Bob Crowley (born 1952) is a theatre designer (scenic and costume), and theatre director.Born in Cork, Ireland, he is the brother of director John Crowley. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has designed over 20 productions for the National Theatre including Ghetto, The Madness of George III, Carousel and The History Boys. He has also designed numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company including The Plantagenets, for which he won an Olivier award, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which later had a successful run in London, followed by a transfer to Broadway. Opera productions include the critically acclaimed production of The Magic Flute directed by Nicholas Hytner for the English National Opera and La Traviata for the Royal Opera House.He has received multiple Tony Award nominations, and has won six times, for designing the Broadway productions of Carousel (1994), Aida (2000), The History Boys (2006), Mary Poppins (2007), The Coast of Utopia (2007) and Once (2012). He is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design and a three-time recipient of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design. He is a frequent collaborator of Nicholas Hytner and as well as Broadway has worked extensively at the Royal National Theatre in London and with England's Royal Shakespeare Company.Crowley designed set and costume for Mary Poppins, which played in both the West End and on Broadway. He designed and directed the Phil Collins musical Tarzan. He is the set and costume designer for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, and the costume designer of the 2008/9 version of The Little Mermaid.
Production Designer, Costume Designer, Art Department
Siblings
John Crowley
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Fact
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He was awarded the 1998 Back Stage Garland Award for Scenic Design for "Putting It Together" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 2009 Back Stage Garland Award for Scenic Design for "Mary Poppins" in a Disney and Cameron Mackintosh presentation at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 2009 Back Stage Garland Award for Costume Design for "Mary Poppins" in a Disney and Cameron Mackintosh presentation at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for a Play for "History Boys". During his speech, he referred to preferring that he would have won for "the other one". This was a sly reference to the fact that he directed and designed both sets and costumes for Disney's Tarzan, which garnered only one Tony nomination for lighting design.
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Brother of Irish film & theatre director John Crowley.
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Has twice won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Scenic Designer: in 1994 for "Carousel;" and in 2000 for "Aida." He has also been Tony-nominated seven other times: in 1987 as Best Scenic Designer and Best Costume Designer for "Les Liaisons Dangereuses;" in 1998 as Best Scenic Designer for "The Capeman;" in 1999 as Best Scenic Designer for "The Iceman Cometh" and also for "Twelfth Night;" in 2000 as Best Costume Designer for "Aida;" and in 2001 as Best Scenic Designer for "The Invention of Love."
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He was awarded the 1991 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Designer for Murmuring Judges.
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He was awarded the 2003 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Designer for Mourning Becomes Electra performed at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton.
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He was nominated for a 2004 'Laurence Olivier (I)' Theatre Award for Best Set Designer of 2003 for "Mourning Becomes Electra", performed at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton.
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He was nominated for a 'Laurence Olivier (I)' Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Costume Designer for "Cresside" at the Albery Theatre and "The Witches of Eastwick" at the Theatre Royal.
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He was awarded the 'Laurence Olivier (I)' Theatre Award in 1990 (1989 season) for Best Designer for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", "Hedda Gabler" and "The Plantaganets".
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Putting It Together
2000
TV Movie
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
1998
TV Movie
Performance
1992-1998
TV Series 2 episodes
The Designated Mourner
1997
The Cunning Little Vixen
1995
TV Movie
La traviata
1994
TV Movie
Great Performances
1993
TV Series 1 episode
La Traviata: Live from the Royal Opera House
2016
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
2015
TV Movie
Skylight
2014
TV Movie
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2011
TV Movie designer
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2010
TV Series 1 episode
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Don Carlo
2010
TV Movie
La Traviata
2009
TV Movie
Phèdre
2009
TV Movie
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
La Traviata: Live from the Royal Opera House
2016
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
2015
TV Movie
Skylight
2014
TV Movie
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
2010
TV Series 1 episode
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Don Carlo
2010
TV Movie
La Traviata
2009
TV Movie
Phèdre
2009
TV Movie
Putting It Together
2000
TV Movie
The Crucible
1996
The Cunning Little Vixen
1995
TV Movie
La traviata
1994
TV Movie
Arena
1985
Video
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The History Boys
2006
designer: National Theatre production
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bob Crowley: Stage Designer
2016
Documentary short
Himself
The 69th Annual Tony Awards
2015
TV Movie
Himself - Winner: Best Scenic Design of a Musical & Nominee: Best Scenic Design of a Play / Best Costume Design of a Play / Best Costume Design of a Musical
The 66th Annual Tony Awards
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Winner: Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Being Alice: Adventures in Wonderland
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The 61st Annual Tony Awards
2007
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Costume Design of a Musical & Winner: Best Scenic Design of a Play & Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The 60th Annual Tony Awards
2006
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Scenic Design of a Play
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
2001
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Scenic Design
The 54th Annual Tony Awards
2000
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Costume Design & Winner: Best Scenic Design