Rosaria Sinisi

Rosaria Sinisi was fortunate enough to study set design with Oliver Smith at NYU’s School of the Arts.  After earning her MFA, she assisted him for five years, working on Broadway, in Hollywood and in Europe before embarking on her own design career.  She designed original sets for Shining Time Station, three Tony Award ceremonies on Broadway, and served as art director on television projects including sitcoms, commercials, and soap operas. While working in television, she earned a law degree at NYU, and subsequently practiced copyright law. Mr. Smith bequeathed his copyrights and design materials to Ms. Sinisi and entrusted her with the management and supervision of revivals of his works. Since then, she has supervised productions of Smith’s ballet and theatre designs (including West Side Story, Fancy Free, Fall River Legend, Hello, Dolly!, West Side Story Suite, and My Fair Lady) around the world. collaborating with companies such as the Jerome Robbins Rights Trust, the estate of Agnes DeMille, the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the Paris Opera Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, and Opera Australia. She also works with theatre and dance historians researching the thousands of pieces of theatrical artwork and drafting created by Mr. Smith, which are now in the Music Division of the United States Library of Congress.  Ms. Sinisi lives in Brooklyn, NY, and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.