I woke up this morning to the sad news of the passing of Tony Walton on Facebook. He was such beautiful man, I met him once in the early days while Julie Andrews was in CAMELOT. and then in at least ten years ago I got to know him seeing him at many events I was at or photographing and the last time he came to see a friend of mine, I don't recall who, at 54 Below just before the pandemic. He would always stop me and we would talk.
He was so very talented. He used to do tons of illustrations for Playbill and when I was given a lot of old ones years ago I enjoyed that. Many Broadway posters have his illustrations on it. He was a fabulous costume designer designing the costumes for the movie MARY POPPINS, and many broadway shows such as A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, GUYS AND DOLLS, to name just two and sets for numerous Broadway productions, GUYS AND DOLLS, GRAND HOTEL, A FUNNY THING all his credits are too numerous. He will be missed by so many. He was 87 years old. RIP. |
