*Tony Award (plays bolded)
1920s
Day and Night (1924) – Aronson’s first production
1924 stage design on Day and Night
The Bronx Express (1925) – stage was designed as the interior of a subway cart that could turn into a rich place, or a poor apartment
Cast and crew of 1925 production of The Bronx Express. Boris is in the bottom row, farthest to the right.
The Tenth Commandment (1926) – stage design had a face with a world of hell inside of it (see “Glory Days” for more info)
2 x 2 = 5 (1927) – first English-Speaking play done by Aronson
1930s – joins the Group Theatre
Walk A Little Faster (1932) – Famous for innovative curtain design shaped like “iris lens”, done at the Selwyn Theatre on Broadway
Awake and Sing! (1935)
Playbill for Awake and Sing! in 1935
Paradise Lost (1935)
Playbill for the Group Theatre in 1935
The Gentle People (1939)
1940s – used colored slides to create projected scenery (Aronson called it “Painting with Light”)
The Great American Goof (1940) – one of Aronson’s first ballets
Costume design by Aronson for The Great American Goof (1940)
The Desert Song (1946)
1950s – designed mostly dramas
Season in the Sun (1950)
Costume design for Season in the Sun (1950)
The Country Girl (1950)
Scene from The Country Girl (1950)
The Rose Tattoo (1951)
Tennessee Williams in The Rose Tattoo (1951)
I Am a Camera (1951) – based on Christopher Isherwood’s book; later inspire Cabaret
Watercolor painting by Aronson for set design of I Am a Camera (1951)
The Crucible (1953)
Aronson’s set drawing for The Crucible (1953)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1955)
Costumes and Set from The Diary of Anne Frank (1955)
Bus Stop (1955)
Playbill for Bus Stop (1955)
1960s – rose to fame for designing musicals
Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Aronson’s original drawing for Fiddler on the Roof (1964)
Cabaret (1966) – used lightweight mylar mirror to reflect the audience back to themselves
- Also used floor microphones; rare at the time
Stage of Cabaret (1966) designed by Aronson
Zorba (1968) – Song and pictures from Zorba in 1968
1970s – collaborated with Harold Prince on majority of works
Company (1970) – used various levels and dimensions
Aronson’s set design for 1970 production of Company
Follies (1971) – video of Follies production in 1971
Great God Brown (1973)
Playbill for Great God Brown (1973)
Pacific Overtures (1976) – actually constructed a boat on stage
Original design for Pacific Overtures (1976)
The Nutcracker (1976) – last design ever for Baryshnikov’s masterpiece
Act 2 from The Nutcracker in 1976
Boris Aronson 