About this episode
Stuart Brown interviews Frank Verlizzo about his debut book in the Retro Broadway Mystery Series and his career as a graphic designer.
This week I speak with Frank Verlizzo , on his first book of the Retro Broadway Mystery Series – Scenery of the Crime . Before becoming an author, Frank Verlizzo was a legendary graphic designer, the man behind such iconic poster art as the original Broadway productions of Disney's The Lion King ; Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George , and Ira Levin's Deathtrap .
People in this episode
Host: Stuart Brown
Guest: Frank Verlizzo
Topics covered
- interview
- graphic design
- Broadway
- mystery novels
- author
- poster art
Keywords
- Frank Verlizzo
- Retro Broadway Mystery Series
- Scenery of the Crime
- graphic designer
- Broadway poster art
- Disney
- Sondheim
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Scenery of the Crime, The Lion King, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Deathtrap
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