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Thomas Skelton, one of
America's most distinguished
lighting designers, designed
the lighting for many Broadway
productions, including The
King and I, Guys and Dolls,
Coco, Gigi, Purlie, A Matter of
Gravity, Death of a
Salesman (both the Dustin
Hoffman and George C. Scott
revivals), Absurd Person
Singular, Jimmy Shine, Caesar
and Cleopatra, Mike Downstairs,
Your Own Thing, Does a Tiger
Wear a Necktie?, Shenandoah,
Lena Horne, the Lady and Her
Music, The Kingfisher, Westside
Waltz, Oklahoma!, Peter
Pan, Brigadoon, and The
King and I. He also
designed lighting for numerous
productions at the Circle in
the Square, Yale Repertory
Theatre, and the American
Shakespeare Festival. Mr.
Skelton received Tony
nominations for Indians
and All God's Chillun Got
Wings.
For the ballet stage he
illuminated Jerome Robbins'
Dances at a Gathering,
Robert Joffrey's
Astarte, Heinz Poll's
Scenes From Childhood,
Jose Limon's The Moor's
Pavane, Paul Taylor's
Aureole, Martha Graham's
Rite of Spring, Kurt
Jooss' The Green Table,
Gerald Arpino's
Kettantanz, Leonide
Massine's Parade, and
numerous ballets for The
Joffrey Ballet, the Boston
Ballet, The Feld Ballet, New
York City Ballet, The Paul
Taylor Dance Company, Nureyev
and Friends, and the Ohio
Ballet.
Mr. Skelton taught at the New
York Studio and Forum of Stage
Design and at Yale University.
He served on the Board of
DANCE/USA and was the Associate
Director for the Ohio Ballet,
which has its home in Akron,
Ohio. He died in August, 1994,
at age
66. |
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