Clint Ramos has been busy. Since his Tony Award win for Best Costume Design of a Play last year for Eclipsed, he’s designed for more than half a dozen off-Broadway and Broadway shows. Currently, his work can be seen in Sunday in the Park with George, Six Degrees of Separation, and The Whirligig. Pop Culturalist was able to snag some time to chat with Clint about his design process, what projects he is drawn toward, and what time period he hopes to explore via costume design someday. PC: Let’s start
The Git Gone episode is all about Laura and the events that lead to her death before Shadow’s release from jail. Emily Browning shines in this one, and we, the audience, are to have an array of emotions as Laura is unapologetically herself. If that means that there is some Egyptian God stating that she has a small, minuscule place in the universe that no one will bother to remember, well please F* off, sir. But she will be remembered as the one who came back after death, in some
The stage adaptation of Groundhog Day is delightful. Between the technical surprises that pepper the show and the absolutely wonderful performance of leading man Andy Karl, it’s a show you could watch over and over. Phil Connors (Andy Karl) is a famed weatherman who, each year, visits Punsutawney to report on Groundhog Day. Now, Phil is not a nice guy. He’s full of himself, a ladies’ man, and actually loathes having to report on this story. In his first song of the show, he sings: “Small towns, tiny minds Big
As the saying goes, “Clothes make the man.” Indeed, the clothes worn by an actor or actress onstage are a key part of bringing a character—and their story—to life. That’s where Paloma Young comes in. As a costume designer, she is able to to convey stories through her designs, how it is worn, and how it reflects a character. Young garnered a lot of attention when she won the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play for her work on the fantastically magical show Peter and the Starcatcher.