Set and costume designer Santo Loquasto

By Randy Cohen

Published November 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM EST

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Set and costume designer Santo Loquasto has worked on 80 Broadway shows, 30 films, several operas, and innumerable dance pieces. Here’s something he learned working with Paul Taylor: “Give a man 17 chairs and see what he comes up with.”

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