Name John Arnone | Role Set designer | |
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Awards Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Nominations Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design Similar People Des McAnuff, Martin Pakledinaz, Mark Lamos, Howell Binkley, Paul Kandel | ||
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.
Contents
- John Arnone
- Design Working In The Theatre 306
- Early career
- Career highlights
- Awards
- Set Designs
- References
Design (Working In The Theatre #306)
Early career
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.