Susan Hilferty has designed set and costumes for over 400 productions across the globe. Recent designs include Parade (Broadway; Tony nomination), Funny Girl (Broadway), Swept Away (Berkeley Rep and Arena Stage), Hamlet (St. Anne’s Warehouse NY and Gate Theatre, Dublin), Waiting for Godot TFNA/NYC, Richard Nelson’s What Happened?: The Michaels Abroad (Loewe Theatre, NYC), and A Bright Room Called Day (Public Theatre). Her many Broadway designs include Wicked (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk awards and Olivier nomination), August Wilson’s Radio Golf. Present Laughter (Tony nomination), Hands on a Hardbody, Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), Lestat (Tony nomination), Annie (2013 Revival), Into the Woods (Tony and Drama Desk nominations; Hewes Award), and Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland. Her designs for opera include Rigoletto, La Traviata, and the upcoming Aida for the Metropolitan Opera and Manon at LA Opera and Berlin Staatsoper. Hilferty has designed over a hundred off-Broadway productions including Richard Nelson’s Apple Family Plays, August Wilson’s Jitney and Athol Fugard’s Boesman and Lena.
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Susan Hilferty, Funny Girl
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Susan Hilferty, Love, Love, Love
Susan Hilferty, Present Laughter
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
Susan Hilferty, Lestat
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Susan Hilferty, Wicked
Susan Hilferty, My Life With Albertine
Susan Hilferty, Into The Woods
Susan HilfertyFranny’s Way
Susan Hilferty, Into the Woods
Susan Hilferty, Jitney
Susan Hilferty
Susan Hilferty has been nominated for several awards for her costume design work in various Broadway productions. Some of her nominations include Best Costume Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Parade," Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Funny Girl," and Best Costume Design at the Olivier Awards for "Wicked." She has also been recognized with nominations at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, BroadwayWorld Awards, The Lortels, and the Obie Awards for her outstanding costume design in productions such as "Spring Awakening," "Lestat," "My Life With Albertine," and "Into The Woods," among others. Her contributions to the theater industry have earned her accolades and nominations for her exceptional costume design work.
Susan Hilferty has won several awards for her costume design work, including Outstanding Costume Design at The Lortels for Love, Love, Love, Best Costume Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Wicked, Outstanding Costume Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Wicked, Best Costume Design at the Tony Awards for Wicked, Outstanding Costume Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Wicked, Costume Design at The Hewes Awards for Into The Woods, and Sustained Excellence in Costume Design at the Obie Awards.
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