Tom Broecker - 30 years at Saturday Night Live, Broadway, and the Art of Detachment
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The “Voice of Costume” is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. An behind-the-scenes podcast to showcase the voices of Costume Designers around the world.
Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Tom Broecker and Catherine Baumgardner.
Welcome Tom - An Emmy-award winning costume designer. Working for Saturday Night Live since 1994. He also costume designed 30 Rock, House of Cards, The Comeback and multiple Broadway hits.
Topics Include:
First paid costume job
Juilliard School of Music
Hesitating going to SNL
The new Opera “Grounded”
“Creativity spawns Creativity”
Technology that helps
Process vs Results
Love of the theatre
“the true art of detachment”
The Christmas Carol example
Hunger Games sketch example
Pivot entire cast costume in 1 hour!
Deep Dive (min 20)
What do you like about yourself?
Any area too hard on yourself?
80% rule
Tough aspect of Contemporary
Let the joke lead the costume
Bob Mackie
The gift of the job
His favorite costume
Nostalgia dangers
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