At 58, Long has done 50 Broadway shows, a milestone he celebrated last spring with a party for 400 at the Boathouse in Central Park, given by Susan Stroman, the director of "The Producers," Wendy Wasserstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ("The Heidi Chronicles") and a friend from Long's days at the Yale School of Drama, and Paul Rudnick, the playwright and screenwriter ("In and Out"), who once worked as Long's assistant. In a series of potentially explosive allegations, Stewart's suit claimed that between 1999 and 2001, multiple people working at The Lost Colony reported to her that Long had sexually assaulted or harassed them. That's one of the reasons I use his name. He closed an oversize architecture book that lay on the table -- he had picked it out in the dark the night before when he couldn't sleep, an insomniac's game. Facebook gives people the power to. A Look Inside William Ivey Long's Studio. Jump to: Overview (1) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (5) Overview (1) Born: 1947 in North Carolina, USA: Mini Bio (1) He is a costume designer, known for Grease, Live! Updated: May 01, 2019 We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. But for those in the theater community, it was pretty easy to suss out whom Watson was referring to. His most notable work includes the Broadway shows The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Grey Gardens, Young Frankenstein, Cinderella and Bullets Over Broadway. ", Maybe that's why he likes being with his family's furniture more than he liked being with his family. At the yellow house, he made coffee and stood still long enough to listen to the 17 messages on his answering machine. In June 2020, the show's producers publicly pledged to "establish dialogues with Native Americans." On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. His father studied with Paul Green, the original playwright of The Lost Colony. ", Martin says that Long's fame and his family ties to The Lost Colony seemed to intimidate others at the show. Spouse. The next year, a feature in the same magazine approvingly noted the North Carolina native's nine houses and the fact that Long's family were "direct descendants of one of the Virginia Colony's 17th-century royal land grantees. Another friend of Martin's at The Lost Colony in 1996 also saw how his demeanor changed over that summer, morphing from outgoing to withdrawn and often red-eyed. Though "The Producers" is only his fourth film, he has often ventured beyond Broadway. "Those accusations [in the lawsuit] included forcing one young man to have sex with another man at Long's direction, while an RIHA board member watched. Watson says that Long had sex with him while Watson was drunk and could not consent. And in the theater, where egos blaze at the most inopportune moments, he usually manages to remain above the fray. I'll sign that in blood. Contact. He spent three years there pursuing a Ph.D. in Renaissance art history. Until the director shows me what way we're going, I don't need to start thinking, which is one of the hardest things, because how can you not start seeing the production as you're reading it? In Seaboard, Long's world is one of peanut lamps . But for Watson, that conversation, as he remembers it, points to the culture of The Lost Colony. (As of July 2021, the union revised its rules to extend that period to 365 days for allegations involving harassment, discrimination and bullying, Local USA 829 told NPR.). The ground floor is a long rectangular loft that has been divided by curtains, half-walls, and boards covered with research photos (of weddings for It Shoulda Been You, a musical directed by David Hyde Pierce that's getting its world premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J., and for . It turned out that it wasn't just RIHA investigating accusations against Long. When Watson returned to The Lost Colony in 2001, he says that he was promoted and given a pay raise. As Watson remembers it, as he and Long left the party together, "At least one person said, 'Maybe you've had enough for the night, Court.' From the Congressional Record, Volume 169 (2023) S. 349 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Long, 71, was born in Raleigh, N.C., in . ", At the very least, it would seem, he was theatrical from the start, living the first three years of his life in the stage-left dressing room of the amphitheater at the Raleigh Little Theater, where his father, William Ivey Long Sr., was the technical director (he later wrote plays) and his mother, Mary, acted and designed costumes. After Watson had consumed several drinks, he says, Long invited him over to get a copy of Weber's book. Suffice to say that if you've seen . At a party held at one of Long's homes that second year, the still-underage Watson was given plenty of alcohol and one of Long's assistants, Watson says, took him to a bedroom upstairs, where they had what Watson believed at the time to be consensual sex. As part of her statement to NPR, Zuchlewski wrote: "Watson's blog and the disclosure of the Stewart case generated a social media feeding frenzy while Long was designing costumes for Diana: The Musical. The 14 houses are 12 houses; Long restores houses the way other people knit. Martin didn't sue Long or the show but someone else did, just a few years later. That's why I think 'dilettante' is the word I fear most. "The smallest waist in three counties!" Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur onstage in the musical Hairspray in 2008, with costumes by William Ivey Long. "I look at the pictures," he said, "and of course, I read it too, and at the end, I start again. Long arranged for the trust to buy the Seaboard School (formerly Grades 1-12, it closed for lack of students) and he is turning it into the Seaboard School of Fashion and Costume, with the help of the North Carolina State College of Textiles and College of Design. for the FOX Television Network. William grew up in Manteo, North Carolina and Rock Hill, South . Only? "I didn't want Michael to be left alone out there," he says. Do you have too much work? At the second meeting I can bring ideas, start my thumbnails and collages. Catherine Zuber is a costume designer for the Broadway theater and opera, among other venues. Can you not handle the workload? But he's not that old, so you never know. In retrospect, Martin says, he should have seen a red flag when Long offered to promote him from actor-technician to property master for his second season in Manteo. Opened August 24, 2017. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results William Ivey Long (1911 - 1998) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Opened December 01, 2016. Costume Design. I think I burst into tears. Watson says that while he was sitting on Long's porch drinking, Long exposed himself to Watson, and then led him upstairs, where the two had sex. . "But getting rid of a cancer can only help theater thrive," he says firmly. "Hopefully there's not a previous production or a movie, a previously owned vehicle, as I say, because I don't need to know that someone was wearing the red dress. Both Martin and Watson say that at the time, though, they felt as though Long was unassailable, and there really wasn't much public conversation around sexual misconduct in the gay community two decades ago. You would expect no less from a designer whose wit and inventiveness have consistently bolstered the standards of musical-theater glitz. When Mary Long passed away in 1998, newspaper headlines named her South Carolina's Grand Lady of History. For the last three decades, if you've seen a Broadway show with costumes you adore, chances are high they were designed by William Ivey Long. Most recently, a re-creation of iconic outfits worn by the Princess of Wales: a meringue-like wedding dress, floppy bow ties and power shoulder pads for Diana: The Musical. In fact, I have escaped many complete breakdowns by calling up Paul Rudnick and making him listen. 7 min read. Finally, in 1978, the set designer Karen Schulz, his good friend from Yale, was hired to do "The Inspector General" on Broadway and recommended him to design costumes. Givens is the first African-American to play Roxie, and since the clothes are variations on black negligees, Long had to make adjustments. Here was a man who created the indelible looks for a generation of theater shows: The sultry, sexy look of Chicago, with all those fishnets and silky black garments cut up to there. Their daughter, Laura, who still lives in Rock Hill, works with the Merry Pranksters, a theater company for the mentally challenged, which her mother helped found. He reciprocated in kind. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 74 . Long, who saves his flights of fancy for his actors and their characters, has worn the same outfit for some 30 years now: navy blazer, white shirt, striped tie, khakis, black lace-up shoes. ", Was his being gay difficult for them? "But ugly is to the bone. William Ivey Long II (born August 30, 1947) is an American costume designer for stage and film. He converted an abandoned school in the Berkshires into a research archive for his own costumes as well as the historical clothing he collects (he lends these clothes to Off Broadway shows that could never afford to make them); he founded the nonprofit Eastern Seaboard Trust to encourage economic development there and has just completed a feasibility study with a grant from the state of North Carolina on how to create jobs. But ever the gentleman, Long made a final go at trying to identify what makes him run. Weston Wells for WWD. In nearby Roanoke Rapids, Randy Parton, brother of Dolly, is among the partners planning to open Carolina Crossroads, an entertainment district, in April 2007. William Ivey Long is a six time Tony Award winning costume designer. But she was also very good at making me come to the realization that I was at the beginning of my career, and that if I sued The Lost Colony or brought a formal complaint against Mr. Long, that would follow me around for my career that I might be damaging myself way more than I could damage William.". He first greeted Stroman's extended family, then Neil Simon, whose last four plays Long has designed costumes for, then producers of the show and of the movie "The Producers." Spouse. He took a seat facing his four Tony Awards, displayed on the mantel of the fireplace. "When I'm excited about a project, I'll take it even if I shouldn't. Long has also costumed for Siegfried & Roy at the Mirage Hotel, Leonard Bernstein's operas A Quiet Place and Trouble in Tahiti, and ballets at the New York City Ballet for Peter Martins, Paul Taylor and Twyla Tharp. On Broadway, those worlds took shape in Roxie Hart's lace minidress, Little Edie's headscarves and furs and Tracy Turnblad's feathers. When it came to the grown-ups -- the people who could hire him -- Long dispensed a more burnished version of his Southern charm. "If I were wearing something people commented on, it would be distracting. "I grew up in the stage left dressing room," Long says as he gestures around a tiny, WPA-built stone structure that still stands at Raleigh Little Theatre's outdoor . Bruce Glikas/WireImage Our 700-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the commercial theatre industry. The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. "That's why the projects keep expanding. For reasons that Watson says he still doesn't fully understand, his Medium essay didn't attract much attention until that July when, he says, it went viral within the theater world. "By having this market here, we will be unique as a training facility.". Watson says that Long had sex with him after getting the 21-year-old extremely drunk. She did not want to be named because she works in the theater industry. In 2000 Long was chosen by the National Theatre Conference as its "Person of the Year" and was honored with the "Legend of Fashion" Award by the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. When NPR asked about the lawsuit, Long's attorney, Pearl Zuchlewski, responded that "RIHA never informed [Long] of Stewart's claim." Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Images He dressed Mick Jagger for the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels U.S. tour in 1989 and made the paper dresses in Bruce Weber's video of the Pet Shop Boys' "I Get Along." Back then, I didn't really have a language for what had happened to me, and a lot of people encouraged me to keep up the contact no matter what. It's not like all the assistants do it and he's standing off to the side wearing a beret. With the boss out of commission all morning, the staff was growing frantic. "His pieces are so lively that they seem to have personalities on their own. Courtesy of Michael Martin All of the following statements about scenic design and architecture are true except. But both Watson and Martin say they had reason to doubt the seriousness of that endeavor. And by the way, with his love of history and tradition, why doesn't he live in the family house? "It's the same old story. The company successfully lobbied to remove costume designer William Ivey Long, who has previously faced sexual harassment allegations, from continuing to work on the show, though his designs will . "Run!" Get an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Tony Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long's TriBeCa design studio. "The trick about the theater is at the end of the day you cannot take any of it personally. When we arrived at the Long family house, we got our sleeping assignments: I would stay there, Long would stay in his own house next door, the yellow house (pronounced "YELL-uh"), and Brian Mear, who handles his finances, would stay in the staff house across the street. A previous version of this story suggested that both Michael Martin and Court Watson were at The Lost Colony from 1996 to 2002. Long wrote to NPR in a statement that Watson's recollection of those statements "has no basis in fact and lacks credibility. He wants you to work in props he's seen a talent in you and wants to foster it.' One producer who has worked with Long calls him "brilliant and fastidious" though said he is still smarting from the cost. The next costume was a dress that cut straight across her neck. hide caption. My parents' favorite comment was: 'Billy, calm down and be yourself.' Not that he could hide. Martha Ella Crowell. Other recent credits include Young Frankenstein, The Ritz, Chicago, and Curtains. Everyone knows I am focused only on them.". "She was very supportive," he recalls, "and she never at any point indicated that she didn't believe me. Costume designer William Ivey Long, then chairman of the American Theatre Wing, speaks at the Tony Awards nominations ceremony in 2014. [2] This marked Long's first Broadway production; he has since designed for over 60 Broadway shows. ", Watson's recollection of this incident and Long's alleged words were corroborated to NPR by one of his colleagues at the show that summer who was also present at that meeting. "I hadn't done anything significant with the design of the last season. Biography Early life and education. I can only imagine now that here was this scarecrow person, lacking the kick and drive and the clawing that I have shown is the center of my work ethic ever since.". "He would have some sort of lingering touch on you," he says, "and then say, 'You really must come to dinner tonight.' He cut camellias from the yard, arranged them in crystal vases, presided over a glorious buffet dinner at which the guests talked about the neighbors and actually said things like "I'm not sure who his people were." I'm just telling you there was some torture along the way. "You're telling me," she said, laughing, arms covered with goose pimples. William Martin Ivey. By Alex Witchel. hide caption. Legendary costume designer and six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long has been accused of sexual harassment and abuse by two different men, according to an explosive new report by NPR . It's an addiction. He was roommates with actress Sigourney Weaver at the Yale School of Drama. The undergarments that Harvey Fierstein wore on Broadway and will wear again in Vegas have the breasts and buttocks built into them. Watson is now a successful set and costume designer based in New York whose work spans Broadway, opera houses and theme parks. Usually, William Ivey Long and his team have a year-and-a-half or more to work on a project. Check all the awards won and nominated for by William Ivey Long - Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Costume Design (2014) , Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design (2014) , Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical (2013) and more awards. William Ivey Long moves in rarified and powerful circles. Stewart claimed sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation, among other complaints. His most notable work includes the Broadway shows The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Grey Gardens, Young . "I think to a certain extent that the world is William's significant other," he said. So? Court Watson recalls hearing once that William Ivey Long was "a tornado made of chiffon." To enter the floating treehouse of Long's life, the tight camaraderie of his five-person staff, one of whom always travels with him, is a curious exercise. "That is totally true," he said. Parents and Siblings. "That happens.". You learn by going over it." We encourage you to research and examine . But he slid it into place, returned the Chippendale chairs to their usual station, side by side against the wall, and once he showed me out, closed the door softly, even tenderly, behind him. At Chapel Hill he met visiting professor Betty Smith who suggested he apply to the design program at Yale University. "North Carolina State has one of the most advanced textile programs in the country," he said. The Long family treehouse at work. There was no public acknowledgement of Long's departure from a show that had so loudly and proudly claimed its decades-long association with the famed Broadway designer. Paul Tazewell, Ain't Too Proud to Beg The Life and Times of the Temptations. And whether he's got a dollar to work with or unlimited funds, he's tirelessly inventive.". After the war Ivey spent three years at the . "But later," he continues, "someone else would say to you, 'You have to go, you're not going to miss this opportunity, are you?' Revenue A year after Long became the awards' chairman in 2012, The Lost Colony won a Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre. "I've never slept there," he said, as if he hadn't realized it before. Rose Friedman edited this story with additional editing from Tom Cole. ", Finally, Martin says, he confronted Long one on one. ", Well, who's there for him when his twin takes over? As part of a written statement, Bradley said that the current leadership learned of the allegations against Long in the summer of 2020 and immediately began an investigation. I ran around with Long for the rest of the afternoon, to the farm and all the houses. "Let's go look in that fancy room." William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice. Pearl Zuchlewski asserted that the RIHA investigation "exonerated [Long] and there has never been a finding of wrongdoing by Long at RIHA or anywhere else." (The show was suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic, but it returned in 2021.). Alumni of the show include Andy Griffith, Colleen Dewhurst, Lynn Redgrave, Chris Elliott and the late NPR newscaster and Wait WaitDon't Tell Me! I have a real spiritual spook about it. Born in Seattle, William Ivey (1919-1992) originally planned to become a lawyer, but an interest in drawing led him to take classes at Cornish School in Seattle. Although the fashion line he tried to establish in 2003 failed, he continues to design for private clients, including Halle Berry, who wore one of his gowns to the 2002 Screen Actors Guild awards. While the investigation did not corroborate specific allegations, it raised serious concerns about the workplace environment. Michael Martin, the man who first publicly accused Long, in BuzzFeed News, says that in his experience as well, Long's predatory behavior deepened over multiple Lost Colony seasons. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images www.williamiveylong.com. She added that Long "was very disturbed by the RIHA's lack of transparency and failure to involve him in a resolution of Stewart's false claims." Smith had studied playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and encouraged Long to apply as a designer. Long has friendships with scores of celebrities and prides himself on never mentioning their names in print. (When called to corroborate Martin's story, this person, who has asked to remain anonymous for fears for his professional reputation, told NPR that Long also came on to him several times that summer, sidling up to him and putting his hand on the young man's knee as well as making promises to make introductions for him in the arts world. Whenever a cousin doesn't want something, Long drives a truck down to rescue it. Mother: Hannah Long Spouse: William Blount Rodman, II Photo by Ron Dailey: Rodman, Addie Fulford: July 6, 1894: March 1, 1900 ", Martin remembers how dejected he felt. "It's all a game of playing peekaboo with the sheer and the lace, and the black is so dense," he said. We have no knowledge of any sexual misconduct by William presently or at any time in the past, and we know that William categorically denies these claims. Who is William Ivey Long. The footsteps were on the stairs again, and Long knew he had to go. Courtesy of Court Watson Spouse and Children. Dodds, Richard. William Ivey Long was born on 1947 in North Carolina, USA, is a Costume Designer, Costume Department, Miscellaneous. Legendary Broadway costumer designer William Ivey Long, 74, who created the outfits for Chicago and Hairspray, was accused of sexual abuse by two young former coworkers.. Court Watson and Michael . We have estimated William Ivey Long's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. (The relative has asked to remain anonymous due to challenging dynamics within the family.). At the party, Long ignored the sumptuous buffet tables. ), Michael Martin's headshot in the 1996 Lost Colony program. William Ivey Long Keeps His Clothes On. But when he was accepted, he was the only one who celebrated; his parents regarded his career change as quitting. William grew up in Manteo, North Carolina and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Join Facebook to connect with William Ivey and others you may know. ", Long said he was "a manic child" who would fight with anyone, the "toughest sissy on the block" in Rock Hill, S.C. "My mind still runs too fast," he said. William Ivey Long most recently designed costumes for A Christmas Story, Live! Pump, pump. Seeing Long again after our trip to Seaboard was unexpectedly reassuring. But then, he alleges, Long became bolder. 'Billy, calm down and be someone else' is what they were trying to say. Zuchlewski also wrote to NPR: "Neither Martin nor Watson ever brought their complaints about Long to any local, state or federal human rights agency nor did they file a state or federal judicial action. They hugged as he congratulated her before leaving separately for the party at the Metropolitan Club. On this trip, the trust was buying another building to house a pharmacy. [3], He remains active in many local activities throughout the state of North Carolina including working with Paul Green's The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama in Manteo, North Carolina which he and his family have been a part of since he was a young child. This is the first installment of a new collaboration with the "50 for 50" project, an initiative of the North Carolina Arts Council in celebration of their 50th anniversary. How lucky was he, Watson thought, as just a college student, to have the chance to learn from the very best in the business a true legend in Broadway costume design. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, and has been referred to as "one of theater's most sought-after costume designers on both coasts." [1] "And as more time went by, I realized that what had transpired [between us] wasn't right." Not only was he inspired by the legendary David Bowie . . Martin, who'd been involved in theater since the age of 5, says he was ecstatic to join The Lost Colony in 1995. Watson says it was he who informed the investigators that RIHA had started its own investigation of Long and that Long had left The Lost Colony. ", Shortly after returning to college in the fall after his alleged assault, Watson told one of his professors at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond what had happened; the professor, who works in the industry and asked to preserve anonymity for fear of reprisal, corroborated Watson's account to NPR, as did one of Watson's family members to whom he told the story in March 2020. 1857-1925. "When I came to New York, I was so scared that I would eat one banana and one yogurt a day, and I weighed 135 pounds," he said. It is indeed true that Long has never had a partner. . In 2003, when Mary Tyler Moore quit the Neil Simon play "Rose's Dilemma" late in previews after Simon criticized her performance, she stormed out of her dressing room as Long stood outside. Throughout the movie, Long sat at ramrod attention with his hands on his knees, and as soon as the lights came up, he bounded over three rows of seats to get to Stroman. I relive all those, and I'm still designing several shows I already designed because I don't think I got them right. ", Forget about avoiding intimacy -- he won't even share plumbing. s more recent work, on display through June 3, 2018. Separately, the accusations in the lawsuit include Long allegedly compelling one young man to have sex with another at Long's direction while a board member watched and forcing the first man to allow Long to perform oral sex on him. "She's just feeling, that's all," he said, as if it were akin to the flu. But at the time, he was thrilled to be part of it, like many aspiring actors who came before him. "You wear this dress in the opening scene when we don't know Roxie yet, so it makes sense to be covered up," Long told her. For a certain generation of New York socialites, Long has been a staple presence; he was a confidante of Jacqueline Onassis. This year, the show hired a Navajo/Tlingit Alaskan dancer as associate choreographer, and its most recent casting call specifies several roles for Indigenous-identifying actors and musicians. hide caption. Neither ATW nor Fournier responded to multiple requests for comment by NPR. Long supported himself by designing dolls that Wasserstein and Rudnick sold for him. 190 William Ivey Long pictures. Sign in to see who you already know at William Ivey Long Studios Each detail is lovingly stitched for the characters of the stage and speaks of the story itself, giving the viewer a little taste of the spectacle that is Broadway.". Long assumed he would become a professor like his father and graduated from the College of William and Mary before taking a teaching fellowship at his parents' alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "What it really is, is ordinary," Long said during the 90-minute drive to Seaboard from Raleigh. The worst episode, Watson alleges, came the next season in mid-August 2002. Not because he wandered away from his native Seaboard, North Carolina, for a studio in New York's Tribeca . Zuchlewski also included copies of three friendly Christmas cards Watson sent to Long between 2001 and 2003, as well as a 2015 email Watson sent to one of Long's former assistants, in which Watson noted "just how much I learned, and am still learning from him [Long]." Both he and Martin emphasize that it was a culture that specifically enabled and protected Long and was toxic to them as rising young creative people. 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