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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.

Photos

Productions

Plaza SuitePlaza Suite
 
[West End, 2024]
Set Design
Summer, 1976Summer, 1976
 
[Broadway, 2023]
Scenic Design
Chicago (Non-Equity)Chicago (Non-Equity)
 
[US Tour, 2022]
Set Designer
EpiphanyEpiphany
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Set Designer
Plaza SuitePlaza Suite
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Set Design
Bella BellaBella Bella
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Scenic Design
Long LostLong Lost
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Scenic Designer
The CakeThe Cake
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Scenic Designer
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole ChristmasDr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Set Designer
Mother of the MaidMother of the Maid
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Scenic Designer
Dan Cody's YachtDan Cody's Yacht
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Scenic Designer
ChicagoChicago
 
[West End, 2018] [Replacement]
Scenic Design[Replacement]
John Lithgow: Stories By HeartJohn Lithgow: Stories By Heart
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Set Designer
JunkJunk
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Sets
The Portuguese KidThe Portuguese Kid
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
Hood: The Robin Hood Musical AdventureHood: The Robin Hood Musical Adventure
 
[Regional (US), 2017]
Set Designer
SweatSweat
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Scenic Designer
Picasso at the Lapin AgilePicasso at the Lapin Agile
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2017]
Scenic Designer
SweatSweat
 
[Off-Broadway, 2016]
Scenic Design
Moonshine: The Hee Haw MusicalMoonshine: The Hee Haw Musical
 
[Regional (US), 2015]
Scenic Designer
Shows For DaysShows For Days
 
[Off-Broadway, 2015]
Set Design
The Heidi ChroniclesThe Heidi Chronicles
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Scenic Design
DisgracedDisgraced
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Set Design
The Country HouseThe Country House
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Set Designer
Love LettersLove Letters
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Design
King LearKing Lear
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Design
Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Design
The City of ConversationThe City of Conversation
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Sets
The Heir ApparentThe Heir Apparent
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Set Designer
Mothers and SonsMothers and Sons
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Design
Tales from Red ViennaTales from Red Vienna
 
[Off-Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Designer
Outside MullingarOutside Mullingar
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Scenic Designer
After MidnightAfter Midnight
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Scenic Designer
The Snow GeeseThe Snow Geese
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Scenic Designer
OrphansOrphans
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Scenic Designer
The Big KnifeThe Big Knife
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Sets Designer
The NanceThe Nance
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Sets Designer
An Enemy of the PeopleAn Enemy of the People
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Scenic Designer
Don't Dress for DinnerDon't Dress for Dinner
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Set Designer
Venus in FurVenus in Fur
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Scenic Designer
Venus in FurVenus in Fur
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Scenic Designer
Hugh Jackman, Back on BroadwayHugh Jackman, Back on Broadway
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
We Live HereWe Live Here
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Driving Miss DaisyDriving Miss Daisy
 
[West End, 2011]
Scenic Designer
The School for LiesThe School for Lies
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Born YesterdayBorn Yesterday
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Good PeopleGood People
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
The Whipping ManThe Whipping Man
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Scenic Designer
Driving Miss DaisyDriving Miss Daisy
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Time Stands StillTime Stands Still
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Lips Together, Teeth ApartLips Together, Teeth Apart
 
[Broadway, 2010] Cancelled
Scenic Designer
Lend Me a TenorLend Me a Tenor
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Time Stands StillTime Stands Still
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Venus in FurVenus in Fur
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
A View From The BridgeA View From The Bridge
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Scenic Designer
Broadway BoundBroadway Bound
 
[Broadway, 2009] Cancelled
Scenic Designer
Finian's RainbowFinian's Rainbow
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
Brighton Beach MemoirsBrighton Beach Memoirs
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
The Royal FamilyThe Royal Family
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
Twelfth Night
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
Accent On YouthAccent On Youth
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
Humor Abuse
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Consultant
The Savannah Disputation
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Scenic Designer
On the TownOn the Town
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
Damn YankeesDamn Yankees
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
Applause
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Scenic Designer
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
MauritiusMauritius
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
Crazy Mary
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
Stairway to Paradise
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
Face the Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
The Merchant of Venice
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
The Jew of Malta
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Scenic Designer
The Apple TreeThe Apple Tree
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Losing LouieLosing Louie
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Heartbreak HouseHeartbreak House
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
The House in Town
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Of Thee I Sing
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialThe Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
70, Girls, 70
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Defiance
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Kismet
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
Rabbit HoleRabbit Hole
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Scenic Designer
The Color PurpleThe Color Purple
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
Absurd Person SingularAbsurd Person Singular
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
A Naked Girl on the Appian WayA Naked Girl on the Appian Way
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
The Paris Letter
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
South Pacific
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
After the Night and the MusicAfter the Night and the Music
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
DoubtDoubt
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Scenic Designer
The RivalsThe Rivals
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Doubt
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Syncopation
 
[Broadway, 2004] Cancelled
Scenic Designer
Bye Bye Birdie
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Engaged
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Pardon My English
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Twentieth CenturyTwentieth Century
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Big Bill
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Can-Can
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Scenic Designer
Wonderful TownWonderful Town
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2003]
Scenic Designer
The CaretakerThe Caretaker
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
The Retreat From MoscowThe Retreat From Moscow
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
"MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
No Strings
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
The New Moon
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
House of Flowers
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
Tartuffe
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Scenic Designer
Dinner At Eight
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Book of Days
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Say Goodnight, GracieSay Goodnight, Gracie
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Consultant
In Real Life
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
My Old Lady
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Garden
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
House
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
The Pajama Game
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Morning's at Seven
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Golden Boy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
Carnival!
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
45 Seconds From Broadway
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Scenic Designer
Major Barbara
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Scenic Designer
Hair
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Scenic Designer
Bloomer Girl
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Scenic Designer
A Connecticut Yankee
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Scenic Designer
Proof
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
Comic Potential
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
The Dinner Party
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
Spinning Into Butter
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
Proof
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Designer
Wonderful Town
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
Tenderloin
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Scenic Designer
An Experiment with an Air Pump
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Scenic Designer
Do Re Mi
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Scenic Designer
Ring Round the Moon
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Scenic Designer
Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Scenic Designer
Babes in Arms
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Scenic Designer
James Naughton: Street of Dreams
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Scenic Designer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 1998]
Scenic Designer
Footloose
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Scenic Designer
The Mystery of Irma Vep
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Scenic Designer
Manhattan Music: A Performance Festival
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Designer
St. Louis Woman
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Scenic Designer
Li'l Abner
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Scenic Designer
Strike Up the Band
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Scenic Designer
Ivanov
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
ChicagoChicago
 
[West End, 1997]
Scenic Designer
Proposals
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
The Boys from Syracuse
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
The Little Foxes
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
Sympathetic Magic
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
An American Daughter
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
Promises, Promises
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
Sweet Adeline
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Scenic Designer
Once Upon a Mattress
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
ChicagoChicago
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
Chicago
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
A Delicate Balance
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
One Touch of Venus
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
One Touch of Venus
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
Du Barry Was A Lady
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
Overtime
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
The Father
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Scenic Designer
Northeast Local
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
Pal Joey
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
My Thing Of Love
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
Sylvia
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
Dog Opera
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
Out of this World
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
London Suite
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
The Cryptogram
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
The Heiress
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
Call Me Madam
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Scenic Designer
A Cheever Evening
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
The Merry Wives of Windsor
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Lady in the Dark
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Kindertransport
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Moonshot and Cosmos
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Allegro
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Fiorello!
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Scenic Designer
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
Measure for Measure
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
Playboy of the West Indies
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
Redwood Curtain
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
The Sisters Rosensweig
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
Anna Christie
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
The Last Yankee
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Scenic Designer
The Sisters Rosenweig
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
The Destiny of Me
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
The Price
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
A Small Family Business
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
Empty Hearts
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
Oklahoma!
 
[Milburn, NJ (Regional), 1992]
Scenic Designer
The Most Happy Fella
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
The Substance of Fire
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
Lips Together, Teeth Apart
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Scenic Designer
Penn & Teller Rot in Hell
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Scenic Designer
Song of Singapore
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Scenic Designer
Mr. Gogol and Mr. Preen
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Scenic Designer
Penn & Teller: The Refrigerator Tour
 
[Broadway, 1991]
Scenic Designer
The Substance of Fire
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Scenic Designer
Absent Friends
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Scenic Designer
The Sum of Us
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Scenic Designer
The Taming of the Shrew
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Scenic Designer
Prin
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Scenic Designer
The Cemetery Club
 
[Broadway, 1990]
Scenic Designer
Bad Habits
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Scenic Designer
The Devil and Billy Markham
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Love Letters
 
[Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Consultant
Beside Herself
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Titus Andronicus
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Twelfth Night or What You Will
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Florida Crackers
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Eleemosynary
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Aristocrats
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
What the Butler Saw
 
[Off-Broadway, 1989]
Scenic Designer
Ain't Misbehavin'
 
[Broadway, 1988]
Scenic Designer
V & V Only
 
[Off-Broadway, 1988]
Scenic Designer
The Road to Mecca
 
[Off-Broadway, 1988]
Scenic Designer
Woman in Mind
 
[Off-Broadway, 1988]
Scenic Designer
Only You
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
Penn & Teller
 
[Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
Burn This
 
[Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
The Lucky Spot
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
The Nerd
 
[Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
Burn This
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
Bloody Poetry
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Scenic Designer
The Hands of Its Enemy
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
The Early Girl
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
Principia Scriptoriae
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
Loot
 
[Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
Quiet in the Land
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
Loot
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
Caligula
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
The Mound Builders
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
It's Only a Play
 
[Off-Broadway, 1986]
Scenic Designer
Tomorrow's Monday
 
[Off-Broadway, 1985]
Scenic Designer
Talley & Son
 
[Off-Broadway, 1985]
Scenic Designer
The Octette Bridge Club
 
[Broadway, 1985]
Scenic Designer
In Celebration
 
[Off-Broadway, 1984]
Scenic Designer
The Miss Firecracker Contest
 
[Off-Broadway, 1984]
Scenic Designer
After the Fall
 
[Off-Broadway, 1984]
Scenic Designer
The Miss Firecracker Contest
 
[Off-Broadway, 1984]
Scenic Designer
Other Places
 
[Off-Broadway, 1984]
Scenic Designer
Baby
 
[Broadway, 1983]
Scenic Designer
The Seagull
 
[Off-Broadway, 1983]
Scenic Designer
Passion
 
[Broadway, 1983]
Scenic Designer
The Middle Ages
 
[Off-Broadway, 1983]
Scenic Designer
What I Did Last Summer
 
[Off-Broadway, 1983]
Scenic Designer
Angels Fall
 
[Broadway, 1983]
Scenic Designer
Alice in Wonderland
 
[Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
Monday After the Miracle
 
[Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
Angels Fall
 
[Off-Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
Is there life after high school?
 
[Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
Young Playwrights Festival (1982)
 
[Off-Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
Livin' Dolls
 
[Off-Off-Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
The Curse of an Aching Heart
 
[Broadway, 1982]
Scenic Designer
Duet for One
 
[Broadway, 1981]
Scenic Designer
Crimes of the Heart
 
[Broadway, 1981]
Scenic Designer
The Diviners
 
[Off-Broadway, 1981]
Scenic Designer
A Tale Told
 
[Off-Broadway, 1981]
Scenic Designer
Fools
 
[Broadway, 1981]
Scenic Designer
The Five O'Clock Girl
 
[Broadway, 1981]
Scenic Designer
Crimes of the Heart
 
[Off-Broadway, 1980]
Scenic Designer
Fifth of July
 
[Broadway, 1980]
Scenic Designer
The Diviners
 
[Off-Broadway, 1980]
Scenic Designer
Hide and Seek
 
[Broadway, 1980]
Scenic Designer
Biography
 
[Off-Broadway, 1980]
Scenic Designer
Talley's Folly
 
[Broadway, 1980]
Scenic Designer
The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs
 
[Off-Broadway, 1979]
Scenic Designer
Reunion
 
[Off-Broadway, 1979]
Scenic Designer
Talley's Folly
 
[Off-Broadway, 1979]
Scenic Designer
The Woods
 
[Off-Broadway, 1979]
Scenic Designer
Faith Healer
 
[Broadway, 1979]
Scenic Designer
Ain't Misbehavin'
 
[West End, 1979]
Scenic Designer
Whoopee!
 
[Broadway, 1979]
Scenic Designer
The Rear Column
 
[Off-Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
Catsplay
 
[Off-Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
Ain't Misbehavin'
 
[Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
Fifth of July
 
[Off-Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
Duck Variations
 
[Off-Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
Catsplay
 
[Off-Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
Lulu
 
[Off-Broadway, 1978]
Scenic Designer
The Water Engine
 
[Off-Broadway, 1977]
Scenic Designer
Ulysses in Traction
 
[Off-Broadway, 1977]
Scenic Designer
A Life in the Theatre
 
[Off-Broadway, 1977]
Scenic Designer
Ashes
 
[Off-Broadway, 1977]
Scenic Designer
A Tribute to Lili Lamont
 
[Off-Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
The Innocents
 
[Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
The Farm
 
[Off-Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
Mrs. Murray's Farm
 
[Off-Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
Rebel Women
 
[Off-Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
Serenading Louie
 
[Off-Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
Knock Knock
 
[Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
Knock Knock
 
[Off-Broadway, 1976]
Scenic Designer
The Elephant in the House
 
[Off-Broadway, 1975]
Scenic Designer
Some People, Some Other People and What They Finally Do
 
[Off-Broadway, 1974]
Scenic Designer

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)

John Lee Beatty, Epiphany

The Lortels - 2023 - Outstanding Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Epiphany

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)

John Lee Beatty, The Nance

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, The Nance

Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Other Desert Cities


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2011 - Hewes Design Award

John Lee Beatty, The Whipping Man

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2010 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family

Tony Awards - 2010 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty , The Color Purple

Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical

John Lee Beatty, The Color Purple

Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Rabbit Hole


winner
Obie Awards - 2005 - Set design

John Lee Beatty, Engaged

Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Scenic Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Doubt


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Set Designs - Musical

John Lee Beatty, Wonderful Town


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Set Designs - Play

John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Twentieth Century

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2003 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Dinner At Eight


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2003 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, My Old Lady


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2003 - Scenic Design

John Lee BeattyTartuffe


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2003 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Book Of Days

The Lortels - 2003 - Outstanding Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, My Old Lady

Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Set Design - Play

John Lee Beatty, My Old Lady


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Set Design - Play

John Lee Beatty, Dinner at Eight

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2002 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee BeattyMorning's at Seven

Tony Awards - 2002 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Morning's at Seven

The Lortels - 2001 - Outstanding Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Proof


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Drama Desk Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Set Design of a Play

John Lee Beatty, Comic Potential

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Scenic Design

John Lee Beatt, An Experiment with an Air Pump


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Drama Desk Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Set Design - Play

John Lee Beatty, Ivanov

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, The Mystery of Irma Vep

Drama Desk Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Set Design - Play

John Lee Beatty, Ivanov

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1997 - Best Set Design

John Lee Beatty, The Little Foxes

Tony Awards - 1997 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, The Little Foxes

Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, A Delicate Balance


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The Hewes Awards - 1995 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, The Heiress

Tony Awards - 1995 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, The Heiress


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The Lortels - 1993 - Outstanding Body of Work

John Lee Beatty

Tony Awards - 1993 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Redwood Curtain

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1992 - Best Set, Costume and Lighting Design

John Lee Beatty, Song of Singapore

Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, A Small Family Business

Drama Desk Awards - 1989 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Aristocrats


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The Hewes Awards - 1988 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Burn This

Drama Desk Awards - 1985 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, The Octette Bridge Club


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Drama Desk Awards - 1981 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, 5th of July


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The Hewes Awards - 1981 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Fifth Of July

Tony Awards - 1981 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Fifth of July


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Drama Desk Awards - 1980 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1980 - Best Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Hide and Seek


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Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1980 - Best Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly


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Tony Awards - 1980 - Best Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly


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Drama Desk Awards - 1979 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly


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The Hewes Awards - 1978 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, A Life In The Theatre

Drama Desk Awards - 1977 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, The Innocents

Drama Desk Awards - 1976 - Outstanding Set Design

John Lee Beatty, Knock Knock


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The Hewes Awards - 1976 - Scenic Design

John Lee Beatty, Knock Knock


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Obie Awards - 1975 - Design

John Lee Beatty, The Mound Builders


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Obie Awards - 1975 - Design

John Lee BeattyDown By River... Battle of Angels

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What awards has John Lee Beatty been nominated for?

John Lee Beatty has received numerous nominations for his work in scenic design. His nominations include: - 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 - Design (Obie Awards) for Down By River... Battle of Angels

What awards has John Lee Beatty won?

John Lee Beatty has received numerous awards for his work in set design, including: - Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for The Whipping Man - Set Design (Obie Awards) for Engaged - Outstanding Set Designs - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Wonderful Town - Outstanding Set Designs - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Twentieth Century - Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Book Of Days - 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 - Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Dinner at Eight - Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for My Old Lady - Outstanding Set Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Comic Potential - Outstanding Set Design - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Ivanov - Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Heiress - Outstanding Body of Work (The Lortels) - Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Burn This - Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for 5th of July - Scenic Design (The Hewes 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 - Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for Knock Knock - Design (Obie Awards) for Down By River... Battle of Angels - Design (Obie Awards) for The Mound Builders

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