Gregg Barnes

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Gregg Barnes is an American costume designer for stage and film. Barnes is a three-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical for his work on the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), Follies (2011), and Some Like It Hot (2022).

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Education

Barnes has a MFA in Design from New York University and an undergraduate degree from San Diego University. [1]

Career

Barnes grew up in the San Diego, California area and credits seeing the circus, ice shows, and a local production of As You Like It in his youth as his inspiration to pursue a career in the theatre. [2] He worked at Grossmont College in the Costume Department with other costume designers and artists such as Clark Mires, James "Biff" Baker, and Rebecca McKee. He taught at the New York University graduate school for 20 years. [3] Barnes served as the resident costume designer for Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey for 9 years. [4]

Broadway credits

Other credits

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Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult
2003 Tony Award Best Costume Design Flower Drum Song Nominated
2006 Best Costume Design in a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design Won
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Costume DesignWon
2007 Tony Award Best Costume Design in a Musical Legally Blonde Nominated
2012 Follies Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design Won
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Costume DesignNominated
2013 Tony Award Best Costume Design in a Musical Kinky Boots Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding ChoreographyNominated
2014 Aladdin Nominated
2015 Tony Award Best Costume Design in a Musical Something Rotten! Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding ChoreographyNominated
2016 Tony Award Best Costume Design in a Musical Tuck Everlasting Nominated
2017 WhatsOnStage Award Best Costume Design Aladdin Won
2018 Tony Award Best Costume Design in a Musical Mean Girls Nominated
2023 Tony Award Some Like It Hot Won

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