Beverly Emmons
Latest News on Beverly Emmons:
Beverly Emmons Will Receive Ming Cho Lee Award (Sep 18, 2024)
Review: DANCE by Lyon Opera Ballet-A Stunning Performance at New York City Center (Oct 23, 2023)
Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Spring Season Features Extraordinary Classics and Stunning New Works at The Joyce Theater (Apr 20, 2023)
Beverly Emmons Will Receive Ming Cho Lee Award (Sep 18, 2024)
Review: DANCE by Lyon Opera Ballet-A Stunning Performance at New York City Center (Oct 23, 2023)
Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Spring Season Features Extraordinary Classics and Stunning New Works at The Joyce Theater (Apr 20, 2023)
BIO
Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Jekyll & Hyde, The Heiress, Stephen Sondheim’s Passion and The Elephant Man. Her lighting of Amadeus won a Tony award. Regionals include JF Kennedy Center, the Guthrie, Arena Stage, the Alley. Off B’way she worked for Joseph Chaikin and Meredith Monk. For Robert Wilson; Einstein on the Beach and others. Her designs for dance: Martha Graham, Trisha Brown, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham. Awards: seven Tony nominations, several American Theatre Wings, 1980 Obie and others.
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[Off-Broadway, 1977]
Lighting Designer
Awards and Nominations
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1997 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons Jekyll & Hyde
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1997 - Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, When The World Was Green
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1997 - Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, Jekyll & Hyde
Tony Awards - 1997 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, Jekyll and Hyde
Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Heiress
Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Heiress
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1995 - Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Heiress
Tony Awards - 1995 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Heiress
Drama Desk Awards - 1994 - Outstanding Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, Passion
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1994 - Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, Passion
Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, Passion
Helen Hayes Awards - 1987 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Beverly EmmonsWild Duck
Tony Awards - 1987 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Helen Hayes Awards - 1986 - Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production
Beverly EmmonsTartuffe
Drama Desk Awards - 1982 - Outstanding Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Dresser
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1982 - Special Citation
Beverly Emmons, The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
winner
Obie Awards - 1980 - Design for distinguished lighting
Beverly Emmons
Tony Awards - 1980 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine
Drama Desk Awards - 1979 - Outstanding Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Elephant Man
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1979 - Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons, The Elephant Man
Tony Awards - 1979 - Best Lighting Design
Beverly Emmons , The Elephant Man
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Beverly Emmons Will Receive Ming Cho Lee Award
Lighting designer Beverly Emmons will be honored with the Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Design bestowed by the Henry Hewes Design Awards at the 60th annual ceremony on October 21.
Lighting designer Beverly Emmons will be honored with the Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Design bestowed by the Henry Hewes Design Awards at the 60th annual ceremony on October 21.
Review: DANCE by Lyon Opera Ballet-A Stunning Performance at New York City Center
New York City Center continues their successful season of dance with Lyon Opera Ballet that performed on the midtown stage from 10/19 to 10/21.
New York City Center continues their successful season of dance with Lyon Opera Ballet that performed on the midtown stage from 10/19 to 10/21.
Review: MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY Spring Season Features Extraordinary Classics and Stunning New Works at The Joyce Theater
The Martha Graham Dance Company opened their season at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening with Program A. Dance enthusiasts and many more now have the opportunity to experience the Company performances that present Graham’s treasured classics along with stunning new choreographies.
The Martha Graham Dance Company opened their season at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening with Program A. Dance enthusiasts and many more now have the opportunity to experience the Company performances that present Graham’s treasured classics along with stunning new choreographies.
Candoco Dance Company Reimagines Trisha Brown's SET AND RESET For New York Premiere
Candoco Dance Company makes its New York debut on April 8 & 9 as part of spring season. Renowned London-based company integrates disabled and non-disabled dancers in the reimagining of Trisha Brown's iconic Set and Reset, originally commissioned by BAM for its first Next Wave in 1983.
Candoco Dance Company makes its New York debut on April 8 & 9 as part of spring season. Renowned London-based company integrates disabled and non-disabled dancers in the reimagining of Trisha Brown's iconic Set and Reset, originally commissioned by BAM for its first Next Wave in 1983.
Photo Coverage: Go Inside the 11th Annual Broadway Salutes Ceremony!
The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) just presented the 11th annual Broadway Salutes ceremony at Sardi's Restaurant (234 West 44th St).
The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) just presented the 11th annual Broadway Salutes ceremony at Sardi's Restaurant (234 West 44th St).
Freddie Ashley Awarded Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion Of Excellence
On Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the conclusion of the 2019 MFA Playwrights' Workshop at the Kennedy Center, Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion of Excellence.
On Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the conclusion of the 2019 MFA Playwrights' Workshop at the Kennedy Center, Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion of Excellence.
Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston Make Jacob's Pillow Debut In Celebration Of Global Merce Cunningham Centennial
Jacob's Pillow presents the Pillow debut of Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston as part of the global Merce Cunningham Centennial, July 3-7 in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Under the direction of Robert Swinston, a longtime Merce Cunningham Dance Company member, later assistant to the choreographer, and finally director of choreography, France's National Center for Contemporary Dance/Angers brings three masterworks by Cunningham: Suite for Five, Inlets 2, and How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run. This celebratory program also features archival footage of Cunningham performing at Jacob's Pillow. The performance is the anchor event of a week-long exploration of this American master.
Jacob's Pillow presents the Pillow debut of Compagnie CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston as part of the global Merce Cunningham Centennial, July 3-7 in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Under the direction of Robert Swinston, a longtime Merce Cunningham Dance Company member, later assistant to the choreographer, and finally director of choreography, France's National Center for Contemporary Dance/Angers brings three masterworks by Cunningham: Suite for Five, Inlets 2, and How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run. This celebratory program also features archival footage of Cunningham performing at Jacob's Pillow. The performance is the anchor event of a week-long exploration of this American master.
Photo Flash: First Look at HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: TALES REAL & IMAGINED
Ensemble for the Romantic Century continues the 2018-19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf. Performances began April 13th for a limited run through May 25th, with opening night scheduled for May 5th
Ensemble for the Romantic Century continues the 2018-19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf. Performances began April 13th for a limited run through May 25th, with opening night scheduled for May 5th
The Kennedy Center Announces 50th KCACTF National Festival
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 120 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 50th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 16-20, 2019 in multiple locations throughout the Center. The Center also announced the national awardees for the KCACTF. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the National Festival. These student artists from across the United States have been recognized for their outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 8 through February 28, 2019.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 120 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 50th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 16-20, 2019 in multiple locations throughout the Center. The Center also announced the national awardees for the KCACTF. Selected awardees and representatives will be brought to Washington, D.C. for an expense-paid trip to participate in the National Festival. These student artists from across the United States have been recognized for their outstanding work from the eight regional festivals that were held January 8 through February 28, 2019.
Ensemble Presents Off-Broadway Premiere Of HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: TALES REAL AND IMAGINED
Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) continues the 2018 - '19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf.
Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) continues the 2018 - '19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf.
New York Theatre Ballet Presents Spring 2019 REP At Danspace Project
New York Theatre Ballet (Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Director) announces its return to Danspace Project for their fifth season with their REP program (March 14-16), this year featuring Sir Richard Alston's The Seasons, Matthew Nash's The Elements of Style, and Merce Cunningham's Scramble (1967). As the "small but mighty" (The New York Times) company gears up to celebrate its 40th Anniversary, they are also pleased to announce that Sir Richard Alston-a choreographer who has spent "half century in the rigorous pursuit of purity in movement" (The Guardian), and who was knighted in this New Year's Honours-has accepted the post of Resident Choreographer for the next two seasons.
New York Theatre Ballet (Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Director) announces its return to Danspace Project for their fifth season with their REP program (March 14-16), this year featuring Sir Richard Alston's The Seasons, Matthew Nash's The Elements of Style, and Merce Cunningham's Scramble (1967). As the "small but mighty" (The New York Times) company gears up to celebrate its 40th Anniversary, they are also pleased to announce that Sir Richard Alston-a choreographer who has spent "half century in the rigorous pursuit of purity in movement" (The Guardian), and who was knighted in this New Year's Honours-has accepted the post of Resident Choreographer for the next two seasons.
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson
Angelica Page plays the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night was Thursday, September 27th, and BroadwayWorld was there! Check out the photos below!
Angelica Page plays the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night was Thursday, September 27th, and BroadwayWorld was there! Check out the photos below!
BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter With Emily Dickinson Opens This Week
Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) is proud to announce the opening of Angelica Page in the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night is this Thursday, September 27th.
Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) is proud to announce the opening of Angelica Page in the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson. Opening Night is this Thursday, September 27th.
Angelica Page to Lead Cast of Emily Dickinson Tale BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP
Ensemble for the Romantic Century announces that Angelica Page will star in the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson.
Ensemble for the Romantic Century announces that Angelica Page will star in the title role BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson.
BWW Review: The Final Staging of Lucinda Childs' Iconic AVAILABLE LIGHT
Friday, July 13th 2018 was not unlucky for me. On that evening, I was fortunate enough to watch the final staging of legendary postmodern choreographer Lucinda Childs' Available Light at Jazz at Lincoln Center as part of the annual Mostly Mozart Festival during the Lucinda Childs Dance Company's final season. The work, last seen in NYC 33 years ago, is a collaboration among three distinguished artists: Childs, minimalist composer John Adams, and famed architect Frank Gehry.
Friday, July 13th 2018 was not unlucky for me. On that evening, I was fortunate enough to watch the final staging of legendary postmodern choreographer Lucinda Childs' Available Light at Jazz at Lincoln Center as part of the annual Mostly Mozart Festival during the Lucinda Childs Dance Company's final season. The work, last seen in NYC 33 years ago, is a collaboration among three distinguished artists: Childs, minimalist composer John Adams, and famed architect Frank Gehry.
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of TCHAIKOVSKY: NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART Off-Broadway
Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart is the final production of the 2017-'18 season at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) The show opened last night, May 31st, to kick off its limited Off-Broadway engagement which runs through June 17th only. Check out photos from the evening below!
Tchaikovsky: None But the Lonely Heart is the final production of the 2017-'18 season at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) The show opened last night, May 31st, to kick off its limited Off-Broadway engagement which runs through June 17th only. Check out photos from the evening below!
Cast Announced for TCHAIKOVSKY: NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) is proud to announce that the cast Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, the final production of the 2017-'18 season, at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) beginning May 17th. Opening Night is set for May 31st. This limited Off-Broadway engagement runs through June 17th only.
Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) is proud to announce that the cast Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, the final production of the 2017-'18 season, at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues) beginning May 17th. Opening Night is set for May 31st. This limited Off-Broadway engagement runs through June 17th only.
Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts Kicks Off 2018 Winter Season
LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts today kicks off the third edition of the organization's acclaimed LUMBERYARD In The City Winter Festival, which takes place from January 25 - February 10 at New York Live Arts in New York City.
LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts today kicks off the third edition of the organization's acclaimed LUMBERYARD In The City Winter Festival, which takes place from January 25 - February 10 at New York Live Arts in New York City.
Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts Announces 2018 Winter Season In NYC
Adrienne Willis, Executive and Artistic Director of LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts, today announced the third edition of the organization's acclaimed LUMBERYARD In The City Winter Festival, which takes place from January 25 February 10 at New York Live Arts in New York City. The 2018 Winter Festival will feature genre-blurring productions from three daring and highly accomplished artists, including choreographer Kei Takei and her company Moving Earth Orient Sphere who will present the New York premiere of LIGHT, Part 44 (Bamboo Forest) (??) and Solo from LIGHT, Part 8 (January 25-27); playwright and performance artist Robbie McCauley, who presents the New York premiere of Sugar (February 1-3); and choreographer, dancer and visual artist Dana Reitz, who will present her new world premiere work (February 8-10).
Adrienne Willis, Executive and Artistic Director of LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts, today announced the third edition of the organization's acclaimed LUMBERYARD In The City Winter Festival, which takes place from January 25 February 10 at New York Live Arts in New York City. The 2018 Winter Festival will feature genre-blurring productions from three daring and highly accomplished artists, including choreographer Kei Takei and her company Moving Earth Orient Sphere who will present the New York premiere of LIGHT, Part 44 (Bamboo Forest) (??) and Solo from LIGHT, Part 8 (January 25-27); playwright and performance artist Robbie McCauley, who presents the New York premiere of Sugar (February 1-3); and choreographer, dancer and visual artist Dana Reitz, who will present her new world premiere work (February 8-10).
VAN GOGH'S EAR, Starring Carter Hudson, Starts Final Shows at ERC
A friendly reminder that The Ensemble for the Romantic Century's acclaimed production of Van Gogh's Ear runs through September 10th only at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues).
A friendly reminder that The Ensemble for the Romantic Century's acclaimed production of Van Gogh's Ear runs through September 10th only at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenues).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What awards has Beverly Emmons been nominated for?
Best Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Jekyll & Hyde , Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for When The World Was Green, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Jekyll & Hyde, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Jekyll and Hyde, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Heiress, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Heiress, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Heiress, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for The Heiress, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Passion, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Passion, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Passion, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Wild Duck, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for Tartuffe , Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Dresser, Special Citation (The Hewes Awards) for The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Design for distinguished lighting (Obie Awards), Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Elephant Man, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for The Elephant Man and Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for The Elephant Man.
What awards has Beverly Emmons won?
Beverly Emmons has received several prestigious awards for her work in lighting design. She has won the Lighting Design award at The Hewes Awards for the following productions: Jekyll & Hyde, When The World Was Green, The Heiress, and Passion. Additionally, she received a Special Citation from The Hewes Awards for The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Emmons also won the Design for Distinguished Lighting award at the Obie Awards and received another Lighting Design award at The Hewes Awards for The Elephant Man.
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