John Lee Beatty

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John Lee Beatty

John Lee Beatty is an American scenic designer who has created set designs for more than 115 Broadway shows and has designed for other productions. He won two Tony Awards, for Talley's Folly (1980) and The Nance (2013), was nominated for 13 more, and he won five Drama Desk Awards and was nominated for 10 others.

Life and career

Beatty was born in

Yale School of Drama where he was trained by Ming Cho Lee, and scenic artist Arnold Abramson; as well as by visiting lecturers Donald Oenslager, Jo Mielziner, and Boris Aronson.[1][2]

In the early 1970s Beatty was the set designer for the

Doubt, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Twentieth Century, Wonderful Town, Dinner at Eight, Morning's at Seven, Proof, Footloose, Ivanov, The Little Foxes, Once Upon a Mattress, Chicago, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Redwood Curtain, A Small Family Business, The Most Happy Fella, Ain't Misbehavin', The Octette Bridge Club, Duet for One, Fifth of July, Talley's Folly, The Innocents, Other Desert Cities, Penn & Teller, After Midnight, Disgraced and Sweat
.

He also has designed for Off-Broadway shows, many regional theaters, film, television and circus.[5]

Awards and honors

Beatty won two

Tony Awards for his designs for Talley's Folly (1980) and The Nance (2013).[6] He won five Drama Desk Awards for his designs for Talley's Folly (1979), Talley's Folly (1980), Fifth of July (1981), Dinner at Eight (2003) and Twentieth Century (2004). He has won two Obie Awards for Set Design (1975, 2005).[7]

He has received 13 other Tony Award nominations, for Fifth of July (1981), A Small Family Business (1992), Redwood Curtain (1993), The Heiress (1995), A Delicate Balance (1996), The Little Foxes (1997), Morning's at Seven (2002), Dinner at Eight (2003), Doubt (2005), Rabbit Hole (2006), The Color Purple (2006), The Royal Family (2010) and Other Desert Cities (2012). He received ten other Drama Desk nominations.[8]

He received seven Henry Hewes Design Award, Scenic Designs, including for The Whipping Man at the City Center Stage 1 (2011).[9] He won four Outer Critics Circle Awards, including for Talley’s Folly and Hide and Seek.[10][1][11]

He received a Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle in 2013,

Joseph Jefferson Awards given for Scenic Design in theatre in Chicago.[14]

He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in January 2003.[15]

Teaching

He has taught at Brooklyn College, North Carolina School of the Arts, Brandeis, and Yale.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rothstein, Mervyn. "A Life in the Theatre: John Lee Beatty" Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, October 23, 2008
  2. ^ The Primary Stages oral history project
  3. ^ Williams, Lulu (July 22, 1973). "Broadway dancer Stars in 'Irma' at Wayside". The Winchester Evening Star. p. 20.
  4. ^ "'Puppet Personalities' Show at Wayside Theatre". The Winchester Evening Star. July 31, 1973. p. 9.
  5. ^ The Primary Stages oral history project
  6. ^ Purcell, Carey. "'Kinky Boots', 'Vanya and Sonia', 'Pippin' and' Virginia Woolf?' Are Big Winners at 67th Annual Tony Awards" Archived 2013-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, June 9, 2013
  7. ^ [1] Obie Awards
  8. ^ John Lee Beatty ibdb.com, accessed April 24, 2013
  9. ^ John Lee Beatty Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed April 24, 2013
  10. ^ "Awards for 1998–1999" Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outercritics.org
  11. ^ The Primary Stages oral history project
  12. ^ [2] John Lee Beatty, Designer. Playbill May 4, 2021.
  13. ^ [3] Los Angeles Drama Critics
  14. ^ [4] Playbill. September 16, 2002.
  15. ^ Gans, Andrew. "32nd Annual Theatre Hall of Fame Inductees Announced; Mamet, Channing, Grimes Among Names" Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine, playbill.com, October 22, 2002
  16. ^ The Primary Stages oral history project

External links

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