Creators of sets both literal and imaginative, here are the 2025 Orlando Sentinel honorees for best scenic design, as selected by theater critic Matthew J. Palm.

“They have completely different personalities, like you're talking to different people,” says Derek McLane of the musicals Death Becomes Her and Just in Time. The scenic designer is a two-time Tony ...

Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Stereophonic, Outstanding Scenic Design ...

Cruz Hernandez, a 2025 Montezuma-Cortez High School graduate and first-year student at the University of Colorado Boulder, ...

Mary Ann Norbom [email protected] Jun 15, 2017 Jun 15, 2017 Updated Jun 27, 2017 The vines at the bottom of the castle tower wall may look like nothing more than a jumble of organic ...

Everything from Kissimmee’s Highway 192 to a historic landmark to an urban hoodoo shop gave inspiration to these theater makers: Here are the 2022 Orlando Sentinel honorees for scenic design as ...

Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Scotland, PA, Outstanding Set Design (Drama Desk Awards) for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) ...

Details matter. Especially when creating a set on a stage. If a set doesn’t give the audience enough reason to suspend belief, they won’t easily join Brad and Janet over at the Frankenstein place, or ...

Scenic design is more than just creating a room onstage; it’s crafting a mood, building a world for both the characters as well as the audience, storytelling through space, and much more. This season, ...

Like every other major awards show, the Tonys have a long way to go before they reach anything that resembles gender parity. Throughout the decades-long history of Broadway’s biggest honor, Tony ...