TONY WALTON

Tony Walton

Director/Designer

Tony Walton has been recognized with an Academy Award, 5 Academy Award nominations, an Emmy Award, 3 Tony Awards and 16 Tony Award Nominations. He was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1991.

Tony Walton most recently directed and designed the critically acclaimed The Devil’s Disciple for the Irish Repertory Theatre. Other works for the Irish Rep include The Importance of Being Earnest, Major Barbara and the U.S. premiere of Noël Coward’s After the Ball. He also directed the smash hit revival of Where’s Charley? for the Goodspeed Opera House and Oops! The Big Apple Circus Stage Show for a 60- city U.S. tour. He staged Noël Coward’s A Song at Twilight for Bay Street Theatre, Gen LeRoy’s Missing Footage for San Diego’s Old Globe and Orson Welles’ Moby Dick-Rehearsed for East Hampton’s John Drew Theatre for which he has also directed a number of star-studded readings.

For the past 50 years Mr. Walton has been designing settings and costumes for theatre and film. His innumerable Broadway credits include the upcoming new musical version of A Tale of Two Cities, the revivals of Our Town, I’m Not Rappaport, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Uncle Vanya, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls, and Anything Goes, Bob Fosse’s original productions of Chicago and Pippin; Pinter’s Moonlight and Ashes to Ashes; Grand Hotel, The Real Thing, The Will Rogers Follies and The House of Blue Leaves, Madison Square Garden’s A Christmas Carol and Julie Andrews’ recent triumphant revival of The Boy Friend.

In film he has designed for directors Bob Fosse, Sidney Lumet, Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Volcker Schlondorf and François Truffaut. Among the 20 films to his credit: Mary Poppins, Murder on the Orient Express, Fahrenheit 451, The Wiz, The Boy Friend, All That Jazz, Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Regarding Henry, and Deathtrap.

In London he has co-produced a number of presentations, including several musicals with the legendary Hal Prince. His designs for Opera have been seen throughout Europe and America. His many Ballet designs include St. Louis Woman for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Peter and the Wolf and The Sleeping Beauty for American Ballet Theatre, all at Lincoln Center.

		TONY WALTON Director/Designer Tony Walton has been recognized with an Academy Award, 5 Academy Award nominations, an Emmy Award, 3 Tony Awards and 16 Tony Award Nominations. He was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1991. Tony Walton most recently directed and designed the critically acclaimed The Devil’s Disciple for the Irish Repertory Theatre. Other works for the Irish Rep include The Importance of Being Earnest, Major Barbara and the U.S. premiere of Noël Coward’s After the Ball. He also directed the smash hit revival of Where’s Charley? for the Goodspeed Opera House and Oops! The Big Apple Circus Stage Show for a 60- city U.S. tour. He staged Noël Coward’s A Song at Twilight for Bay Street Theatre, Gen LeRoy’s Missing Footage for San Diego’s Old Globe and Orson Welles’ Moby Dick-Rehearsed for East Hampton’s John Drew Theatre for which he has also directed a number of star-studded readings. For the past 50 years Mr. Walton has been designing settings and costumes for theatre and film. His innumerable Broadway credits include the upcoming new musical version of A Tale of Two Cities, the revivals of Our Town, I’m Not Rappaport, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Uncle Vanya, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls, and Anything Goes, Bob Fosse’s original productions of Chicago and Pippin; Pinter’s Moonlight and Ashes to Ashes; Grand Hotel, The Real Thing, The Will Rogers Follies and The House of Blue Leaves, Madison Square Garden’s A Christmas Carol and Julie Andrews’ recent triumphant revival of The Boy Friend. In film he has designed for directors Bob Fosse, Sidney Lumet, Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Volcker Schlondorf and François Truffaut. Among the 20 films to his credit: Mary Poppins, Murder on the Orient Express, Fahrenheit 451, The Wiz, The Boy Friend, All That Jazz, Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Regarding Henry, and Deathtrap. In London he has co-produced a number of presentations, including several musicals with the legendary Hal Prince. His designs for Opera have been seen throughout Europe and America. His many Ballet designs include St. Louis Woman for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Peter and the Wolf and The Sleeping Beauty for American Ballet Theatre, all at Lincoln Center.
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