John Lee Beatty Biography (1948-)

Surname rhymes with "Katie"; born April 4, 1948, in Palo Alto, CA; son of Shelton R. E. Lee (a college dean) and Caroline Dorothea (an educator; maiden name, Burtis) Beatty. Addresses: Office: 107 West 86th St., New York, NY10024.; Agent: Writers and Artists Agency, 19 West 44th St., Suite 1000, NewYork, NY 10036-6095.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Set designer
Birth Details
April 4, 1948
Palo Alto, California, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Work
  • Set Designer
  • Baal, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1974
  • Battle of Angels, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1974
  • Some People, Some Other People, and What They Finally Do, Stage 73, New York City, 1974
  • The Mound Builders, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1975
  • Down by the River Where Waterlilies Are Disfigured Every Day, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1975
  • Knock, Knock, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1976
  • The Innocents, Morosco Theatre, New York, City, 1976
  • Rebel Women, New York Shakespeare Festival, Newman Theatre, New York City, 1976
  • Tribute to Lili Lamont, Circle Repertory Company, Circle RepertoryTheatre, 1976
  • Mrs. Murray's Farm, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1976
  • Serenading Louie, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1976
  • Ashes, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1977
  • A Life in the Theatre, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1977
  • The Water Engine, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, then NewYork Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, later Plymouth Theatre, New York City, all 1978
  • Catsplay, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978
  • The Rear Column, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1978
  • Ulysses in Traction, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1978
  • Lulu, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1978
  • The Middle Ages, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1978
  • Lone Canoe, or the Explorer, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1979
  • (And costume designer) No Time for Comedy, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1979
  • Faith Healer, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1979
  • Whoopee!, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New YorkCity, 1979
  • The Woods, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1979
  • The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1979
  • Ain't Misbehavin', Manhattan Theatre Club, then Longacre Theatre,New York City, later London, all 1979
  • Cyrano de Bergerac, Goodman Theatre, 1979
  • Reunion, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1979
  • Talley's Folly, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, and Goodman Theatre, Chicago, both 1979 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1980 later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1980
  • The Fifth of July, Circle Repertory Company, Center Theatre Group,Ahmanson Theatre, 1980 then New Apollo Theatre, New York City, 1980-1982
  • The Diviners, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre,1980
  • Holiday, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, 1980
  • The Lady and the Clarinet, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre,1980
  • Broadway, The Acting Company, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1980
  • Biography, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1980
  • Johnny on a Spot, Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn,NY, 1980
  • Hide and Seek, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1980
  • Crimes of the Heart, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1980 then Helen HayesTheatre, New York City, 1980 and John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1981 later Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, 1982
  • Close of Play, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1981
  • The Five O'Clock Girl, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1981
  • The Wild Duck, Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1981
  • Fools, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1981
  • Duet for One, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • The Curse of an Aching Heart, Little Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • Is There Life after High School?, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1982
  • Livin' Dolls, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1982
  • Monday after the Miracle, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1982
  • Alice in Wonderland, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1982-1983
  • What I Did Last Summer, Circle Repertory Company, Circle RepertoryTheatre, 1982
  • Angels Fall, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1982
  • The Sea Gull, Circle Repertory Company, American Place Theatre, 1983
  • The Fifth of July, Longacre Theatre, 1983
  • Passion, Longacre Theatre, 1983
  • The Middle Ages, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1983
  • Baby, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1983-1984
  • After the Fall, Playhouse 91, New York City, 1984
  • In Celebration, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
  • Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
  • Other Places, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1984
  • The Miss Firecracker Contest, Manhattan Theatre Club, then Westside Arts Theatre, New York City, both 1984
  • Hamlet, Folger Theatre, Washington, DC, 1985
  • The Octette Bridge Club, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1985
  • Angelo's Wedding, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1985
  • Penn and Teller, Westside Arts Theatre, 1985 then Ritz Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988 later Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1991
  • It's Only a Play, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1986
  • Principia Scriptoriae, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1986
  • Loot, Manhattan Theatre Club, then Music Box Theatre, both 1986
  • The Philadelphia Story, Hartman Theatre, 1986
  • Ain't Misbehavin', GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, then Studio ArenaTheatre, Buffalo, NY, later Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, all 1986
  • The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA, 1986
  • Talley and Son, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
  • Tomorrow's Monday, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
  • Caligula, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
  • The Mound Builders, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
  • Quiet in the Land, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1986
  • The Nerd, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1987
  • Burn This, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988
  • Men Should Weep, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1988
  • Ain't Misbehavin', Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
  • Brilliant Traces, Circle Repertory Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1989
  • What the Butler Saw, Manhattan Theatre Club (some sources cite Stage 1, City Center Theatre), 1989
  • Aristocrats, Stage 1, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1989
  • Eleemosynary, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1989
  • The Rover, Goodman Theatre, 1989
  • Rebel Armies Deep into Chad, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1989
  • Look Homeward, Angel, Syracuse Stage, 1989
  • Beside Herself, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1989
  • Oh, Hell, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1989
  • Twelfth Night, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1989
  • A Flea in Her Ear, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1989
  • Road to Mecca, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1990
  • Bad Habits, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1990
  • The Cemetary Club, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1990
  • Love Letters, Canon Theatre, Los Angeles, 1990
  • RE: Joyce, Long Wharf Theatre, 1990
  • The Taming of the Shrew, New York Shakespeare Festival, DelacorteTheatre, 1990
  • The Voysey Inheritance, Long Wharf Theatre, 1990
  • The Sum of Us, Cherry Lane Theatre, 1990-1991
  • Mr. Gogol and Mr. Preen, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1991
  • Absent Friends, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1991
  • Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Manhattan Theatre Club (some sources cite Stage 1, City Center Theatre), 1991
  • Song of Singapore, Theatre at 17 Irving Place, 1991
  • The Substance of Fire, Lincoln Center Theatre, 1991 then Mitzi E.Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1992
  • Children, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1991
  • Penn and Teller: The Refrigerator Tour, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1991
  • It's Only a Play, James A. Doolittle Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
  • The Most Happy Fella, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1992
  • A Small Family Business, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1992
  • The Real Inspector Hound [and] The Fifteen Minute Hamlet, Criterion Theatre, 1992
  • The Price, Criterion Theatre, 1992
  • The Destiny of Me, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1992-1993
  • Black Comedy/White Liars: Two Plays of the 60s, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1993
  • Anna Christie, Criterion Theatre, 1993
  • The Sisters Rosensweig, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1993-1994
  • Redwood Curtain, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1993
  • White Lairs and Black Comedy, Criterion Theatre, 1993
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
  • Fiorello!, City Center Theatre, 1994
  • Allegro, City Center Theatre, 1994
  • Lady in the Dark, City Center Theatre, 1994
  • Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Criterion Theatre, 1994
  • They Call Me Madam, City Center Theatre, 1995
  • The Heiress, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1995
  • Out of This World, City Center Theatre, 1995
  • Pal Joey, City Center Theatre, 1995
  • My Thing of Love, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1995
  • The Father, Criterion Theatre, 1996
  • DuBarry Was a Lady, City Center Theatre, 1996
  • One Touch of Venus, City Center Theatre, 1996
  • A Delicate Balance, Plymouth Theatre, 1996
  • Chicago, City Center Theatre, 1996 then Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1996-1997 later Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1997-?
  • Once upon a Mattress, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1996-1997
  • An American Daughter, Cort Theatre, 1997
  • The Little Foxes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1997
  • The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1997-1998
  • Proposals, Broadhurst Theatre, 1997-1998
  • Ivanov, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1997-1998
  • The Mystery of Irma Vep, 1998
  • Footloose, Richard Rodgers Theatre, 1998-2000
  • Ring 'round the Moon, Belasco Theatre, 1999
  • An Experiment with an Air Pump, Stage 1, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1999
  • The Dinner Party, Music Box Theatre, 2000
  • Proof, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 2000
  • Man of La Mancha, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 2000
  • Comic Potential, Stage 1, Manhattan Theatre Club, 2000
  • Who's on First?, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, 2000
  • Also set designer for Sylvia, Manhattan Theatre Club; The Heiress and The Sisters Rosensweig, both Ahmanson Theatre; Burn This, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, The Lady and the Clarinet, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Loot, The Substance of Fire, and A Tale Told, all Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; for off-Broadway productions of The Cryptogram, Dog Opera, and The Playboy of the West Indies; and for regional productions of The Most Happy Fella, Picnic, and Summer and Smoke.
  • Scenic Consultant
  • Strike Up the Band, City Center Theatre, 1998
  • Do Re Mi, City Center Theatre, 1999
  • Babes in Arms, City Center Theatre, 1999
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, City Center Theatre, 2000
  • Major Tours
  • Set Designer
  • Ain't Misbehavin', U.S. cities, 1979
  • Crimes of the Heart, U.S. cities, 1984
  • Film Work
  • Production Designer
  • The Substance of Fire, 1996
  • Television Set Designer
  • Specials
  • The Mound Builders, PBS, 1975
  • Out of Our Father's House, PBS, 1979
  • Alice in Wonderland, 1983
  • Picnic, 1986

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