Howell Binkley a Tony Award-winning lighting designer passed away on 14th Aug’20 due to lung cancer. Binkley began his career working with dance programs. He then joined the Broadway as a designer for Kiss of a Spider-Woman in 1993 and designed 52 Broadway shows in all. Binkley won nine Tony awards which included Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Jersey Boys (2005), In The Heights (2008), West Side Story 9 (2009), How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011), After Midnight (2014), Hamilton (2015), Come From Away (2017) and Ain’t Too Proud (2019).
Additionally, he also worked at regional theatres such as La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Old Globe Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, The Goodman Theatre and Hartford Stage.
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