Editing Bob Crowley

{{Short description|Irish theatre designer (born 1952)}}
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{{other people||Robert Crowley (disambiguation)}}
{{infobox person
|name = Bob Crowley
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|06|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland
|occupation = Theatre designer, director
|awards = [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design]]<br>[[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play]]<br>[[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical]]
|relatives = [[John Crowley (director)|John Crowley]] <small>(brother)</small>
}}
 
'''Bob Crowley''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|RDI}} (born 10 June 1952) is a theatre designer (scenic and costume), and theatre director.  He lives between London, New York and West Cork in the south west of Ireland.

==Career==
Born in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland on 10 June 1952, Bob Crowley is the brother of director [[John Crowley (director)|John Crowley]]. He trained at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]. He has designed over 20 productions for the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]<ref name=NT>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/bob-crowley|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224051948/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/discover-more/artists/bob-crowley|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2012|title=Bob Crowley|access-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> including ''[[Ghetto (play)|Ghetto]]'', ''[[The Madness of George III]]'', [[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]] and ''[[The History Boys]]''. He has also designed numerous productions for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] including ''The Plantagenets'', for which he won an [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design|Olivier award]], and ''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]'', which later had a successful run in London, followed by a transfer to [[Broadway theatre|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]].

Crowley is a frequent collaborator with [[Nicholas Hytner]], and as well as on Broadway has worked extensively at the [[Royal National Theatre]] in London and with England's [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].

Bob Crowley has received multiple [[Tony Award]] nominations, and has won seven times, for designing the Broadway productions of ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' (1994), ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'' (2000), ''[[The History Boys]]'' (2006), ''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]'' (2007), ''[[The Coast of Utopia]]'' (2007), ''[[Once (musical)|Once]]'' (2012) and ''[[An American in Paris]]'' (2015).  He received three other Tony Award nominations in 2015, two for his costumes on ''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]'' and ''An American in Paris'' and one for his scenic designs for ''Skylight''.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [https://archive.today/20150428125601/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/69th-annual-tony-awards-nominations-announced-347781 "69th Annual Tony Awards Nominations Announced!"] ''Playbill'', 28 April 2015</ref> He is a two-time recipient of the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design]] and a three-time recipient of the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design]].

Crowley designed set and costume for ''Mary Poppins'', which played in both the [[West End theatre|West End]] and on Broadway. He designed and directed the [[Phil Collins]] musical ''[[Tarzan (musical)|Tarzan]]''. He is the set and costume designer for [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[Love Never Dies (musical)|Love Never Dies]]'', and the costume designer of the 2012 European version of ''[[The Little Mermaid (Musical)|The Little Mermaid]]''. In 2015 he designed for three Broadway shows, ''The Audience'', ''An American in Paris'', and ''[[Skylight (play)|Skylight]]''.<ref>[http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/18250/Bob-Crowley "Bob Crowley Credits on Broadway"] playbillvault.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015</ref> He was the set and costumes designer of the 2022 ballet ''[[Like Water for Chocolate (ballet)|Like Water for Chocolate]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Like Water for Chocolate |url=https://www.abt.org/ballet/like-water-for-chocolate/ |website=American Ballet Theatre |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]] |url=https://playbill.com/article/in-researching-like-water-for-chocolate-tony-winning-choreographer-christopher-wheeldon-traveled-to-mexico |title=In Researching Like Water for Chocolate, Tony-Winning Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon Traveled to Mexico |last=Mercado |first=Mario R. |date=14 June 2023 |access-date=25 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Like Water for Chocolate' brings food, magic, spice and lust to NY's grandest ballet stage |url=https://apnews.com/article/ballet-like-water-for-chocolate-christopher-wheeldon-6fd373c8518239416f5eb5a649418035 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=AP News |date=20 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| width="90%" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="33" style="background:#F0E68C"| Year
! width="300" style="background:#F0E68C"| Award
! width="300" style="background:#F0E68C"| Category
! width="400" style="background:#F0E68C"| Nominated work
! width="60" style="background:#F0E68C"| Result
|-
| align="center"|1985
| align="center"|[[1985 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design|Designer of the Year]]
| align="center"|''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]], [[Love's Labour's Lost]]'' and ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|1986
| align="center"|[[1986 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Designer of the Year
| align="center"|''[[As You Like It]]'' and ''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center"|1987
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[41st Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|[[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[1987 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Designer of the Year
| align="center"|''[[A Penny for a Song]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|1990
| align="center"|[[1990 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Designer of the Year
| align="center"|''[[Ghetto (play)|Ghetto]], [[Hedda Gabler]], [[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' and ''The Plantagenets''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|1992
| align="center"|[[1992 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design|Best Set Design]]
| align="center"|''When She Danced, [[Murmuring Judges]]'' and ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|1993
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]], [[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV]]'' and ''[[No Man's Land (play)|No Man's Land]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| align="center"|''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' and ''[[Hamlet]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|1994
| align="center"|[[48th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design
| align="center"|''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|1998
| align="center"|[[52nd Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design
| align="center"|''[[The Capeman]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|1999
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[53rd Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design
| align="center"|''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design
| align="center"|''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|2000
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[54th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Costume Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|2001
| align="center"|[[55th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design
| align="center"|''[[The Invention of Love]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[2001 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Costume Design
| align="center"|''Cressida'' and ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (musical)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|2004
| align="center"|[[2004 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[Mourning Becomes Electra]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|2005
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[2005 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Costume Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|2006
| align="center"|[[60th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|[[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Play|Best Scenic Design of a Play]]
| align="center"|''[[The History Boys]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center"|2007
| rowspan=3 align="center"|[[61st Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design of a Play
| align="center"|''[[The Coast of Utopia]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|[[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical|Best Scenic Design of a Musical]]
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|[[Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical|Best Costume Design of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|2011
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[2011 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[Love Never Dies (musical)|Love Never Dies]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Costume Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|2012
| align="center"|[[66th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design of a Musical
| align="center"|''[[Once (musical)|Once]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|2013
| align="center"|[[2013 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Costume Design
| align="center"|''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align="center"|2014
| align="center"|[[68th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design of a Play
| align="center"|''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[2014 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[Once (musical)|Once]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=5 align="center"|2015
| rowspan=4 align="center"|[[69th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design of a Play
| align="center"|''[[Skylight (play)|Skylight]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play|Best Costume Design of a Play]]
| align="center"|''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design of a Musical
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[An American in Paris (musical)|An American in Paris]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Costume Design of a Musical
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[New York Drama Critics' Circle|New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Past Winners|url=https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=New York Drama Critics' Circle|language=en}}</ref>
| colspan="2"|Special Citation {{small|(''Distinguished Achievement in Scenic and Costume Design'')}}
| {{won|place=Honored}}
|-
| align="center"|2017
| align="center"|[[2017 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Aladdin]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|2018
| align="center"|[[2018 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[An American in Paris (musical)|An American in Paris]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| align="center"|2019
| align="center"|[[2019 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center"|2020
| rowspan=2 align="center"|[[74th Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| align="center"|Best Scenic Design of a Play
| rowspan=2 align="center"|''[[The Inheritance (play)|The Inheritance]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|Best Costume Design of a Play
| {{nom}}
|-
| align="center"|[[2020 Laurence Olivier Awards|Laurence Olivier Award]]
| align="center"|Best Set Design
| align="center"|''[[Mary Poppins (musical)|Mary Poppins]]''
| {{win}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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