Zoë to honour Bob Crowley, His Girl Friday designer, at NYTW Spring Gala

30 April 2015 19:15

Zoë will join Helen Mirren, Zachary Quinto, John Lithgow and other well-known figures from the theatre industry at the New York Theatre Workshop 2015 Spring Gala, on 11 May, to celebrate the achievements of hugely successful theatre designer Bob Crowley.

Zoë has appeared in a number of productions designed by Crowley, most recently His Girl Friday (2003) at the National Theatre, for which the designer created a very memorable set-within-a-set. The press room, in which Zoe's Hildy sparred with old flame Walter (Alex Jennings), was framed by a film sound stage. The show's director, Jack O’Brien, will also pay tribute to Crowley at the NYTW gala.

Crowley discussed the inspiration for His Girl Friday's set design with the Independent, which named it as one of his top five, in a feature about his work. 'We wanted to reference the fact that the roots of this play were in the cinema,' he explained. 'We created a set that looked like a sound stage so that when the audience walked in, they would feel like they were on the back lot of a film studio in Los Angeles.'

Crowley also designed the RSC's Othello (1989), in which Zoë played Emilia opposite Ian McKellen's Iago, and The Time of Your Life (1983), featuring Zoë and John Thaw.

Tickets to the NYTW gala are available now. For more details about the planned tribute to Crowley, see BroadwayWorld.com's article.

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