Education
He graduated with a Bachelor from Harvard College and an Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
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Derek McLane
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McLane has designed more than 300 productions at theatres throughout the United States and around the world, for Broadway, Office-Broadway and major live television Office-Broadway credits include: Into the Woods (2015), Posterity (2015), The Scene, The Voysey Inheritance (2007 Lortel Award), Two Trains Running, Prime of Mission Jean Brodie, Macbeth (Shakespeare in the Park), Hurlyburly, Abigail’s Party, Modern Orthodox. The Great American Trailer Park Musical.
Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Creadeux Canvas Rafta, Rafta.
McLane designed the entire Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center in Washington, District of Columbia. His designs in opera and theatre have also appeared in London, Paris, Dublin, Glasgow, Moscow, Krakow, Sydney, Caracas and Warsaw. Foreign television, McLane designed the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Academy, as well as Sound of Music Live!, Peter Pan Live! and The Wiz Live! He has collaborated for many years with renowned directors such as Rob Ashford, Marc Bruni, Scott Elliott, Moisés Kaufman, Kathleen Marshall, David Warren, Kate Whoriskey, Daniel Sullivan, Mark Brokaw, James Lapine and Michael Mayer.
McLane is on the Board of Directors for The New Group and Fiasco Theater Company, and is also a mentor with TDF"s Open Doors Program.
Achievements
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2015 Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Designers for the 86th Annual Academy 2014 Emmy Award for the 86th Annual Academy, 2011 Tony Award Nomination for Best Secretariat Design of Anything Goes. 2011 Drama Desk Award for Anything Goes 11 Drama Desk Award nominations. 2010 Tony Award Nomination for Ragtime. 2009 Tony Award win for best set design for 33 Variations. 2007/2009 Outer Critics Circle nomination. 2006 Tony Award Nomination for Pajama Game. 2004, 2005, 2007 Lucille Lortel OBIE 1997 and 2004 OBIE for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design. Drama League Award, 1997 for Harmony at Louisiana Jolla Playhouse.
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Born
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American
Awards
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Tony award; Drama Desk award; Drama League award; Emmy award 2015 Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Designers for the 86th Annual Academy 2014 Emmy Award for the 86th Annual Academy , 2011 Tony Award Nomination for Best Set Design of Anything Goes. 2011 Drama Desk Award for Anything Goes 11 Drama Desk Award nominations. 2010 Tony Award Nomination for Ragtime. 2009 Tony Award win for best set design for 33 Variations. 2007/2009 Outer Critics Circle nomination. 2006 Tony Award Nomination for Pajama Game. 2004, 2005, 2007 Lucille Lortel OBIE 1997 and 2004 OBIE for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design. Drama League Award, 1997 for Harmony at La Jolla Playhouse.Tony award; Drama Desk award; Drama League award; Emmy award 2015 Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Designers for the 86th Annual Academy 2014 Emmy Award for the 86th Annual Academy , 2011 Tony Award Nomination for Best Set Design of Anything Goes. 2011 Drama Desk Award for Anything Goes 11 Drama Desk Award nominations. 2010 Tony Award Nomination for Ragtime. 2009 Tony Award win for best set design for 33 Variations. 2007/2009 Outer Critics Circle nomination. 2006 Tony Award Nomination for Pajama Game. 2004, 2005, 2007 Lucille Lortel OBIE 1997 and 2004 OBIE for Sustained Excellence in Scenic Design. Drama League Award, 1997 for Harmony at La Jolla Playhouse.