Robin Samuel Anton Wagner (born August 31, 1933) is an American scenic designer.
Born in San Francisco,[1] he attended art school and started his career in theatres in that city[2] with designs for Don Pasquale, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Tea and Sympathy, and Waiting for Godot, among others.[1] In 1953, he relocated to New York City, where he worked on numerous off-Broadway productions[1] before making his Broadway debut as an assistant designer for the Hugh Wheeler play Big Fish, Little Fish in 1961. His first solo project was a short-lived 1966 production of The Condemned of Altona by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Wagner's many Broadway credits include Hair, The Great White Hope, Promises, Promises, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seesaw, Mack & Mabel, A Chorus Line, Ballroom, On the Twentieth Century, 42nd Street, Dreamgirls, Song and Dance, City of Angels, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Angels in America: Perestroika, The Producers, The Boy from Oz, and Young Frankenstein. His work in London's West End includes Crazy For You and Chess.
Wagner's other theatrical work ranges from off-Broadway and regional theatre productions to ballet and opera, including sets for the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and the New York City Ballet.
Wagner has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design six times out of eleven nominations and the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design three times out of ten nominations.
Wagner has served on the Theatre Advisory Committee for the New York International Festival of the Arts, as a trustee of the New York Shakespeare Festival, and has taught in the graduate theatre arts program at Columbia University. He also is Senior Vice-President of The Design Edge, a commercial design organization specializing in corporate exhibitions.[3]
Personal
Wagner is divorced from studio executive Paula Wagner. Wagner is divorced from Joyce Marie Workman. They have three children, Kurt, Leslie, and Christie.[1]
References
External links
Robin Wagner at the Internet Broadway Database
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- Boris Aronson (1976)
- Santo Loquasto (1977)
- Robin Wagner (1978)
- John Wulp (1979)
- John Lee Beatty (1980)
- John Lee Beatty (1981)
- Robin Wagner (1982)
- Ming Cho Lee (1983)
- Tony Straiges (1984)
- Heidi Ettinger (1985)
- Tony Walton (1986)
- John Napier (1987)
- Maria Björnson (1988)
- Santo Loquasto (1989)
- Robin Wagner (1990)
- Heidi Ettinger (1991)
- Tony Walton (1992)
- John Arnone and Wendall K. Harrington (1993)
- Ian MacNeil (1994)
- Eugene Lee (1995)
- Scott Bradley, play/Brian Thomson, musical (1996)
- David Gallo and Jan Hartley, play/Christina Poddubiuk, James Noone, and Robin Phillips, musical (1997)
- The Quay Brothers, play/Richard Hudson, musical (1998)
- Richard Hoover, play/Lez Brotherston, musical (1999)
- David Gallo, play/Robin Wagner, musical (2000)
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- Bob Crowley, play/Robin Wagner, musical (2001)
- Tim Hatley, play/Douglas W. Schmidt, musical (2002)
- John Lee Beatty, play/Catherine Martin, musical (2003)
- John Lee Beatty, play/Eugene Lee, musical (2004)
- Santo Loquasto, play/Michael Yeargan, musical (2005)
- Michael Yeargan, play/David Gallo, musical (2006)
- Bob Crowley and Scott Pask, play/Bob Crowley, musical (2007)
- Scott Pask, play/Michael Yeargan, musical (2008)
- David Korins, play/Tim Hatley, musical (2009)
- Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, and Basil Twist (2010)
- Derek McLane (2011)
- Jon Driscoll, Rob Howell and Paul Kieve (2012)
- Rob Howell (2013)
- Christopher Barreca (2014)
- Bob Crowley (2015)
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