitan Opera adaptation of the Theodore Dreiser classic An American Tragedy directed by Francesca Zambello[5] the 1988 Mark Morris Dance Group work "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato." and 1991 Mark Morris Dance Group work "The Hard Nut".[6]

Lobel's first producing credit, the musical

A Year With Frog and Toad, was a family affair (workshopped 2000, premiered 2002). It was based on books by her late father, children's author Arnold Lobel, and starred her then husband Mark Linn-Baker, to whom she was married from 1995 to 2009.[7][8][9]

Awards and nominations

Lobel was nominated for the

Lucille Lortel Award
for Outstanding Scenic Design for On the Town.

Other stage credits

Published works

  • Small Sheep in a Pear Tree, written and illustrated by Lobel (Harper & Row, 1977)[11]
  • Danby and George, written by Betty Baker (Greenwillow Books, 1981)
  • The Frogs and Toads All Sang, wr. and illus. by Arnold Lobel, color by Adrianne Lobel (HarperCollins, 2009) — featuring Frog and Toad
  • Odd Owls & Stout Pigs, by Arnold Lobel, color by Adrianne Lobel (Harper, 2009) — nonsense rhymes

References

  1. ISBN 0-8442-4379-5
    , p. 82.
  2. ^ Preston, Rohan (August 18, 2002). "Daughter's Labor of Love Proves Fruitful For CTC's 'Frog & Toad'". Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota). p. 1F.
  3. ^ a b Biography. filmreference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
  4. ^ Nixon in China listing, comments by Adams Archived 2010-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. earbox.com. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ Production Panel: An American Tragedy. metoperafamily.org. November 21, 2005.
  6. ^ Jacobson, Bernard (2008). Review musicweb-international.com. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
  7. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (11 January 2013). "Christa Justus and Mark Linn-Baker". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Johnson, David (July 1, 2003). Adrianne Lobel Interview. livedesignonline.com.
  9. ^ Ryon, Ruth (April 28, 1996). "Hot Properties". The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon). p. H04.
  10. ^ Gans, Andrew (October 13, 2009). Little House on the Prairie Tour, with Gilbert, Launches Oct. 13 in St. Paul" Archived November 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. playbill.com.
  11. ^ A small sheep in a pear tree". WorldCat. Retrieved January 5, 2024.

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