Photo Flash: First Look at Tony Winner Derek McLane's Blinged-Out OSCARS Sets!

Tony and Emmy Award-winning production designer Derek McLane returns to the 2016 OSCARS for a fourth consecutive year, after earning an Emmy nomination for his work on each of the previous telecasts and winning in 2014. This year, McLane has collaborated with Swarovski to add show-stopping crystal pieces to the stage at the Dolby Theater. Below, BWW brings you a first look at the sets which include:

Over 200,000 Swarovski crystals were used for 35 design elements, including a massive crystal focal piece weighing more than 20,000 pounds and a crystal centerpiece weighing more than 7,700 pounds

The proscenium itself is decorated with 27,120 crystals

Over 1,600 man hours have been spent creating this year's crystal stage décor

Swarovski crystals have been used in the production design of the Oscars set and stage for nine years and counting.

McLane's television credits also include "The Wiz Live!," "Peter Pan Live!" and "The Sound of Music Live!" Additionally, McLane has designed sets for several acclaimed Broadway shows; he has received four Tony Award® nominations and won for his work on 33 Variations (2009). McLane's design work is currently represented withBeautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway and in the West End; Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Noises Off; Her Requiem (Off-Broadway, Lincoln Center); Sam Shepherd's Buried Child (Off-Broadway, New Group at Signature Theatre); the forthcoming Broadway production of Fully Committed (starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson), the HBO documentary, "Becoming Mike Nichols" and the European tour, Hans Zimmer Revealed.www.derekmclane.com

The 88th Oscars ® will be held on Sunday, February 28, at the Dolby Theatre ® at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Images courtesy of Derek McLane for Oscars 2016