Visiting the Biltmore can be best described as an ‘experience’. But Western North Carolina’s biggest tourist attraction wants to take it a step further with its latest exhibition. It wants visitors to party – Vanderbilt style. To recreate a Vanderbilt house party in the early 20 th Century, the Biltmore went theatrical in more ways than one. John Bright knows all about that. The 12-time Academy Award nominated costume designer won an Oscar for the 1985 film A Room With A View, and more recently