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Eugene Lee Biography (1939-)

Born March 9, 1939; son of Eugene and Betty Lee; married Franne Newman (a designer). Addresses: OFFICE--31 Union Square W., New York, NY 10003.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK
• Set designer, A Dream of Love, costume designer, Belch, both Theater of the Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1966.
• set and lighting designer, The Threepenny Opera, The Imaginary Invalid, H.M.S. Pinafore, all Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1967.
• set and lighting designer, Enrico IV, lighting designer, A Delicate Balance, both Studio Arena Theatre, 1968.
• set designer, World War 2 1/2, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• production designer, Slave Ship, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY,1969, then Theatre-in-the-Church, New York City, 1970.
• set designer, The Recruiting Officer, Harry Noon and Night, both Theatreof the Living Arts, 1969.
• set designer, A Line of Least Existence, Theatre of the Living Arts, 1970.
• set designer, Wilson in the Promise Land, American National Theatre Academy (ANTA) Playhouse, New York City, 1970.
• co-designer (with Franne Lee), Alice in Wonderland, Extension Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• co-designer (with Franne Lee), Saved, Brooklyn Academy of Music, then Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, both 1970.
• co-designer (with Franne Lee), Mother Courage, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1970.
• set designer, Son of Man and the Family, set and lighting designer, The Taming of the Shrew, both Rhode Island School of Design Theatre, Providence, RI, 1970.
• lighting designer, Love for Love, set and lighting designer, The Threepenny Opera, both Rhode Island School of Design Theatre, 1971.
• co-designer (with Franne Lee and Roger Morgan), Dude, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1972.
• co-designer (with Franne Lee), Candide, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1973,then Broadway Theatre, 1974.
• set designer, Gabrielle, Studio Arena Theatre, 1974.
• set designer, The Skin of Our Teeth, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, both 1975.
• Credits; ALL AS SET DESIGNER UNLESS INDICATED
• It's Me, Sylvia!, Playhouse Theatre II, New York City, 1981.
• Agnes of God, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• Some Men Need Help, 47th Street Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• The Ballad of Soapy Smith, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Public Theater, New York City, 1984.
• The Normal Heart, NYSF, Public Theater, 1985.
• Misalliance, Amadeus, A Christmas Carol, Passion Play, The Three Sisters,You Can't Take It with You, Good, all Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, TX, 1984-85.
• The Skin of Our Teeth, A Christmas Carol, The Marriage of Bette and Boo,The Glass Menagerie, The Tavern, The Ups and Downs of Theophilus Maitland, AFolk Tale, Kith and Kin, all Dallas Theater Center, 1985-86.
• Also Some of My Best Friends, 1977; Gilda Radner Live from New York, NewYork City, 1979; and The Girl of the Golden West (opera).
• ALL WITH THE TRINITY SQUARE REPERTORY COMPANY,TRINITY SQUARE THEATRE, PROVIDENCE,RI; SET DESIGNER UNLESS INDICATED The Threepenny Opera, The Importance of Being Earnest, both 1967.
• Year of the Locust, An Enemy of the People, Phaedra, all 1968.
• Macbeth, The Homecoming, Billy Budd, Old Glory, House of Breathe, Black/White, Wilson in the Promise Land, all 1969, The Skin of Our Teeth, Lovecraft's Follies, (also lighting designer) You Can't Take It with You, all 1970.
• Troilus and Cressida, Down by the River where Water Lilies Are DisfiguredEvery Day, (also lighting designer) The Good and Bad Times of Cady Francis McCullum and Friends, all 1971.
• Old Times, 1972.
• The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Feasting with Panthers, Brother to Dragons, Ghost Dance, scenery and environment designer, Aimee, all 1973.
• Well Hung, scenery and environment designer, A Man for All Seasons, both1974.
• (also lighting designer) Peer Gynt, Tom Jones, Seven Keys to Baldpate, all 1975.
• El Grande de Coca-Cola, An Almost Perfect Person, Deathtrap, Arsenic andOld Lace, Betrayal, On Golden Pond, A Christmas Carol, The Iceman Cometh, Inherit the Wind, How I Got That Story, Whose Life Is It, Anyway?, The Whales ofAugust, all 1980-81.
• (also lighting designer) Tintypes, The Crucifer of Blood, 13 Rue de L'Amour, The Dresser, Translations, A Christmas Carol, The Front Page, The Tempest, Pygmalion, The Web, Letters from Prison, all 1982-83.
• Beyond Therapy, What the Butler Saw, Terra Nova, Passion Play, Tartuffe,A Christmas Carol, Misalliance, And a Nightingale Sang, The Country Wife, Master Harold ... and the boys, Present Laughter, all 1984-85.
• The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Beauty Part, AChristmas Carol, The Crucible, The Tavern, Life and Limb, Pasta, The CountryGirl, Baby, Not by Bed Alone, all 1985-86.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Set designer, Sweeney Todd, U.S. cities, 1980, then U.S. and Canadian cities, 1982.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; SET DESIGNER
• One Trick Pony, Warner Brothers, 1980.
• Easy Money, Orion, 1982.
• Also (with Franne Lee) Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, 1979; Hammett, 1982.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; SERIES
• Set designer, Saturday Night Live, NBC.