David Gallo

David Gallo on the set of Madagascar Live!

David Gallo (born January 10, 1966) is an American scenic designer and projection designer for Broadway, off-Broadway, regional, and international theatre venues. He won the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design and the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design in 2006 for The Drowsy Chaperone.^[1]

David Gallo designed the Tony Award winning musicals Memphis and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Also known for his long time collaboration with playwright August Wilson, Gallo designed the Broadway premieres of all his later works, including Jitney, King Hedley II, Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf, and the revival of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf earned the designer two additional Tony Award nominations.Gallo was honored to design the Kennedy Center’s tribute production of August Wilson’s Twentieth Century.

David Gallo has designed for regional theaters throughout the United States, including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Goodspeed Opera House and La Jolla Playhouse, working with notable directors Kenny Leon, Ed Stern, Christopher Ashley, Keith Glover and Marion McClinton.

Outside of the US, Gallo is a frequent collaborator with Netherlands based Joop van den Ende's Stage Entertainment and has served as his designer for productions throughout dozens of cities within the European Union including Amsterdam, Antwerp, Vienna, Hamburg, Oberhausen, Berlin, Stuttgart, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona and many more. He also works with many producing interests in Asia, including Seol and Company, Creative Productions and Broadway Asia. His most recent Asian venture is the original musical, Tears of Heaven, currently playing in Seoul.

Gallo designed the 2009 New Year’s Eve extravaganza in Miami for jamband Phish and was Creative Director for their 2010 New Year’s Eve production at Madison Square Garden where the global version of ‘Meatstick’ was born.

Often credited with a whimsical style, many of Gallo's projects have been centered on children and family entertainments. Gallo designed the 135th Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and served as the Production Designer for many youth oriented Live productions including Yo Gabba Gabba; Madagascar; Blues Clues; Dora the Explorer; Go, Diego, Go!; Clifford the Big Red Dog; SpongeBob SquarePants; and various projects for Nickelodeon. David Gallo designed the popular Christmas television special Elmo's Christmas Countdown for Sesame Street and was honored by the Jim Henson Company with a true Muppet crafted in his likeness.

David Gallo designed the 2010 Broadway Cares Collection Official Snow Globe to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids Fund.

In 2000, David Gallo's body of work was chosen to represent innovative contemporary American set design in the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum inaugural National Design Triennial. His paintings for the 1997 Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge are in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in Washington, D.C. Gallo's designs were featured in the 2003 Prague Quadrennial, and many can be found in the permanent collection of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas as well assorted public and private collections.

Awards and Recognition

• Acclaim Award: Fall of Heaven, The History of Invulnerability
• American Theater Wing Award nomination: A View from the Bridge, Hughie, Jackie
• AUDELCO Award: King Hedley II
• AUDELCO Award nomination: Jar the Floor
• Barrymore Award for Excellence in Theatre
• Drama Desk Award: Bunny Bunny, Jitney, The Drowsy Chaperone
• Drama Desk Award nomination: A Catered Affair, King Hedley II, Machinal, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Wild Party, Wonder of the World, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Eddy Award for Excellence in Design and Technology
• FANY Award nomination: Little Me, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
• Hewes Design Award: Jitney, The Wild Party, Wonder of the World
• Hewes Design Award nomination: Memphis, reasons to be pretty
• IRNE Award nomination: Stick Fly
• Kevin Kline Award: High
• L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award: Gem of the Ocean, Jitney, The Drowsy Chaperone
• L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award nomination: Angels in America
• Lucille Lortel Award: Bunny Bunny, Jitney, The Wild Party
• Lucille Lortel Award nomination: Wonder of the World
• NAACP Award: King Hedley II
• Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Set Design
• Outer Critics Circle Award: Bunny Bunny, The Drowsy Chaperone
• Ovation Award: Gem of the Ocean, Jitney
• Ovation Award nomination: King Hedley II
• The Musical Award (Korean 'Tony' Award) nomination: Tears of Heaven
• Tony Award: The Drowsy Chaperone
• Tony Award Nomination: Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf

References

1. ^ "The Darlings of Broadway: 2006 Tony Award Winners". The New York Times. 2006-06-11. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/theater/16tony.list.html. Retrieved 2007-11-04. 

External links

• Official website
• David Gallo stage credits at the Internet Broadway Database
• New York Times profile article

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