Michael H. Yeargan is an American set designer for theatre and opera.Yeargan is a professor of Stage Design at the Yale School of Drama and has designed for opera companies all over the world, including the Washington Opera and the Dallas Opera. His scenic designs for Broadway include South Pacific, Cymbeline, Awake and Sing!, Seascape, The Light in the Piazza, The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, Ah, Wilderness!, Hay Fever, It Had to Be You, A Lesson from Aloes, Dirty Linen & New-Found-Land, Something Old, Something New, Me Jack, You Jill, The Ritz, Bad Habits, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.Yeargan also designed sets for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and The Illusion at the Dallas Theatre Center.
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Art Department
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
1
He was nominated for a 2003 Joseph Jefferson Award for Scenic Design for "The Beard of Avon" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
2
He was nominated for a 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Scenic Design for "The Man Who Came to Dinner" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2009-2015
TV Series 7 episodes
Rigoletto
2011
Simon Boccanegra
2010
TV Movie
Madama Butterfly
2010
Great Performances
1998-2008
TV Series 3 episodes
The Metropolitan Opera Presents
1996-2003
TV Series 3 episodes
I puritani
2001
TV Movie
Aida
1994
TV Movie
Stiffelio
1993
TV Movie
Simon Boccanegra
1991
TV Movie
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2014
TV Series 1 episode
Rigoletto
2011
Madama Butterfly
2010
The Metropolitan Opera Presents
1996-2003
TV Series 2 episodes
I puritani
2001
TV Movie
Great Performances
1998
TV Series 1 episode
Aida
1994
TV Movie
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Great Performances
2008
TV Series scenic design - 1 episode
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2007
TV Series set designer - 1 episode
Tales from the Opera
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary set stage designer - 1 episode
Jane Austen in Manhattan
1980
stage settings
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
Live from Lincoln Center
2000-2010
TV Series 2 episodes
Great Performances
2000
TV Series 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2009-2012
TV Series
Himself - Set designer / Himself - Intermission interviewee
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
2008
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The 59th Annual Tony Awards
2005
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Scenic Design of a Musical
And Then One Night: The Making of 'Dead Man Walking'
$12 Million
