‘Hamilton’ and ‘Beetlejuice’ Scenic Designer David Korins Opens Exhibition in Arizona

variety.com:

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor David Korins, the scenic designer behind “Hamilton,” “Beetlejuice” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” is headed to Tucson, Ariz., with a new exhibition titled “Stages of Imagination: The Iconic Broadway Designs of David Korins.” The exhibition, which opens this weekend at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, will run through May 31, 2025, and invites visitors on an immersive journey through Korins’ work.

Korins, who has worked on the Academy Awards, “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Here Lies Love,” “The Who’s Tommy” and more, was invited by the museum’s executive director William Russo to showcase his work. “I said, I wanted to drill down deeper and look at five projects,” Korins tells Variety. “In looking at five projects, people will be able to see how they all look very different, and the outcome is very different, but they’ll be able to see similarities in the collaborative spirit and how people come together to make pieces.” Korins chose five musicals: “Hamilton,” “Dear Evan Hansen, “Beetlejuice the Musical,” “The Who’s Tommy” and his most recent project, “Here Lies Love.” In curating the exhibition, Korins conducted deep dives with the show’s directors, actors and writers. “There is no such thing as set design by David Korins.

When you see ‘set design by David Korins,’ it’s hundreds of people coming together to make thousands of decisions,” he says. “The thing we all see as the final set of ‘Hamilton’ is many artists working together to make this extraordinary thing.

What I like about the exhibition is that we pull back the curtain. We’re amplifying the voices of model makers, illustrators, craftspeople, builders and performers.” The exhibition will feature original models, sketches, paint elevations.