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Name
John Arnone
Role
Set designer
Awards
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design
Nominations
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design
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John Arnone
John Arnone is an award-winning set designer. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for set designs for the production of The Who's Tommy.
John Arnone studied at SMU to become an actor. He then moved to New York with a group of friends that included Garland Wright, Jack Hefner, Powers Boothe and Kathy Bates. In 1976, Arnone started designing sets, primarily for Jack Hefner’s Vanities, which ended up running for five years. He started taking night classes at the Parsons School of Design.
Career highlights
He has done set designs for Tommy Tune, playwright Edward Albee and choreographer Twyla Tharp. He’s worked at the Guthrie, the Mark Taper Forum and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.
Arnone is also co-founder of the New York’s Lion Theatre Company, where he has designed numerous productions on and off Broadway.
Arnone has also designed for several television sets and films such as Mondo Beyondo with Bette Midler on HBO in 1982.
Awards
Outstanding Set Design Drama Desk Award - 1993 for production of The Who's Tommy
Tony Award for Set Design - 1993 for production of The Who's Tommy
Set Designs
Volpone [Off-Broadway, 2012]
The Lady from Dubuque [Off-Broadway, 2012]
Black Tie [Off-Broadway, 2011]
Nightmare Alley, Geffen Playhouse
Oroonoko [Off-Broadway, 2008]
Whistlin' Dixie, L.A's Geffen Playhouse, 2007
Mimi le Duck [Off-Broadway, 2006]
Mimi Le Duck [Off-Broadway, 2006]
Indian Blood [Off-Broadway, 2006]
Lennon [Broadway, 2005]
Fortune's Fool[Broadway, 2002]
Scenic Designer
The Full Monty [West End, 2002]
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? [Broadway, 2002]
Dracula[Regional (US), 2001]
The Full Monty [US Tour, 2001]
Tiny Alice [Off-Broadway, 2000]
The Full Monty [Broadway, 2000]
Gore Vidal's The Best Man [Broadway, 2000]
The Full Monty [San Diego, CA (Regional), 2000]
Wake Up and Smell the Coffee [Off-Broadway, 2000]
Family Week [Off-Broadway, 2000]
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan [Broadway, 2000]
Waste [Off-Broadway, 2000]
The Play About the Baby [Off-Broadway, 2000]
Minnelli on Minnelli [Broadway, 1999]
Marlene [Broadway, 1999]
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan [Off-Broadway, 1998]
The Deep Blue Sea [Broadway, 1998]
Antony and Cleopatra [Off-Broadway, 1997]
Sex and Longing [Broadway, 1996]
Sacrilege [Broadway, 1995]
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [Broadway, 1995]
The Merchant of Venice [Off-Broadway, 1995]
Grease [Broadway, 1994]
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public [Broadway, 1994]