Mimi Lien
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Mimi Lien is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company, and ...
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Mimi Lien Biography
Mimi Lien is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company, and co-founder of JACK, a performance/art space in Brooklyn. Recent work includes Signature Plays, John (Signature Theatre), War, Preludes (LCT3), The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center), Black Mountain Songs (BAM/Brooklyn Youth Chorus), Appropriate (Mark Taper Forum), and An Octoroon (Soho Rep/TFANA). Mimi's designs for dance have been presented in the Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan, and her stage designs have been exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial. Lien is a recipient of the Joan and Joseph F. Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity at Lincoln Center, Lucille Lortel Award, American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Barrymore Award, OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence, and a 2015 MacArthur Fellowship.Mimi Lien Awards and Nominations
| Drama Desk Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Set Design of a Play | ||
| Mimi Lien, Fairview | ||
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2017 - Best Scenic Design  |
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| Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Set Design for a Musical |
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| Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) |
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| Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| The Lortels - 2017 - Outstanding Scenic Design | ||
| Mimi Lien, Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro | ||
| Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical |
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| Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Set Design for a Play | ||
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| Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | ||
| Mimi Lien, John | ||
| The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Scenic Design | ||
| Mimi Lien, John | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Set Design | ||
| Mimi Lien, An Octoroon | ||
| The Lortels - 2014 - Outstanding Scenic Design |
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| Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Set Design | ||
| Mimi Lien, The Whale | ||
| The Hewes Awards - 2013 - Hewes Design Award |
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| Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 | ||
| Obie Awards - 2012 - Sustained Excellence of Set Design |
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| Obie Awards - 2012 - Sustained Excellence of Set Design |
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Mimi Lien News
Live Arts Presents Shamel Pitts I TRIBE's TOUCH OF REDby A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2023
New York Live Arts (Live Arts) presents the New York premiere of Touch of RED, a new work by the award-winning movement artist Shamel Pitts, co-created and performed by his Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE. Drawing inspiration from two distinct arts requiring rapid-fire footwork – boxing and the African-American jazz dance style Lindy Hop – this ten-round duet is performed by Pitts and Tushrik Fredericks who debuted with the Afrofuturistic collective in the critically-acclaimed 2022 show BLACK HOLE: Trilogy and Triathlon.
Video: SWEENEY TODD's 26-Piece Orchestra Comes To Life! Get A First Look!by A.A. Cristi - Mar 1, 2023
The Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford is on the way! Below, get a first peek at the show's astounding 26-piece orchestra conducted by Tony Award-winner Alex Lacamoire! See the video here!
World Premiere of THE COTILLION by Colette Robert to be Presented at A.R.T./New York in Mayby Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 1, 2023
New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company will present The Harriet Holland Social Club Presents The 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of The Renaissance Hotel (aka The Cotillion) written and directed by Colette Robert.
Pamela Sneed to Lead Celebration Of The Juke Joint In Park Avenue Armory's Making Space Public Programming Seriesby Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 28, 2023
Park Avenue Armory's Making Space public programming series will present the second program it its 2023 season, Juke Joint, Friday, March 31st and Saturday, April 1st.
SWEENEY TODD Announces Digital Lotteryby Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2023
A digital lottery has been announced for the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Learn more about the show and how to enter the lottery and win a ticket!
Making Space At The Armory Releases Full Schedule Of Public Events For SYMPOSIUM: SOUND & COLOR " THE FUTURE OF RACE IN DESIGNby A.A. Cristi - Jan 5, 2023
Park Avenue Armory announces the full schedule of public events Symposium: Sound & Color - The Future of Race in Design, an interdisciplinary forum exploring how race matters in creative design for live performance, especially in the current moment of creative, technological, and cultural unrest.
Full Cast Announced For SWEENEY TODD Starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashfordby Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2023
The full cast has been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford (Sunday in the Park with George).
Final Standings Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awardsby BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2022
The final standings have been announced as of Tuesday, December 27th for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!
Park Avenue Armory Announces Six Micro-Commissions For Symposium: Sound & Color " The Future Of Race In Designby Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022
Park Avenue Armory has announced six micro-commissions to be presented on Saturday, January 14 and Sunday, January 15, 2023 as part of Symposium: Sound & Color - The Future of Race in Design.
Jordan Fisher, Ruthie Ann Miles, Gaten Matarazzo, and More Join SWEENEY TODD; Full Principal Casting Announced!by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2022
Attend the tale! Full principal casting has been announced for the upcoming Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. Find out who will be starring in this new revival here!
Mimi Lien Videos
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2022
After closing during previews two years ago due to the pandemic, this March The Shed presents the world premiere of Help, a new play by acclaimed author and poet Claudia Rankine (Just Us, Citizen: An American Lyric), directed by Obie Award–winner Taibi Magar (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Signature Theater; Is God Is, Soho Rep).
by Stage Tube - Jun 2, 2020
Dave Malloy made an exciting announcement on Shotgun Players' 2020 Sassafras Virtual Gala! He announced that Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 will have its West Coast premiere as part of Shotgun's spring 2021 season.
by Stage Tube - Dec 3, 2019
Moby-Dick begins previews tonight, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. It opens Wednesday, December 11, and plays through Sunday, January 12, 2020. Tickets on sale now: online at AmericanRepertoryTheater.org, by phone at 617.547.8300, and in person at the Loeb Drama Center Ticket Services Offices (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge).
by Stage Tube - Nov 21, 2019
Moby-Dick is coming soon to American Repertory Theater. Choreographer Chanel DaSilva shares the how the choreography of Moby-Dick comes to life in an all new video.
by Stage Tube - Oct 2, 2018
New clips have been released from THE GREAT COMET in Sao Paolo, Brazil! Check out the videos below to see Anatole's entrance in The Opera, as well as The Abduction, from the production!
by Alan Henry - Aug 27, 2018
BroadwayWorld has a first look at THE GREAT COMET in Sao Paolo, Brazil! Check out video highlights from the production below!
by BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 4, 2018
Winners for the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced just last night at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk's mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the 2017-2018 New York Theater season in the same competitive categories.
by Stage Tube - Sep 11, 2017
Lucas Steele received a 2017 Tony Award nomination for his performance as the dastardly Anatole in the Broadway spectacle Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. In the wake of the show's closing, the young star has released a short film titled, 'One Last Time' depicting one final trip to Broadway's Imperial Theater.
by Stage Tube - Sep 3, 2017
NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 played its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, September 3rd at the Imperial Theatre. The company has kissed their last gypsy lovers and Andrey is finally here, the only thing left is to say goodbye. Director Rachel Chavkin took the stage at the final curtain call and gave a heartfelt speech of thanks and farewell, watch below.
by Julie Musbach - Sep 3, 2017
The New York Times' newest Daily 360 video bids farewell to NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. Join the fray as the camera takes you inside 'The Abduction' below!
