Brian MacDevitt
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Des Moines Performing Arts (Mar 6, 2026)
Video: P!nk Performs 'Hopeless War' From THE OUTSIDERS with Daughter Willow (Mar 2, 2026)
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Des Moines Performing Arts (Feb 26, 2026)
BIO
The 70 plus shows he designed lighting for on Broadway include Death of a Salesman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and directed by Mike Nichols, The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Fences, A Behanding in Spokane, Race, The Pillowman, Urinetown, and Into the Woods. In addition to 5 TONYs, his awards include an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a Bessie Award, and others. For dance, The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon, and many others. His designs for the Metropolitan Opera include The Enchanted Island and Doctor Atomic. Mr. MacDevitt recently directed Between Riverside and Crazy for Studio Theater in DC, Proof for Theater Three in NY and Spring Awakening at The Clarice Smith Center in Maryland. Mr. MacDevitt is on the Faculty of University of Maryland a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company.
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Productions
Awards and Nominations
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Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders
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Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders
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Brian MacDevitt, The Outsiders
Brian MacDevitt, The Minutes
Brian MacDevitt, Carousel
Brian MacDevitt, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
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Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman
Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman
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Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman
Brian MacDevitt, Death of a Salesman
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Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon
Brian MacDevitt, Fences
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Brian MacDevitt, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
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MacDevitt, The Coast of Utopia
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Brian MacDevitt, The Coast of Utopia
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Brian MacDevitt, The Coast of Utopia
Brian MacDevitt, Inherit the Wind
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Brian MacDevitt, The Coast of Utopia
Brian MacDevitt, The Color Purple
Brian MacDevitt, The Pillowman
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Brian MacDevitt, The Pillowman
Brian MacDevitt, Fiddler on the Roof
Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV
Brian MacDevitt, Fiddler on the Roof
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Brian MacDevitt, Henry IV
Brian MacDevitt, Nine
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Brian MacDevitt, Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune
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Brian MacDevitt, Long Day's Journey Into Night
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Brian MacDevitt, Nine
Brian MacDevitt, Nine
Brian MacDevitt, Urinetown
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Brian MacDevitt, Into the Woods
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Brian MacDevitt, The Invention of Love
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Brian Macdevitt, The Invention of Love
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Brian MacDevitt, The Invention Of Love
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Brian MacDevitt, An Experiment with an Air Pump
Brian MacDevitt, Night Must Fall
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Brian MacDevitt, By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea
Brian MacDevitt, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Brian MacDevitt, Love! Valour! Compassion!
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Brian MacDevitt, Three Hotels
Videos
Video: P!nk Performs 'Hopeless War' From THE OUTSIDERS with Daughter Willow
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-03-02 17:20:32
Video: Joshua Boone Records 'Little Brother' from THE OUTSIDERS
by Blair Ingenthron - 2024-07-14 15:18:24
VIDEO: Nicole Kidman Bids $100k For Hugh Jackman's Hat at THE MUSIC MAN
by Blair Ingenthron - 2022-11-27 09:59:03
VIDEO: Hugh Jackman Releases Holiday Video from the Winter Garden Theatre to Broadway
by Robert Diamond - 2021-12-25 12:01:18
VIDEO: Hugh Jackman Tributes Swings & Understudies as Kathy Voytko Fills in for Sutton Foster
by BWW Special - 2021-12-24 06:41:36
VIDEO: On This Day, March 5- Larry David's FISH IN THE DARK Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - 2019-03-05 16:25:15
VIDEO: Lucas Hedges Talks to Seth Meyers About His Broadway Debut in THE WAVERLY GALLERY
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2018-11-06 08:36:05
VIDEO: Lucas Hedges Discusses His 'Big Break' on THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Kaitlin Milligan - 2018-10-24 12:44:11
VIDEO: Justin Peck Talks CAROUSEL and His Career in Dance on SUNDAY MORNING
by Stephi Wild - 2018-04-22 19:56:39
VIDEO: THE BOOK OF MORMON Loads In at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre!
by Stephi Wild - 2018-02-06 06:58:43
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes With Frederica Von Stade in Terrence McNally's GREAT SCOTT at San Diego Opera
by Christina Mancuso - 2016-05-04 13:22:28
VIDEO: Michelle Williams Says Shia LaBeouf Was CABARET'S 'Best Audience Member Ever!'
by Caryn Robbins - 2016-04-26 09:52:44
VIDEO: Larry David Returns to SNL As An Apologetic Bernie Sanders
by Louisa Brady - 2016-03-13 10:43:49
VIDEO: Larry David Spoofs 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'; Co-Stars with Bernie Sanders on SNL
by Caryn Robbins - 2016-02-08 09:32:17
News
by Jared Fessler - Mar 6, 2026
On February 27, 2026, I made the drive from Minneapolis down to the Des Moines Performing Arts Civic Center to catch the national tour of The Outsiders. I’d been hearing a lot of buzz about the show, and since it hasn’t made its way up to Minnesota yet, I figured it was worth the road trip to see it early. Turns out, it absolutely was.
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 2, 2026
This week, P!nk is guest-hosting The Kelly Clarkson Show, and to kick things off, she took the stage to perform 'Hopeless War' from Broadway's The Outsiders alongside her daughter Willow Sage Hart. Watch the special edition of Cameo-oke now.
by DC Felton - Feb 26, 2026
Watching Tony's every year, I always look forward to the performances and seeing what each show decides to showcase. In 2024, I was captivated by the performance of 'The Outsiders' and looked forward to seeing it live. What was that moment? I'll share more on that later, but after seeing the show in New York last spring, I am thrilled that Des Moines audiences will have the opportunity to see 'The Outsiders' through Sunday as part of the Willis Broadway Series at Des Moines Performing Arts.
by Joshua Wright - Feb 25, 2026
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the North American Tour of The Outsiders. Check out all-new video of the touring cast in action.
by Elizabeth Cortes - Feb 5, 2026
The second most recent winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical is now the most recent one to tour at the Peace Center. The Outsiders, based on the English class classic by S.E. Hinton—and its attending ‘80s movie adaptation by Francis Ford Coppola—has been brought to engaging theatrical life by Adam Rapp, Justin Levine, and folk duo Jamestown Revival.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2026
The Book of Mormon, a nine-time Tony Award-winning musical, will return to The Granada Theatre. The show offers a humorous look at the journeys of two missionaries.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2026
The Book of Mormon will return to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts for an extremely limited engagement. The Broadway production is directed by Parker and two-time Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw, and choreographed by Nicholaw.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 30, 2026
THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Shea’s Buffalo Theatre for a limited engagement in 2026. The production is part of the Gallagher Encore Specials presented by Shea’s Performing Arts Center.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2026
The Book of Mormon on Broadway is turning 15 this year, and the nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical will celebrate the occasion with a few surprises.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2026
Single tickets for the Tony Award winning Best Musical, The Outsiders, based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola's landmark motion picture, are now on sale for its Playhouse Square engagement.
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 27, 2026
The Outsiders, which won four Tony Awards in 2024 (including Best Musical), has offically recouped its Broadway investment, becoming the first new musical to do so since & Juliet, which opened in 2022. The Broadway production recouped its $22 million capitalization costs as of the week ending December 28, 2025.
by AniKatrina Fageol - Jan 22, 2026
Memphis may be expecting a snowstorm but The Outsiders: A New Musical is heating things up at the Orpheum!
by Gillian Blum - Jan 17, 2026
The National Tour of The Book of Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play a strictly limited one-week engagement from February 17 through February 22 at the Harris Center in Folsom.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2026
The Book of Mormon is kicking off its 15th year on Broadway with specially priced $15 digital lottery tickets to celebrate the show marking a milestone 15 years on Broadway.
by Drew Eberhard - Jan 3, 2026
The year, 1967, the place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and its central narrative came from the scrawlings of a 16-year-old named Susan Eloise Hinton, and the rest as we know it is solidified into literary history. History so much, that it has sparked a re-birth with a new generation and with the new stage adaptation of Hinton’s subliminal novel, a pandemonium and cultural phenomenon was created.
by Sara Altea Balestra - Dec 15, 2025
Per la prima volta arriva in Italia uno dei musical di maggior successo di sempre, vincitore di nove Tony Awards e ininterrottamente in scena a Broadway dal 2011: The Book of Mormon è un musical dissacrante e irriverente, scritto da Trey Parker, Matt Stone (i creatori di South Park) e Robert Lopez (co-autore di Frozen e Avenue Q). Oltre al suo trionfale successo americano, lo spettacolo è in cartellone nel West End londinese dal 2013, dove continua a registrare il tutto esaurito.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 15, 2025
The Book of Mormon is now the tenth-longest running show on Broadway. The musical's 5,462nd performance, taking place over the weekend, surpassed the run of the original production of Beauty and the Beast.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 12, 2025
The Outsiders will tour to Grand Rapids as part of its national engagement at DeVos Performance Hall. The Tony Award–winning musical is based on the novel by S.E. Hinton.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2025
Single tickets for the Tony Award winning Best Musical, The Outsiders, based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark motion picture, are on sale now for its DeVos Peformance Hall engagement.
by Jeffrey Kare - Dec 3, 2025
Based on S. E. Hinton’s 1967 novel of the same name as well as Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film adaptation. The Outsiders is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s. The story follows Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade, and their Greaser family of ‘outsiders’ as they battle with their affluent rivals, the Socs. Together, the Greasers fight for survival and a quest for purpose in a world that doesn't accept them.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Outsiders, Outstanding Lighting Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Outsiders, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Outsiders, Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Minutes, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Carousel, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Death of a Salesman , Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Death of a Salesman , Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Book of Mormon, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Fences, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, 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, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Inherit the Wind, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Color Purple, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Pillowman , Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Pillowman, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Fiddler on the Roof , Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Henry IV, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Fiddler on the Roof, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Henry IV, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Nine , Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Nine, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Nine, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Urinetown, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Into the Woods, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Invention of Love, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Invention of Love, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Invention Of Love, utstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for An Experiment with an Air Pump, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Night Must Fall , Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design (Obie Awards) and Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Three Hotels.
Brian MacDevitt has received numerous awards for his outstanding lighting design across various productions. His accolades include the Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical Drama Desk Award for The Outsiders, as well as the Outstanding Lighting Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) Outer Critics Circle Award for the same production. He also won the Best Lighting Design of a Musical Tony Award for The Outsiders. For Death of a Salesman, MacDevitt earned the Outstanding Lighting Design Drama Desk Award and the Hewes Design Award. His work on The Book of Mormon garnered the Best Lighting Design of a Musical Tony Award. MacDevitt's lighting design for Joe Turner's Come and Gone earned him the Best Lighting Design of a Play Tony Award. He received the Outstanding Lighting Design Outer Critics Circle Award and the Special Achievement in Design Hewes Award for The Coast of Utopia, along with the Best Lighting Design of a Play Tony Award and the Outstanding Lighting Design Drama Desk Award for the same production. Additionally, he won the Best Lighting Design of a Play Tony Award for The Pillowman and the Outstanding Lighting Design Drama Desk Award for Henry IV. His lighting design achievements also include Hewes Awards for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and Nine. He received the Best Lighting Design Tony Award for Into the Woods. For The Invention of Love, MacDevitt earned the Outstanding Lighting Design Drama Desk Award, the Outstanding Lighting Design Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Hewes Award for Lighting Design. He was honored with the Outstanding Lighting Design Drama Desk Award for An Experiment with an Air Pump, the Outstanding Lighting Design Lortel Award for By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea, and the Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design Obie Award.
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