What Tony Award has the Allan Knee penned musical and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels light designer been nominated for ten times?
Kenneth Posner Kenneth Posner is an American theatrical lighting designer, working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in American regional theatre. His most notable designs include the musicals "Wicked" and "Hairspray", two highly regarded musicals of the early 21st century. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design 10 times, including nods for "Merchant of Venice" (2011), "The Coast of Utopia" (2007), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (2005), "Wicked" (2004), "Hairspray" (2003), and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (2001). He has also been nominated 10 times for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design, and won both the Tony and Drama Desk award in 2007 for "The Coast of Utopia". He also has received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting. He also designed the lights for "Little Women".
Special Tony Award The Special Tony Award category includes the Lifetime Achievement Award and Special Tony Award. These are non-competitive honorary awards, and the titles have changed over the years. The Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre is to "honor an individual for the body of his or her work." (The Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event was a competitive award, given from 2001 to 2009.) Another non-competitive Tony award is the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, to "recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations that do not fit into any of the competitive categories."