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Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Jekyll & Hyde, The Heiress, Stephen Sondheim’s Passion and The Elephant Man. Her lighting of Amadeus won a Tony award. Regionals include JF Kennedy Center, the Guthrie, Arena Stage, the Alley. Off B’way she worked for Joseph Chaikin and Meredith Monk. For Robert Wilson; Einstein on the Beach and others. Her designs for dance: Martha Graham, Trisha Brown, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham. Awards: seven Tony nominations, several American Theatre Wings, 1980 Obie and others.

Beverly Emmons Productions

 
[Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2005]
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[Off-Broadway, 2004]
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[Off-Broadway, 2004]
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[Off-Broadway, 2002]
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[Off-Broadway, 2002]
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[Off-Broadway, 1999]
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[Broadway, 1999]
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[Off-Broadway, 1998]
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[Off-Broadway, 1998]
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[Broadway, 1998]
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[Off-Broadway, 1998]
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[Off-Broadway, 1997]
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[Broadway, 1997]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Off-Broadway, 1996]
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[Broadway, 1995]
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[Broadway, 1995]
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[Off-Broadway, 1994]
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[Broadway, 1994]
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[Broadway, 1993]
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[Broadway, 1993]
Associate Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
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[Off-Broadway, 1992]
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[Broadway, 1992]
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[Off-Broadway, 1991]
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[Off-Broadway, 1991]
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[Off-Broadway, 1991]
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[Off-Broadway, 1991]
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[Broadway, 1990]
Associate Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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[Off-Broadway, 1989]
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[Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Broadway, 1988]
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[Broadway, 1988]
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[Off-Off-Broadway, 1987]
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[Off-Broadway, 1987]
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[Broadway, 1987]
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[Broadway, 1986]
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[Off-Broadway, 1985]
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[Off-Broadway, 1985]
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[Regional (US), 1985]
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[Off-Broadway, 1985]
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[Off-Broadway, 1985]
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[Off-Broadway, 1984]
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[Off-Broadway, 1983]
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[Broadway, 1983]
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[Broadway, 1983]
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[Broadway, 1983]
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[Broadway, 1982]
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[Broadway, 1982]
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[Off-Broadway, 1982]
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[Broadway, 1982]
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[Off-Off-Broadway, 1981]
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[Broadway, 1981]
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[Broadway, 1981]
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[Off-Broadway, 1980]
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[Broadway, 1980]
Associate Lighting Designer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1980]
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[Broadway, 1980]
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[Broadway, 1980]
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[Off-Broadway, 1980]
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[Off-Broadway, 1980]
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[Off-Broadway, 1979]
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[Broadway, 1979]
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[Off-Broadway, 1979]
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[Off-Broadway, 1977]
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[Broadway, 1975]
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[Broadway, 1975]
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[Off-Broadway, 1973]
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[Off-Broadway, 1970]
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[Off-Broadway, 1970]
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Beverly Emmons Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1997 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons Jekyll & Hyde


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1997 - Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, When The World Was Green


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1997 - Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, Jekyll & Hyde

Tony Awards - 1997 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, Jekyll and Hyde

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Heiress

Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Heiress


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1995 - Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Heiress

Tony Awards - 1995 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Heiress

Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, Passion


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1994 - Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, Passion

Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, Passion

Helen Hayes Awards - 1987 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Beverly EmmonsWild Duck

Tony Awards - 1987 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Helen Hayes Awards - 1986 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production

Beverly EmmonsTartuffe

Drama Desk Awards - 1982 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Dresser


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1982 - Special Citation

Beverly Emmons, The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby


winner
Obie Awards - 1980 - Design for distinguished lighting

Beverly Emmons

Tony Awards - 1980 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine

Drama Desk Awards - 1979 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Elephant Man


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1979 - Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons, The Elephant Man

Tony Awards - 1979 - Best Lighting Design

Beverly Emmons , The Elephant Man

Beverly Emmons Videos

Beverly Emmons News


Review: DANCE by Lyon Opera Ballet-A Stunning Performance at New York City Center


New York City Center continues their successful season of dance with Lyon Opera Ballet that performed on the midtown stage from 10/19 to 10/21.

Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Spring Season Features Extraordinary Classics and Stunning New Works at The Joyce Theater


The Martha Graham Dance Company opened their season at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening with Program A. Dance enthusiasts and many more now have the opportunity to experience the Company performances that present Graham’s treasured classics along with stunning new choreographies. 

Candoco Dance Company Reimagines Trisha Brown's SET AND RESET For New York Premiere


Candoco Dance Company makes its New York debut on April 8 & 9 as part of spring season. Renowned London-based company integrates disabled and non-disabled dancers in the reimagining of Trisha Brown's iconic Set and Reset, originally commissioned by BAM for its first Next Wave in 1983.

Photo Coverage: Go Inside the 11th Annual Broadway Salutes Ceremony!


The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) just presented the 11th annual Broadway Salutes ceremony at Sardi's Restaurant (234 West 44th St). 

Freddie Ashley Awarded Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion Of Excellence


On Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the conclusion of the 2019 MFA Playwrights' Workshop at the Kennedy Center, Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion of Excellence.

Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston Make Jacob's Pillow Debut In Celebration Of Global Merce Cunningham Centennial


Jacob's Pillow presents the Pillow debut of Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston as part of the global Merce Cunningham Centennial, July 3-7 in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Under the direction of Robert Swinston, a longtime Merce Cunningham Dance Company member, later assistant to the choreographer, and finally director of choreography, France's National Center for Contemporary Dance/Angers brings three masterworks by Cunningham: Suite for Five, Inlets 2, and How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run. This celebratory program also features archival footage of Cunningham performing at Jacob's Pillow. The performance is the anchor event of a week-long exploration of this American master.

Photo Flash: First Look at HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: TALES REAL & IMAGINED


Ensemble for the Romantic Century continues the 2018-19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf.  Performances began April 13th for a limited run through May 25th, with opening night scheduled for May 5th

The Kennedy Center Announces 50th KCACTF National Festival


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 120 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 50th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 16-20, 2019 in multiple locations throughout the Center. The Center also announced the national awardees for the KCACTF. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the National Festival. These student artists from across the United States have been recognized for their outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 8 through February 28, 2019.

Ensemble Presents Off-Broadway Premiere Of HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: TALES REAL AND IMAGINED


Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) continues the 2018 - '19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf. 

New York Theatre Ballet Presents Spring 2019 REP At Danspace Project


New York Theatre Ballet (Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Director) announces its return to Danspace Project for their fifth season with their REP program (March 14-16), this year featuring Sir Richard Alston's The Seasons, Matthew Nash's The Elements of Style, and Merce Cunningham's Scramble (1967). As the "small but mighty" (The New York Times) company gears up to celebrate its 40th Anniversary, they are also pleased to announce that Sir Richard Alston-a choreographer who has spent "half century in the rigorous pursuit of purity in movement" (The Guardian), and who was knighted in this New Year's Honours-has accepted the post of Resident Choreographer for the next two seasons.

Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson


Angelica Page plays the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night was Thursday, September 27th, and BroadwayWorld was there! Check out the photos below!

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter With Emily Dickinson Opens This Week


Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) is proud to announce the opening of Angelica Page in the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night is this Thursday, September 27th.

Angelica Page to Lead Cast of Emily Dickinson Tale BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP


Ensemble for the Romantic Century announces that Angelica Page will star in the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson.

BWW Review: The Final Staging of Lucinda Childs' Iconic AVAILABLE LIGHT


Friday, July 13th 2018 was not unlucky for me. On that evening, I was fortunate enough to watch the final staging of legendary postmodern choreographer Lucinda Childs' Available Light at Jazz at Lincoln Center as part of the annual Mostly Mozart Festival during the Lucinda Childs Dance Company's final season. The work, last seen in NYC 33 years ago, is a collaboration among three distinguished artists: Childs, minimalist composer John Adams, and famed architect Frank Gehry.

Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of TCHAIKOVSKY: NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART Off-Broadway


Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart is the final production of the 2017-'18 season at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) The show opened last night, May 31st, to kick off its limited Off-Broadway engagement which runs through June 17th only. Check out photos from the evening below!

Cast Announced for TCHAIKOVSKY: NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART


Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) is proud to announce that the cast Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, the final production of the 2017-'18 season, at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) beginning May 17th. Opening Night is set for May 31st.  This limited Off-Broadway engagement runs through June 17th only.

Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts Kicks Off 2018 Winter Season


LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts today kicks off the third edition of the organization's acclaimed LUMBERYARD In The City Winter Festival, which takes place from January 25 - February 10 at New York Live Arts in New York City.

Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts Announces 2018 Winter Season In NYC


Adrienne Willis, Executive and Artistic Director of LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts, today announced the third edition of the organization's acclaimed LUMBERYARD In The City Winter Festival, which takes place from January 25 February 10 at New York Live Arts in New York City. The 2018 Winter Festival will feature genre-blurring productions from three daring and highly accomplished artists, including choreographer Kei Takei and her company Moving Earth Orient Sphere who will present the New York premiere of LIGHT, Part 44 (Bamboo Forest) (??) and Solo from LIGHT, Part 8 (January 25-27); playwright and performance artist Robbie McCauley, who presents the New York premiere of Sugar (February 1-3); and choreographer, dancer and visual artist Dana Reitz, who will present her new world premiere work (February 8-10).

VAN GOGH'S EAR, Starring Carter Hudson, Starts Final Shows at ERC


A friendly reminder that The Ensemble for the Romantic Century's acclaimed production of Van Gogh's Ear runs through September 10th only at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues).

Ensemble for the Romantic Century's VAN GOGH'S EAR Opens Tonight


The Ensemble for the Romantic Century has announced that the 2017-18 season, ERC's 17th, will take place at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) beginning with Van Gogh's Ear. Opening Night is set for tonight, August 17th. This limited Off-Broadway engagement runs through September 10th only.

Beverly Emmons FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Beverly Emmons been nominated for?

Beverly Emmons has been nominated for several awards for her lighting design work, including: Best Lighting Design from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Jekyll & Hyde, The Hewes Awards for When The World Was Green and Jekyll & Hyde, the Tony Awards for Jekyll and Hyde, The Heiress, Passion, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Elephant Man, the Drama Desk Awards for The Heiress, Passion, and The Dresser, the Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design in Resident Production for Wild Duck and Tartuffe, a Special Citation from The Hewes Awards for The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, an Obie Award for distinguished lighting design, and The Hewes Awards for Lighting Design for The Heiress, Passion, The Elephant Man, and A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine.

What awards has Beverly Emmons won?

Beverly Emmons has won the following awards for lighting design: - The Hewes Awards for Jekyll & Hyde - The Hewes Awards for When The World Was Green - The Hewes Awards for The Heiress - The Hewes Awards for Passion - Special Citation from The Hewes Awards for The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Design for distinguished lighting from the Obie Awards - The Hewes Awards for The Elephant Man

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