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While you’ll mostly see her credits on Broadway and opera performance
listings, Donna will occasionally work with an individual talent, such
as Liza
Minelli or Bette Midler. She’ll also work in film, so long as
the project
interests her. Recent credits include the remake of All the
King’s Men, with
Sean Penn and Kate Winslet, and Fur, a portrait of
Diane Arbus starring Nicole
Kidman.“These are period films,” Donna
points out. “Contemporary films don’t
attract me. You get everyone
voicing their opinion for a dress that doesn’t even
get used.” She’s
happiest with a cup of coffee in one hand and a designer by her
side as
they fine-tune a costume to suit a period. She doesn’t have a favorite
period: “They all have their pull.”
(f) Ring of swatch cards for a production at the Lyric
Opera of Chicago. (g) Notions cabinets overflow with twill tape, scissors,
and
embroidery floss. (h) Donna grew up sewing.
(i) Cutting fabric in the shop. (j) Pockets with corset
stays arranged by size hang on wall. (k) Dress and apron from Broadway’s
The Color
Purple. (l) Detail of handiwork. (m) Scenes from the
latest revival of the
musical Grease include Donna’s costumes for the
characters Frenchy (in red pants
for beauty parlor scene) and Marty
(wearing pink kimono).
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