Industry: On 'The Producer's Perspective' Ken Davenport Gets the a Crash Course on Hair and Wig Design from Charles LaPointe

If you asked me what the one area in the theater I know the least about is, it would be Hair and Wig Design. That's why I decided to do something about it and ask one of the best in the biz to help explain it to me, one weave at a time.

And who better than Charles LaPointe, the designer of everything from HAMILTON to HOLIDAY INN. Charles gave me a master class in Hair Design in this podcast, and since I have a feeling this is an area you may not know the most about either, I encourage you to listen in as we chat about:

- How he learned by doing, not by studying, and why this is important no matter WHAT you want to do in life, from making wigs to making musicals.
- Where do they get all the hair for these wigs anyway? (I call this the "Cosette Question" - or "Do people really sell their hair on the streets?")
- The process of designing a wig and how long it takes (not to mention why it is so expensive).
- Why do we need wigs on Broadway anyway when so many actors have fantastic hair?
- How a wig helps an actor find a character and how the hair plays into the storytelling of a show.

Listen to the episode here:

Broadway is about details. Every light, every prop and yes, every strand of hair must come together perfectly to successfully get an author's message across to an audience. Luckily we've got people like Charles LaPointe keeping that hair in place.

Listen in and learn, like I did. Because after my convo with Charles, I can no longer say Hair and Wig Design is what I know the least about! (Now, if I can only figure out mechanical royalties of cast albums.)

Listen to it on iTunes here. (And if you like the podcast, give it a great review, while you're there!).

About Ken Davenport: He is a Tony Award-winning producer of Broadway and Off Broadway shows, including currently the Broadway revival of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, as well as recently GROUNDHOG DAY: THE MUSICAL, Deaf West's SPRING AWAKENING, and THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, as well as the upcoming the original musical GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER.

Davenport has revolutionized the Broadway market with his diverse approaches at engaging audiences through his shows, as well as supported the Broadway ecosystem through a number of his own subsidiary businesses. He is an internationally recognized and award-winning writer of several Broadway and Off Broadway shows as well as several books about producing, Broadway investing, and how to raise money for shows. Additionally, he is the Executive Producer for North America for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group.

Besides producing his own projects, Ken has been an Executive Producer and Consultant on many other Broadway and Off Broadway projects. If you are interested in inquiring about his services, please click here.

You can connect with Ken:
On his blog: The Producer's Perspective
On Twitter: @kendavenport
On Facebook: KenDavenport
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