John Lee Beatty
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BIO
Broadway: Venus in Fur, Time Stands Still, A View from the Bridge, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Doubt, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Proof, Rabbit Hole, Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Most Happy Fella, The Sisters Rosensweig, Burn This, Penn & Teller, Ain't Misbehavin', Talley's Folly, Crimes of the Heart, Morning's at Seven, among others.
Off-Broadway: Other Desert Cities, The Substance of Fire, A Life in the Theatre. Thirty-six seasons with MTC, Lincoln Center, Circle Rep, City Center Encores! Tony, Obie, DD, OCC awards; Theatre Hall of Fame.
Graduate of Brown and Yale School of Drama.
Productions
Awards and Nominations
John Lee Beatty, Epiphany
John Lee Beatty, Epiphany
John Lee Beatty, The Nance
John Lee Beatty, The Nance
John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities
winner
John Lee Beatty, The Whipping Man
John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family
John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family
John Lee Beatty , The Color Purple
John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple
John Lee Beatty, Rabbit Hole
winner
John Lee Beatty, Engaged
John Lee Beatty, Doubt
winner
John Lee Beatty, Wonderful Town
winner
John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century
John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century
John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight
winner
John Lee Beatty, Dinner At Eight
winner
John Lee Beatty, My Old Lady
winner
John Lee BeattyTartuffe
winner
John Lee Beatty, Book Of Days
John Lee Beatty, My Old Lady
John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight
winner
John Lee Beatty, My Old Lady
winner
John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight
John Lee BeattyMorning's at Seven
John Lee Beatty, Morning's at Seven
John Lee Beatty, Proof
winner
John Lee Beatty, Comic Potential
John Lee Beatt, An Experiment with an Air Pump
winner
John Lee Beatty, Ivanov
John Lee Beatty, The Mystery of Irma Vep
John Lee Beatty, Ivanov
John Lee Beatty, The Little Foxes
John Lee Beatty, The Little Foxes
John Lee Beatty, A Delicate Balance
winner
John Lee Beatty, The Heiress
John Lee Beatty, The Heiress
winner
John Lee Beatty
John Lee Beatty, Redwood Curtain
John Lee Beatty, Song of Singapore
John Lee Beatty, A Small Family Business
John Lee Beatty, Aristocrats
winner
John Lee Beatty, Burn This
John Lee Beatty, The Octette Bridge Club
winner
John Lee Beatty, 5th of July
winner
John Lee Beatty, Fifth Of July
John Lee Beatty, Fifth of July
winner
John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly
winner
John Lee Beatty, Hide and Seek
winner
John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly
winner
John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly
winner
John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly
winner
John Lee Beatty, A Life In The Theatre
John Lee Beatty, The Innocents
John Lee Beatty, Knock Knock
winner
John Lee Beatty, Knock Knock
winner
John Lee Beatty, The Mound Builders
winner
John Lee BeattyDown By River... Battle of Angels
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Epiphany, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Epiphany, Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Nance, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Nance, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Other Desert Cities , Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for The Whipping Man, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Royal Family, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Royal Family, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Color Purple , Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Color Purple, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Rabbit Hole, Set design (Obie Awards) for Engaged, Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Doubt, Outstanding Set Designs - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Wonderful Town, Outstanding Set Designs - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Twentieth Century, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Twentieth Century, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Dinner at Eight , Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Dinner At Eight, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for My Old Lady, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Tartuffe, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Book Of Days, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for My Old Lady, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for Dinner at Eight, Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for My Old Lady, Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Dinner at Eight, Outstanding Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Morning's at Seven , Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for Morning's at Seven, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Proof, Outstanding Set Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Comic Potential, Outstanding Scenic Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for An Experiment with an Air Pump, Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Ivanov, Outstanding Scenic Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Mystery of Irma Vep, Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Ivanov, Best Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Little Foxes , Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for The Little Foxes, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for A Delicate Balance, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Heiress, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for The Heiress, Outstanding Body of Work (The Lortels), Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for Redwood Curtain, Best Set, Costume and Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Song of Singapore, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for A Small Family Business, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Aristocrats, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Burn This, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Octette Bridge Club, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for 5th of July, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Fifth Of July, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for Fifth of July, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Talley's Folly, Best Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hide and Seek, Best Set Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Talley's Folly, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for Talley's Folly, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Talley's Folly, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for A Life In The Theatre, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Innocents, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Knock Knock, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Knock Knock, Design (Obie Awards) for The Mound Builders and Design (Obie Awards) for Down By River... Battle of Angels.
John Lee Beatty has won numerous awards for his outstanding work in set and scenic design. His accolades include the Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for The Whipping Man, Book Of Days, Dinner At Eight, My Old Lady, Tartuffe, The Heiress, Burn This, Fifth Of July, A Life In The Theatre, and Knock Knock. He received Set Design honors from the Obie Awards for Engaged, Down By River... Battle of Angels, and The Mound Builders. Beatty earned Outstanding Set Designs in the Musical category from the Drama Desk Awards for Wonderful Town. His Outstanding Set Designs in the Play category from the Drama Desk Awards include Twentieth Century, Dinner at Eight, My Old Lady, Comic Potential, Ivanov, 5th of July, Talley's Folly, and Hide and Seek. Additionally, he won Best Set Design from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Hide and Seek and Talley's Folly. His work on Talley's Folly also garnered the Best Scenic Design at the Tony Awards and Outstanding Set Design from the Drama Desk Awards. He received the Outstanding Body of Work award from The Lortels as well.
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