David Gallo

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David Gallo on the roof of his Brooklyn studio

David Gallo (born January 10, 1966) is an American production/

projection designer, and creative director for Broadway
, international productions, television, and arena shows.

Gallo won the

Tony Award-winning musicals Memphis and Thoroughly Modern Millie
.

Also known for his longtime collaboration with playwright

Kennedy Center
's tribute production of August Wilson’s Twentieth Century.

Gallo has designed for regional theaters throughout the United States, including

Goodspeed Opera House, and La Jolla Playhouse, working with notable directors Kenny Leon, Ed Stern, Christopher Ashley, Keith Glover, Mark Wing-Davey, and Marion McClinton
.

Outside of the US, Gallo was a frequent collaborator with Netherlands-based Joop van den Ende's Stage Entertainment and has served as his designer for productions throughout dozens of cities within the European Union including Amsterdam, Antwerp, Vienna, Hamburg, Oberhausen, Berlin, Stuttgart, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Moscow, Barcelona, and many more. He also works with many producing interests in Asia, including Seol and Company, Atlantis Productions, Creative Productions, and Broadway Asia. Asian ventures include the immersive Peter Pan-themed Neverland in a 50,000 square foot venue in Beijing and the original musical, Tears of Heaven, in Seoul.[2] NINE premiered in Manila, Philippines in fall 2012.[3]

Gallo designed the 2009 New Year’s Eve extravaganza in Miami for jam band

Meatstick
" was born. Gallo was the creative collaborator with Phish for New Year’s Eve at the Garden in 2011 and production designer in 2012 where he threw a "Garden Party" and staged a runaway golf cart marathon. In 2013, Gallo re-created the band's original tour truck and customized a flatbed-turned-stage where Phish performed "in the round" in the world's most famous arena. In 2016, Gallo returned to Madison Square Garden with the band as creative director of a 25-minute gag featuring a cast of 17, floating umbrellas on nano winches, an astonishing rain effect, and a maelstrom of "raining" inflatable cats and dogs and customized foam raindrops. In 2017, he filled the Garden with "an ocean of light and love" with performing riggers operating a rotating mast of sails amid an audience twinkling with LED wristbands. The following year, he directed ten aerialists in nets with ten specialty "Phish droid" moving colored fog and light machines, that appeared to blast the performers with spray paint and fire. Afterwards, two of the band members "flew" in the air while playing, and a large cast danced in inflatable alien costumes and flung air freshener-covered inflatables into the audience.

From 2014-2019, Gallo was production designer of the children's television show,

Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design in 2017 and 2018 as well as the 2019 Art Director's Guild Award for best production design of a multi-camera series.[4]

Often credited with a whimsical style, many of Gallo's projects have been centered on children and family entertainment. Gallo designed the 135th

Muppet
crafted in his likeness.

Gallo designed the 2010

Broadway Cares
Collection Official Snow Globe to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids Fund. He has served as creative consultant for Live Design's Scenic Design Master Class and as performing arts/design contributing editor at Stated Magazine.

In 2000, Gallo's body of work was chosen to represent innovative contemporary American set design in the

San Antonio, Texas
as well as in assorted public and private collections.

In addition to his theatrical and television designs, Gallo co-wrote, directed, and designed the off-Broadway show Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: Brooklyn Abridged and the short film [fat] life. He has served as creative consultant or creative director for projects in a wide variety of fields, including theater, immersive entertainment, museum exhibitions, and restaurants.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ "The Darlings of Broadway: 2006 Tony Award Winners". The New York Times. 2006-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
  2. ^ "õ±¹ÀÇ ´«¹°". Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. ^ "Atlantis Productions' NINE Pulls off a Casting Coup, 9/21-10/7".
  4. ^ "Biography - David Gallo". David Gallo Design. Retrieved 2024-02-08.

External links

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