Eugene Lee (designer)

Eugene Lee (Scenic Designer) was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, 1933. He attended Beloit Memorial High School. He has been resident designer at Trinity Rep since 1967. He has BFA degrees from the Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University, an MFA from Yale Drama School and three honorary Ph.Ds. Mr. Lee has won three Tony Awards for Bernstein’s "Candide", Sondheim’s "Sweeney Todd" and "Wicked". He is the production designer for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Other New York theatre work includes "Alice in Wonderland", "The Normal Heart", "Agnes of God", "Ragtime", "Uncle Vanya", "Ruby Sunrise" and "A Number". Film credits include Coppola’s "Hammett", Huston’s "Mr. North" and Malle’s "Vanya on 42nd Street". Mr. Lee is an adjunct professor at Brown University and lives with his wife Brooke in Providence, where they raised their two sons. [http://www.wickedthemusical.com/bios-creative.htm]

Perhaps his most notable recent credit is the set design for The Pirate Queen.

Trivia

*He worked with lighting designer Kenneth Posner both on Wicked and The Pirate Queen.

*His work on the musical Candide (operetta) at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn and on Broadway are chronicled in great detail in Davi Napoleon's book, . The book also describes his work on Slave Ship and other productions at the Chelsea.

References

External links

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* [http://livedesignonline.com/mag/show_business_eugene_lee/index.html Interview with Eugene Lee about his work in the regional and Broadway theater]
* [http://livedesignonline.com/mag/show_business_moving_house/index.html Description of a production of an O'Neill play with special attention to Eugene Lee's design] .
* [http://livedesignonline.com/mag/show_business_old_school/index.html Description of a musical by Stephen Sondheim with special attention to Eugene Lee's design.]