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BIO

Kenneth Posner designs extensively on Broadway, off-Broadway, for resident theatres, and touring productions throughout the United States as well as internationally.


Some of his Broadway work includes Pretty Woman, Mean Girls, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, On Your Feet, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Cinderella, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, The Coast of Utopia-Shipwrecked, and Wicked.
He is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle and OBIE Awards.

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Productions

Kinky Boots
 
[US Tour, 2025]
Lighting Design
DoubtDoubt
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Lighting Design
Mean Girls (Non-Equity)Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
 
[US Tour, 2023]
Lighting Designer
Once Upon a One More TimeOnce Upon a One More Time
 
[Broadway, 2023]
Lighting Designer
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
 
[US Tour, 2022]
Lighting Design
Kinky BootsKinky Boots
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Lighting Designer
Mr. Saturday NightMr. Saturday Night
 
[Broadway, 2022] [Replacement]
Lighting Designer[Replacement]
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Lighting Designer
Take Me OutTake Me Out
 
[Broadway, 2022]
Lighting Designer
Wicked West EndWicked West End
 
[West End, 2021]
Lighting Designer
Pretty WomanPretty Woman
 
[West End, 2021]
Lighting Design
Pretty WomanPretty Woman
 
[US Tour, 2020]
Lighting Design
The PerplexedThe Perplexed
 
[Off-Broadway, 2020]
Lighting Designer
On Your FeetOn Your Feet
 
[West End, 2019]
Lighting Design
Long LostLong Lost
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Lighting Designer
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Lighting Designer
My Very Own British InvasionMy Very Own British Invasion
 
[Milburn, NJ (Regional), 2019]
Lighting Designer
BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice
 
[Washington, DC (Regional), 2018]
Lighting Designer
Pretty WomanPretty Woman
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Design
Half TimeHalf Time
 
[Milburn, NJ (Regional), 2018]
Lighting Designer
Mean GirlsMean Girls
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
Pretty WomanPretty Woman
 
[Chicago, 2018]
Lighting Design
Amy and the OrphansAmy and the Orphans
 
[Off-Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
John Lithgow: Stories By HeartJohn Lithgow: Stories By Heart
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
Mean GirlsMean Girls
 
[Washington, DC (Regional), 2017]
Lighting Design
On Your FeetOn Your Feet
 
[US Tour, 2017]
Lighting Design
A ParallelogramA Parallelogram
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Design
War PaintWar Paint
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
If I ForgetIf I Forget
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
Finding NeverlandFinding Neverland
 
[US Tour, 2016]
Lighting Designer
War PaintWar Paint
 
[Chicago, 2016]
Lighting Designer
Tuck EverlastingTuck Everlasting
 
[Broadway, 2016]
Lighting Designer
Gotta DanceGotta Dance
 
[Chicago, 2015]
Lighting Designer
On Your FeetOn Your Feet
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Design
If/ThenIf/Then
 
[US Tour, 2015]
Lighting Designer
Kinky BootsKinky Boots
 
[West End, 2015]
Lighting Designer
WaitressWaitress
 
[Boston, 2015]
Lighting Designer
Finding NeverlandFinding Neverland
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Design
Rodgers + Hammerstein's CinderellaRodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
 
[US Tour, 2014]
Lighting Design
PippinPippin
 
[US Tour, 2014]
Lighting Design
Kinky BootsKinky Boots
 
[US Tour, 2014]
Lighting Design
If/ThenIf/Then
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Lighting Designer
Far From HeavenFar From Heaven
 
[Off-Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
PippinPippin
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
Kinky BootsKinky Boots
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
Rodgers + Hammerstein's CinderellaRodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
Catch Me If You CanCatch Me If You Can
 
[US Tour, 2012]
Lighting Designer
GiantGiant
 
[Off-Broadway, 2012]
Lighting Designer
HarveyHarvey
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Lighting Designer
Gore Vidal's The Best ManGore Vidal's The Best Man
 
[Broadway, 2012]
Lighting Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
Relatively SpeakingRelatively Speaking
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
Death Takes a HolidayDeath Takes a Holiday
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
Catch Me If You CanCatch Me If You Can
 
[Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
Other Desert CitiesOther Desert Cities
 
[Off-Broadway, 2011]
Lighting Designer
EllingElling
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
A Life in the TheatreA Life in the Theatre
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Mrs. Warren's ProfessionMrs. Warren's Profession
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Me, Myself & IMe, Myself & I
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Lend Me a TenorLend Me a Tenor
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
The Miracle WorkerThe Miracle Worker
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Mr. & Mrs. FitchMr. & Mrs. Fitch
 
[Off-Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
Legally BlondeLegally Blonde
 
[West End, 2010]
Lighting Designer
The UnderstudyThe Understudy
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
The Royal FamilyThe Royal Family
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
Our House
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
The Toxic AvengerThe Toxic Avenger
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
WickedWicked
 
[US Tour, 2009]
Lighting Designer
The Savannah Disputation
 
[Off-Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
Good Boys and True
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Lighting Designer
The New Century
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Lighting Designer
Parlour Song
 
[Off-Broadway, 2008]
Lighting Designer
The HomecomingThe Homecoming
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
HairsprayHairspray
 
[West End, 2007]
Lighting Designer
GreaseGrease
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
Legally BlondeLegally Blonde
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
The Pirate QueenThe Pirate Queen
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
WickedWicked
 
[Los Angeles, 2007]
Lighting Designer
The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - ShipwreckThe Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - Shipwreck
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Lighting Designer
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
 
[US Tour, 2006]
Lighting Designer
Satellites
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Lighting Designer
Lestat
 
[Broadway, 2006]
Lighting Designer
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
 
[Off-Broadway, 2006]
Lighting Designer
Hairspray
 
[Las Vegas, 2006]
Lighting Designer
The Odd CoupleThe Odd Couple
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Wicked
 
[Chicago, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Glengarry Glen RossGlengarry Glen Ross
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Wicked (1st National Tour)Wicked (1st National Tour)
 
[US Tour, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsDirty Rotten Scoundrels
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Little WomenLittle Women
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
 
[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2004]
Lighting Designer
The FrogsThe Frogs
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer
Hairspray
 
[Toronto, 2004]
Lighting Designer
Can-Can
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer
Valhalla
 
[Off-Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
WickedWicked
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
Hairspray
 
[US Tour, 2003]
Lighting Designer
Wicked
 
[San Francisco (Regional), 2003]
Lighting Designer
A Little Night Music
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
F-ing A
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
Imaginary Friends
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
HairsprayHairspray
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
The Man Who Had All The Luck
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
The Smell of the Kill
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
Monster
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
Hobson's Choice
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
Music from a Sparkling Planet
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Designer
tick, tick... BOOM!
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Assistant Lighting Designer
Assistant Lighting Designer
The Credeaux Canvas
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Lighting Designer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
 
[Broadway, 2001]
Lighting Designer
The Winter's Tale
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
Uncle Vanya
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
The Waverly Gallery
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
The Altruists
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
The Wild Party
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
The Play About the Baby
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
Swing!
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
Give Me Your Answer, Do!
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
That Championship Season
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
2.5 Minute Ride
 
[Off-Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
The Lion in Winter
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
Little Me
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
Side Man
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
Labor Day
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
Side Man
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
A View From the Bridge
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
Pride's Crossing
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
Misalliance
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
As Bees in Honey Drown
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
Collected Stories
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
The Little Foxes
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
Dealer's Choice
 
[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
The Rehearsal
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Lighting Designer
Nine Armenians
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Lighting Designer
The Blues are Running
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Assistant Lighting Designer
Cowgirls
 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Lighting Designer
Getting Away With Murder
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Lighting Designer
The Father
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Lighting Designer
Wake Up, I'm Fat
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
Endgame
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
The Radical Mystique
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
The Rose Tattoo
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
The Scarlet Letter
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
A Cheever Evening
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
Suburbia
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
The Swan
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Sophistry
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Marisol
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Time on Fire
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
On the Open Road
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
On the Bum
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
The Madame MacAdam Traveling Theatre
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Flaubert's Latest
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Spike Heels
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Ruthless!
 
[Off-Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Walking the Dead
 
[Off-Broadway, 1991]
Lighting Designer
Machinal
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Lighting Designer
Come as You Are
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Lighting Designer
Emerald City
 
[Off-Broadway, 1988]
Lighting Designer

Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner, Beetlejuice

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Kenneth Posner, War Paint

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Kenneth Posner, On Your Feet


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Finding Neverland

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Pippin

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Pippin

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Cinderella

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner, Kinky Boots

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner, Pippin

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Drama Desk Awards - 2012 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Death Takes a Holiday

Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Kenneth Posner, Other Desert Cities

Tony Awards - 2011 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Kenneth Posner, The Merchant of Venice

Drama Desk Awards - 2009 - Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical

Kenneth Posner, 9 to 5

Olivier Awards - 2008 - Best Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Hairspray

Olivier Awards - 2007 - Best Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Wicked


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2007 - Special Achievement in Design

Kenneth Posner, The Coast of Utopia


winner
Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Kenneth Posner, The Coast of Utopia


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, The Coast of Utopia

Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kenneth Posner, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2004 - Best Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Wicked

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Wicked

The Lortels - 2004 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Valhalla

Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Wicked


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Wicked


winner
Obie Awards - 2003 - Sustained excellence of lighting design

Kenneth Posner

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Hairspray

Tony Awards - 2003 - Best Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Hairspray


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2001 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Tony Awards - 2001 - Best Direction of a Play

Kenneth Posner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, The Wild Party


winner
The Lortels - 2000 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth PosnerGive Me Your Answer, Do! and The Wild Party


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner


winner
The Lortels - 1998 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth PosnerPride’s Crossing and Side Man

Drama Desk Awards - 1997 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Pride's Crossing / A View from the Bridge

Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Kenneth Posner, Machinal

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Photos: Omari Collins, Noah Silverman and More in KINKY BOOTS North American Tour Photo
Photos: Omari Collins, Noah Silverman and More in KINKY BOOTS North American Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 24, 2025

You can now get a first look at photos of the North American Tour of Kinky Boots. Leading the tour are Omari Collins “Scarlett D. Von'Du” as Lola, Noah Silverman as Charlie Price, Sophia Gunter as Lauren, and more.
DRAG RACE Winner Onya Nurve Exits KINKY BOOTS National Tour Photo
DRAG RACE Winner Onya Nurve Exits KINKY BOOTS National Tour
by Michael Major - Nov 18, 2025

RuPaul's Drag Race winner Onya Nurve, aka Justin Woody, has exited the upcoming national tour of Kinky Boots. While no specific reason was given, the production revealed that Omari Collins ('Scarlett D. Von'Du') will be taking over the role of Lola.
Review: WICKED at Shea's Buffalo Theatre Photo
Review: WICKED at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
by Michael Rabice - Nov 14, 2025

Everything Oz continues to enchant and enamor. The national touring production of WICKED landed at Shea's Buffalo Theatre this week. And like that infamous house that dropped from the sky, WICKED has an impact that rivals any of even the most famous Disney musicals. The 2003 Broadway musical was made into a two part movie and after breaking boxoffice records last year with Part I, Part II will be released this month. Audiences will no doubt clamor to the cinemas like the audiences that continue to flock to see the slick stage musical.
KINKY BOOTS Will Open The Broadway In Santa Barbara Series At The Granada Theatre Photo
KINKY BOOTS Will Open The Broadway In Santa Barbara Series At The Granada Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2025

The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS as the opener of the 25–26 BROADWAY IN SANTA BARBARA Series at The Granada Theatre, running December 9–10, 2025. 
KINKY BOOTS Begins Performances At The Bank Of America Performing Arts Center In Dece Photo
KINKY BOOTS Begins Performances At The Bank Of America Performing Arts Center In December
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2025

The American Theatre Guild will present the Tony and Grammy Award–winning musical KINKY BOOTS at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center for a three-day engagement from December 12–14, 2025, as part of the 25–26 Broadway in Thousand Oaks Series. 
Review: WICKED at Proctors Theatre Photo
Review: WICKED at Proctors Theatre
by Peyton VanDerheyden - Nov 1, 2025

What did our critic think of WICKED at Proctors Theatre? The WICKED national tour has seen nearly 25 million patrons across the country, and for good reason.
Tickets Now on Sale For BEETLEJUICE in London Photo
Tickets Now on Sale For BEETLEJUICE in London
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2025

Beetlejuice The Musical is ready to haunt the West End. Beetlejuice crosses the pond next year, where it will make its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre.
Tickets to BEETLEJUICE at the Kravis Center to go on Sale This Week Photo
Tickets to BEETLEJUICE at the Kravis Center to go on Sale This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 28, 2025

Single tickets for the North American Tour of BEETLEJUICE, the edgy and irreverent Broadway smash hit musical comedy, will go on sale at The Raymond F. Kravis Center this week. Learn more!
Dates Set For BEETLEJUICE: THE MUSICAL in the West End Photo
Dates Set For BEETLEJUICE: THE MUSICAL in the West End
by Stephi Wild - Oct 22, 2025

Beetlejuice: The Musical will make its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre, with performances beginning in May 2026. Now, the dates have been set for the upcoming run.
Meet the Full Cast for KINKY BOOTS Tour Photo
Meet the Full Cast for KINKY BOOTS Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 20, 2025

Discover the full cast for KINKY BOOTS North American tour, featuring stars like Onya Nurver. Get details on cities and ticket info!
Review: MYTHIC at Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park Photo
Review: MYTHIC at Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park
by Ana-Brit Asplen - Oct 7, 2025

Mythic is the latest in the line of musicals adapted from Greek mythology, and it is making its anticipated U.S. premiere right now. With the aim of getting this show to Broadway, this production went all out with its cast and creative team. Featuring a pop-rock score by Oran Eldor and Marcus Stevens, locals should flock to see this production as it makes progression.
BEETLEJUICE Broadway: Lottery & Rush Ticket Details Revealed Photo
BEETLEJUICE Broadway: Lottery & Rush Ticket Details Revealed
by Michael Major - Oct 6, 2025

Discover BEETLEJUICE Broadway's Digital Lottery and Rush Ticket policies for $45 and $49 tickets. Get all the essential details now!
Tickets to KINKY BOOTS at Proctors Are On Sale Now Photo
Tickets to KINKY BOOTS at Proctors Are On Sale Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2025

Get ready to kick up your heels with the return of the heartwarming hit musical, KINKY BOOTS! KINKY BOOTS will play Proctors in Schenectady as part of the 2025-26 Broadway season.
Emily Lane, Vivian Panka, and More Will Lead MEAN GIRLS UK Tour; Full Dates Revealed Photo
Emily Lane, Vivian Panka, and More Will Lead MEAN GIRLS UK Tour; Full Dates Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Oct 3, 2025

Initial casting and full tour dates have been revealed for the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL. Learn more about the show here!
Video: Michael Park Sings 'Rebellious Children' in MYTHIC at Cincinnati Playhouse in Photo
Video: Michael Park Sings 'Rebellious Children' in MYTHIC at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
by Michael Major - Sep 26, 2025

Watch a video of Michael Park singing 'Rebellious Children' as 'Zeus' in Mythic at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. MYTHIC, a new pop-rock musical comedy with Broadway ambitions premiered in the U.S. on Sept. 25.
KINKY BOOTS is Coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts Photo
KINKY BOOTS is Coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 25, 2025

Kinky Boots will play San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts as a special add-on of Broadway San Jose’s 2025/26 Season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
BEETLEJUICE: THE MUSICAL Will Transfer to the West End Next Year Photo
BEETLEJUICE: THE MUSICAL Will Transfer to the West End Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2025

Following multiple smash-hit Broadway runs and a major US tour, Beetlejuice: The Musical will make its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, with performances beginning in May 2026.
KINKY BOOTS Comes to The Weidner Next Year Photo
KINKY BOOTS Comes to The Weidner Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Sep 17, 2025

Get ready to kick up your heels with the return of the heartwarming hit musical, KINKY BOOTS! Kinky Boots will play The Weidner in Green Bay as part of the 2025-26 Broadway In Green Bay Series on January 20, 2026.
BEETLEJUICE Will Celebrate Return to Broadway With '41 Days of October' Events Photo
BEETLEJUICE Will Celebrate Return to Broadway With '41 Days of October' Events
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2025

Beetlejuice is heading back to Broadway next month, beginning performances Wednesday, October 8 at The  Palace Theatre. The production will celebrate this Halloween on Broadway with 41 days of fun for fans.
BEETLEJUICE Cancels Greensboro Tour Stop Ahead of Broadway Return Photo
BEETLEJUICE Cancels Greensboro Tour Stop Ahead of Broadway Return
by Joshua Wright - Aug 21, 2025

In a statement, the Tanger Center has shared that due to unforeseen circumstances, all performances of BEETLEJUICE, September 2nd through September 7th in Greensboro have been canceled.
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What awards has Kenneth Posner been nominated for?

Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Beetlejuice, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for War Paint, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for On Your Feet, Best Lighting Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Finding Neverland, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Pippin, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Pippin, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Cinderella, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Kinky Boots, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Pippin, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Death Takes a Holiday , Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Other Desert Cities , Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Merchant of Venice, Outstanding Lighting Design in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for 9 to 5 , Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Hairspray, Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Wicked, Special Achievement in Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Best Lighting Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Wicked, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Wicked, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Valhalla, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Wicked, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Wicked, Sustained excellence of lighting design (Obie Awards), Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hairspray , Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Hairspray, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club), Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Wild Party, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Give Me Your Answer, Do! and The Wild Party, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards), Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Pride’s Crossing and Side Man, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Pride's Crossing / A View from the Bridge and Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Machinal.

What awards has Kenneth Posner won?

Kenneth Posner has won several prestigious awards for his lighting design work. These include Best Lighting Design from the BroadwayWorld Awards for Finding Neverland and Wicked. He received Special Achievement in Design at The Hewes Awards for The Coast of Utopia. Posner won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play for The Coast of Utopia, as well as Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for the same production. He earned Outstanding Lighting Design from the Drama Desk Awards for Wicked, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club). Additionally, he was honored with the Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design award from the Obie Awards. Posner received Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortel Awards for Give Me Your Answer, Do!, The Wild Party, Pride’s Crossing, and Side Man.

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