Beowulf Boritt is a scenic designer for theater. He is known for his Tony Award winning design for the play Act One in 2014. Hal Prince asked him to design Daisy Prince's production of The Last Five Years and later Prince's own production Paradise Found. Soon after, designing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee launched his career on Broadway. Since then, he has designed over 20 Broadway shows, including his Tony Award winning play Act One and nominated shows The Scottsboro Boys, and Thérèse Raquin. In 2007, he was awarded the Obie Award for sustained excellence in scenic design. He has also won the AUDELCO Award for set design in 2002 and the 2012 Tina Award for Best Scenic Design.

In this week’s episode, hear him talk about the secrets of Broadway set design including . .

How Lord of the Rings helped inspire him to be a designer.

What he did in college that helped launch his career (if you’re in school, you should do this too, no matter what you want to do in the theater).

The budgeting process on Broadway – what’s right, what’s wrong, and how to fix it.

The difference between designing a musical and designing a play.

The next big thing in set design is . . . . (hear his answer!)

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