May 24 - Willa KimWullah Mei Ok Kim, known as Willa Kim, was an American costume designer who received two Tony Awards and six nominations. She designed numerous ballets and dance pieces, including over 50 works for famed choreographer Eliot Feld. She was inducted into the Theatre Hall Of Fame in 2007, and was awarded the Patricia Zipprodt Award For Innovative Costume Design from the Fashion Institute Of Technology. 

Selected Credits: Sophisticated Ladies (1981) – Song And Dance (1985) – Legs Diamond (1988) – The Will Rogers Follies (1991) – Grease (1994) – Victor / Victoria (1995)

Awards: Tony Award for Best Costume Design (1981/1991)

How Willa Kim Stretched and Shaped Costume Design

New York Public Library Will Offer Exhibit Celebrating Tony-Winning Costume Designer Willa Kim

3 Young Costume Designers Earn Inaugural Willa Kim Scholarship

 

 

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