Mimi Lien
Latest News on Mimi Lien:
GIVE ME CARMELITA TROPICANA! Extends for Final Time at Soho Rep (Nov 20, 2024)
Linda Eder, Melba Moore, and More Set for 54 Below Next Week (Oct 12, 2024)
Interview: Jen Coogan Highlights Female Songwriters with THE WOMEN IN THEATRE PROJECT at 54 Below (Oct 13, 2024)
GIVE ME CARMELITA TROPICANA! Extends for Final Time at Soho Rep (Nov 20, 2024)
Linda Eder, Melba Moore, and More Set for 54 Below Next Week (Oct 12, 2024)
Interview: Jen Coogan Highlights Female Songwriters with THE WOMEN IN THEATRE PROJECT at 54 Below (Oct 13, 2024)
BIO
Mimi Lien is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company, and co-founder of JACK, a performance/art space in Brooklyn. Recent work includes Signature Plays, John (Signature Theatre), War, Preludes (LCT3), The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center), Black Mountain Songs (BAM/Brooklyn Youth Chorus), Appropriate (Mark Taper Forum), and An Octoroon (Soho Rep/TFANA). Mimi's designs for dance have been presented in the Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan, and her stage designs have been exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial. Lien is a recipient of the Joan and Joseph F. Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity at Lincoln Center, Lucille Lortel Award, American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Barrymore Award, OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence, and a 2015 MacArthur Fellowship.
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Awards and Nominations
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd
Drama Desk Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Set Design of a Play
Mimi Lien, Fairview
winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2017 - Best Scenic Design
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Set Design for a Musical
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
The Lortels - 2017 - Outstanding Scenic Design
Mimi Lien, Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro
winner
Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Set Design for a Play
Mimi LienJohn
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical)
Mimi Lien, John
The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Scenic Design
Mimi Lien, John
Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Set Design
Mimi Lien, An Octoroon
winner
The Lortels - 2014 - Outstanding Scenic Design
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Set Design
Mimi Lien, The Whale
winner
The Hewes Awards - 2013 - Hewes Design Award
Mimi Lien, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
winner
Obie Awards - 2012 - Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Mimi Lien
winner
Obie Awards - 2012 - Sustained Excellence of Set Design
Mimi Lien
Videos
Video: First Look at Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper & More in UNCLE VANYA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 23, 2024
VIDEO: Choreographer Chanel DaSilva Discusses the Choreography of MOBY-DICK at A.R.T.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2019
VIDEO: Watch Anatole's Entrance at the Opera and 'The Abduction' From THE GREAT COMET in Brazil
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2018
TV: Hangin' Backstage with the Winners of the 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 4, 2018
VIDEO: All My Revels Here Are Over: GREAT COMET's Lucas Steele Takes One Last Look at the Imperial
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2017
VIDEO: 'Keep Supporting New Work' Rachel Chavkin Gives Final GREAT COMET Curtain Call Speech
by Julie Musbach - Sep 3, 2017
VIDEO: Goodbye My Gypsy Lovers! Kiss GREAT COMET One Last Time in 360
by Julie Musbach - Sep 3, 2017
2017 Theater Fans' Choice Awards Results! DEAR EVAN HANSEN, GREAT COMET, PLAY THAT GOES WRONG & MISS SAIGON Win Big!
by Robert Diamond - Jun 7, 2017
Raise Your Voice and Cast Your Vote for the Theater Fans' Choice Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 2, 2017
What Are You Waiting For? Cast Your Vote for the Theater Fans' Choice Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - May 30, 2017
There's No Day But Today! Cast Your Vote for the Theater Fans' Choice Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - May 25, 2017
18 Days to Go! Make Your Voice Heard and Vote for the Theater Fans' Choice Awards!
by Nicole Rosky - May 18, 2017
Tony Awards Close-Up: Mimi Lien Explains the Her Ever-Changing GREAT COMET Designs!
by Nicole Rosky - May 26, 2017
News
GIVE ME CARMELITA TROPICANA! Extends for Final Time at Soho Rep
Soho Rep will present a second and final extension of its highly acclaimed world premiere production of Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Soho Rep will present a second and final extension of its highly acclaimed world premiere production of Alina Troyano (aka Carmelita Tropicana) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Linda Eder, Melba Moore, and More Set for 54 Below Next Week
Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.
Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work.
Interview: Jen Coogan Highlights Female Songwriters with THE WOMEN IN THEATRE PROJECT at 54 Below
Part love letter, part musical, part documentary, The Women in Theatre Project celebrates the craft of theatre making, and the women behind the art form. It will play at NYC’s 54 Below on October 19th, 2024 at 9:30 pm. Read a conversation with songwriter Coogan about the inspiration behind the show.
Part love letter, part musical, part documentary, The Women in Theatre Project celebrates the craft of theatre making, and the women behind the art form. It will play at NYC’s 54 Below on October 19th, 2024 at 9:30 pm. Read a conversation with songwriter Coogan about the inspiration behind the show.
The Met: Live in HD to Continue with Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season will continue with two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist George Brant’s new opera, Grounded. Learn more about the opera and see how to watch!
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season will continue with two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist George Brant’s new opera, Grounded. Learn more about the opera and see how to watch!
THE WOMEN IN THEATRE PROJECT to Play 54 Below This Month
The Women in Theatre Project, part love letter, part musical, part documentary, will celebrate the craft of theatre-making, and the women behind the art form at 54 BELOW on October 19th, 2024 at 9:30 p.m.
The Women in Theatre Project, part love letter, part musical, part documentary, will celebrate the craft of theatre-making, and the women behind the art form at 54 BELOW on October 19th, 2024 at 9:30 p.m.
See Linda Eder, Beth Leavel and More at 54 Below in October
Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See Linda Eder, Beth Leavel and more! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See Linda Eder, Beth Leavel and more! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
Review: Girl Meets Drone in Tesori-Brant GROUNDED for Met Opening Night
A match made in heaven? Girl meets boy. Girl meets baby. Girl meets drone. Girl meets court-martial.
A match made in heaven? Girl meets boy. Girl meets baby. Girl meets drone. Girl meets court-martial.
Review Roundup: Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED Opens at the Met Opera
Jeanine Tesori and Director Michael Mayer's production of Grounded, based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, is now on stage at the Met Opera. Check out all the reviews.
Jeanine Tesori and Director Michael Mayer's production of Grounded, based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, is now on stage at the Met Opera. Check out all the reviews.
THE WOMEN IN THEATRE PROJECT Announced At 54 Below
54 BELOW will present The Women in Theatre Project on October 19th, 2024. Based on personal interviews with prominent women in the theatre industry, this show delves into the highs and lows of the creative process, and highlights the fundamentals of what it takes to be a healthy and successful artist.
54 BELOW will present The Women in Theatre Project on October 19th, 2024. Based on personal interviews with prominent women in the theatre industry, this show delves into the highs and lows of the creative process, and highlights the fundamentals of what it takes to be a healthy and successful artist.
The Metropolitan Opera to Open 2024"25 Season With Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED
The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 season opens with the company premiere of GROUNDED. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 season opens with the company premiere of GROUNDED. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Review: American Repertory Theater's GATSBY is Great
The new musical Gatsby, being given its world premiere by the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge through August 3, isn’t just great, it’s spectacular.
The new musical Gatsby, being given its world premiere by the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge through August 3, isn’t just great, it’s spectacular.
Review: TINY FATHER at The Geffen Playhouse
Mike Lew’s two-hander feels ‘of a time’— and it is impressive how quickly these plays that seem to cater to the art sector’s regrowth post-quarantine both in content and structure already feel stale and dated.
Mike Lew’s two-hander feels ‘of a time’— and it is impressive how quickly these plays that seem to cater to the art sector’s regrowth post-quarantine both in content and structure already feel stale and dated.
The Santa Fe Opera to Present 19th World Premiere THE RIGHTEOUS
The Santa Fe Opera will present its 19th world premiere, featuring an all-star cast and the work of composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith. Learn how to purchase tickets.
The Santa Fe Opera will present its 19th world premiere, featuring an all-star cast and the work of composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith. Learn how to purchase tickets.
GATSBY, with Music by Florence Welch, Begins Performances at A.R.T.
The Great Gatsby begins performances at A.R.T today, May 26th, with an opening night scheduled for June 5th. The production will run through August 3rd.
The Great Gatsby begins performances at A.R.T today, May 26th, with an opening night scheduled for June 5th. The production will run through August 3rd.
World Premiere of GATSBY at A.R.T. Pushes First Preview Date
The world premiere musical Gatsby at A.R.T. will now begin previews on May 26. Learn more about the show.
The world premiere musical Gatsby at A.R.T. will now begin previews on May 26. Learn more about the show.
Photos: See Rachel Chavkin, Sonya Tayeh & More in Rehearsals for GATSBY at A.R.T.
See rehearsal photos fro Gatsby at A.R.T. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
See rehearsal photos fro Gatsby at A.R.T. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
American Repertory Theater Announces Associated Programming For GATSBY World-Premiere Musical
A.R.T. has announced associated programming for GATSBY, including a film series, essential question discussions, and access performances.
A.R.T. has announced associated programming for GATSBY, including a film series, essential question discussions, and access performances.
Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of UNCLE VANYA on Broadway
The Lincoln Center Theater production of Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA, with a new version by Heidi Schreck and directed by Lila Neugebauer, just celebrated its opening night at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Check out photos from inside the big night!
The Lincoln Center Theater production of Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA, with a new version by Heidi Schreck and directed by Lila Neugebauer, just celebrated its opening night at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Check out photos from inside the big night!
Review Roundup: Steve Carell Stars In UNCLE VANYA on Broadway
Academy Award-winner Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut in Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA now playing at The Lincoln Center Theater. Read the reviews!
Academy Award-winner Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut in Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA now playing at The Lincoln Center Theater. Read the reviews!
World Premiere of GATSBY at A.R.T. Extends Through Early August
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University has added additional performance dates and inventory for its world-premiere musical Gatsby. Learn how to purchase tickets.
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University has added additional performance dates and inventory for its world-premiere musical Gatsby. Learn how to purchase tickets.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What awards has Mimi Lien been nominated for?
Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Sweeney Todd, Outstanding Set Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Fairview, Best Scenic Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Set Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Signature Plays: Edward Albee's The Sandbox, María Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Set Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for John, Outstanding Scenic Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for John, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for John, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for An Octoroon, Outstanding Scenic Design (The Lortels) for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Whale, Hewes Design Award (The Hewes Awards) for Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Sustained Excellence of Set Design (Obie Awards) and Sustained Excellence of Set Design (Obie Awards).
What awards has Mimi Lien won?
Mimi Lien has received several awards for her work, including Best Scenic Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. She won Outstanding Set Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for the same production. Additionally, she was honored with the Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as the Best Scenic Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards, all for Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Lien also received the Outstanding Scenic Design award from The Lortels for this production, the Hewes Design Award from The Hewes Awards, and was recognized with the Sustained Excellence of Set Design award at the Obie Awards.
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