At Disneyland, Billington's lighting is featured in the extravaganza Fantasmic. His architectural designs can be seen in restaurants and clubs from Manhattan to Asia. Ken also designed the lighting plot and original design for all four current Dolly Parton Dixie Stampede locations.
The Lighting Archive complete lighting paperwork for Sweeney Todd
April 10, 2024
billington, born, october, 1946, american, lighting, designer, began, career, york, city, working, assistant, tharon, musser, born, 1946, october, 1946, white, plains, york, occupationlighting, designerawardstony, award, best, lighting, design, 1997, born, whi. Ken Billington born October 29 1946 is an American lighting designer He began his career in New York City working as an assistant to Tharon Musser 1 Ken BillingtonBorn 1946 10 29 October 29 1946 age 77 White Plains New York U S OccupationLighting designerAwardsTony Award for Best Lighting Design 1997 He was born in White Plains New York the son of Kenneth Arthur an automobile dealer and Ruth Roane Billington Billington has 96 Broadway productions to his credit including Copperfield Checking Out Moon Over Buffalo Grind Hello Dolly Meet Me in St Louis On the Twentieth Century Side by Side by Sondheim Lettice and Lovage Tru The Scottsboro Boys and Sweeney Todd Off Broadway productions include Sylvia London Suite Annie Warbucks Lips Together Teeth Apart The Lisbon Traviata What the Butler Saw and Fortune and Men s Eyes Billington was the principal lighting designer for Radio City Music Hall from 1979 to 2004 where he created the lighting for the world famous Christmas and Easter Spectaculars 1 While there he also created the lighting for the stage adaptation of the 1937 animated musical film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Other projects include lighting the 1975 76 season for the American Shakespeare Festival at Stratford Connecticut as well as projects such as Turandot at the Vienna State Opera to nightclub acts for headliners Ann Margret Shirley MacLaine and Liberace At Disneyland Billington s lighting is featured in the extravaganza Fantasmic His architectural designs can be seen in restaurants and clubs from Manhattan to Asia Ken also designed the lighting plot and original design for all four current Dolly Parton Dixie Stampede locations Billington has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design nine times and in 1997 won for the revival of Chicago which also garnered him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design In November 2015 Billington was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame 2 Awards and nominations editYear Title Award Category Result1974 The Visit Tony Award Best Lighting Design Nominated1978 Working Tony Award Best Lighting Design Nominated1979 Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tony Award Best Lighting Design NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated1983 Foxfire Tony Award Best Lighting Design NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated1984 End of the World Tony Award Best Lighting Design Nominated1985 Grind Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated1997 Chicago Tony Award Best Lighting Design WonDrama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design WonOuter Critics Circle Award Best Lighting Design Nominated2006 The Drowsy Chaperone Tony Award Best Lighting Design in a Musical Nominated2008 Sunday in the Park with George Tony Award Best Lighting Design in a Musical NominatedDrama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Lighting Design Won2010 Sondheim on Sondheim Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated2011 The Scottsboro Boys Tony Award Best Lighting Design in a Musical Nominated2013 Chaplin Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design NominatedOuter Critics Circle Award Outstanding Lighting Design Nominated2022 New York New York Tony Award Best Lighting Design in a Musical PendingDrama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design PendingReferences edit a b Rothstein Mervyn December 25 2008 A Life in the Theatre Ken Billington Playbill Retrieved January 12 2022 Members Theater Hall of Fame External links editKen Billington at the Internet Broadway Database Biography American Theatre Wing The Lighting Archive complete lighting paperwork for Sweeney Todd Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ken Billington amp oldid 1154085189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
