2010 Tony Awards: Christopher Oram Wins 'Best Scenic Design of a Play'

The American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 13, 2010 and broadcast on the CBS Television Network. For more information visit tonyawards.com.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 64th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony"® Awards were announced on May 4, 2010 by Broadway Star Lea Michele and Tony Award Nominee Jeff Daniels.

The Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards are bestowed annually on theatre professionals for distinguished achievement. The Tony is one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry and the annual telecast is considered one of the most prestigious programs on television.

To view the complete list of 2010 Tony Award winners, click here.

BroadwayWorld Congratulates
Christopher Oram
2010 Tony Award Winner
'Wins 'Best Scenic Design of a Play'

Christopher Oram (Red) For the Donmar: Hamlet (also New York), Madame de Sade, Twelfth Night, Ivanov, Othello, Parade, Frost/Nixon (also Gielgud/New York/US tour), Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly), Don Juan in Soho, Grand Hotel – The Musical, Henry IV, World Music, Caligula - Evening Standard Award, The Vortex, Privates on Parade, Merrily We Roll Along, Passion Play, Good, The Bullet.  Theatre includes: Parade (Taper), A View from the Bridge (Duke of York’s), King Lear/The Seagull (RSC), Evita (Adelphi), Summerfolk (National).

'Best Scenic Design of a Play'
2010 Tony Award Nominees

John Lee Beatty (The Royal Family)
John Lee Beatty designed this summer’s Twelfth Night in Central Park. Broadway credits: The Color Purple, Doubt, Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Proof, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, The Most Happy Fella, The Sisters Rosensweig, Burn This, Penn & Teller, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Talley’s Folly, Fifth of July, Crimes of the Heart, among others. Off- B’way: Defiance, The Substance of Fire, Sylvia, A Life in the Theatre, Encores! musicals. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; Theatre Hall of Fame. Graduate oF Brown and Yale School of Drama.

Alexander Dodge (Present Laughter)
For the Roundabout: The Understudy, Old Acquaintance. Broadway: Butley, Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Measure for Pleasure, Paris Commune and Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? (The Public Theater); Antony and Cleopatra (TFANA); The Water’s Edge (Second Stage Theatre); Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lortel Award), Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center Theater); Force Continuum, Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Atlantic Theater). Regional: Alley, Arena, Centerstage, Huntington, the Gate/Dublin, Geffen, Old Globe, Shakespeare DC, Paper Mill, Stratford Festival, Taper, Triad Stage, Westport, Williamstown, Yale Rep. Opera:  Der Waffenschmeid (Munich), The Flying Dutchman (Würzburg), Lohengrin  (Budapest), Il Trittico (Berlin). MFA: Yale School of Drama.

Santo Loquasto (Fences)
Santo Loquasto, designer for theatre, film, dance and opera, has won three Tony Awards and been nominated 14 times. Film work includes: Big, Desperately Seeking Susan and collaborations with Woody Allen on more than 24 productions. His costume design for Zelig and production designs for Radio Days and Bullets Over Broadway received Academy Award nominations. Recent NY designs include Inherit the Wind, Waiting for Godot, Race and Collected Stories. He received the Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2006 and the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007. Inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2004.