Randy Barceló (September 19, 1946 – December 6, 1994) was a Cuban

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, photographer, interior designer, and all-around artist. He was also known for his set and costume designs for theatre and film.

Biography

Born in

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on September 19, 1946, Randy Barceló left Cuba through Operation Pedro Pan at the age of 14. He studied art at

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and in 1965 moved to New York where he enrolled in the Lester Polakov Studio and Forum of Stage Design. Barceló began his career as a dancer and choreographer. At the age of 24, he worked as a designer for the Broadway musical, 'Lenny'. In 1972 he designed the costumes for ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' and was nominated for a Tony Award, the first Hispanic nominee for costume design. He went on to design costumes for several on- and off- Broadway plays and musicals, ballet and dance productions, and operas. Barceló's art-work, primarily abstract and figurative sketches and paintings, have been shown in several galleries and museums including the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Hudson River Museum, and Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. In 1994, Barceló designed costumes for ''¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son!'', choreographed for Ballet Hispanico by Alberto Alonso and Sonia Calero with music by Gloria Estefan. These were his final designs as he died of cancer on December 6 of that same year.

Works or publications

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Randy Barceló’s Production Credits

Broadway

* ''Ain't Misbehavin'', 1978 * ''Ain't Misbehavin'', 1988 * ''A Broadway Musical'', 1978 * ''Dude'' 1972 * ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', 1971 * ''Lenny'', 1971 * ''The Leaf People'', 1975 (costumes and make-up) * ''The Magic Show'', 1974 * ''Mayor'', 1985 (sets and costumes) * ''The Night That Made America Famous'', 1975 * ''Senator Joe'', 1989 (never officially opened) * ''Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''

=Off-Broadway

= * ''Blood Wedding'', INTAR Theatre (sets and costumes) * ''Caligula'', La Mama Experimental Theatre Club * ''Cracks'', Theatre De Lys, 1976 * ''Lady Day'', Chelsea Theatre Center * ''Mayor'', Village Gate Theatre (sets and costumes) * ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1982 * ''The Moondreamers'', La Mama Experimental Theatre Club * ''Phillip Morris Superband Series'', Beacon Theatre (set) * ''Rice and Beans'', INTAR Theatre (sets and costumes) * ''Spookhouse'', Playhouse 91, 1984 * ''The Tempest'', LaMama Experimental Theatre Club

=Opera

= * ''L'Histoire du Soldat'', Carnegie Hall (sets and costumes) * ''Les Troyen'', Vienna State Opera * ''Lily'', New York City Opera * ''Mass'', Leonard Bernstein, Kennedy Center * ''Salome'', New York City Opera

=Ballet and Dance

= * ''Black, Brown & Beige'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, 1976 * ''The Blues Ain't'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, 1974 * ''Crosswords'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre * ''La Dea delle Acque'', Alvin Ailey for La Scala Opera Ballet, 1988 * ''For "Bird" – With Love'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, 1984 * ''Fuenteovejuna'', Ballet Hispanico * ''Lovers'', Jennifer Muller (sets and costumes) * ''Mondrian'', Jennifer Muller (sets and costumes) * ''The Mooche'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, 1974 * ''Opus McShann'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, 1988 * Predicaments for Five, Jennifer Muller (sets and costumes) * ''¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son!'', Ballet Hispanico, 1994 * ''Spell'', Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, 1981 * ''The Street Dancer'', Ballet Hispanico,

=Television

= * ''Ailey Celebrates Ellington'', Alvin Ailey for CBS, 1975 * ''Ain't Misbehavin'', NBC, 1982 * ''Duke Ellington: The Music Lives On'', PBS, 1983

=Film

= * ''Body Passion'', 1987 (production designer) * ''The Cop and the Anthem'' * ''Cubanos'' (art direction and costumes) * ''Fat Chance'' (set and costumes for theater sequence) * ''Fatal Encounter'', 1981 * ''Secret Life of Plants'' (costumes for dance sequence) * ''Tainted'', 1988 (art direction and costumes) * ''Los Dos Mundos de Angelita'', 1984 (art direction and costumes) * ''Welcome to Miami'' (art direction and costumes) * ''When the Mountains Tremble'', 1983 (production designer)

Notes and references

External links

* Th
Randy Barceló collection
is available at th
Cuban Heritage CollectionUniversity of Miami Libraries
The Randy Barceló collection consists primarily of oversize costume and set designs by the Cuban-born designer. The collection also includes costume plots, drawings and sketches, posters and postcards, videotapes, photographs and slides, and two scripts written by Barceló. * Selected designs from th
Randy Barceló collection
are available through th
University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections
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Randy Barceló
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Cuban Theater Digital Archive
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