Jerome Sirlin Profile Page | World Architecture Community

Jerome Sirlin has Architecture and Urban Design degrees from UC Berkeley and UCLA. His practice since 1980 has focused mainly on theatrical staging and scenic design for opera, ballet, music theater as well as video and media design.

Bridging the gap between theater and film, "Jerome Sirlin`s fluid use of sets, and scenic projections annihilates space and time and gives his productions an exhilarating sense of visual freedom and cinematic illusion." (Time Magazine)

Productions range from avant-garde collaborations with Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg and Lou Reed to pop concerts for Madonna and Paul Simon; from the classic world of Wagner`s Ring Cycle and Verdi`s Macbeth to big budget musicals like Kiss of the Spider Woman and Disney`s Hunchback of Notre Dame.

In addition to Musical Theater and Opera, his designs include multimedia installations and shows for museums, cultural institutions and theme parks. His design for Freedom Rising at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia gives the American Constitution both a historical and contemporary context.

Most recent projects include a concept design for a 360-degree scenic projection environment for The Planet Hollywood Performing Arts Theater in Las Vegas.

Jerome Sirlin lived in Detroit as a kid and has wonderful memories of Belle Isle and River Rouge park, Hudson`s downtown department store, Saunder`s hot fudge sundaes, and the electric street cars he traveled on, as a kid, throughout the city.