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KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Director) started his career with the off-Broadway hit Fortune and Men's Eyes. Since then he has designed over 80 Broadway and 70 Off-Broadway shows including the current Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George and recent Broadway productions The Drowsy Chaperone and Ring of Fire in addition to Chicago, Fame, Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs..., Footloose, Candide, Annie, Foxfire, Tru, Sweeney Todd, Side by Side by Sondheim, On the Twentieth Century, Annie Warbucks, Sylvia, London Suite, and Snoopy. His recent off-Broadway credits include New Jerusalem, [title of show] and The Normal Heart. Other projects include Fantasmic! at Disneyland, Jubilee! at Bally's Las Vegas, supervising Riverdance and for 26 years the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Ken is the recipient of the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics, and Ace Awards and the Lumen for his architectural lighting. Ken is equally at home designing theatre, television, opera, concerts, and architectural lighting, and has been honored with six Tony Award nominations and received the 1997 Tony Award for his work on Chicago. His Tony nominations include End of the World (1984), Foxfire (1982), Sweeney Todd (1979), Working (1978) and The Visit (1973).
Bio as of April, 2008.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Design - September, 2001 - Watch now.
Downstage Center (audio)
Ken Billington - April, 2008 - Listen Now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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