Seven Deadly Sins
by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
The New York City Ballet
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Choreographer
2011
article about the design: http://livedesignonline.com/currentissue/seven-deadly-sins-part-2-sets
Prologue
Patti LuPone, Wendy Whelan, Raymond Jarmillo McLeod, Eric Michael Gillet, Kevin Earley, and Andrew Stenson
Sloth
Wendy Whelan, Raymond Jarmillo McLeod, Eric Michael Gillet, Kevin Earley, and Andrew Stenson
Pride
Patti LuPone, Wendy Whelan, & Company
Anger
Sarah Mearns, Wendy Whelan, Justin Peck & Company
Gluttony
Lauren Lovette, Marika Anderson, Andrew Scordatto, Wendy Whelan, Chase Finlay, Taylor Stanley, and Joshua Thew
Lust
Patti LuPone, Wendy Whelan, and Craig Hall
Greed
Vincent Paradiso, Marika Anderson, Justin Peck, Wendy Whelan, Patti LuPone, Giovanni Villalobos, Joshua Thew, and Lydia Wellington
Envy
Wendy Whelan, Patti LuPone, & Company
Epilogue
Wendy Whelan, Andrew Stenson , Eric Michael Gillet, Patti LuPone, Raymond Jarmillo McLeod, and Kevin Earley
“All the scenes are striking, but Borrit’s masterpiece is San Francisco, the Emerald City of eco-consciousness, where the background of perfectly groomed subdivisions under a limpid sky looks like an ad for the lifestyle that, by now, has revealed its ghastly price-tag. Returning to Louisiana, mission accomplished, she takes some satisfaction from the sight of the bloated McMansion that has arisen where before there stood only a miserable shack on stilts.”
~Robert Johnson, The Newark Star Ledger
“Aided immensely by Beowulf Boritt's striking set pieces, Taylor-Corbett's clever and efficient staging whisks the action dazzlingly from the bayou to a sleazy cabaret, a Hollywood movie set, a high-fashion photo shoot, a cheap hotel room, and a ritzy palace.”
~ Lisa Jo Sagolla, BackStage
“Aided by, Beowulf Boritt's spare but decorative sets.”
~Robert Greskovic, Wall Street Journal