Birth Place: White Plains, NY, USA
Ken Billington is a highly acclaimed lighting designer with over 50 years of experience in the theatre industry. Born in 1944 in Long Island, New York, Billington attended Hofstra University where he studied theatre and lighting design. After graduating, he began his career as a lighting designer in the Off-Broadway scene in the 1960s, eventually making his way to Broadway.
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Ken Billington, Chaplin: The Musical
Ken Billington, Chaplin: The Musical
Ken Billington, The Scottsboro Boys
Ken Billington , Sondheim on Sondheim
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park With George
Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
Ken Billington, The Drowsy Chaperone
Ken Billington, Chicago
Ken Billington, Chicago
Ken Billington, Chicago
Ken Billington, Grind
Ken Billington, End of the World
Ken Billington, Foxfire
Ken Billington, Foxfire
Ken Billington, Sweeney Todd
Ken Billington, Sweeney Todd
Ken Billington, Working
Ken Billington , The Visit
Ken Billington has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of his nominations include Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "New York, New York," Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "New York, New York," and Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Chaplin: The Musical." He has also received nominations for Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Scottsboro Boys" and "Sunday in the Park with George," among others. Billington's work has been recognized with nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for various productions such as "Chicago," "Sweeney Todd," and "The Visit."
Ken Billington has won the Outstanding Lighting Design award from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Sunday in the Park With George, the Outstanding Lighting Design award from the Drama Desk Awards for Chicago, and the Best Lighting Design award from the Tony Awards for Chicago.
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