Carrie Fishbein Robbins Biography (1943-)

Original name, Carrie Mae Fishbein; born February 7, 1943, in Baltimore, MD;daughter of Sidney W. and Betty A. (maiden name, Berman) Fishbein; married Richard D. Robbins (a doctor), 1969. Addresses: Office: Carrie Robbins Designage, Inc., 11 West 30th St., 15th Floor, New York, NY 10001.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Costume designer, scenic designer
Birth Details: February 7, 1943; Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Costume Designer
Leda Had a Little Swan, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1968
Inner Journey, Forum Theatre, New York City, 1969
The Year Boston Won the Pennant, Forum Theatre, 1969
The Time of Your Life, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1969
The Good Woman of Setzuan, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1970
Look to the Lilies, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1970
An Enemy of the People, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1971
Narrow Road to the Deep North, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1972
The Crucible, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1972
Grease, Eden Theatre, then Broadhurst Theatre, both New York City,1972, later Royale Theatre, New York City, 1972-1980 and Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1980
The Hostage, Theatre at Good Shepherd-Faith Church, New York City,1972
Sunset, Chelsea Theatre Center, New York City, 1972
The Beggar's Opera, Chelsea Theatre Center, 1972
The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1972
Let Me Hear You Smile, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1973
The Plough and the Stars, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center,1973
Molly, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1973
The Iceman Cometh, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1973-1974
The Beggar's Opera, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1973-1974
Merry Wives of Windsor, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1974
Over Here!, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1974-1975
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy, Chelsea Theatre Center, 1974, then EugeneO'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1974-1975
Polly, Chelsea Theatre Center, 1975
Truckload, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1975
The Boss, Chelsea Theatre Center, 1976
Rebel Women, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1976
The Misanthrope, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1977
The Creditors, Public Theatre, New York City, 1977

The Stronger, Public Theatre, 1977
Happy End, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1977
(And set designer) Old Man Joseph and His Family, Chelsea WestsideTheatre, New York City, 1978
Fearless Frank, Princess Theatre, New York City, 1980
Samson et Dalila (opera), San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA,1980
The Stitch in Time, American National Theatre and Academy, New York City, 1980-1981
Macbeth, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, 1981
(And puppet designer) Frankenstein, Palace Theatre, New York City,1981
El Bravo, Entermedia Theatre, New York City, 1981
The First, Martin Beck Theatre, 1981
It Had to Be You, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1981
Agnes of God, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1982-1983
(And designer of special effects) The Boys of Winter, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1985
The Octette Bridge Club, Music Box Theatre, 1985
Twelfth Night, Alaska Repertory Theatre, Anchorage, AL, 1986
Raggedy Ann, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1986, then Forty-First Street Theatre, New York City, 1986-1987
Sugar Hill, c. 1989
The Mass (opera), Opera Company of Boston, Boston, MA, 1989
A Fierce Attachment, Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1991
Anna Karenina, Circle in the Square, 1992
Golden Boy, 1992
The Madwoman of Chaillot, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1994
The Shadow Box, Circle in the Square, 1994-1995
Cyrano de Bergerac, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
Rags, Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ, 1999
Samson and Delilah (opera), San Francisco Opera, 1999
The Exact Center of the Universe, Theatre Four, New York City, 1999, then Century Theatre for the Performing Arts, New York City, 1999-2000
Two-Headed, Theatre Four, 2000
High Infidelity, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 2000
Tallulah Hallelujah!, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 2000
Toys in the Attic, Berkshire Theatre Festival, 2000
A Class Act, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 2000-2001, then Ambassador Theatre, 2001, later Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA,2002
Samson and Delilah (opera), Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, 2002
Costume designer for Bench in the Sun, Westport Country Playhouse;Big Potato; Flea in Her Ear, Los Angeles production; Hamlet, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN; The Little Foxes, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA; Ruslan and Ludmilla; The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde; Suite in Two Keys; Sweet Bird of Youth, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, and Scottsdale, AZ, then Los Angeles; Taverner; The Tempest, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; Tennessee Williams Remembered, Arclite Theatre; and Three Penny Opera,Guthrie Theatre; designed costumes and sets for Scenery; also designed costumes for productions at Center Stage, Baltimore, MD; Inner City Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington,DC; Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven CT; McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA; and Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY; designer for the opera Rigoletto, Opera Company of Boston, and for operasat Washington Opera Society, 1975, Hamburg State Opera, 1979, and Los AngelesOpera, 1999.
Other
Scenic designer, Bells Are Ringing, Schwab Auditorium, UniversityPark, PA, 1962
Film Costume Designer
In the Spirit, Castle Hill, 1990
Television Costume Designer
Specials
Designer for The Beggar's Opera, In Fashion, and The Seagull.
Other
Saturday Night Live (series), NBC, 1985-1986
Also designed costumes for the pilot The Rita Show, CBS.
WRITINGS
Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Theatre Crafts.

Further Reference

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Books

Contemporary Designers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, 1997

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