Kenneth Posner is an American theatrical lighting designer, working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in American regional theatre. His most notable designs include the musicals Wicked and Hairspray, two highly regarded musicals of the early 21st century. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for Merchant of Venice (2011), The Coast of Utopia (2007), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005), Wicked (2004), Hairspray (2003), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001). He won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for The Coast of Utopia in 2007. He also has received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting. He also designed the lights for Little Women.
Posner was educated at SUNY Purchase, where Brian MacDevitt also attended. He is a 1983 graduate of Eastchester High School in Eastchester, New York. He also attended Boston University's School of Fine Arts.
Posner is a resident of Verona, New Jersey.[1]
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- ^ KENNETH POSNER, Playbill. Accessed January 11, 2008. "He resides in Verona, New Jersey, with his wife Michelle and their three children."
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