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   .carrie robbins DESIGNAGE inc. : RAGS

Carrie Robbins
.carrie robbins DESIGNAGE, inc.

new york city, new york

email: crobb10001@aol.com




RAGS... a musical for Paper Mill Playhouse, December 1999
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  RAGS...lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
"The next best thing about 'Rags' is the rags themselves. They have been hung on characters with very little individuality or substance outside of their generalized role as downtrodden Jewish refugees, but Carrie Robbins has run with her assignment. There are some fine, historically accurate costume designs on stage."
Diane Kraft NORTH JERSEY HERALD & NEWS, PASSAIC, N.J.




  RAGS...book by Joseph Stein (Yiddish Theatre "Hamlet" sequence)
"...and Carrie Robbins' costumes are grand."
Ted Otten, Theatre Review THE TIMES, PRINCETON METRO

"...Carrie Robbins' muted costumes have the right period flavor and blend well with the...somber set..."
Robert L. Daniels legit Review DAILY VARIETY

"Carrie Robbins' costumes are exactly right."
Liz Keill, Theatre Review PRIME TIME, INDEPENDENT PRESS




  RAGS...a musical by Charles Strouse
"A nice touch in the costume design was the absence of true whites among the Jewish characters. Only the uptown Americans sport the blinding whites often associated with the era -- the ever-present dancing couple, the pair of wheeler-dealers ready to make some greenbacks on the backs of the "greenhorns". Even Nathan, who tries so hard to assimilate right down to changing his name from Hershkowitz to Harris, is in the fine-tailored garb of the day -- but in cream, not white."
Bea Smith, Theatre View, WORRALL NEWSPAPERS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT




  RAGS - Set in 1910, the design was rooted in reality but featured a finale image of costumes designed in the computer with yardage printed by the computer. The images printed on the cloth are from ship Manifests of newcomers to the United States found in the archives of the Museum at Ellis Island.
"The next best thing about "Rags" is the rags themselves. They have been hung on characters with very little individuality or substance outside of their generalized role as downtrodden Jewish refugees, but Carrie Robbins has run with her assignment. There are some fine, historically accurate costume designs on stage."
Daphne Kraft NORTH JERSEY HERALD & NEWS, PASSAIC, N.J.









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