Willa Kim
TCG Reveals 2026 Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship Recipients (May 14, 2026)
Baayork Lee Speaks With Richard Jay-Alexander About A CHORUS LINE at 50 (Jul 21, 2025)
American Ballet Theatre Unveils 2025 Fall Season and 2026 Spring Season (Jul 14, 2025)
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Productions
Awards and Nominations
Willa Kim, Adrift in Macao
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Willa Kim, Woman Before A Glass
Willa Kim, Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
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Willa Kim , The Will Rogers Follies
Willa Kim , Legs Diamond
Willa Kim, Legs Diamond
Willa Kim , Song and Dance
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Willa Kim, Sophisticated Ladies
Willa Kim, Dancin'
Willa Kim, Goodtime Charley
Willa Kim, Goodtime Charley
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Willa KimThe Screens
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Willa KimScreens
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Willa Kim, Promenade
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Willa Kim, Operation Sidewinder
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Willa Kim , The Old Glory
Videos
Video: Preview the Costumes of 'The Wondrous Willa Kim' at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
by Nicole Rosky - 2023-02-22 13:52:51
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Lisa Brescia, George Dvorsky and More in Highlights of Ogunquit's VICTOR/VICTORIA
by Christina Mancuso - 2015-07-06 12:19:59
News
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2026
Theatre Communications Group announced Tianyu Lei and Viktoriia Shlenova as the 2026 recipients of the Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship, honoring the legacy of the legendary costume designer.
by Richard Jay-Alexander - Jul 21, 2025
The legend and Special TONY Winner Raises The Curtain on all things ACL, as Michael Bennett’s masterpiece celebrates its 50th Anniversary in New York City, which will reverberate and be recognized across the world, where hundreds, if not thousands, of productions have been performed in 22 countries, in multiple languages, and as far-reaching as Canada, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, France, Sweden, Japan, Argentia, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland and Hong Kong, among them, since 1975.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 14, 2025
American Ballet Theatre will present two seasons at the David H. Koch Theater for 2025-2026. See the programming and learn how to purchase tickets here!
by A.A. Cristi - May 29, 2025
Theatre Communications Group has announced Seo Yun and Sveta Moroz as the 2025 recipients of the Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship. Administered by TCG with support from The Estate of Willa Kim.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2025
TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails. Learn more about the event and see who is being honored.
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 21, 2025
TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails, on Monday, April 7 at Tao Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 17, 2024
Theatre Communications Group has revealed the 2024 recipients of the Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship, recognizing emerging talent in costume design. Learn more!
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 15, 2024
TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, has just announced that celebrated costume designer ANN HOULD-WARD and legendary scenic designer RICHARD HUDSON are among the 2024 TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients.
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 17, 2023
On Monday, December 4, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts will host a reunion of the original cast of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Legs Diamond.
by Team BWW - Jun 11, 2023
The 76th Annual Tony Awards have officially begun! As winners take the stage this evening, stay tuned to BroadwayWorld as we bring you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.
by Team BWW - May 10, 2023
We continue Broadway By Design with the creatives from Broadway's iconic celebration of dance, Bob Fosse's Dancin'- Costume Designers Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung, Lighting Designer David Grill, and Video Designer Finn Ross.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 7, 2023
Theatre Communications Group has announced Kaʻiukapu Baker, Claudia Brownlee, and Lia Wallfish as the recipients of The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship 2023.
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 22, 2023
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center celebrates the long and colorful career of costume designer Willa Kim in her first-ever major retrospective exhibition, The Wondrous Willa Kim: Costume Designs for Actors and Dancers. In this video, Richard Ridge gives us a sneak peek at the new exhibit.
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 7, 2023
Si Litvinoff, the visionary producer whose foresight in cinema art led to perennial classics such as Stanley Kubrick's “A Clockwork Orange,” Nicolas Roeg's “Walkabout”, 'The Man Who Fell to Earth,' starring David Bowie, and more passed away peacefully on Monday, December 26, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. He was 93.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 21, 2022
Theatre Communications Group has opened the application for The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship! This is a valuable opportunity that we don't want students to miss out on!
by Gigi Gervais - Dec 12, 2021
Taylor & Francis Group, the largest publisher in performing arts, has released the first book on the history of the theatre-costume business under its Routledge imprint. Written by a trio of practicing professionals with vast and varied experience, the book features interviews with award-winning actors, designers, and the costume makers themselves.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2020
Spring 2020 programs have been announced at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
by Stephen Mosher - Oct 29, 2019
Broadway veteran and regional theater actress Farah Alvin returns to her roots with her first solo nightclub act in many years, as The Green Room 42 invites her to their stages to do some of her favorite 70s tunes.
by Julie Musbach - Aug 20, 2019
Moonlight Stage Productions concludes its 39th summer season with the San Diego Regional Premiere of a?oeVictor/Victoria,a?? September 11 - 27, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced $17 - $57, are on sale now online at moonlightstage.com or by phone by calling VisTix at (760) 724-2110.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 6, 2019
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the recipients of The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship 2019. Administered by TCG with support from The Estate of Willa Kim, the Scholarship provides exceptionally talented costume designers who are enrolled in a university or professional training program with the opportunity to supplement their fine arts training in hand-drawing and painting. The Scholarship honors costume designer Willa Kim's legacy and her life's work as a pioneer, legend, and inspiration for many of today's theatre artists.
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Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Adrift in Macao, Costume design (Obie Awards) for Woman Before A Glass, Best Set, Costume and Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for The Will Rogers Follies, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Legs Diamond, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Legs Diamond, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Song and Dance, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Sophisticated Ladies, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Dancin', Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Goodtime Charley, Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Goodtime Charley, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Screens, Costume Design (The Hewes Awards) for Screens, Oustanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Promenade, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Operation Sidewinder and Design (Costumes) (Obie Awards) for The Old Glory.
Willa Kim has won several prestigious awards for her work in costume design. These include the Obie Award for Costume Design for Woman Before A Glass, the Tony Award for Best Costume Design for The Will Rogers Follies, and another Tony Award for Best Costume Design for Sophisticated Ladies. She also received the Outstanding Costume Design award at the Drama Desk Awards for The Screens, and she won the Hewes Award for Costume Design for Screens. Additionally, she was honored with the Outstanding Costume Design award at the Drama Desk Awards for Promenade and for Operation Sidewinder. Finally, she received the Obie Award for Design (Costumes) for The Old Glory.
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