The 70 plus shows he designed lighting for on Broadway include Death of a Salesman, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and directed by Mike Nichols, The Book of Mormon (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Fences, A Behanding in Spokane, Race, The Pillowman, Urinetown, and Into the Woods. In addition to 5 TONYs, his awards include an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a Bessie Award, and others. For dance, The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon, and many others. His ... read more
Broadway credits include: The Lyons, Lysistrata Jones, Grey Gardens (Tony and Drama Desk Nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood, The Little Dog Laughed, The Constant Wife, Twelve Angry Men. Off-Broadway credits include: Log Cabin (Playwrights Horizons), Giant (The Public Theater) and four seasons of Encores! (New York City Center). Extensive opera credits include Orfeo ed Euridice for the Metropolitan Opera and productions for New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera and Opera Theater of St. Louis. Also, Romeo and Juliet; On ... read more
Don Scardino is an accomplished actor, director, and producer with extensive experience in both theater and television. He was born on February 17, 1949, in New York City and grew up in suburban Long Island. Scardino attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied theater and film.
Scardino began his career in the late 1960s as an actor, appearing in a number of off-Broadway productions. He made his Broadway debut in 1971 in the musical "King of Hearts." He went on to appear in several other Broadway productions, including "Godspell," "Johnny Got His Gun," and "The Magic Show."
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