Theoni V. Aldredge, who was born August 22, 1922, and died January 21, 2011, worked on everything from Shakespeare to Sondheim, but was best known for her designs for musicals. She won Tony Awards for her costumes for the original Broadway productions of Annie, Barnum, and La Cage aux Folles. She was Tony nominated a total of 15 times, and created iconic costumes for such shows as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, and 42nd Street. She was called on to recreate her simple yet memorable work for A Chorus Line when the musical was revived in 2006.
Flip through some of her many costume designs below:
Elliott Gould and Lillian Roth in I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Barbara Cook and George Gaynes
James Frawley, Angela Lansbury and Arnold Soboloff in Anyone Can Whistle
The original cast of Luv
Friedman-Abeles / New York Public Library
Julie Harris and cast in Skyscraper, 1965
Betsy Palmer in Cactus Flower
Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in A Delicate Balance
Diana Davila and Raul Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Cast of That Championship Season
Cast of A Chorus Line
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Julie Harris in The Belle Of Amherst
Andrea McArdle and Reid Shelton
Dorothy Loudon and Vincent Gardenia in Ballroom
Ron Holgate, Steve Vinovich and Joel Grey in The Grand Tour
Joel Grey and Florence Lacey in The Grand Tour
Glenn Close in Barnum
The cast of 42nd Street.
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Jim Walton and the cast of 42nd Street
Lauren Bacall in Woman of the Year
Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Loretta Devine in Dreamgirls
Martha Swope
George Hearn in La Cage aux Folles
The cast of La Cage aux Folles
George Hearn, Gene Barry and Les Cagelles in La Cage aux Folles
Dan O'Grady, Frank DiPasquale, Sam Singhaus and David Scala in La Cage aux Folles
Gene Barry, William Thomas Jr. and George Hearn in La Cage aux Folles
Martha Swope
Liza Minnelli in The Rink
Chita Rivera in The Rink
Ken Howard
Philip Casnoff, Judy Kuhn, and David Carroll in Chess
Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Jonathan Hadary, Tyne Daly and Crista Moore in Gypsy
Daisy Eagan and Alison Fraser in The Secret Garden
John Babcock and Rebecca Luker in The Secret Garden
John Cameron Mitchell and Daisy Eagan in The Secret Garden
Christine Baranski, Joanna Gleason, and Barry Bostwick
Nathaniel Kramer
A scene from the 2001 Broadway revival of Follies.
Gregory Harrison and company in the 2001 revival of Follies
James T. Lane and company in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line
The cast of the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line
