The Theater Posters of James Mcmullan

by James McMullan, John Guare (Foreword), Bernard Gersten (Introduction)

Reproduces thirty-six posters commissioned by New York's Lincoln Center Theater and includes sketches, reference photographs, and alternate versions that show the creative evolution of each poster.

Genres: Theatre, Art

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

James McMullan is an illustrator and designer of theatrical posters. Born in Tsingtao, Republic of China, where his grandparents had emigrated from Ireland as missionaries for the Anglican Church, he and his mother fled to Canada at the onset of World War II.
He is married to children's book author Kate McMullan.

Reviews

[Sarah]

I really enjoyed looking at the large reproductions of McMullan's theater posters and learning some of the stories behind how they came to be. Seeing studies for and sketches of the artwork morph into the final product was especially interesting.