2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Lighting Design Of A Musical'

Nominations in 27 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards were announced today by Tony Award Winners Cynthia Nixon and Lin-Manuel Miranda from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. To view the complete list of nominees, click here.

The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards are bestowed annually on theatre professionals for distinguished achievement. The Tony is one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry and the annual telecast is considered one of the most prestigious programs on television.

The American Theatre Wing's 63rd Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 7, 2009 (8-11pm, live EST, PT time delay) on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees:
'Best Lighting Design of a Musical'

 

Kevin Adams (next to normal)
Broadway: Hair, Spring Awakening (Tony Award; also London, Japan, Korea, Vienna, U.S. tour), The 39 Steps (Tony, Drama Desk Awards), Passing Strange, Take Me Out, Hedda Gabler (Kate Burton), Sexaholix, The Good Body, An Almost Holy Picture. Off-Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; new work by Edward Albee, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Durang, Arthur Kopit, Terrence McNally, Charles Mee Jr., Neil Simon, Anna Deveare Smith and Paula Vogel. Concerts: Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs, Audra McDonald (Joe's Pub, Town Hall, Lincoln Center), Patti LuPone, Sandra Bernhard. 1999 and 2007 Lucille Lortel Awards, 2002 Obie for Sustained Excellence.

Howell Binkley (West Side Story)
Honored to be collaborating once again with Mr.Laurents after having just worked on Gypsy with Patti LuPone. Designs include: In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2006 TonyAwardWinner), Avenue Q, The FullMonty, Minnelli on Minnelli, Parade, Kiss of The Spider Woman (1993 Olivier AwardWinner) and How to Succeed... Parsons Dance(co-founder), Joffrey Ballet (Billboards), AlvinAiley, MoMix and the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration. Five time Helen Hayes Award recipient.

Rick Fisher (Billy Elliot)
Originally from Philadelphia, Rick has been based in Britain for 30 years. He received the 2008 Helpmann Award for the Australian production of Billy Elliot. Broadway: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, Via Dolorosa, Some Americans Abroad, An Inspector Calls (Tony, Drama Desk awards), Serious Money. Off-Broadway: Far Away (New York Theatre Workshop), Three Birds Alighting on a Field (MTC). Opera work includes seven seasons at Santa Fe Opera and productions at Covent Garden, English National Opera, Opera North, Spoleto Festival, Houston, New York City Opera, Venice, Bolshevik. Other awards include two Olivier Awards for Best Lighting.

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