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Patricia Zipprodt Biography (1925-)

Born February 24, 1925, in Evanston, IL; daughter of Herbert Edward (an advertising executive) and Irene (Turpin) Zipprodt. Addresses: HOME--29 King Street, New York, NY 10014.

Patricia Zipprodt's design sketches have been exhibited in the United Statesand Europe.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

February 24, 1925

Evanston, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• FIRST BROADWAY WORK--Costume designer, The Potting Shed, Bijou Theatre, 1957.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; COSTUME DESIGNER
• A Visit to a Small Planet, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• The Virtuous Island and The Apollo of Bellac (double-bill), Carnegie HallPlayhouse, New York City, 1957.
• Miss Lonelyhearts, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• The Rope Dancers, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• The Crucible, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1958.
• Back to Methusaleh, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1958.
• The Night Circus, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1958.
• Our Town, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1959.
• The Gang's All Here, Ambassador Theatre, 1959.
• The Crucible and The Quare Fellow, both Circle in the Square, 1959.
• The Balcony, Circle in the Square, 1960.
• Camino Real, St. Mark's Playhouse, New York City, 1960.
• Period of Adjustment, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1960.
• The Blacks, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1961.
• The Garden of Sweets, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) Theatre, New York City, 1961.
• Sunday in New York, Cort Theatre, 1961.
• Madame Aphrodite, Orpheum Theatre, New York City, 1961.
• The Matchmaker, Next Time I'll Sing for You, and Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama'sHung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad, all Phoenix Theatre, New YorkCity, 1962.
• Don Perlimplin, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1962.
• La Boheme (opera), Boston Opera Company, Boston, MA, 1962.
• A Man's a Man, Masque Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• Step on a Crack, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1962.
• Calvary, Princeton Experimental Theatre, NJ, 1963.
• The Dragon, Phoenix Theatre, 1963.
• She Loves Me, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1963.
• Morning Sun and A Man's a Man, both Phoenix Theatre, 1963.
• Too Much Johnson and The Tragical Historie of Dr. Faustus, both Phoenix Theatre, 1964.
• Fiddler on the Roof, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1964.
• Anya, Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, 1965.
• La Sonnamnbula (ballet), National Ballet of Washington, Washington, DC, 1965.
• Pousse-Cafe, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Cabaret, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1966.
• Hippolyte e Aricie (opera), Boston Opera Company, 1966.
• Katerina Ismailova (opera), New York City Opera Company, State Theatre, New York City, 1967.
• The Little Foxes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1967.
• The Flaming Angel (opera), New York City Opera Company, State Theatre, 1968.
• Plaza Suite, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1968.
• Zorba, Imperial Theatre, 1968.
• 1776, 46th Street Theatre, 1969.
• Les noces (ballet), American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• Tales of Kasane, National Theatre of the Deaf, New York City, 1969.
• Georgy, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• The Poppet (ballet), Joffrey Ballet, New York City, 1970.
• Scratch, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1971.
• Pippin, Imperial Theatre, 1972.
• Watermill (ballet), New York City Ballet, State Theatre, 1972.
• The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (opera), Boston Opera Company,1972.
• The Mother of Us All (opera), Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1972.
• Waiting for Godot, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1973.
• Lord Byron (opera), Juilliard Opera, New York City, 1973.
• Lord Byron Ballet (ballet), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New YorkCity, 1973.
• Dumbarton Oaks (ballet), New York City Ballet, State Theatre, 1973.
• Don Giovanni (opera), Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1973 (not produced).
• Dear Nobody, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• Mack and Mabel, Majestic Theatre, New York CIty, 1974.
• Dybbuk Variations (ballet), New York City Ballet, State Theatre, 1974.
• The Leaves Are Fading (ballet), American Ballet Theatre, 1975.
• All God's Chillun Got Wings, Circle in the Square, 1975.
• Chicago, 46th Street Theatre, 1975.
• Poor Murderer, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1976.
• Four Saints in Three Acts, National Theatre of the Deaf, 1976.
• Tannhauser (opera), Metropolitan Opera, 1977.
• Naughty Marietta (opera), New York City Opera, State Theatre, 1978.
• Stages, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1978.
• King of Hearts, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1978.
• Charlotte, Belasco Theatre, 1980.
• Fools, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1981.
• One Night Stand, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1980.
• Kingdoms, Cort Theatre, 1981.
• Fiddler on the Roof, State Theatre, 1981.
• Don Juan, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1982.
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1982.
• Alice in Wonderland, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• Whodunnit, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• Don Juan, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• The Barber of Seville (opera), Metropolitan Opera, 1982.
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1983.
• Sunday in the Park with George, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1983.
• Sunset, Village Gate Downstairs, New York City, 1983.
• Estuary (ballet), American Ballet Theatre, 1983.
• The Glass Menagerie, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1983.
• The Loves of Don Perlimplin (opera), San Francisco Opera, and State University of New York, Purchase, NY, 1984.
• Anna Christie, Central Theatre Institute, Beijing, China, 1984.
• Sunday in the Park with George, Booth Theatre, 1984.
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Belasco Theatre, 1984.
• Helgi Tommasen (ballet), Houston Ballet Company, TX, 1985.
• Big Deal, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1986.
• Sweet Charity, Minskoff Theatre, 1986.
• Cabaret, Imperial Theatre, 1987.
• Macbeth, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1988.
• Also Laurette, New York City, 1961; Madame Butterfly (opera), 1962; L'Histoire du soldat (ballet), Israel Cultural Foundation, 1967; Tres Cantos (ballet) and Caprichos (ballet), both Ballet Hispanico, 1976; Swing, New York City, 1979; for the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1981; Smile, New York City, 1983; Llamada (ballet), Ballet Hispanico, 1983; and Tito on Tambales (ballet), BalletHispanico, 1984.
• MAJOR TOURS; ALL AS COSTUME DESIGNER,UNLESS INDICATED Assistant to the costume designer, The Amazing Adele, U.S. cities, 1955-56.
• Fiddler on the Roof, U.S. cities, 1966-67.
• Pippin, U.S. cities, 1977-78.
• Chicago, U.S. cities, 1977-78.
• Brighton Beach Memoirs, U.S. cities, 1983-85.
• Pippin, U.S. cities, 1986.
• Cabaret, U.S. cities, 1987.
• Macbeth, U.S. cities, 1988.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Costume designer: The Graduate, Embassy, 1967.
• The Last of the Mobile Hotshots, Warner Brothers, 1969.
• 1776, Columbia, 1972.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; ALL AS COSTUME DESIGNER SPECIALS
• Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man, CBS, 1970.
• June Moon, PBS, 1973.
• The Glass Menagerie, ABC, 1973.
• Alice in Wonderland, PBS, 1983.
• Also Pippin, HBO.