Below, she brings BroadwayBox behind the scenes at the Majestic Theatre for an in-depth look at each of her fabulous and iconic Maria Bjornson costumes. The stage productions' "Masquerade" is an actual Masquerade as opposed to the movie which is more of a grand ball than anything; the movie scene destroyed the essence any Masquerade should have; think about Halloween and the atmosphere that creates when people dress up and head out for trick-or-treating and other events.

It has several Rococo elements, including the bell silhouette, the Pierrot jacket/bodice closing over a stomacher, and the engageant sleeves and the little apron. As such more late Rococo/Early Regency in style, as cloaks for bustle dresses ( dolman) were tailored to enhance the bustle. I think the movie definitely had better costumes, if nothing else because they weren't stuck in the 1980s.During "Wishing" and "Wandering Child," Christine wears a black dress with a plunging neckline with lace details. I really love the skull that the Phantom has on his sword so we found a cheap little plastic skull which I then sawed in half and was able to get onto the sword and then remelt the edges so it didn't look too weird. There are no obvious sources for this dress - which I love - but some plausible ones can be seen here.

Ali Ewoldt made her Broadway debut as Cosette in the first Broadway revival of Les Miserables and now she's back leading another epic stage saga, The Phantom of the Opera. But they’ve gotten another Greek inspiration in terms of choice of fabrics - that of the Byzantine empire. The Rooftop cape is beautiful and romantic (picture taken under stage as I’m about to run up the stairs—notice wonderful dresser Emily Fox behind me) and The Countess has pink hair (my only wig change in the show—Leonators will notice the arm of Christine-wig-man-extraordinaire Leone Gagliardi in this pic)! It's a subjective question, but let's compare the costumes side by side to come up with a conclusion.This costume was inspired by portrait titled "Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Courtly Gala Dress with Diamond Stars (1865)" by artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873). The late Maria Björnson won Tony Awards for both the scenic AND costume design of The Phantom of the Opera and it’s not hard to see why. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. It makes you wonder what the movie version of Hannibal is about and what is going on with this character in the opera. Victorian dressing gowns were usually bolder and heavier, more colourful, more patterns, while Edwardian dressing gowns were lighter and often paler and with lace.