Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

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Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion

Preview Screening followed by Q&A with Bob Mackie, moderated by NBC's Sara Gore

A very limited number of tickets remain. There will also be a standby line starting one hour before showtime in person at the box office.

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion showcases the six-decade career of award-winning costume designer, Bob Mackie. And like his costumes, Bob Mackie is wholly unique and unfiltered, which makes for a compelling and candid subject. The film examines Bob’s unique upbringing, those whom he has held dear within his inner circle, and the familial surprises in his life that have all contributed to the optimism and audacity present in his work. Because the film is fully authorized, Quixotic Endeavors was given access to the full Bob Mackie archive, which has been meticulously kept and curated with many rare and unseen artifacts, including the outfits that didn’t make the cut. The film captures the over- the-top costumes as they get sequined and beaded from sketch to stage.

Specific highlights include some of the soon-to-be lost art methods by old-world artisans that help make each outfit Mackie conjures something to behold and remember. The documentary feature includes original interviews with Bob Mackie clients and collaborators, along with those he has inspired – designers, stylists, comedians and actors, as well as Bob’s first-person account of some of his most iconic looks from The Carol Burnett Show’s Startlett O’Hara dress to Cher’s 1986 Academy Awards look with feathered headdress and Tina Turner’s iconic concert costumes. Bob Mackie is a truly peerless and timeless costume designer, with interviews from Cher to Pink, to Tom Ford and Miley Cyrus, to Rupaul and Carol Burnett a testament to that fact.

PAST EVENTS

Q&A with Bob Mackie moderated by Sara Gore
Tuesday, Dec. 3 2024, 7:00
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  • Bob Mackie is a costume and fashion designer, nine-time Emmy Award winner, Geoffrey Beene CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and has three Oscar nominations. He received a 2019 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for his work on The Cher Show. His Broadway credits include Moon Over Buffalo and Putting It Together, starring Carol Burnett, Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Minnelli on Minnelli, Lorelei with Carol Channing, and On the Town with Bernadette Peters and Phyllis Newman. Broadway on television: Once Upon a Mattress starring Carol Burnett, Gypsy starring Bette Midler, Carousel, Brigadoon, Of Thee I Sing, and Kismet. Bob’s inventive and memorable design have helped raise entertainers like Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Cher, Elton John, Ann- Margret, Bernadette Peters, Miley Cyrus, Mitzi Gaynor, Carol Burnett, Bette Midler, Pink, Zendaya, and Cher to iconic status both onscreen and off.
  • Sara Gore is an Emmy® award-winning lifestyle host for NBC and their independent production arm, LXTV, Sara Gore has logged over 3,000 hours of live and taped television over the past 15 years. She currently hosts New York Live, NBC 4 New York’s daily lifestyle series, airing weekdays at 11:30AM, serving up a daily dose of the very best New York has to offer from the latest fashion trends, celebrity news and interviews, top food and restaurant choices, as well as entertainment. She most recently launched NYL: Prime Time Edition which airs Friday nights on NBC 4 New York at 7:15pm. She has also hosted NBC’s First Look Live on the Red Carpet Specials for the Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy Awards, and other live specials for several years.


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