Peter Larkin (production designer)

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Peter Larkin
Born
Peter Sydney Larkin [1]

(1926-08-26)August 26, 1926
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 16, 2019(2019-12-16) (aged 93)
Education Deerfield Academy
Yale University
Occupation(s)Scenic designer, production designer
SpouseRacelle Strick
Parent Oliver Waterman Larkin
Relatives Wesley Strick (stepson)

Peter Sydney Larkin (August 25, 1926 – December 16, 2019) was an American scenic and production designer.

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Early life

Larkin was born in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, [1] [2] the son of Ruth Lily (McIntire) and Oliver Waterman Larkin, an art historian. [3] Larkin was educated at the Deerfield Academy and Yale University. [3] [4]

Career

Larkin first designed the set of the 1951 Broadway adaptation of The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen. [2] Over the course of his career, he was a scenic or production designer for Dial M for Murder , Peter Pan , The Teahouse of the August Moon and No Time for Sergeants , Tootsie , and Get Shorty . [3] He won four Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design. [4]

Personal life and death

Larkin married Racelle Strick, a painter who died in 2008. [5] His stepson, Wesley Strick, is a screenwriter. [3] Larkin resided in Bridgehampton, New York, where he died on December 16, 2019, at age 93. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Genzlinger, Neil (January 18, 2020). "Peter Larkin, Stage Designer With a Funky Asterisk, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Clement, Olivia (December 19, 2019). "Four-Time Tony-Winning Scenic Designer Peter Larkin Dies at 93". Playbill. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Barnes, Mike (December 18, 2019). "Peter Larkin, Noted Broadway and Hollywood Production Designer, Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Haring, Bruce (December 18, 2019). "Peter Larkin Dies: Four-Time Tony-Winning Production Designer Was 93". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  5. "Larkin, Racelle". The New York Times. October 19, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2019 via Legacy.com.