WHILE WE’RE ALL familiar with sneaky subliminal messages in advertising (phalluses airbrushed into ice cubes!), do they occur in set design? In a sense, yes. Set decorators and production designers ...

Live theater summons energy no digital performance can match. Set designers for five of this season’s plays explain how they built eye-catching environments that crackle with it. “Even though we were ...

These books, many of which were written by current or former set designers, take a deep dive into what the art is all about, how to get started, what research goes into the craft, and even how to ...