Justin Townsend received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. His Broadway credits include Jagged Little Pill, Saint Joan, Present Laughter, The Little Foxes, The Humans (Tony nomination), American Psycho (Tony nomination), Fool for Love, Casa Valentina, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Other Place, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He served as Creative Director for Drake’s “Boy Meets World” European Tour and OVO Fest 2017. He previously worked with Alex Timbers on Here Lies Love. He is an associate professor at Brooklyn College.
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!
Justin Townsend, Jagged Little Pill
Justin Townsend, Moulin Rouge!
Justin Townsend, The Little Foxes
Justin Townsend, American Psycho
Justin Townsend, The Humans
Justin Townsend, American Psycho
Justin Townsend, The Humans
Justin Townsend, American Psycho
Justin Townsend, The Humans
Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love
Justin Townsend, Here Lies Love
Justin TownsendOne Night with Janis Joplin
Justin Townsend, Unnatural Acts
Justin TownsendHamlet
Justin Townsend, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Justin Townsend has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Moulin Rouge!", Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Moulin Rouge!", Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Jagged Little Pill" and "Moulin Rouge!", Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Little Foxes", "American Psycho", and "The Humans". He was also recognized with Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "American Psycho", Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "The Humans", and Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "American Psycho". Additionally, he won the Best Lighting Design of a Play Tony Award for "The Humans", the Performance-Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design Obie Award, the Hewes Design Award for "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play", Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "Here Lies Love", and Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for "Here Lies Love". Townsend also received the Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production Helen Hayes Award for "One Night with Janis Joplin" and "Hamlet", as well as Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "Unnatural Acts" and Outstanding Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson".
Justin Townsend has won several awards for his outstanding lighting designs in various Broadway productions. Some of his notable wins include Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Moulin Rouge!" and "American Psycho," Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Jagged Little Pill," Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Humans," and Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "American Psycho." He has also received the Performance- Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design at the Obie Awards, the Hewes Design Award at The Hewes Awards for "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," and Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "Here Lies Love."
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