Adrianne Lobel is an American

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and producer for theatre, opera, and dance known for her "very daring and creative sets."Greenspon, Jaq. "Acting" (1996). McGraw-Hill Professional. , p. 82.

Life and career

Lobel was born and raised in

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and took classes at the art school at the

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, then worked as a

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at film studios. She later attended the Yale Drama School, where she studied with set designer Ming Cho Lee. Lobel has designed sets for

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, and

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productions and has worked with the

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, Arena Stage, and the

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.Biography
filmreference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2009. She designed the sets for the 1987

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production of ''

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'' and the television broadcast the following year, as well as the 1991

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'' Great Performances: Dance in America'' staging of ''The Hard Nut'' by Mark Morris. Additionally, she designed the sets for the 2005

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adaptation of the

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classic ''

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'' directed by

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the 1988 Mark Morris Dance Group work "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato." and 1991 Mark Morris Dance Group work "The Hard Nut". Lobel's first producing credit, the musical ''

A Year With Frog and Toad ''A Year With Frog and Toad'' is a musical written by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and lyrics), based on the ''Frog and Toad'' children's stories written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. The musical follows the woodland advent ...

'', was a family affair (workshopped 2000, premiered 2002). It was based on books by her late father, children's author Arnold Lobel, and starred her then husband

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, to whom she was married from 1995 to 2009.

Awards and nominations

Lobel was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for ''Passion'' and the

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for ''A Year With Frog and Toad''. She is the recipient of the 1984

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for Scenic Design for her contributions to ''All Night Long'' and ''The Vampires'' and the 1998

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for Outstanding Scenic Design for ''On the Town''.

Other stage credits

*'' The King of Schnorrers'' (1979) *'' A... My Name Is Alice'' (1983) *'' My One and Only'' (1983) *'' Passion'' (1994) *'' Twelve Dreams'' (1995) *'' The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1997) *'' On the Town'' (1998) *'' The Alchemist'' (2000) *''

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'' (2008)

Published works

* ''Small Sheep in a Pear Tree'', written and illustrated by Lobel (Harper & Row, 1977)A small sheep in a pear tree"
WorldCat. Retrieved January 5, 2024. * ''Danby and George'', written by Betty Baker (Greenwillow Books, 1981) * ''The Frogs and Toads All Sang'', wr. and illus. by Arnold Lobel, color by Adrianne Lobel (HarperCollins, 2009) — featuring

Frog and Toad ''Frog and Toad'' is a series of easy-reader Children's literature, children's books, written and illustrated by American author Arnold Lobel. Each book contains five simple, often humorous, sometimes poignant, short stories chronicling the ex ...

* ''Odd Owls & Stout Pigs'', by Arnold Lobel, color by Adrianne Lobel (Harper, 2009) — nonsense rhymes

References

External links

*
Adrianne Lobel at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
*
Biography at American Theatre Wing website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobel, Adrianne American scenic designers Women scenic designers American theatre managers and producers American people of Polish-Jewish descent People from Brooklyn Living people David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Lobel family