2011 Tony Awards: Brian MacDevitt Wins 'Best Lighting Design of a Musical'

The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2011 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards® were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose.

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.

To view the complete list of 2011 Tony Award winners, click here.

BroadwayWorld Congratulates
Brian MacDevitt
2011 Tony Award Winner
'Best Lighting Design of a Musical'

Brian MacDevitt (The Book of Mormon) Brian MacDevitt: Currently: Le Compte Ory at the Met, The House of Blue Leaves. Recent NYC: Women on the Verge..., Fences, A Behanding in Spokane, Race, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Tony). Other: The Three Sisters at the Abbey, The Color Purple, Urinetown the Musical, Into the Woods. Dance: the Joffrey, ABT, Tere O'Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon et al. Recipient: Tonys, Obie, Bessie, Outer Critics, Hewes, Drama Desk awards, et al. Film: Cradle Will Rock. Member: Naked Angels. Faculty: University of Maryland. Father: Jake and Georgie.

 

'Best Lighting Design of a Musical'
2011 Tony Award Nominees

Ken Billington (The Scottsboro Boys)
Ken Billington: Scottsboro is his 93rd Broadway show. Around the world you can see his work on Chicago, Shamu Rocks at Seaworld, Jubilee! at Bally's Las Vegas and NY's Belasco Theatre where he was the architectural lighting consultant. Ken is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Lumen awards.

Howell Binkley (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
Howell Binkley: B'way works include How to Succeed... starring Daniel Radcliffe, Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (Tony Award winner), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Tony nomination/Olivier winner) and How to Succeed starring Matthew Broderick. Six musicals in rep for the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration. The Joffrey Ballet's Billboards, and designs for more than 60 pieces for Parsons Dance, which he co-founded with David Parsons.

Peter Kaczorowski (Anything Goes)
Peter Kaczorowski: Broadway: more than 40 plays and musicals including Anything Goes; That Championship Season; Driving Miss Daisy; Time Stands Still; A View From the Bridge; Waiting for Godot; Curtains; Grey Gardens; Contact; The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Steel Pier. Extensive Off-Broadway, resident and regional credits. Opera: the Met, NYCO, San Francisco, Houston Grand, Santa Fe, LAMCO, Seattle. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera/North, Maggio Florence, L'Arena di Verona, La Fenice, Bonn, Lisbon. Recipient of Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama-Logue and Hewes Design awards.