Name Toni-Leslie James Role Costume designer | Spouse David Higham (m. 1981) | |
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Children Jett Higham, Cosima Higham Parents Leslie Burrell, Alice Burrell Awards Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design, Obie Award for Design Nominations Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design Similar People Jules Fisher, George C Wolfe, Susan Stroman, Peggy Eisenhauer, Gregory Hines | ||
Toni-Leslie James is an American costume designer for stage, television and film. James was awarded The Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award and the 2009 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She received a BFA in costume design from The Ohio State University. Ms James is an Associate Professor and Head of Design in the theatre department of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Her Broadway costume design credits include the costume designs for Come From Away (2017 Drama Desk Nomination), the 2017 revival of August Wilson's Jitney (2017 TONY Award Nomination, 2017 Drama Desk Nomination ), Amazing Grace: A New Musical (Hewes Design Award Nomination),The Scottsboro Boys (Hewes Design Award Nomination), Finian's Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party (FANY Award), Marie Christine (FANY Nomination), Footloose, The Tempest (Drama Desk Nomination), Twilight…Los Angeles 1992, ''Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Jelly’s Last Jam (Hewes Design Award, Tony Award Nomination and Drama Desk Nomination). '
Off Broadway and regionally she has designed productions for various productions, including; the City Center Encores! series, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theatre, The Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, Ballet Hispanico, and internationally at the Royal Court and Chitchester theaters in England, The Citadel Theatre in Canada, and The Greek Festival in Athens, Greece.
Her television credits include; Whoopi for NBC, As The World Turns for CBS, The Huey P. Newton Story directed by Spike Lee, five specials for WNET/13 Great Performances series and the feature film, A Tale of Two Pizzas directed by Vincent Sassone.
