JK's TheatreScene: Broadway Boys: May 2013: Kenneth Posner

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Broadway Boys: May 2013: Kenneth Posner

MR. BROADWAY MAY 2013

KENNETH POSNER

WHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Since he made his Broadway ddebut with the 1995 revival of The Rose Tattoo, Kenneth Posner has designed the lighting for some 49 productions. He is a staple in the regional theatre community including the Williamstown Theater Festival, and with the non-profits, including several productions at Lincoln Center. He has such an extensive off-Broadway resume that he was awarded an OBIE for Sustained Excellence in Lighting. But what makes him the man of the month is the astounding thing he accomplished: three of the four Tony Award nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical for Cinderella, Kinky Boots and Pippin. If that's not enough to be called Mr. Broadway, I don't know what is!

OTHER INFORMATION

Age: Born in 1965
Education: Boston University School of Fine Arts; SUNY Purchase
Family: Married
Where You Might Have Seen His Work: Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Side Man, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Hairspray, Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Legally Blonde, The Merchant of Venice, Catch Me If You Can, Other Desert Cities, The Best Man, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, Kinky Boots, Pippin; Off-Broadway/Regional: Toxic Avenger, Our Town, Giant, Far From Heaven ; Awards: 10 Tony Award Nominations, 1 Tony Award (The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck); OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design, 11 Drama Desk Award Nominations, 1 Drama Desk Award (The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck)