Education
She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in costume design from The Ohio State University and is the Director of Costumes at Virginia Commonwealth University.
She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in costume design from The Ohio State University and is the Director of Costumes at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Office Broadway and regionally she has designed productions for various productions, including. The City Center Encores! series, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theatre, The Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, Ballet Hispanico, and internationally at the Royal Court and Chitchester theaters in England, The Citadel Theatre in Canada, and The Greek Festival in Athens, Greece. Her television credits include.
Whoopi for National Broadcasting Company, As The World Turns for Columbia Broadcasting System, The Huey P. Newton Story directed by Spike Lee, five specials for W National Educational Television/13 Great Performances series and the feature film, A Tale of Two Pizzas directed by Vincent Sassone.
Toni-Leslie James is married to the lighting designer David Higham, with whom she had two children (one deceased) and homes in Brooklyn, New York, and Richmond, Virginia.