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Eugene Lee, set designer for Wicked and Saturday Night Live


Monday, April 30Eugene Lee
4:15 p.m. -- Craft talk, Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center, University at Albany uptown campus
7:30 p.m. -- The 22nd Annual Burian Lecture, Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center
Free and open to the public

Eugene Lee, legendary Broadway set designer, has won three Tony Awards for his work on Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, and Gregory Maguire’s Wicked. Lee has also served as the production designer for Saturday Night Live for more than forty years since its 1975 premiere.

 

Lee has also served as set designer for late-night shows featuring SNL alums, including The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers.

 

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The set of Saturday Night Live Eugene Lee 1974. The first cold open on the first-ever episode, 1978 The famous Greek diner CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER sketch starring John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd. 1996 Celebrity Jeopardy! Eugene Lee, in the office of Steigelbauer Associates, looks over his set drawings for the week's show. Christian Hansen for The Village Voice Eugene Lee, in the office of Steigelbauer Associates, looks over his set drawings for the week's show. Christian Hansen for The Village Voice Eugene Lee, in the office of Steigelbauer Associates, looks over his set drawings for the week's show. Christian Hansen for The Village Voice Eugene Lee, in the office of Steigelbauer Associates, looks over his set drawings for the week's show. Christian Hansen for The Village Voice 1989 Wayne's World started, in scenery, with Eugene Lee's conception of a basement. 2015 Cecily Strong, Beck Bennett, Taran Killam, and Peter Dinklage in Undersea Hotel. Photo by Dana Edelson NBC Wicked on Broadway Eugene Lee stands above the Stiegelbauer Associates warehouse, where the Eugene Lee Eugene Lee