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Mike Harrison: dressing room designer to the stars

How do you fashion rooms for famous people on tight budgets, and in tight spaces?
Mike Harrison, right, sits with Leslie Odom Jr. in the room he designed for the Hamilton musical star. (Monica Simoes/Playbill)

Think a $9 thrift shop table doesn't belong in a star's dressing room? Check in with Mike Harrison. 

The interior designer is used to working in tight spaces and tight budgets, all while turning closet-size dressing rooms into oases of creativity and calm. Today he joins guest host Gill Deacon to share his approach to designing backstage spaces for Broadway stars, and why he thinks the show really begins behind the scenes. 

WEB EXTRA | See the room Harrison designed for Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. below. Plus, see more dressing rooms — including Harrison's designs for Lupita Nyong'o, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jessie Mueller and more — at his official website