The design panel -- scenic designer John Arnone (Tony Award winner for The Who’s Tommy), costume designer Elizabeth Fried (Brother Truckers), special effects designer Wendall K. Harrington (The Who's Tommy), lighting designer Mimi Jordan Sherin (New York Shakespeare Festival) -- moderated by three-time Tony Award-winning costume designer Patricia Zipprodt (in 1965 for Fiddler on the Roof, in 1967 for Cabaret and in 1986 for Sweet Charity), Professor Tish Dace, and author/designer/producer Jean Dalrymple discuss their creative childhoods; how the role of designers has evolved from directors, stage managers, and technicians; working with varying production budgets; and the colors and projections used in The Who's Tommy.