- Kenneth Posner
Kenneth Posner is an award winning American theatrical
lighting designer , working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in American regional theatre. His most notable designs include the musicals "Wicked" and "Hairspray", both currently running on Broadway. He has been nominated for theTony Award for Best Lighting Design for "The Coast of Utopia " (2007), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (2005), "Wicked" (2004), "Hairspray" (2003), and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer " (2001). He won theTony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play for "The Coast of Utopia" in 2007. He has also been nominated for the Drama Desk Award in Lighting (first in 1991), and has received anObie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting. Currently, he is working on the lighting designs for the soon to open Broadway revival of "Grease".Posner was educated at
SUNY Purchase , whereBrian MacDevitt also attended. He is a 1983 graduate ofEastchester High School inEastchester, New York . He also attendedBoston University 's School of Fine Arts.Posner is a resident of
Verona, New Jersey . [ [http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/1268.html KENNETH POSNER] , "Playbill ". AccessedJanuary 11 ,2008 . "He resides in Verona, New Jersey, with his wife Michelle and their three children."]References
External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=25851 Kenneth Posner] at the [http://www.ibdb.com/ internet bway database]
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