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 2000 – 2001, Theatre Royal, Bath.
Waiter/Gendarme/Shopkeeper, The Government Inspector, Compass ? – 14^th May 1988, Theatre Royal, Bath, Richmond Theatre (London), and other locations.
Designer, I Do, I Do!, Starchoice Season Ltd 21^st January – April 1976, Phoenix Theatre, London and Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto.
Designer, Gigi 13^th November 1973 – 10^th February 1974, Uris Theatre, New York (now Gershwin Theatre, New York).
Set Desiner, The Great Waltz, Bernard Delfont & Harold Fielding’s “Great Waltz” Company 9^th July 1970 – March 1972, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Designer, Plaza Suite 14^th February 1968 – 3^rd October 1970, Plymouth Theatre, New York (now Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre).
Designer, Plaza Suite 18^th February – 1^st November 1969, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London.
Designer, Cactus Flower 8^th December 1965 – 23^rd November 1968, Royale Theatre, New York (now Bernard B Jacobs Theatre) and Longacre Theatre, New York.
Designer ('Scenic Production'), I Do, I Do!, H M Tennent Ltd 13^th March – 24^th August 1968, New Theatre, Oxford, Lyric Theatre (Shaftesbury Ave), London, and other locations.
Designer, Hello, Dolly! 1967 – 1968, Bristol Hippodrome.
Designer, The Odd Couple, H M Tennent Ltd and Saint Subber 5^th September 1966 – 7^th October 1967, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Golders Green Hippodrome, and other locations.
Designer, The Sound of Music 18^th May 1961 – 14^th January 1966, Palace Theatre, London.
Designer, Barefoot in the Park, Arthur Lewis and Bernard Delfont 1^st November – 25^th June 1965, Piccadilly Theatre, London, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, and other locations.
Setting by, Mary, Mary, H M Tennent Ltd and Roger L Stevens 17^th February – 11^th April 1964, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, New Theatre, Hull, and other locations.
Designer, My Fair Lady 1963 – 1964, Bristol Hippodrome.
Designer, Mary, Mary, H M Tennent Ltd and Roger L Stevens 12^th February 1963 – 8^th February 1964, Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London), Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London), and other locations.
Designer, My Fair Lady, H M Tennent Ltd 1961 – 1963, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Designer, The Sound of Music 16^th November 1959 – 15^th June 1963, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York and Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York.
Designer & Costumes, Sail Away 3^rd October 1961 – 24^th February 1962, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City.
Scenic Production, Flower Drum Song, Williamson Music Ltd 24^th March 1960 – 29^th April 1961, Palace Theatre, London.
Set designer, Becket started 5^th October 1960, St James Theatre, New York.
Designer, Five Finger Exercise 2^nd December 1959 – 1^st October 1960, Music Box Theatre, New York City, USA.
Designer, Flower Drum Song 1^st December 1958 – 7^th May 1960, St James Theatre, New York.
Designer, Auntie Mame 10^th September 1958 – 30^th May 1959, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Designer, West Side Story 1958 – 1959, Bristol Hippodrome.
Designer, West Side Story, H M Tennent Ltd, Robert E Griffiths and Harold S Prince 12^th December 1958 – 3^rd June 1961, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London.
Set Designer, West Side Story, H.M. Tennent Ltd./Robert E. Griffith/Harold S.Prince started 12^th December 1958, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London.
Production Designer, My Fair Lady started 30^th April 1958, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
Designer, Pal Joey 31^st March – 30^th October 1954, Princes Theatre, London (now Shaftesbury Theatre (1963 – Present Day)).

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