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The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has revealed the 2026 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees who will be recognized at the 62nd annual ceremony on October 19 in New York. For the 2026 honors, 114 theater artists were nominated for outstanding artistry in 63 productions presented during the 2025-26 New York theater season on, Off, and Off-Off Broadway. Read More

2026 Henry Hewes Design Award Honorees:

Scenic Design
Dane Laffrey
The Lost Boys, Palace Theatre

Costume Design
Brenda Abbandandolo
Cold War Choir Practice, Clubbed Thumb at Wild Project

Lighting Design
Masha Tsimring
Practice, Playwrights Horizons
Cold War Choir Practice, Clubbed Thumb at Wild Project
Animal Wisdom, Signature Theatre

Sound Design
Mikhail Fiksel
Mexodus, Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre

Media Design
Kameron Neal
Rheology, Playwrights Horizons

Notable Effects
Christopher Darbassie,
Color Theories, Performance Space New York
Emmanuel Delgado,
Sam Levy,
Monkey Boys Productions,
Tommaso Ortino,
Muriel Parra,
Lia Ouyang Rusli,
André Azevedo Sweet,
Julio Torres
(Production Design)

In a career shaped by curiosity, collaboration and a fascination with the power of light to tell a story, Justin Partier has found his calling on some of opera and theater’s most demanding stages.

Influenced by family, inspired by photography and music, and ultimately captivated by theater, Partier pursued a career with a clear goal in mind: making a living as a working lighting designer and associate. Today, as Resident Lighting Director at San Francisco Opera, he combines technical precision with a storyteller’s eye, using dramaturgy and evocative imagery to support each production’s emotional arc. Read More

Here are the top 10 universities for the current crop of Broadway playwrights, directors, designers, and composers. Read More

From Savannah to Sydney, these academies teach future costumers how to dress to kill (or at least slay) onscreen. Read More

Bob Mackie, the exuberant costume and fashion designer whose glittering, beaded, sequined, rhinestoned, feathered and often winged creations bedecked, bedazzled and elevated performers like Carol Burnett, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler, Mitzi Gaynor, Liza Minnelli, Elton John, RuPaul and, most memorably and enduringly, Cher — as well as an 11½-inch model named Barbie — died on Monday in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 87. Read More

The production will be directed by Tony-winning The Outsiders director Danya Taymor. Performances will begin at Studio Seaview November 27 ahead of an official opening night on December 17. The musical runs in a limited engagement through February 14, 2027.

Newly announced creative team members include scenic designers Christine Jones and Brett Banakis, costume designer Kaye Voyce, lighting designer Brian MacDevitt, sound designer Cody Spencer, special effects designer Jeremy Chernick. Elizabeth Allen serves as the production stage manager. Sean Gorski/Hudson Theatrical Associates is the production manager. Read More

Scenic Design - Teresa L. Williams
Costume Design - Qween Jean
Lighting Design - Stacey Derosier
Sound Design - Cody Spencer
Wig, Hair and Makeup Design - Nikiya Mathis
Production Stage Manager - Sara Gammage

Set Design — Beowulf Boritt
Costume Design — Karen Perry
Lighting Design — Allen Lee Hughes
Sound Design and Original Music — John Gromada
Hair and Wig Design — Nikiya Mathis

No Openings this upcoming week.

Titaníque at the St. James Theatre is closing Sunday, September 20, 2026

59E59 Theaters - Theater C
59 East 59th Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.16.26 • Opening Night 09.18.26 • Closing Date 10.18.26

Lighting & Projection Design — Brian Gale
Sound Design — Lindsay Jones
Associate Sound Design — ien DeNio
Stage Manager — Alexandrea Hess Rodriguez
Production Manager — Christopher Beyries
Technical Director — Jimmy Callahan

Theatre Row - Theater Five
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.18.26 • Opening Night 09.18.26 • Closing Date 10.04.26

Set Design — Evan Frank
Costume Design — Cat Fisher
Lighting Design — Bruce A! Kraemer
Sound Design — Ian Wehrle
Prop Design & Assistant Stage Manager — Max Kilsheimer
Stage Manager — Dana Vincent-Robbins
Master Electrician — Andrew LaPointe

Asylum NYC
123 East 24th Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.17.26 • Opening Night 09.19.26 • Closing Date 09.27.26

Scenic & Video Design — Jefferson Ridenour
Costume Design — Vanessa Leuck
Lighting Design — Mark London
Sound Design — Kai Harada
Stage Manager — Roe Manzo
Production Manager — Keith Herron

Theaterlab
357 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
First Preview 09.17.26 • Opening Night 09.20.26 • Closing Date 10.03.26

Set Design — Bridget Lindsay
Costume Design — Alyssa Korol
Lighting Design — Paige Seber
Production Stage Manager — Rebecca Hanai Malamud

Studio Seaview
305 West 43rd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.20.26 • Opening Night 09.20.26 • Closing Date 10.05.26

Lighting Design — Nick Solyom
Sound Design — Connor Wang
Production Stage Manager — Sydney Prince

The Wild Project
195 East 3rd Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.08.26 • Opening Night 09.22.26 • Closing Date 10.18.26

Scenic Design — Anna Grigo
Costume Design — Lily Cucinelli
Lighting Design — Evan C. Anderson
Sound Design — Brandon Bulls
Production Stage Manager — Josie Cooper
Assistant Stage Manager — Charlie Lovejoy

HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY
First Preview 09.17.26 • Opening Night 09.23.26 • Closing Date 11.01.26

Set & Puppetry Design — Basil Twist
Lighting Design — Ayumu “Poe” Saegusa
Sound Design — Greg Duffin
Projection Design — Daniel Brodie
Production Stage Manager — Neelam Vaswani

SoHo Playhouse
15 Vandam Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.14.26 • Opening Night 09.23.26 • Closing Date 10.14.26

Scenic Design — Amir Arison
Original Lighting Design — Colin Grenfell
Lighting & Projection Design — Lauren Nychelle
Production Stage Manager — Andrea Sicoli

THE SPACE AT IRONDALE
85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY
First Preview 09.08.26 • Opening Night 09.24.26 • Closing Date 10.24.26

Scenic & Props Design — Jan Pappelbaum
Co-Scenic & Props Design — Cecilia Xuetong Feng
Costume Design — Sasha Ageeva
Lighting Design — Jeff Adelberg
Sound Design — Denis Zabiyaka
Hair & Makeup Design — Anna Furman
Aquarium Design — Charles Kuniewich
Props Supervisor — Jonno Knust
Stage Manager — Sherry Wang

Production Props Associate — Irina Vilenchik
Technical Director — Steven Waggoner
Assistant Stage Manager — Natasha Klochkova
Production Manager — Gabriela Belen Gutierrez Cruz

West End Theatre
263 West 86th Street, New York, NY
First Preview 09.12.26 • Opening Night 09.25.26 • Closing Date 10.18.26

Scenic Design — Jacob Bers
Costume Design — Amanda Roberge
Lighting Design — Reza Behjat
Sound Design — Ian Scot
Props Design — Thomas Jenkeleit
Production Stage Manager — Tyler Larson
Assistant Stage Manager — Isabel Schwartzberg

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