Tom Broecker - 30 years at Saturday Night Live, Broadway, and the Art of Detachment

The "Voice of Costume" is the first podcast created between working costume designers sharing stories, inspiration, struggles, and insights into the creative career of costume design. An behind-the-scenes podcast to showcase the voices of Costume Designers around the world. Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Tom Broecker and Catherine Baumgardner. Welcome Tom - An Emmy-award winning costume designer. Working for Saturday Night Live since 1994. He also costume designed 30 Rock, House of Cards, The Comeback and multiple Broadway hits. Topics Include: First paid costume job Juilliard School of Music Hesitating going to SNL   The new Opera "Grounded" "Creativity spawns Creativity" Technology that helps Process vs Results   Love of the theatre "the true art of detachment" The Christmas Carol example Hunger Games sketch example Pivot entire cast costume in 1 hour!   Deep Dive (min 20) What do you like about yourself? Any area too hard on yourself? 80% rule Tough aspect of Contemporary Let the joke lead the costume Bob Mackie The gift of the job His favorite costume Nostalgia dangers