Bio
On Broadway, Ms. Robbins has designed the costumes for the shows WHITE CHRISTMAS, A CLASS ACT, GREASE, AGNES OF GOD, YENTL, OCTETTE BRIDGECLUB, SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, THE FIRST, FRANKENSTEIN, HAPPY END, BOYS OF WINTER, CYRANO, SHADOW BOX, SECRET AFFAIRS OF MILDRED WILDE and others. She has designed many shows for Lincoln Center Rep, Chelsea Theatre Center, Acting Co. and New York Shakespeare Festival. Her opera credits include SAMSON ET DALILA (SF Opera), Houston Grand, Sarah Caldwell’s Opera Co. of Boston, and Hamburg Statsoper. Film and television credits include In the Spirit, Saturday Night Live and PBS’ Arts-in-America. Among others, she has received 2 Tony nominations and 5 Drama Desk awards. Currently designing a new Nutcracker for the Cincinnati Ballet, her design work will be the subject of a new book published by Broadway Press & USITT next spring. Other design work includes illustrations for children’s books on Mozart, and uniforms for Rainbow Room and Windows on the World. Ms. Robbins serves on the TDF Costume Collection Advisory Committee for the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards.
