Since his arrival in London from New York many years ago, David Hersey has designed the lighting for hundreds of plays, musicals, operas and ballets. He was lighting consultant to the National Theatre for ten years and is a past chairman and current fellow of the Association of Lighting Designers. In 2002 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Middlesex University. His many awards include Tonys for Best Lighting Design for Evita, Cats and Les Misérables plus the 1996 Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design for Burning Blue, The Glass Menagerie and Twelfth Night. He received Tony nominations for The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby, Starlight Express, Miss Saigon and Oklahoma! and Olivier nominations for Oliver!, Glengarry Glen Ross, Martin Guerre, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, My Fair Lady and The Coast of Utopia. The production of My Fair Lady received the 2001 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production.
David Hersey, Equus
David Hersey , Equus
David Hersey, Equus
David Hersey, Equus
David HerseyThe Coast Of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage
David Hersey, My Fair Lady
David Hersey, Oklahoma!
David Hersey, Oklahoma!
David Hersey, Oklahoma!
David HerseyBurning Blue
David HerseyGlengarry Glen Ross
David Hersey, Miss Saigon
David Hersey , Miss Saigon
David Hersey , Chess
David Hersey, Les Misérables
David Hersey, Les Misérables
David Hersey, Starlight Express
David Hersey, Cats
David Hersey, The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
David Hersey , The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
David Hersey, Evita
David Hersey, Evita
David Hersey has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of his nominations include Best Lighting Design for Equus at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Lighting Design for Equus at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Lighting Design of a Play for Equus at the Tony Awards, and Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play for Equus at the Drama Desk Awards. He has also been nominated for Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards for productions like The Coast Of Utopia - Voyage, Shipwreck, Salvage, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, Burning Blue, and Glengarry Glen Ross. Additionally, Hersey received nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design for Miss Saigon and Chess at the Drama Desk Awards, and Best Lighting Design for Les Misérables, Starlight Express, Cats, The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Evita at various award ceremonies.
David Hersey has won several awards for his lighting design work on Broadway productions. These include Best Lighting Design at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Equus, Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Equus, Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Oklahoma!, Best Lighting Designer at the Olivier Awards for Burning Blue, Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Miss Saigon, Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for Les Misérables, Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for Cats, a Special Citation at The Hewes Awards for The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and Best Lighting Design at the Tony Awards for Evita.
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