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Gregg Barnes is a renowned costume designer, known for his remarkable work in various stage productions, including Grease, Live! (2015),The Producers (2005),The Cutting Edge (1992),and Life with Mikey. He has received numerous nominations and awards for his design work, including a Tony Award nomination for On the Twentieth Century. Currently, he is represented on Broadway with the long-running production of Chicago, now in its 20th year.
Throughout his illustrious career, Barnes has designed costumes for numerous Broadway productions, such as Cabaret (2014 and 1998 revivals),It Shoulda Been You, Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Tony Award),Big Fish, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Don't Dress for Dinner, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Catch Me If You Can, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, Young Frankenstein, Curtains, Grey Gardens (Tony Award),The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards),A Streetcar Named Desire, La Cage Aux Folles, The Boy from Oz, Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards),Cabaret, Contact (Hewes Award),The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, Swing, Smokey Joe's Café, Crazy for You (Tony, Outer Critics Circle Awards),Guys and Dolls (Drama Desk Award),A Christmas Carol, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Tenor (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards),and Nine (Tony, Drama Desk, Maharam Awards).
Barnes has also designed costumes for Off-Broadway productions, such as The Belle of Amherst with Joely Richardson, Bunty Berman Presents, Lucky Guy, and The School for Lies. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera with his designs for The Merry Widow starring Renée Fleming and Kelli O'Hara.
In addition to his work in the entertainment industry, Barnes has designed costumes for various artists, including Mick Jagger, Siegfried and Roy, the Pointer Sisters, Joan Rivers, and choreographers Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Peter Martins, David Parsons, and Susan Stroman.
Barnes is also the Production Designer for North Carolina's oldest running seasonal outdoor drama, The Lost Colony, which received the Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre in 2013. He has been involved with the production for over 45 years.
Throughout his career, Barnes has received numerous honors and awards, including honorary degrees from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina at Asheville, and The College of William and Mary. He has also been recognized with the Morrison Award (1992),the UNC Chapel Hill Playmakers Award (1994),the National Theatre Conference "Person of the Year" award (2000),the Order of the Long Leaf Pine (2001),the Distinguished Career Award from the Southeastern Theatre Conference (2002),the Raleigh Medal of Arts (2010),and the 2004 North Carolina Award presented by Governor Easley.
Barnes holds a Bachelor's degree in history from The College of William and Mary, was a Kress Fellow at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in stage design from Yale University School of Drama.
