Oliver Smith
Designer – notable contributions to the Theatre, Films, Ballet & Opera. Since 1944, when he designed and sponsored the now historic musical “On The Town”, his Broadway musicals include “My Fair Lady”, “West Side Story”, “The Sound Of Music”, “Brigadoon”, and “Hello Dolly”. He also designed the Metropolitan operas “Martha” and “La Travista”, the ballets “Fancy Free” and “Fall River Legend” and the films “Guys and Dolls”, “Oklahoma”, and “Porgy & Bess”. His Broadway plays include “Night of the Iguana”, “Barefoot in the Park”, “The Odd Couple”, “Plaza Suite”, and “Last of the Red Hot Lovers”. He often combined decor with producing as he did for “In the Summer House”, “Clearing in the Woods”, “No Exit”, “Billion Dollar Baby”, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright”, “Natural Affection” and “Indians”. He was also a highly regarded painter, whose works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts.
Past productions
- Designer, West Side Story
- Designer, I Do, I Do!, Starchoice Season Ltd
- Designer, Gigi
- Scenery, The Great Waltz, Bernard Delfont and Harold Fielding
- Designer, Plaza Suite
- Settings designed by, A Bequest to the Nation, Dowling-Whitehead-Stevens and H M Tennent Ltd
- Designer, Plaza Suite
- Designer, Cactus Flower
- Designer ('Scenic Production'), I Do, I Do!, H M Tennent Ltd
- Designer, Hello, Dolly!
- Designer, The Odd Couple, H M Tennent Ltd and Saint Subber
- Designer, The Sound of Music
- Designer, Barefoot in the Park, Arthur Lewis and Bernard Delfont
- Setting by, Mary, Mary, H M Tennent Ltd and Roger L Stevens
- Designer, My Fair Lady
- Designer, Mary, Mary, H M Tennent Ltd and Roger L Stevens
- Designer, My Fair Lady, H M Tennent Ltd
- Designer, The Sound of Music
- Designer & Costumes, Sail Away
- Designer, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You In The Closet And I’m Feeling So Sad
- Scenic Production, Flower Drum Song, Williamson Music Ltd
- Designer, A Taste of Honey
- Set designer, Becket
- Designer, Five Finger Exercise
- Designer, Flower Drum Song
- Designer, Auntie Mame
- Designer, West Side Story
- Designer, West Side Story, H M Tennent Ltd, Robert E Griffiths and Harold S Prince
- Set Designer, West Side Story, H.M. Tennent Ltd./Robert E. Griffith/Harold S.Prince
- Production Designer, My Fair Lady
- Production designed by, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Jule Styne
- Designer, Pal Joey, Jack Hylton