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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
John Lee Beatty Biography (1948-)
Surname rhymes with "Katie"; born April 4, 1948, in Palo Alto, CA; son of Shelton R. E. Lee (a college dean) and Caroline Dorothea (an educator; maiden name, Burtis) Beatty. Addresses: Office: 107 West 86th St., New York, NY10024.; Agent: Writers and Artists Agency, 19 West 44th St., Suite 1000, NewYork, NY 10036-6095.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Set designer
- Birth Details
- April 4, 1948
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Work
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Set Designer
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Baal, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1974
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Battle of Angels, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1974
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Some People, Some Other People, and What They Finally Do, Stage 73, New York City, 1974
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The Mound Builders, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1975
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Down by the River Where Waterlilies Are Disfigured Every Day, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1975
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Knock, Knock, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1976
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The Innocents, Morosco Theatre, New York, City, 1976
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Rebel Women, New York Shakespeare Festival, Newman Theatre, New York City, 1976
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Tribute to Lili Lamont, Circle Repertory Company, Circle RepertoryTheatre, 1976
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Mrs. Murray's Farm, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1976
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Serenading Louie, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1976
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Ashes, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1977
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A Life in the Theatre, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1977
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The Water Engine, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, then NewYork Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, later Plymouth Theatre, New York City, all 1978
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Catsplay, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978
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The Rear Column, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978
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Ulysses in Traction, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1978
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Lulu, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1978
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The Middle Ages, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1978
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Lone Canoe, or the Explorer, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1979
- (And costume designer) No Time for Comedy, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1979
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Faith Healer, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1979
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Whoopee!, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New YorkCity, 1979
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The Woods, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1979
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The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1979
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Ain't Misbehavin', Manhattan Theatre Club, then Longacre Theatre,New York City, later London, all 1979
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Goodman Theatre, 1979
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Reunion, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1979
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Talley's Folly, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, and Goodman Theatre, Chicago, both 1979 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1980 later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1980
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The Fifth of July, Circle Repertory Company, Center Theatre Group,Ahmanson Theatre, 1980 then New Apollo Theatre, New York City, 1980-1982
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The Diviners, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre,1980
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Holiday, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, 1980
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The Lady and the Clarinet, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre,1980
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Broadway, The Acting Company, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1980
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Biography, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1980
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Johnny on a Spot, Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn,NY, 1980
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Hide and Seek, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1980
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Crimes of the Heart, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1980 then Helen HayesTheatre, New York City, 1980 and John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1981 later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, 1982
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Close of Play, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1981
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The Five O'Clock Girl, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1981
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The Wild Duck, Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1981
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Fools, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1981
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Duet for One, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1982
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The Curse of an Aching Heart, Little Theatre, New York City, 1982
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Is There Life after High School?, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1982
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Livin' Dolls, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1982
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Monday after the Miracle, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1982
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Alice in Wonderland, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1982-1983
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What I Did Last Summer, Circle Repertory Company, Circle RepertoryTheatre, 1982
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Angels Fall, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1982
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The Sea Gull, Circle Repertory Company, American Place Theatre, 1983
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The Fifth of July, Longacre Theatre, 1983
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Passion, Longacre Theatre, 1983
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The Middle Ages, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1983
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Baby, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1983-1984
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After the Fall, Playhouse 91, New York City, 1984
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In Celebration, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
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Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
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Other Places, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
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The Miss Firecracker Contest, Manhattan Theatre Club, then Westside Arts Theatre, New York City, both 1984
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Hamlet, Folger Theatre, Washington, DC, 1985
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The Octette Bridge Club, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1985
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Angelo's Wedding, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1985
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Penn and Teller, Westside Arts Theatre, 1985 then Ritz Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988 later Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1991
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It's Only a Play, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1986
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Principia Scriptoriae, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1986
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Loot, Manhattan Theatre Club, then Music Box Theatre, both 1986
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The Philadelphia Story, Hartman Theatre, 1986
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Ain't Misbehavin', GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, then Studio ArenaTheatre, Buffalo, NY, later Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, all 1986
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The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA, 1986
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Talley and Son, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
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Tomorrow's Monday, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
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Caligula, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
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The Mound Builders, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
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Quiet in the Land, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
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The Nerd, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1987
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Burn This, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988
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Men Should Weep, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1988
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Ain't Misbehavin', Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
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Brilliant Traces, Circle Repertory Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1989
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What the Butler Saw, Manhattan Theatre Club (some sources cite Stage 1, City Center Theatre), 1989
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Aristocrats, Stage 1, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1989
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Eleemosynary, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1989
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The Rover, Goodman Theatre, 1989
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Rebel Armies Deep into Chad, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1989
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Look Homeward, Angel, Syracuse Stage, 1989
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Beside Herself, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1989
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Oh, Hell, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1989
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Twelfth Night, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1989
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A Flea in Her Ear, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1989
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Road to Mecca, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1990
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Bad Habits, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1990
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The Cemetary Club, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1990
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Love Letters, Canon Theatre, Los Angeles, 1990
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RE: Joyce, Long Wharf Theatre, 1990
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The Taming of the Shrew, New York Shakespeare Festival, DelacorteTheatre, 1990
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The Voysey Inheritance, Long Wharf Theatre, 1990
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The Sum of Us, Cherry Lane Theatre, 1990-1991
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Mr. Gogol and Mr. Preen, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1991
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Absent Friends, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1991
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Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Manhattan Theatre Club (some sources cite Stage 1, City Center Theatre), 1991
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Song of Singapore, Theatre at 17 Irving Place, 1991
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The Substance of Fire, Lincoln Center Theatre, 1991 then Mitzi E.Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1992
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Children, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1991
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Penn and Teller: The Refrigerator Tour, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1991
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It's Only a Play, James A. Doolittle Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
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The Most Happy Fella, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1992
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A Small Family Business, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1992
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The Real Inspector Hound [and] The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, Criterion Theatre, 1992
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The Price, Criterion Theatre, 1992
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The Destiny of Me, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1992-1993
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Black Comedy/White Liars: Two Plays of the 60s, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1993
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Anna Christie, Criterion Theatre, 1993
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The Sisters Rosensweig, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1993-1994
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Redwood Curtain, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1993
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White Lairs and Black Comedy, Criterion Theatre, 1993
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
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Fiorello!, City Center Theatre, 1994
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Allegro, City Center Theatre, 1994
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Lady in the Dark, City Center Theatre, 1994
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Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Criterion Theatre, 1994
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They Call Me Madam, City Center Theatre, 1995
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The Heiress, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1995
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Out of This World, City Center Theatre, 1995
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Pal Joey, City Center Theatre, 1995
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My Thing of Love, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1995
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The Father, Criterion Theatre, 1996
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DuBarry Was a Lady, City Center Theatre, 1996
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One Touch of Venus, City Center Theatre, 1996
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A Delicate Balance, Plymouth Theatre, 1996
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Chicago, City Center Theatre, 1996 then Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1996-1997 later Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1997-?
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Once upon a Mattress, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1996-1997
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An American Daughter, Cort Theatre, 1997
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The Little Foxes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1997
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The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1997-1998
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Proposals, Broadhurst Theatre, 1997-1998
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Ivanov, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1997-1998
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The Mystery of Irma Vep, 1998
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Footloose, Richard Rodgers Theatre, 1998-2000
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Ring 'round the Moon, Belasco Theatre, 1999
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An Experiment with an Air Pump, Stage 1, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1999
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The Dinner Party, Music Box Theatre, 2000
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Proof, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2000
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Man of La Mancha, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 2000
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Comic Potential, Stage 1, Manhattan Theatre Club, 2000
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Who's on First?, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2000
- Also set designer for Sylvia, Manhattan Theatre Club; The Heiress and The Sisters Rosensweig, both Ahmanson Theatre; Burn This,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
Entertaining Mr. Sloane,
The Lady and the Clarinet,
Lips Together, Teeth Apart,
Loot,
The Substance of Fire, and A Tale Told, all Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; for off-Broadway productions of The Cryptogram,
Dog Opera, and The Playboy of the West Indies; and for regional productions of The Most Happy Fella,
Picnic, and Summer and Smoke.
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Scenic Consultant
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Strike Up the Band, City Center Theatre, 1998
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Do Re Mi, City Center Theatre, 1999
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Babes in Arms, City Center Theatre, 1999
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, City Center Theatre, 2000
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Major Tours
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Set Designer
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Ain't Misbehavin', U.S. cities, 1979
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Crimes of the Heart, U.S. cities, 1984
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Film Work
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Production Designer
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The Substance of Fire, 1996
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Television Set Designer
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Specials
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The Mound Builders, PBS, 1975
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Out of Our Father's House, PBS, 1979
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Alice in Wonderland, 1983
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Picnic, 1986
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