Showstoppers: The Art of Stage and Screen is a new exhibit at Helicline Fine Art through May 10. The exhibit features over three dozen works from the 1920’s through the 1990’s with “design drawings, sculptures, and more from across the world of live theatre, film, dance, and opera.”
Included in the exhibition is Tony Walton’s sculpture of the Scarecrow costume worn by Michael Jackson in “The Wiz”, Bob Mackie’s design of the Mattel doll of Diana Ross, a costume design by Theoni V Aldredge for “Dreamgirls”, and works from Boris Aronson, Cecil Beaton, Leon Bibel, William Gropper, Edith Head, Al Hirschfeld, Mervyn Jules, Hilary Knight, Gaston Lachaise, Jo Mielziner, Anton refregier, Irene Sharaff, Yves Saint Laurent, Miles White, and Richard Whorf.
Productions included in the exhibit are:
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
“My Fair Lady”
“Funny Girl”
“Sweet Charity”
“West Side Story”
“The King and I”
“Bye Bye Birdie”
“The Wiz”
“Anything Goes”
“Opera De Paris”
“South Pacific”
“The Pajama Game”
“Follies”
The exhibit can be viewed online at HeliclineFineArt.com or in-person or via Zoom by appointment.
Helicline co-founder and proprietor Keith Sherman spoke on the exhibit via statement saying, “while I have operated Helicline Fine Art since 2008, my lifelong professional passion has been running a Times Square communications firm. From the first days of my career, I’ve worked in theatre, film, TV, music, dance, and major cultural events. Some of the artists in this exhibition were friends—and even clients. These works are deeply meaningful to me, and I believe they will resonate powerfully with anyone who loves entertainment and the arts.”