Legendary Costume Designer at Museum of the City of NY

Legendary Broadway costume designer, Alvin Colt (who recently turned 90), is finally getting all the applause. The Museum of the City of New York is celebrating Colt's six decades of work with the exhibition "Costumes & Characters; The Designs of Alvin Colt" opening on February 17, 2007.

Colt has been clothing Broadway and Off-Broadway for more than sixty years. With shows such as the original Guys and Dolls (1950) and Pipe Dream (1956), for which he received a Tony Award. His designs have truly stamped the Broadway stage.

A graduate of Yale University with a degree in drama and a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame since 2001, Colt worked with theatre greats such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Josh Logan, Kermit Bloomgarden, David Merrick, Ginger Rogers, Irene Worth, Robert Morse, Ute Hagan, Lucille Ball, Montgomery Clift, Alfred Drake and Eva LeGallienne.

Not ready to retire, Colt is still at work as the costume designer of Forbidden Broadway the Off-Broadway hit at the 47th Street Theatre. Critics often note the costume design as one of the highlights of the production. "We get Broadway-caliber costumes with tremendous wit," said Gerard Alessandrini, the creator, writer and director of "Forbidden Broadway." "He's very good about finding where to heighten the realism. ... Sometimes when the writing fails to garner the laughs, the costumes do, so I'm appreciative."

"Costumes & Characters; The Designs of Alvin Colt" opens on February 17, 2007 at The Museum of the City of New York and can be seen through May 20th. The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, NY. You can also see Colt's designs live and in use on the stage of Forbidden Broadway at the 47th Street Theatre Off Broadway.