Kenneth Posner - Awards & Nominations

Also know as	Ken Posner
Profession	Lighting Designer
Kenneth Posner is an American theatrical lighting designer, working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in American regional theatre. His most notable designs include the musicals Wicked and Hairspray, two highly regarded musicals of the early 21st century. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design 10 times, including nods for Merchant of Venice, The Coast of Utopia, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked, Hairspray, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He has also been nominated 10 times for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design, and won both the Tony and Drama Desk award in 2007 for The Coast of Utopia. He also has received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting. He also designed the lights for Little Women. In 2013, Posner achieved a near-sweep of the nominations for the Tony Award for best lighting design of a musical, garnering nods in three of the four eligible slots, but did not win. Posner was educated at SUNY Purchase, where Brian MacDevitt also attended. He is a 1983 graduate of Eastchester High School in Eastchester, New York. He also attended Boston University's School of Fine Arts.

Awards by Kenneth Posner

Check all the awards nominated and won by Kenneth Posner.

2013

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Honored for : Pippin

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Pippin","Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical	Kinky Boots
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical	Pippin
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical	Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Pippin

2012

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play	Other Desert Cities
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Death Takes a Holiday

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play	The Merchant of Venice

2009

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	9 to 5 Lighting Design in a Musical

2008

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Hairspray

2007

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Honored for : The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	The Coast of Utopia: Voyage","The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck","The Coast of Utopia: Salvage
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design	Wicked
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play	The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Wicked

2004

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Wicked
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical	Wicked

2003

Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical	Hairspray
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Hairspray

2002

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Monster

2001

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	The Wild Party
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	The Wild Party

1998

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Pride's Crossing","A View from the Bridge

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design	Machinal

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