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"Every decision that I make affects anywhere between one and 2000 people," she reveals in the backstage video.

I was fascinated by his design and questioned him about his process: “The show is a play within a play and thus I was able to use that as a tool to reference light looks from shows our own show is parodying, things I admire or even in my own history.  There are moments I’m leaning into starkness, as if Jamie Lloyd directed it. There is even a moment in Spring Awakening I admire, that has lived in my head rent free for 20 years now,” notes Roderick. “I have been able to use my real-life experiences with how I lit those shows, and how a director wanted them lit, to copy myself and create a very true version of the play within a play in Slam Frank.”

"Dirty Dancing: The Musical" will play a limited engagement at the Lena Horne Theatre from February 12 through September 5, 2027, timed to the film's 40th anniversary, before returning to its North American tour. A gala performance is set for March 14. Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the original film, directs.

Design team:
Scenic: Brett J. Banakis
Costumes: Emily Rebholz
Lighting: Japhy Weideman
Sound: Kai Harada
Video: David Bengali
Hair, wig and makeup: Robert Pickens

"Damn Yankees" returns to Broadway for its first revival in more than 30 years, beginning performances March 24, 2027 at the Marquis Theatre, with opening night set for April 20. Sergio Trujillo directs the reimagined production, which moves the story to the early 2000s and the Baltimore Orioles. It follows a sold-out run at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. last fall.

Design team:
Scenic: Robert Brill
Costumes: Linda Cho
Lighting: Philip S. Rosenberg
Sound: Walter Trarbach
Projections: Peter Nigrini
Wig and hair: Charles G. LaPointe
Illusions: Paul Kieve

"It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" will make its Broadway premiere at the Broadhurst Theatre this holiday season, with previews beginning November 4 and opening night set for November 18. The nine-week limited engagement runs through January 3, 2027. Jerry Zaks directs.

Design team
Scenic and Costumes: Santo Loquasto
Lighting: Kenneth Posner
Sound: Palmer Hefferan

Critics review the show, but how often do they mention the design?

Did They Notice? is The Tech Table's new review tracker for the 2026–2027 season. For every Broadway and Off Broadway opening, we read the reviews from more than 90 critics at 26 publications, including The New York Times, Variety and Vulture, and pull every line written about the scenery, costumes, lighting, sound, projections, wigs and hair, and illusions.

Each quote is exact, credited to the designer, and linked to the original review. Look up a show, a designer, a discipline, a publication, a critic or a venue to see who is getting noticed, which outlets pay attention to design, and what was said about your own work. Nearly 100 productions are in so far, with more added as shows open. It is available only to Tech Table subscribers.

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre • Opened 09.28.26
21 reviews. 17 mentioned the design.

Qween Jean, Costumes (17 reviews)
“Before the girls perform for Eloise, Paulina creeps into the cafeteria alone, carefully made up and dressed in baby blue chiffon (costume designer Qween Jean continues to shoot nothing but net).”
Sara Holdren, Vulture

Teresa L. Williams, Scenic (10 reviews)
“The set designer Teresa L. Williams puts a wide window — with a view of a lovely hilltop — at the back of their lunchroom.”
Helen Shaw, The New York Times

Stacey Derosier, Lighting (5 reviews)
“If a character finds herself alone onstage, though, she might nod reverently to a wall-mounted Ghanaian flag, glowing subtly under the lighting designer Stacey Derosier's tightly focused spotlight.”
Helen Shaw, The New York Times

Cody Spencer, Sound (4 reviews)
“Transitions, handled swiftly without rushing, are buoyed by Ghanaian highlife songs heard crisply through Cody Spencer's sound design.”
Juan A. Ramirez, The Guardian

Nikiya Mathis, Wigs & Hair (3 reviews)
“…wig designer Nikiya Mathis and costume designer Qween Jean have some '80s fun while reminding us how political style truly is…”
Hayley Levitt, TheaterMania

Read every quote for this show, and 101 more, on Did They Notice?

Set Design — Beowulf Boritt
Costume Design — Karen Perry
Lighting Design — Allen Lee Hughes
Sound Design and Original Music — John Gromada
Hair and Wig Design — Nikiya Mathis
Production Stage Manager — James Latus
Assistant Stage Manager — Monét Thibou

Associate Set Designer — Alexis Distler
Assistant Set Designer — Nadir Bey
Assistant Set Designer — Jason Lajka
Associate Costume Designer — Caity Mulkearns
Associate Lighting Designer — Joshua Benghiat
Assistant Lighting Designer — Brandon Washington
Associate Sound Designer — Matt Otto
Associate Hair and Wig Designer — Mary Lee
Production Management — Aurora Productions
Production Properties Supervisor — Lauren Page Russell

Scenic Design — Scott Pask
Costume Design — Tom Broecker
Lighting Design — Natasha Katz
Sound Design and Original Music — Mikaal Sulaiman
Hair and Wig Design — Robert Pickens
Makeup Designer — Studio Pickens
Production Stage Manager — Richard A. Hodge
Stage Manager — Vanessa M. Coakley

Associate Scenic Designer — Orit Jacoby Carroll
Assistant Scenic Designer — Anton Volovsek
Assistant Scenic Designer — Kyu Shin
Associate Costume Designer — Justin Hall
Assistant Costume Designer — Isabel Martin
Assistant Costume Designer — David Hyman
Associate Lighting Designer — Kirk Fitzgerald
Associate Sound Designer — Sam Schloegel-Peck
Production Management — Juniper Street Productions

Scenic Design — Scott Pask
Lighting Design — Jen Schriever
Video Design — Hana S. Kim & Kylee Loera
Sound Design — Dan Moses Schreier
Production Management — Aurora Productions
Production Stage Manager — Davin De Santis

Scenic Design — Dane Laffrey
Costume Design — Alejo Vietti
Lighting Design — Japhy Weideman
Sound Design — Joshua D. Reid
Hair & Wig Design — Cookie Jordan
Makeup Design — Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche
Production Stage Manager — Charles Means
1st Assistant Stage Manager — Thomas Dieter
2nd Assistant Stage Manager — Dana Williams

Associate Scenic Designer — Henry Blazer
Associate Costume Designer — Elivia Bovenzi Blitz
Assistant Costume Designer — Andrew Burns
Associate Lighting Designer — Ken Wills
Assistant Lighting Designer — Sasha Finley
Associate Sound Designer — Owen Meadows
Associate Hair and Wig Designer — Briana Capo
Production Management — Paul Smithyman
Production Management — Kevin Orzechowski
Production Properties — Kyle Barrineau

Scenic Design — Beowulf Boritt
Costume Design — Emilio Sosa
Lighting Design — Adam Honoré
Video & Projection Design — Stefania Bulbarella
Sound Design — Gareth Owen
Hair, Wig & Makeup Design — J. Jared Janas & Tony Lauro
Production Stage Manager — Mary MacLeod

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No closings this week.

WP Theater — The McGinn/Cazale Theater
2162 Broadway, New York, NY
First Preview 09.26.26 • Opening Night 10.11.26 • Closing Date 10.25.26

Scenic Design — Emmie Finckel
Costume Design — Siena Zoë Allen
Lighting Design — Reza Behjat
Sound Design — G Clausen
Properties Design — Emmarose Campbell
Hair/Makeup Consultant — Caitlin Molloy
Production Stage Manager — Aisling Galvin
Assistant Stage Manager — Morgan Grant

Associate Set Design — Jimmy Stubbs
Assistant Costume Designer — J Garrison
Assistant Lighting Designer — Hope Debelius
Production Manager — Gary Levinson

SHOPS
Howell Forge (Scenery)

Theater 555
555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 10.06.26 • Opening Night 10.13.26 • Closing Date 11.22.26

Set Design — Craig Napoliello
Costume Design — Nicole Wee
Lighting Design — Venus Gulbranson
Sound Design — Ben Scheff
Production Stage Manager — “Curly” Karen Schleifer
Assistant Stage Manager — Daren A.C. Carollo
Production Manager — Arianna Knapp
Production Manager — Michael Richter

MCC Theater — Newman Mills Theater
511 West 52nd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.25.26 • Opening Night 10.14.26 • Closing Date 11.01.26

Set Design — dots
Costume Design — Brenda Abbandandolo
Lighting Design — Cha See
Sound Design — Tei Blow
Projection Design — Jared Mezzocchi
Props Supervisor — Andrew Diaz
Production Stage Manager — Katie Girardot

The Night Egg at the Culture Club
530 West 27th Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.25.26 • Opening Night 10.15.26 • Closing Date 01.03.27

Scenic Design — Scott Pask
Costume Design — Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design — Brian Tovar
Sound Design — Cody Spencer
Hair & Wig Design — Tom Watson
Makeup Design — Veli Sadiku
Production Stage Manager — Eloia Peterson

Studio Seaview
305 West 43rd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 10.16.26 • Opening Night 10.16.26 • Closing Date 10.30.26

Lighting Design — Isabella Byrd
Sound Design — Ben Williams

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