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Ken Billington Biography (1946-)

Born December 29, 1946, in White Plains, NY; son of Kenneth Arthur (an automobile dealer) and Ruth (maiden name, Roane) Billington. Addresses: Contact: United Scenic Artists, 200 West 70th St., Suite 17-F, New York, NY 10023.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Lighting designer, lighting director

Birth Details

December 29, 1946

White Plains, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Lighting Designer
• Carnival, Berkshire Playhouse, Stockbridge, MA, 1965
• Fortune and Men's Eyes, Stage 73, New York City, 1969
• The Dream on Monkey Mountain, St. Mark's Playhouse, New York City,1971
• Heloise, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Nightride, Van Dam Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1972, then Edison Theatre, New York City, 1972-1974
• A Meeting by the River, Edison Theatre, 1972
• Journey of the Fifth Horse, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, 1972
• The Play's the Thing, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1972
• Two Gentlemen of Verona, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1973
• The Visit, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1973-1974
• Chemin de Fer, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1973-1974
• Holiday, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1973-1974
• Step Lively Boy, Locust Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1973
• $600 and a Mule, Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles, 1973
• Strike Heaven on the Face, Playhouse Theatre, 1973
• Games after Liverpool, Playhouse Theatre, 1973
• The Government Inspector, Playhouse Theatre, 1973
• Thoughts, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1973
• A Breeze from the Gulf, Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1973
• The Great MacDaddy, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1974
• Pretzels, Theatre Four, New York City, 1974
• Bad Habits, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1974
• Hosanna, Bijou Theatre, New York City, 1974
• Love for Love, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1974
• The Rules of the Game, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1974
• The Hashish Club, Bijou Theatre, 1974
• Doctor Faustus, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1974
• The Philanthropist, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1975
• King Lear, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1975
• Our Town, American Shakespeare Festival, 1975
• The Winter's Tale, American Shakespeare Festival, 1975
• Member of the Wedding, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1975
• Rodgers and Hart, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1975
• The Skin of Our Teeth, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1975
• Sweet Bird of Youth, Harkness Theatre, New York City, 1975-1976
• Snoopy!!!, Forest Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1975
• The Philanthropist, National Theatre, Washington, DC, 1975
• Long Day's Journey into Night, Eisenhower Theatre, John F. KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1976
• Wheelbarrow Closers, Bijou Theatre, 1976
• Checking Out, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Fiddler on the Roof, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1976-1977
• She Loves Me, Town Hall Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Side by Side by Sondheim, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1977-1978, then Morosco Theatre, 1978
• Knickerbocker Holiday, Town Hall Theatre, 1977
• Ethel Merman and Mary Martin Together on Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre, 1977
• Some of My Best Friends, Longacre Theatre, 1977
• Do You Turn Somersaults?, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1978
• On the Twentieth Century, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Working, 46th Street Theatre, 1978
• Sweeney Todd, Uris Theatre, New York City, 1979-1980
• Lerner and Loewe: A Very Special Evening, Winter Garden Theatre, 1979
• The Madwoman of Central Park West, Princess Theatre, New York City, 1979
• But Never Jam Today, Longacre Theatre, 1979
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Bob Carr Auditorium, Orlando, FL,1979
• When Hell Freezes Over I'll Skate, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, NewYork City, 1979
• People in Show Business Make Long Goodbyes, Orpheum Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Kiss Me, Kate, Wolf Trap Farm, VA, 1979
• Styne after Styne, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1980
• Sweeney Todd, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1980
• Happy New Year, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Perfectly Frank, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1980
• Copperfield, American National Theatre Academy (ANTA) Theatre, NewYork City, 1981
• Wally's Cafe, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1981
• My Fair Lady, Uris Theatre, 1981
• Fiddler on the Roof, New York State Theatre, New York City, 1981
• A Talent for Murder, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Noel, Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1981
• Blues in the Night, Rialto Theatre, New York City, 1982
• A Doll's Life, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1982
• Foxfire, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1982-1983
• Snoopy, Lamb's Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Play Memory, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1983
• Get Happy, Westwood Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1984
• Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Playmakers Repertory Theatre, 1984
• Shirley MacLaine on Broadway, Gershwin Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Play Memory, Longacre Theatre, 1984
• End of the World, Music Box Theatre, 1984
• The Three Musketeers, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Chaplin, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1984
• Talullah, West Side Arts Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Diamonds, Circle in the Square Theatre/Downtown, New York City, 1984
• Ann Reinking: A Lady and Her Music, Joyce Theatre, New York City,1984, then Westwood Playhouse, 1985
• Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1985
• Home Front, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1985
• Grind, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1985
• The Music Is Kern, Emelin Theatre, 1985
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Theatre of the Stars, Atlanta, GA, 1986
• Queenie Pie, American Music Theatre Festival, 1986, then Eisenhower Theatre, 1986-1987
• Roza, Center Stage Theatre, Baltimore, MD, 1986
• Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood, Ritz Theatre, New York City, 1986
• A Little Like Magic, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Stardust, Theatre Off Park, New York City, then Biltmore Theatre,1986-1987
• Roza, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1986-1987, then Royale Theatre, 1987
• Sweet Sue, Music Box Theatre, then Royale Theatre, both 1987
• Clap Trap, New York City production, 1987
• Late Nite Comic, Ritz Theatre, 1987
• Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, New York State Theatre, 1987
• Mike, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 1987-1988
• The Wonder Years, Top of the Gate Theatre, New York City, 1988
• The Taffetas, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989, thenVillage Gate Theatre, New York City, 1989
• Show Boat, Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, NJ, 1988-1989
• What the Butler Saw, Manhattan Theatre Club/Stage I, 1989
• The Lisbon Traviata, Manhattan Theatre Club/Stage I, 1989
• Tru, Booth Theatre, 1989-1990
• Meet Me in St. Louis, George Gershwin Theatre, 1989-1990
• Carnal Knowledge, Kaufman Theatre, New York City, 1990
• Lettuce and Lovage, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1990
• The Playboy of the Western World, Eisenhower Theatre, 1990
• Annie 2, Norma Terris Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, 1990
• The Christmas Spectacular, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1990-1991
• Fiddler on the Roof, Gershwin Theatre, 1990-1991
• The Big Love, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1991
• Absent Friends, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1991
• Give My Regards to Broadway, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1991
• The Odd Couple, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1991
• Breaking Legs, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1991-1992
• Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Radio City Music Hall, 1991-1992
• Too Short to Be a Rockette, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, FL, 1991-1992
• West Side Story, Paper Mill Playhouse, 1991-1992
• Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Manhattan Theatre Club/Stage I, 1991-1992 then Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1992, later Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1992-1993
• Metro, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1992
• Sweeney Todd, Paper Mill Playhouse, 1992-1993
• Ain't Broadway Grand, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1993
• The Red Shoes, Gershwin Theatre, 1993
• In Persons, Kaufman Theatre, 1993
• Annie Warbucks, Variety Arts Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
• A Tale of Two Cities, Paper Mill Playhouse, 1993-1994
• A Little More Magic, Belasco Theatre, 1994
• Bring in the Morning, Variety Arts Theatre, 1994
• Unfinished Stories, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1994
• Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival, DelacorteTheatre/Central Park, New York City, 1994
• Starcrossed, Norma Terris Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, 1994-1995
• Paddywhack, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1994-1995
• Arsenic and Old Lace, Long Wharf Theatre, 1994-1995
• The Prisoner of Zenda, Paper Mill Playhouse, 1994-1995
• The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me ... , Actors' Playhouse, New York City, 1995
• Buttons on Broadway, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1995
• London Suite, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1995
• Loose Lips: A Dangerous Revue, Triad Theatre, New York City, 1995
• Sylvia, Manhattan Theatre Club/Stage I, 1995
• Party, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 1995-1996
• Hello, Dolly!, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1995-1996
• Moon over Buffalo, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1995-1996
• Inherit the Wind, Royale Theatre, 1996
• The Apple Doesn't Fall ... , Lyceum Theatre, 1996
• Chicago, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1997, then Shubert Theatre, 1997-
• Annie, Martin Beck Theatre, 1997
• Dream, Royale Theatre, 1997
• Candide, George Gershwin Theatre, 1997
• An Evening with Jerry Herman, Booth Theatre, 1998
• Footloose, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1998-2000
• Do Re Mi, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1999
• Waiting in the Wings, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, then Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
• The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Booth Theatre, 2000-2001
• If you ever leave me ... I'm going with you!, Cort Theatre, New York City, 2001
• Wonder of the World, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 2001-
• Operas
• Simon Boccanegra, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, Philadelphia, PA, 1973
• Le coq d'Or, Dallas Civic Opera, Dallas, TX, 1973
• Il tabarro/Gianni Schicchi, Philadelphia Lyric Opera, 1974
• Anna Bolena, Dallas Civic Opera, 1975
• Ashmedai, New York City Opera, New York City, 1976
• L'Histoire Soldat, New York City Opera, 1977
• The Voice of Ariadne, New York City Opera, 1977
• The Merry Widow, New York City Opera, 1978
• Naughty Marietta, New York City Opera, 1978
• La fanciulla del west, Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1978, then San Francisco Opera, San Francisco, CA, 1979
• Un ballo in maschera, Dallas Civic Opera, 1978
• The Pearl Fishers, Dallas Civic Opera, 1979
• Silverlake, New York City Opera, 1980
• The Merry Widow, Greater Miami Opera, Miami, FL, 1981
• Willie Stark, Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, 1981
• Ernani, Dallas Civic Opera, 1981
• Candide, New York City Opera, 1982
• Lucia di Lammermoor, Dallas Civic Opera, 1982
• Faust, Greater Miami Opera, 1983
• Turandot, Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria, 1983
• Cosi fan tutte, Greater Miami Opera, 1984
• Sweeney Todd, Houston Grand Opera, then New York City Opera, 1984
• Madame Butterfly, Houston Grand Opera, 1985
• Faust, Houston Grand Opera, 1985
• Cavalleria Rusticana, Greater Miami Opera, 1986
• Pagliacci, Greater Miami Opera, 1986
• La fanciulla del west, Dallas Civic Opera, 1986
• Orpheus of the Underworld, Houston Grand Opera, then Michigan Opera, 1986
• Faust, Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA, 1987
• The Marriage of Figaro, Houston Grand Opera, 1988
• Orpheus of the Underworld, Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles, 1990
• Madame Butterfly, Chicago Lyric Opera, 1991
• Carmen, Houston Grand Opera, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, 1998
• A Little Night Music, 1999
• Madame Butterfly, 1999
• Major Tours
• Lighting Designer
• Mame, U.S. cities, 1970
• International Ice Review, U.S. cities, 1971
• Fiddler on the Roof, U.S. cities, 1976
• Equus, U.S. cities, 1976
• My Fair Lady, U.S. cities, 1977
• On the Twentieth Century, U.S. cities, 1979
• Da, U.S. cities, 1979, 1980
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, U.S. cities, 1980
• My Fair Lady, U.S. cities, 1980
• Sweeney Todd, U.S. cities, 1980
• Foxfire, U.S. cities, 1985
• Pippin, U.S. cities, 1986
• Lettice and Lovage, U.S. cities, 1992
• Annie Warbucks, U.S. cities, 1992-1993
• Breaking Legs, U.S. cities, 1992-1993
• Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, 1992-1993
• Annie Get Your Gun, U.S. cities, 1992-1994
• Hello, Dolly!, U.S. cities, 1994
• Television Lighting Designer
• Specials
• Willie Stark, 1981
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (also known as Sweeney Todd), 1982
• Candide, 1986
• "The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap,"Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• "Celebrating Gershwin" (also known as "The Jazz Age" and "'S Wonderful"),Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• "Aida," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• "Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne," Great Performances, PBS, 1987
• Bernstein at 70, 1988
• "Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master," Great Performances, PBS, 1988
• "Show Boat," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "The Philadelphia Orchestra with Andre Watts at Wolf Trap," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "Madama Butterfly" (also known as "Madame Butterfly"), Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "Our Town," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "The New Moon: The New City Opera at Wolf Trap," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "The Aspern Papers," Great Performances, PBS, 1989
• "Tru," American Playhouse, PBS, 1992
• "Stars on Ice," Sergei Grinkov: Celebration of a Life, CBS, 1996
• Television Lighting Director
• Specials
• Snow White Live, 1980
• Television Lighting
• Specials
• Sherlock Holmes, 1981
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Broadway '97: Launching the Tonys, PBS, 1997