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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Joe Viterelli to Orson Welles
Robin Wagner Biography (1933-)
Full name, Robin Samuel Anton Wagner; born August 31, 1933, in San Francisco,CA; son of Jens Otto and Phyllis Edna Catherine (maiden name, Smith-Spurgeon) Wagner; married Joyce Marie Workman, 1959 (divorced); children: Kurt, Leslie, Christie. Addresses: Office: Robin Wagner Studio, 890 Broadway, 6thfloor, New York, NY 10003-1211.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Set designer
- Birth Details
- August 31, 1933
- San Francisco, California
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Set Designer
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Don Pasquale, Golden Gate Opera Workshop, San Francisco, CA, 1953
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Amahl and the Night Visitors, Golden Gate Opera Workshop, 1953
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Zanetto, Golden Gate Opera Workshop, 1953
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Tea and Sympathy, Theatre Arts Colony, 1954
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Waiting for Godot, Actors Workshop, San Francisco, CA, 1957
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The Miser, Actors Workshop, 1958
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The Ticklish Acrobat, Actors Workshop, 1958
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The Filling Station, San Francisco Ballet Company, San Francisco,CA, 1958
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The Guardsman, Sacramento Civic Ballet, Sacramento, CA, 1958
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The Plaster Bambino, Actors Workshop, 1959
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And the Wind Blows, St. Marks Playhouse, New York City, 1959
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The Prodigal, Downtown Theatre, New York City, 1960
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Between Two Thieves, York Playhouse, New York City, 1960
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Borak, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1960-1961
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A Worm in Horseradish, Maidman Playhouse, New York City, 1961
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Entertain a Ghost, Irish Players, Actors Playhouse, New York City,1962
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The Days and Nights of Beebee Fenstermaker, Irish Players, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1962
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The Playboy of the Western World, Irish Players, 1962
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Cages, New York City, 1963
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In White America, Players Theatre, New York City, 1963
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The Burning, New York City, 1963
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The White Rose and the Red, New York City, 1964
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Dark of the Moon, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1964
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Galileo, Arena Stage, 1964
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A View from the Bridge, Sheridan Square Playhouse, 1965
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An Evening's Frost, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1965-1966
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The Condemned of Altona, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1966
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Oh What a Lovely War, Arena Stage, 1966
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Macbeth, Arena Stage, 1966
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Wind in the Willows, Arena Stage, 1966
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The Magistrate, Arena Stage, 1966-1967
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The Crucible, Arena Stage, 1967
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Love Match, Los Angeles, 1967
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The Inspector General, Arena Stage, 1967
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Look Back in Anger, Arena Stage, 1967
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The Andersonville Trial, Arena Stage, 1967
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Galileo, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1967
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), New York City, 1967
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A Certain Young Man, Stage 73, New York City, 1967
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Major Barbara, Arena Stage, c. 1967.
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Poor Bitos, Arena Stage, c. 1967.
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The Tenth Man, Arena Stage, c. 1968.
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Room Service, Arena Stage, c. 1968.
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The Iceman Cometh, Arena Stage, c. 1968.
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The Blood Knot, Arena Stage, c. 1968.
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Wind in the Willows, Arena Stage, c. 1968.
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The Great White Hope, Arena Stage, 1968
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Hair, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1968-1972
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Lovers and Other Strangers, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1968
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The Cuban Thing, Henry Millers Theatre, New York City, 1968
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The Great White Hope, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1968-1969
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Promises, Promises, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1968-1971
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Hair, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1968
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Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Arena Stage, c. 1969.
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The Cage, Arena Stage, c. 1969.
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Edith Stein, Arena Stage, c. 1969.
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You Can't Take It with You, Arena Stage, c. 1969.
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The Watering Place, New York City, 1969
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My Daughter, Your Son, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1969
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Promises, Promises, London, 1969
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The Cherry Orchard, Arena Stage, c. 1970.
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The Chemmy Circle, Arena Stage, c. 1970.
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Enchanted Night, Arena Stage, c. 1970.
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The Police, Arena Stage, c. 1970.
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Dance of Death, Arena Stage, c. 1970.
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No Place to Be Somebody, Arena Stage, c. 1970.
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Gantry, George Abbott Theatre, New York City, 1970
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The Rise and the Fall of the City of Mahagonny (also known as Mahagonny), Anderson Theatre, New York City, 1970
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The Engagement Baby, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1970
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Lenny, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1971-1972
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Jesus Christ Superstar, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1971-1973
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Inner City, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1971-1972
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Sugar, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1972-1973
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Lysistrata, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1972
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Julius Caesar, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1972
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Antony and Cleopatra, American Shakespeare Festival, 1972
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Major Barbara, American Shakespeare Festival, 1972
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Seesaw, Uris Theatre, New York City, 1973
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Full Circle, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), 1973
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Rachael Lily Rosenbloom and Don't You Ever Forget It!, BroadhurstTheatre, New York City, 1973
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Mack and Mabel, Majestic Theatre, 1974
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Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road, Beacon Theatre, New York City, 1974-1975
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A Chorus Line, Shubert Theatre, 1975-1990
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The Red Devil Battery Sign, Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA, 1975
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Les Troyens, Vienna State Opera, 1976
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Hamlet Connotations, American Ballet Theatre, New York City, 1976
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A Chorus Line, London, 1977
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West Side Story, Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, Germany, 1977
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Julius Caesar, Stratford, CT, 1978
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On the Twentieth Century, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1978
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Ballroom, Majestic Theatre, 1978-1979
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Comin' Uptown, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1979
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Swing, New York City, 1980
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42nd Street, Winter Garden Theatre, 1980-1981 then Majestic Theatre, 1981-1987 later St. James Theatre, 1987-1989
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One Night Stand, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1980
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Semmelweiss, New York City, 1981
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Dreamgirls, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1981-1985
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Barber of Seville, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1982
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Mahalia, Hartford Theatre Company, Stamford, CT, 1981 then HartmanTheatre, Stamford, 1982
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Merlin, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1983
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Three Dances, Eliot Field Ballet, New York City, 1983
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Jewels, New York City Ballet, 1983
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Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacort Theatre/Central Park, New York City, 1985
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Song and Dance, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
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Chess, London, 1987
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Teddy and Alice, Minskoff Theatre, New York City, 1987-1988
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Chess, Imperial Theatre, 1988
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Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Imperial Theatre, 1989-1990
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City of Angels, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 1989-1992
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Hamlet, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1990
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William Tell, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1991
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Crazy for You, Shubert Theatre, 1992-1996
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Jelly's Last Jam, Virginia Theatre, 1992-1993
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Crazy for You, London, 1993
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City of Angels, London, 1993
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Putting It Together, City Center Theatre, Stage I, then ManhattanTheatre Club, both New York City, 1993
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Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Walter Kerr Theatre, NewYork City, 1993-1994
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Angels in America: Perestroika, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
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Victor/Victoria, Marquis Theatre, New York City, 1995-1997
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Big, Schubert Theatre, 1996
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Dreamgirls, Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI, 1997
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The Life, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1997-1998
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Side Show, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
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Saturday Night Fever, Palladium Theatre, London, 1998 then Minskoff Theatre, 1999-2000
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Kiss Me Kate, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1999-?
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The Wild Party, Virginia Theatre, 2000
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The Producers, St. James Theatre, 2001-?
- Also set designer for The Immortalist, Encore Theatre, San Francisco, CA; Dark Side of the Moon, Encore Theatre; Tokyo productions of A Chorus Line,
Dreamgirls,
42nd Street,
City of Angels, and Crazy for You.
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Major Tours
- Set designer, Dreamgirls, North American cities, 1985-1987
- Set designer, Forty-second Street, U.S. cities, 1989
- Also designed sets for several touring productions of Hair,
Promises, Promises, and Swing.
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Stage Producer
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Million Dollar Musical, Coconut Grove Playhouse, 1987
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Film Production Designer
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My Old Man's Place (also known as Glory Boy), Cinerama, 1970
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Television Set Designer
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Series
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NBC News, NBC, 1971
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Specials
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia, PBS, 1989
- "Jammin: Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway," Great Performances, PBS,1992
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Crazy for You, PBS, 1999
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Television Production Designer
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Movies
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Hamlet, 1990
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Designers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, 1997
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