Howell Binkley

Howell Binkley (July 25, 1956 – August 14, 2020)[1] was a professional lighting designer in New York City. He received the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical for Jersey Boys in 2006, and again in 2016 for Hamilton. He died due to lung cancer on August 14, 2020.[2]

Career

Binkley attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina where he began his career working with dance programs.[3]

In 1985, he moved to New York City where he co-founded the Parsons Dance Company with David Parsons. Binkley then went on to make his Broadway debut as designer for Kiss of a Spider-Woman in 1993, which earned him his first ever Tony nomination. From this success he went on to design and light a plethora of major Broadway shows. In total, he designed 52 shows for Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award nine times.[4] Over the course of his work in Broadway, he became a frequent collaborator with Hal Prince and director Des McAnuff.

In addition to his work in New York City, Binkley worked across America, including national tours of Applause in 1996; tick, tick…BOOM! in 2003; and Flashdance in 2012. Alongside this, he worked at regional theaters such as La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Old Globe Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, The Goodman Theatre, and Hartford Stage.[3][5]

Binkley was well known for his use of saturated color, accompanied by white or slightly cool highlights. He frequently used smoke or haze to draw attention to his use of angle. His designs are partly based upon Craig Miller and Tom Skelton's use of cross focussing to make diamond effects.

Awards and nominations
Year Production Award Category Outcome
1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman Tony AwardBest Lighting DesignNominated
Olivier AwardBest Lighting DesignWon
1998ParadeDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Lighting DesignNominated
2000The Full MontyDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Lighting DesignNominated
2003Radiant BabyLucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Lighting DesignNominated
2005Jersey BoysTony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalWon
2007LoveMusikDrama Desk AwardOutstanding Lighting DesignWon
2008In The HeightsTony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalNominated
2009West Side StoryTony AwardBest Lighting DesignNominated
2011How To Succeed in Business Without Really TryingTony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalNominated
2014After MidnightTony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalNominated
2015 Hamilton Lucille Lortel AwardOutstanding Lighting DesignWon
Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Lighting DesignNominated
Hewes Design AwardLighting DesignWon
2016 Tony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalWon
2017Come From AwayTony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalNominated
2018HamiltonOlivier AwardBest Lighting DesignWon
2019Ain't Too ProudTony AwardBest Lighting Design of a MusicalNominated

References
  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/theater/howell-binkley-dead.html
  2. "Tony Award-Winning Lighting Designer Howell Binkley Has Passed Away". Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. Eddy, Kathleen.Simply Howell Binkley livedesignonline.com, Feb 1, 2004
  4. "Remembering Howell Binkley". The Association of Lighting Designers. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  5. Credits as of November 2006 American Theatre Wing


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