PROFILES
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Painting The Pride Backstage at “The Lion King”
If you imagine working as a makeup artist on “The Lion King” for its 26-year run—8 shows a week—with (thankfully) no closing in sight, might be a “punishing” schedule you’d be right. In fact, that’s the word head makeup artist Elizabeth Cohen used to describe her tenure on the show since the day it opened.…
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Dean Of Make-Up: Richard Dean
Leading ladies such as Julia Roberts have come to rely on Richard Dean to develop looks based on the psychology behind the character.
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Scott Andrew Profile
The iconic Makeup Artist Scott Andrew has over 100 Allure covers to his credit.
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Setting The Stage
At Saturday Night Live “You gotta make it fun,” Joe Rielly head carpenter on Saturday Night Live, said when asked how he approached each show after working there for twenty years. You might think working on a show in its 48th season, which premiered in 1975 and has made millions laugh would be fun for anyone in…
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And The Awards go to…
Mia Neal Celebrity Hairstylist Mia Neal redefines the idea of celebrity hairstylist. She won the 2020 Oscar as head of the hair and wig department for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; and made history as one of two black women along with Jamika Wilson (personal hairstylist to Viola Davis) to win the category. And most recently…
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She Made-up Talluah Bankhead Paul McCartney and Many In Between
Cheers for Seventy-three Years It was 1949 when Florence Ricobbono Johnson was hired by NBC as a staff makeup-artist. She trained to be an actor and had recently completed a graduate degree in theater at The Pasadena Playhouse (University of Southern California) where she got the nickname Riccie. On her first day she was greeted…
