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John Arnone is an American set designer. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for set designs for the production of The Who's Tommy .
John Arnone studied at SMU to become an actor. He then moved to New York with a group of friends that included Garland Wright, Jack Hefner, Powers Boothe and Kathy Bates. [1] In 1976, Arnone started designing sets, primarily for Jack Hefner’s Vanities, which ended up running for five years. He started taking night classes at the Parsons School of Design. [1]
He has done set designs for Tommy Tune, playwright Edward Albee and choreographer Twyla Tharp. He’s worked at the Guthrie, the Mark Taper Forum and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. [1]
Arnone is also co-founder of the New York’s Lion Theatre Company, where he has designed numerous productions on and off Broadway. [2]
Arnone has also designed for several television sets and films such as Mondo Beyondo with Bette Midler on HBO in 1982. [3]
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