Santo Loquasto
(1944 -     )
Biography and photo from livedesignonline.com

Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA; educated at King's College, Cambridge and Yale (drama). Award-winning designer, equally at home with film, ballet or theater, Loquasto has designed the sets and/or costumes for 58 Broadway productions. A 14-time Tony® Award nominee, he has won the coveted award three times: The Cherry Orchard (1977 - costumes), Café Crown (1989 - scenic design) and Grand Hotel (1990 - costume design). Some of his more recent Broadway productions have been Movin' Out (scenic design), A Touch of the Poet (costumes and scenic design), Three Days of Rain (costumes and scenic design), Shining City (scenic design) and The Times They Are A-Changin' (scenic and set design). In the world of dance, he has designed works for Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Agnes DeMille, James Kudelka, Mark Morris, Helgi Tomasson, and David Parsons. One of the most prolific artists working in the theatre, Loquasto was represented on Broadway in 2007 with Prelude to a Kiss (scenic design); Inherit the Wind (costumes and scenic design) and 110 in the Shade (costumes and scenic design).

A frequent collaborator with Woody Allen (24 films from 1980 to 2004), his notable film credits include (as production designer) RANCHO DELUXE (1975), THE FAN and SO FINE (both 1981), FALLING IN LOVE (1984), DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (1985, also costume designer), SEPTEMBER and RADIO DAYS (both 1987), BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY and BIG (both 1988), CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS and SHE-DEVIL (both 1989), ALICE (1990), SHADOWS AND FOG and HUSBANDS AND WIVES (both 1992), MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (1993), BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (1994), MIGHTY APHRODITE (1995), EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (1996), DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (1997), CELEBRITY (1998), SWEET AND LOWDOWN (1999), SMALL TIME CROOKS (2000), THE CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION (2001), HOLLYWOOD ENDING (2002), ANYTHING ELSE (2003), and MELINDA AND MELINDA (2004); (as costume designer) SAMMY STOPS THE WORLD (1978), SIMON (1980), STARDUST MEMORIES (1980), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY (1982), ZELIG (1983) and "Fosse" (2001 - TV).

Loquasto was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2004, and he received the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the LDI in 2007.

 Nominated for Costume Design 1983: ZELIG
 Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 1987: RADIO DAYS - Art Direction
 Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 1994: BULLETS OVER BROADWAY - Art Direction

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