Broadway credits include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Assassins (Tony Award nomination), set and club design for the critically acclaimed revival of Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls (Tony Award nomination), Buried Child, Design for Living, A Streetcar Named Desire, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and others. His other credits include Frozen (Disney California), as well as numerous opera World premieres, including Moby-Dick, Cold Mountain, Everest, Doubt, The Manchurian Candidate, and It's a Wonderful Life. He has designed for the Whitney Museum of American Art, BAM, Radio City Music Hall, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and many others. Robert is a founding member of Sledgehammer Theatre, a recipient of the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration, and professor of scenic design at University of California San Diego.
Robert Brill, Hell's Kitchen
Robert Brill, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
Robert Brill, Guys and Dolls
Robert Brill, Assassins
Robert Brill, Assassins
Robert Brill, Cabaret
Robert Brill, The Mineola Twins
Robert Brill, The Mineola Twins
Robert Brill, Cabaret
Robert Brill has been nominated for several awards for his scenic design work in various Broadway productions. These nominations include Best Scenic Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Hell's Kitchen," "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations," and "Guys and Dolls." He was also nominated for Outstanding Set Designs - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Assassins" and won for Best Scenic Design at the Tony Awards for the same production. Brill received a nomination for Outstanding Set Design - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Cabaret" and won the Scenic Design category at The Hewes Awards for "The Mineola Twins." Additionally, he won Outstanding Scenic Design at The Lortels for "The Mineola Twins" and another nomination for Outstanding Set Design - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Cabaret."
Robert Brill has won the following awards: Outstanding Set Designs - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Assassins, Outstanding Set Design - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Cabaret, Scenic Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Mineola Twins, and Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for The Mineola Twins.
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