Frank Verlizzo
Frank "Fraver" Verlizzo is an American design artist and Drama Desk Award-winner. He is best known for creating the posters for many prominent Broadway productions, including the original productions of Stephen Sondheim's "" and "Sunday in the Park with George". Early life. Fraver is a native New Yorker, born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. He attended the High School of Art and Design and the Pratt Institute. It was at Pratt that he received his first big break in the theater industry, as his illustration teacher was David Edward Byrd, the man who designed the  poster art for the original productions of the musicals "Follies" and "Godspell". Byrd, seeing that Fraver's work largely centered on movies, suggested he visit The Blaine Thompson Agency, at the time the largest advertising agency for Broadway shows. Fraver.com. Fraver recently created Fraver.com, an educational website devoted to preserving his projects and the stories behind them.