BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis
Miles White (1915 – 2000)
BYE BYE BIRDIE
11 x 8 inches
Mixed Media on Paper
Signed Lower Right
Framed by Bark
Affixed to the back are original gold lame fabric swatches.
This drawing is available, along with two other original costume drawings from BIRDIE by Miles White, another of Conrad Birdie and one of Chita Rivera.
Miles White, a leading Broadway and Hollywood costume designer for decades. created costumes for the original Broadway productions of OKLAHOMA CAROUSEL, BYE BYE BIRDIE and many others.
In film he worked on "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Greatest Show on Earth." He designed Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and the Ice Capades for many years.
Miles was a close friend for the last 20 years of his life. We live with one of his two Tony Awards and a dozen drawings.
BYE BYE BIRDIE is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor, Gouache, Pencil