Tony Walton Biography (1934-)

Full name, Anthony John Walton; born October 24, 1934 (some sources say 1935), in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England; son of Lancelot Henry Frederick (an orthopedic surgeon) and Hilda Betty (maiden name, Drew) Walton; married JulieAndrews (a singer and actress), May 10, 1959 (divorced, 1968); married Genevieve LeRoy, September 12, 1991; children: (first marriage) Emma Kate, (stepchild) Bridget. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 40 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019-4098.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Production designer, costume designer, set designer, production supervisor, producer, director, author, illustrator
Birth Details: October 24, 1934; Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Set and Costume Designer
Conversation Piece, Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, New York City, 1957
Valmouth, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1958 then York Theatre, New York City, 1960
(And producer) The Ginger Man, Fortune Theatre, London, 1959
Pieces of Eight, Apollo Theatre, London, 1959
Fool's Paradise, London, 1959
Most Happy Fella, Coliseum Theatre, London, 1960
One over the Eight, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1961
A Wreath for Udomo, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1961
Once There Was a Russian, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1961
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Alvin Theatre, NewYork City, 1962 then Strand Theatre, London, 1963 revived at Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1986
Cindy-Ella, Garrick Theatre, London, 1962
The Love of Three Oranges, Sadler's Wells Opera Company, Sadler'sWells, England, 1963
The Rape of Lucretia, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then King's Theatre, London, both 1963
Caligula, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1964
Golden Boy, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1964 then Palladium Theatre, London, 1968
Otello, Spoleto Festival, Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, Italy, 1965
The Apple Tree, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1966
Midsummer Marriage, Royal Opera House, London, 1968
In His Own Write, A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion, and The Covent Garden Tragedy (triple-bill), National Theatre, London, 1968
The Travails of Sancho Panza, National Theatre, London, 1969
Pippin, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1972 then Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1973
Once Upon a Time, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1972
Uncle Vanya, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1973
Shelter, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1973
The Good Doctor, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1974
Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell Revue, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1975
The Cunning Little Vixen, Santa Fe Opera Festival, Santa Fe, NM, 1975
Drinks before Dinner, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1978
Double Feature, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1979
Little Me, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1982 then Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1984
(And production designer) Anything Goes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,New York City, 1987-1989 then Prince Edward Theatre, London, 1989
(With others) Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Imperial Theatre, New YorkCity, 1989-1990
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, St. James Theatre,New York City, 1996
Uncle Vanya, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2000
Stage Set Designer
The Pleasure of His Company, London, 1959
Chicago, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1975
Streamers, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1977
The Act, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1977
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, John Golden Theatre, 1980
Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1981
Sophisticated Ladies (also known as Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies), Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1981
Woman of the Year, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1982
The Real Thing, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1984
Hurlyburly, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1984
The Leader of the Pack, New York City, 1985
(And production designer) I'm Not Rappaport, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1985-1987 then Apollo Theatre, London, 1986-1987
(And production designer) Social Security, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1986
The House of Blue Leaves, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City,1986-1987
The Front Page, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1986-1987
(With Adrianne Lobel) My One and Only, Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ, 1987-1988
Songs of My Father, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1988
Waiting for Godot, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1988
Canciones de mi padre, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1988
Grand Hotel, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1989
Lend Me a Tenor, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1989-1990
Square One, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1989-1990 then Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1990
Elliot Loves, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1990
Six Degrees of Separation, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1990
The Will Rogers Follies, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1991
Death and the Maiden, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1992
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1992
Conversations with My Father, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1992
Guys and Dolls, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1992 then Pantages Theater, Hollywood, CA, 1993

Tommy Tune Tonite! (also known as Tommy Tune Tonite! A Song andDance Act), Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1993
(And co-producer) She Loves Me, Criterion Theatre, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, both New York City, 1993
A Grand Night for Singing, Criterion Theatre, 1993
Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1993
Picnic, Criterion Theatre, 1994
She Loves Me, Savoy Theatre, London, 1994
Company, Criterion Theatre, 1995
The Importance of Being Earnest, off-Broadway production, 1996
Steel Pier, Richard Rodgers Theatre, 1997
Major Barbara, 1997
King David, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 1997
1776, Roundabout Theatre, Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1997
Annie Get Your Gun, Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1999
A Christmas Carol, Theatre at Madison Square Garden, 1999
Taller Than a Dwarf, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 2000
The Man Who Came to Dinner, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2000
Seussical: The Musical, 2000
Stage Costume Designer
The Rehearsal, New York City, 1964
The Big Apple Circus Stage Show, 1999
Stage Production Designer
Harp Concerto, San Francisco Ballet, 1973
Mother Blues, San Francisco Ballet, 1974
The Tempest, San Francisco Ballet, 1980
Stravinsky Piano Pieces, San Francisco Ballet, 1982
To the Beatles, San Francisco Ballet, 1984
King Lear, San Francisco Ballet, 1985
Hearts, San Francisco Ballet, 1986
Pippin, U.S. cities, 1986
Also designed touring production of The Rape of Lucretia.
Stage Visual Consultant
Whoppi Goldberg, 1984
Stage Scenic Designer
Conversations with My Father, James Doolittle Theatre, Hollywood,CA, 1993
Stage Director
Song at Twilight, Bay Street Theatre, 1996
The Importance of Being Earnest, off-Broadway production, 1996
Noel Coward in Two Keys, Bay St. Theatre Festival, 1996
Major Barbara, 1997
Missing Footage, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1999
The Big Apple Circus Stage Show, 1999
Stage Work
Producer, Fairy Tales of New York, 1961
Co-producer, New Cranks, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1960
Film Work
Costume designer, Mary Poppins, Buena Vista, 1964
Production and costume designer, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way tothe Forum, United Artists, 1965
Production and costume designer and production supervisor, Fahrenheit451, Universal, 1966
Production and costume designer, Petulia, Warner Bros., 1967
Production and costume designer, The Seagull, Warner Bros., 1968
Production and set designer, The Boy Friend, EMI/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
Production and costume designer, Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974
Production and costume designer, Equus, United Artists, 1977
(With Philip Rosenberg) Production designer, The Wiz, Universal, 1978
(With Rosenberg) Production designer, All That Jazz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Production and costume designer, Just Tell Me What You Want, Warner Bros., 1980
Production designer, Prince of the City, Warner Bros./Orion, 1980
Production and costume designer, Deathtrap, Warner Bros., 1982
Visual consultant, Star 80, Warner Bros., 1982
Production and costume designer, The Goodbye People, Embassy, 1984
Production designer, Heartburn, Paramount, 1986
Production and costume designer, The Glass Menagerie, Cineplex Odeon, 1987
Production designer, set designer, and art director, Regarding Henry, Paramount, 1991
Television Designer
Series
The Julie Andrews Show, BBC, 1959
Television Production Designer
Specials
For One and for All, 1983
Whoopi Goldberg Live, HBO, 1985
Death of a Salesman, CBS, 1985
The Man Who Came to Dinner, PBS, 2000
Television Set Designer
Specials
Free to Be ... You and Me, NBC, 1976
Pippin, 1981
The Divine Garbo, TNT, 1990
Television Work
Episodic
Production designer, "The House of Blue Leaves," American Playhouse, PBS, 1987
Designer, "Linda Ronstadt's Canciones de mi padre" (also known as "LindaRonstadt's Songs of My Father"), Great Performances, PBS, 1989
Photographer, "Bob Fosse: Steam Heat" (also known as "Fosse, the UltimateShowman," Great Performances (also known as Dance in America),PBS, 1990
WRITINGS
Plays
(With others) The Big Apple Circus Stage Show, 1999
Books
Adelie Penguin in Wonders, 1981
Illustrator
Joyce Warren, Peacocks and Avarice, Harper, 1957
Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin, Cindy-Ella, W. H. Allen, 1962
God Is a Good Friend to Have, Simon & Schuster, 1969
Alice Low, Witches Holiday, Pantheon, 1971
Popcorn, 1972
The Importance of Being Earnest and Lady Windermere's Fan,Limited Editions Club, 1973
Wonders, Simon & Schuster, 1980
Dumpy the Dump Truck, 2000
Dumpy at School, 2000
Contributed illustrations to periodicals, including Playbill, Reporter, Theatre Arts, Harper's, and Vogue.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Designers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, 1997

Periodicals

Theatre Crafts, March, 1987, p. 17

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