Years active 1974–present Books Hollywood Ending Parents Ruth Loquasto | Role Production Designer Name Santo Loquasto | |
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Born July 26, 1944 (age 79) ( 1944-07-26 ) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Occupation Production designer, Scenic designer, Costume designer Education King's College, Yale School of Drama Awards Tony Award for Best Scenic Design Nominations Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play Similar People Jennifer Tipton, Alisa Lepselter, Susan E Morse, Robert Greenhut, Jeffrey Kurland | ||
On set with santo loquasto the master builder
Santo Richard Loquasto (born July 26, 1944) is an American production designer, scenic designer and costume designer for stage, film, and dance. His work includes the productions of the ballet Don Quixote, the film Don't Drink the Water, Great Performances Dance in America: Fosse, and the television show TriBeCa.
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Career
Loquasto has worked on some 61 Broadway productions, either as scenic or costume designer, frequently both, starting with Sticks and Bones in 1972 and with his most recent production, Waiting for Godot in 2009. He has received 18 Tony Award nominations for his work as either costumer or scenic designer, and won three times, and he also has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design three times and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design once. In 2004, Loquasto was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Loquasto has been a production designer for many Woody Allen films, and has been nominated for the Academy Award for his production design for Allen's Bullets Over Broadway and Radio Days, and for costume design for Zelig. He has a B.A. in English literature from King's College, Pennsylvania and an MFA from Yale Drama School. He got his start as a designer at the Showcase Theatre in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Loquasto is a first cousin of Indy car driver Al Loquasto and a distant cousin of author Angelo F. Coniglio. All are descendants of Libertino lo Guasto, a foundling born in Serradifalco, Sicily in 1796.
Awards
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