Derek McLane designs

id
10901
origination
McLane, Derek
date statement
1988-2015
key date
1988
identifier (local_mss)
23380
org unit
Billy Rose Theatre Division
call number
*T-Vim 2016-004
b-number
b21378507
total components
315
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2017-10-26 14:59:05 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:53:57 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
{"value"=>"*T-Vim 2016-004", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"23380", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b21378507", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1988-2015", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1988/2015"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Derek McLane designs"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"43.81 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4 boxes, 141 tubes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"71.38 gb (16,407 computer files)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"THE", "value"=>"Billy Rose Theatre Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Derek McLane (born 1958) is an American set designer who has designed for theater, opera, television, awards events, and trade shows. The set designs in this collection chronicle McLane's professional career and date from 1988 to 2015. The collection contains working drawings and plans for backdrops; front and side elevations of scenery and props; construction and lighting specifications; texture, color, and paint samples; reference images; and ground plans of theaters and show spaces."}
origination
{"value"=>"McLane, Derek", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Derek McLane (born 1958) is an American set designer who has designed for theater, opera, television, award events, and trade shows. He graduated with a bachelor of arts from Harvard College, and a master of fine arts from the Yale School of Drama, where he studied under Ming Cho Lee.</p> <p>McLane has designed more than 300 productions at theaters throughout the United States and around the world, for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional opera and theaters, and live television. He won, or was nominated for awards for the set design of a number of the shows in the collection. He won a Tony award for <span class=\"title\">33 Variations</span> (2009); a Drama Desk Award for <span class=\"title\">Anything Goes</span> (2011); and Lucille Lortel awards for <span class=\"title\">I Am My Own Wife</span> (2004), <span class=\"title\">Intimate Apparel</span> (2005), and <span class=\"title\">The Voysey Inheritance</span> (2007). He has also won OBIE Art Directors Guild awards.</p> <p>Douglas Stein is a fellow scenic designer with whom McLane shared a studio.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>McLane's professional career as a set designer is represented through the designs in this collection. The designs are largely for American theaters and include a number of sets for high-profile Broadway, Off-Broadway, and touring productions such as <span class=\"title\">South Pacific</span> (2001) and <span class=\"title\">Sunset Boulevard</span> (1998).</p> <p>The collection contains working drawings and plans for backdrops; front and side elevations of scenery and props; construction and lighting specifications; texture, color, and paint samples; reference images; and ground plans of theaters and show spaces.</p> <p>Paper designs reflect McLane's earlier career and date from 1988 to 2004. They contain technical drawings, elevations, research material, blueprints, sketches, notes and some color artwork depicting scenes. There may be electronic and paper designs for the same production.</p> <p>The electronic files span from 2002 to 2015 and contain comprehensive records of McLane's design work. They include files created in drafting and design software such as AutoCAD and VectorWorks, and in other applications such as Photoshop. Alongside technical drafting documents, the files frequently include photographs of scale models constructed during the design process, the theater, the work in progress, and the performance. Through the electronic records, the evolution of a set design from concept sketch, to model, to finished production can be traced. These files also contain some audio and video recordings, schedules, lists, and a small amount of professional correspondence.</p> <p>Thirteen set designs by Douglas Stein, McLane's colleague and friend, are included in the collection. The collection also includes scripts, some of which are annotated, mostly from the 1990s.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>The designs are arranged by the year given on the item, which may not be the year the show was performed. Scripts are arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Derek McLane, February 2016.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Amelia Carlin</span>, <span class=\"date\">2017</span>.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>The author/creator retains copyright of materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish, contact the Theatre Division at theatre@nypl.org.</p>"}
dsc_type
combined
date_start
1988
keydate
1988
date_end
2015
date_inclusive_start
1988
date_inclusive_end
2015
extent_statement
43.81 linear feet (4 boxes, 141 tubes); 71.38 gb (16,407 computer files)
prefercite
{"value"=>"Derek McLane designs, *T-Vim 2016-004. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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