Toni-Leslie James
Latest News on Toni-Leslie James:
Tryphena Wade To Stand by for Audra McDonald In GYPSY (Nov 18, 2024)
GYPSY to Offer $49 and $39 Tickets Through Rush & Standing Room Policies (Nov 18, 2024)
COME FROM AWAY to Return to The Fisher Theater in February (Nov 4, 2024)
Tryphena Wade To Stand by for Audra McDonald In GYPSY (Nov 18, 2024)
GYPSY to Offer $49 and $39 Tickets Through Rush & Standing Room Policies (Nov 18, 2024)
COME FROM AWAY to Return to The Fisher Theater in February (Nov 4, 2024)
BIO
Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet; Come From Away; August Wilson’s Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Roundabout Theatre, among others. Regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, the Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Seattle Rep, and internationally on the West End in the UK. She has 38 costume design nominations and awards for her contributions to various theatrical productions, including two Tony Award nominations, five Drama Desk nominations, two Hewes Design Awards, the Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award for Costume Design Excellence, and an Obie Award for Sustained Costume Design Excellence.
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Productions
[Off-Broadway, 2019]
Costume Design
Awards and Nominations
Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Costume Design of a Musical
Toni-Leslie James, Paradise Square
Drama Desk Awards - 2020 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Toni-Leslie James, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
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Drama Desk Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Toni-Leslie James, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
Toni-Leslie James, Come From Away
Drama Desk Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Costume Design for a Play
Toni-Leslie James, Jitney
Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Costume Design of a Play
Toni-Leslie James, August Wilson's Jitney
The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, First Daughter Suite
The Lortels - 2013 - Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie JamesA Civil War Christmas
winner
Obie Awards - 2009 - Design
Toni-Leslie JamesSustained excellence of costume design
winner
Obie Awards - 2009 - Design
Toni-Leslie JamesSustained excellence of costume design
The Lortels - 2009 - Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, Wig Out!
Helen Hayes Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production
Toni-Leslie James3 Mo' Divas
Drama Desk Awards - 1995 - Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, The Tempest
Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, Jelly's Last Jam
winner
The Hewes Awards - 1992 - Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James, Jelly's Last Jam
Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Costume Design
Toni-Leslie James , Jelly's Last Jam
Videos
Video: Choreographer Tanya Birl-Torres On MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL at the Goodman
by Joshua Wright - Jun 12, 2024
Video: Rob Ashford Discusses MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2024
Video: Watch Idina Menzel Get Ready for REDWOOD Climbing Trees and Buildings
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 17, 2024
Video: Get a First Look at THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA at Lincoln Center Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 17, 2023
VIDEO: The Guthrie's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Releases Teaser Featuring Choreographer Regina Peluso
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 5, 2023
Photos & Video: Get a First Look at COME FROM AWAY 2023-24 National Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2023
VIDEO: Watch Rehearsal Footage from The Guthrie's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 22, 2023
Video: Get a Sneak Peek of THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA at Lincoln Center Theater
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 6, 2023
Video: Watch Clips from Joe Iconis's HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL at La Jolla Playhouse
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 1, 2023
VIDEO: LaTanya Richardson Jackson Reveals What She Wants PIANO LESSON Audiences to Take Away From the Play on FALLON
by Michael Major - Nov 3, 2022
Photos & Video: Beowulf Boritt Celebrates Book Launch at Sardi's With Samuel L. Jackson & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2022
Photos & Video: See Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Brooks & More at THE PIANO LESSON First Preview
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2022
VIDEO: THE PIANO LESSON Director LaTanya Richardson Jackson Stops By The Barrymore
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2022
VIDEO: Joaquina Kalukango Discusses Being Grateful to Be Back on Stage in PARADISE SQUARE Post-Show Speech
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2022
VIDEO: FLYING OVER SUNSET Begins Rehearsals; Check Out All New Clips From the Show!
by Show Highlights - Oct 20, 2021
VIDEO: Tristan Mack Wilds & Luke James Honor First Preview of THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2021
VIDEO: Watch David Hyde Pierce and Ari'el Stachel in the New Music Video For 'Heart In Your Hands' from THE VISITOR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 15, 2020
News
Tryphena Wade To Stand by for Audra McDonald In GYPSY
The revival of GYPSY beginning previews on Broadway this week, has finalized its casting.
The revival of GYPSY beginning previews on Broadway this week, has finalized its casting.
GYPSY to Offer $49 and $39 Tickets Through Rush & Standing Room Policies
The revival of GYPSY, directed by six-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe and starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, has announced it rush and standing room ticket policies. Learn how to purchase discounted tickets.
The revival of GYPSY, directed by six-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe and starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald, has announced it rush and standing room ticket policies. Learn how to purchase discounted tickets.
COME FROM AWAY to Return to The Fisher Theater in February
COME FROM AWAY will return to the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. Experience the musical that tells the story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town that welcomed them. Learn how to purchase tickets.
COME FROM AWAY will return to the Fisher Theatre in Detroit. Experience the musical that tells the story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town that welcomed them. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Video: Audra McDonald Shares Her Take on Mama Rose in GYPSY
Audra McDonald is sharing some insights into how she thinks of the character of Mama Rose. The Tony-winning performer will be taking on the iconic role in Gypsy beginning in November and McDonald visited Good Morning America to talk about the show and give audiences an idea of what they can expect.
Audra McDonald is sharing some insights into how she thinks of the character of Mama Rose. The Tony-winning performer will be taking on the iconic role in Gypsy beginning in November and McDonald visited Good Morning America to talk about the show and give audiences an idea of what they can expect.
Tickets to COME FROM AWAY at the Aronoff Center on Sale Tomorrow
Single tickets for the national tour of COME FROM AWAY at the Aranoff Center will go on sale Friday, October 25 at 10:00 AM. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Single tickets for the national tour of COME FROM AWAY at the Aranoff Center will go on sale Friday, October 25 at 10:00 AM. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Tickets On Sale For COME FROM AWAY Return Engagement At The Hippodrome
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, returns to the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of Baltimore's historic Hippodrome Theatre, for a limited engagement April 18-19, 2025.
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, returns to the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of Baltimore's historic Hippodrome Theatre, for a limited engagement April 18-19, 2025.
COME FROM AWAY Tickets On Sale Now At Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
COME FROM AWAY, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, will be performed at BBMann from February 25 to March 2, 2025.
COME FROM AWAY, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, will be performed at BBMann from February 25 to March 2, 2025.
Video: Watch A WONDERFUL WORLD's First Broadway Curtain Call
Watch as the cast of A Wonderful World starring James Monroe Iglehart as Louis Armstrong, Darlesia Cearcy as Lucille Wilson, Kim Exum as Alpha Smith, Dionne Figgins as Daisy Parker, and Jennie Harney-Fleming as Lil Hardin. Watch the curtain call video now!
Watch as the cast of A Wonderful World starring James Monroe Iglehart as Louis Armstrong, Darlesia Cearcy as Lucille Wilson, Kim Exum as Alpha Smith, Dionne Figgins as Daisy Parker, and Jennie Harney-Fleming as Lil Hardin. Watch the curtain call video now!
GYPSY Casts Rescue Dogs in the Role of 'Chowsie'
The Broadway revival of Gypsy has announced the furry friends who will be taking the stage in the role of 'Chowsie'. Tana June and Indy, two rescues from Homeward Bound in Elkhart, Indiana. Tana June will play the role, with Indy understudying. Meet the dogs here.
The Broadway revival of Gypsy has announced the furry friends who will be taking the stage in the role of 'Chowsie'. Tana June and Indy, two rescues from Homeward Bound in Elkhart, Indiana. Tana June will play the role, with Indy understudying. Meet the dogs here.
Tickets Now on Sale For COME FROM AWAY at the Kentucky Center
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its return to the Kentucky Center for a limited engagement. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its return to the Kentucky Center for a limited engagement. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Photos: Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein & More GYPSY Character Portraits
You can now get a first look at the cast of GYPSY on Broadway in character! Check out photos of Audra McDonald and more in new character portraits here! Learn more about the Broadway revival and see how to purchase tickets.
You can now get a first look at the cast of GYPSY on Broadway in character! Check out photos of Audra McDonald and more in new character portraits here! Learn more about the Broadway revival and see how to purchase tickets.
GYPSY Will Offer Exclusive Seats and Signed Window Cards at Box Office Opening This Week
The GYPSY box office will open at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre on Thursday, October 10, at 10am (EST). Find out how to get exclusive seats and a signed window card!
The GYPSY box office will open at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre on Thursday, October 10, at 10am (EST). Find out how to get exclusive seats and a signed window card!
COME FROM AWAY to Return to Broadway San Jose
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its return to San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts for six performances only—Thursday, November 21 through Sunday, November 24, 2024.
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY, a Broadway musical about the true story of the small town that welcomed the world, will make its return to San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts for six performances only—Thursday, November 21 through Sunday, November 24, 2024.
What We Know So Far About MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL on Broadway
Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown's MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, is coming to Broadway in 2025. What do we know so far about the new musical?
Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown's MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, is coming to Broadway in 2025. What do we know so far about the new musical?
Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown's MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL Will Open on Broadway in 2025
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, the new musical from Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown, is headed to Broadway next year!
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, the new musical from Taylor Mac and Jason Robert Brown, is headed to Broadway next year!
GYPSY Starring Audra McDonald Reveals Full Broadway Cast
The full cast has been announced for GYPSY on Broadway, directed by six-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe. Find out who's joining Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein, and more in the show here!
The full cast has been announced for GYPSY on Broadway, directed by six-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe. Find out who's joining Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein, and more in the show here!
COME FROM AWAY On Sale This Friday At Bass Concert Hall
Tickets for the acclaimed musical COME FROM AWAY at Bass Concert Hall on January 4-5 will be available starting Friday. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the remarkable story live on stage.
Tickets for the acclaimed musical COME FROM AWAY at Bass Concert Hall on January 4-5 will be available starting Friday. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the remarkable story live on stage.
Video: Watch Joy Woods Find Out She Was Cast in GYPSY
Joy Woods is ready to 'entertain you.' After the acclaimed star of The Notebook was announced as Broadway's next Louise in the upcoming Gypsy revival, her reaction to finding out she got the part was shared on social media. Watch the video now!
Joy Woods is ready to 'entertain you.' After the acclaimed star of The Notebook was announced as Broadway's next Louise in the upcoming Gypsy revival, her reaction to finding out she got the part was shared on social media. Watch the video now!
Joy Woods, Jordan Tyson & More Join Audra McDonald in GYPSY
Joining Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald and Tony Award Winner Danny Burstein in GYPSY are Joy Woods as “Louise,” Jordan Tyson as “June,” Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita as “Tessie Tura,” Lili Thomas as “Miss Mazeppa,” and Mylinda Hull as “Miss Electra.”
Joining Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald and Tony Award Winner Danny Burstein in GYPSY are Joy Woods as “Louise,” Jordan Tyson as “June,” Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita as “Tessie Tura,” Lili Thomas as “Miss Mazeppa,” and Mylinda Hull as “Miss Electra.”
Video: 2024 Canadian Production of COME FROM AWAY
The Canadian production of Come From Away will make its triumphant return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre this fall. Get a first look at footage from the production!
The Canadian production of Come From Away will make its triumphant return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre this fall. Get a first look at footage from the production!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What awards has Toni-Leslie James been nominated for?
Best Costume Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Paradise Square, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Bernhardt/Hamlet, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Bernhardt/Hamlet, Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Come From Away, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Jitney, Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for August Wilson's Jitney, Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for First Daughter Suite, Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for A Civil War Christmas, Design (Obie Awards) for Sustained excellence of costume design, Design (Obie Awards) for Sustained excellence of costume design, Outstanding Costume Design (The Lortels) for Wig Out!, Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production (Helen Hayes Awards) for 3 Mo' Divas , Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Tempest, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Costume Design (The Hewes Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam and Best Costume Design (Tony Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam.
What awards has Toni-Leslie James won?
Toni-Leslie James has won the following awards: Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Bernhardt/Hamlet; Design (Obie Awards) for sustained excellence in costume design; another Design award (Obie Awards) for sustained excellence in costume design; and Costume Design (The Hewes Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam.
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