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780: 27: 1812: 1777: 1205: 462: 1196: 755: 1371: 828: 357: 1792: 868: 1189: 877: 368: 728: 1182: 322: 279:(March 9, 1939 – February 6, 2023) was an American set designer who worked in film, theater, and television. He was the production designer for 1762: 44: 484:. In 1981, he married Brooke Lutz. Lee had one son from each relationship. He was a decades-long resident of Providence, and while working on 1802: 1364: 1767: 1442: 1430: 1797: 1772: 1380: 861: 110: 701: 91: 63: 1817: 1782: 1691: 1679: 1357: 1229: 1216: 1787: 489: 48: 70: 1469: 1093: 504: 1589: 854: 1807: 1718: 1256: 314: 77: 969: 775: 619: 334: 190: 955: 37: 294: 59: 943: 326: 298: 180: 165: 1174: 1706: 1643: 1571: 1481: 1475: 1454: 1448: 1247: 1241: 1065: 1017: 993: 923: 372: 1673: 1625: 1595: 1047: 586: 524: 453: 1156: 1487: 1087: 318: 184: 947: 933: 1757: 1752: 654: 441: 424: 342: 1120: 729:"Eugene Lee Dies: Longtime 'SNL' Production Designer, Tony-Winning Broadway Scenic Designer Was 83" 624: 413: 379: 338: 281: 225: 200: 937: 1424: 909: 814: 756:"LuPone, Hearn, Wilson, and the Late Wasserstein and Wilson Among Theater Hall of Fame Inductees" 733: 592: 552: 351: 84: 1631: 1053: 846: 789: 397: 330: 310: 146: 1460: 1116: 818: 809:
Description of a production of an O'Neill play with special attention to Eugene Lee's design
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from the show's premiere in 1975 until his death, with the exception of seasons
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Interview with Eugene Lee about his work in the regional and Broadway theater
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During the 1970s, Lee was in a relationship with fellow designer
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Lee died in Providence on February 6, 2023, at the age of 83.
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of Brooklyn and on Broadway are chronicled in great detail in
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Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater
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