Bob Crowley (born 10 June 1952) is a theatre scenic and costume designer, and theatre director. Known for his work both on West End and Broadway, he lives between London, New York and West Cork.
Life and career Born in Cork, Ireland on 10 June 1952, Bob Crowley is the brother of director John Crowley. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has designed over 20 productions for the Royal National Theatre including Ghetto, The Madness of George III, Carousel and The History Boys. He has also designed numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company including The Plantagenets, for which he won an Olivier award, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, which later had a successful run in London, followed by a transfer to Broadway. Opera productions include the critically acclaimed production of The Magic Flute directed by Nicholas Hytner for the English National Opera and La Traviata for the Royal Opera House.
Crowley is a frequent collaborator with Nicholas Hytner, and as well as on Broadway has worked extensively at the Royal National Theatre in London and with England's Royal Shakespeare Company.
Bob Crowley has received multiple Tony Award nominations, and has won seven times, for designing the Broadway productions of Carousel (1994), Aida (2000), The History Boys (2006), Mary Poppins (2007), The Coast of Utopia (2007), Once (2012) and An American in Paris (2015). He received three other Tony Award nominations in 2015, two for his costumes on The Audience and An American in Paris and one for his scenic designs for Skylight.Gans, Andrew. Playbill, 28 April 2015 He is a two-time recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design and a three-time recipient of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design.
Crowley designed set and costume for Mary Poppins, which played in both the West End and on Broadway. He designed and directed the Phil Collins musical Tarzan. He is the set and costume designer for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, and the costume designer of the 2012 European version of The Little Mermaid. In 2015 he designed for three Broadway shows, The Audience, An American in Paris, and Skylight."Bob Crowley Credits on Broadway" playbillvault.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015 He was the set and costumes designer of the 2022 ballet Like Water for Chocolate. In 2026, he designed the set for the West End play The Standard of Living.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result1985Laurence Olivier AwardDesigner of the YearHenry V, Love's Labour's Lost and The Winter's Tale 1986Laurence Olivier AwardDesigner of the YearAs You Like It and Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1987Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignLes Liaisons Dangereuses Best Costume Design Laurence Olivier AwardDesigner of the YearA Penny for a Song and Macbeth 1990Laurence Olivier AwardDesigner of the YearGhetto, Hedda Gabler, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Plantagenets 1992Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignWhen She Danced, Murmuring Judges and The Night of the Iguana 1993Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignCarousel, Henry IV and No Man's Land Best Costume DesignCarousel and Hamlet 1994Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignCarousel 1998Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignThe Capeman 1999Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignThe Iceman Cometh Best Scenic DesignTwelfth Night 2000Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignAida Best Costume Design 2001Tony AwardsBest Scenic DesignThe Invention of Love Laurence Olivier AwardBest Costume DesignCressida and The Witches of Eastwick 2004Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignMourning Becomes Electra 2005Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignMary Poppins Best Costume Design 2006Tony AwardsBest Scenic Design of a PlayThe History Boys 2007Tony AwardsBest Scenic Design of a PlayThe Coast of Utopia Best Scenic Design of a MusicalMary Poppins Best Costume Design of a Musical 2011Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignLove Never Dies Best Costume Design 2012Tony AwardsBest Scenic Design of a MusicalOnce 2013Laurence Olivier AwardBest Costume DesignThe Audience 2014Tony AwardsBest Scenic Design of a PlayThe Glass Menagerie Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignOnce 2015Tony AwardsBest Scenic Design of a PlaySkylight Best Costume Design of a PlayThe Audience Best Scenic Design of a MusicalAn American in Paris Best Costume Design of a Musical New York Drama Critics' Circle AwardsSpecial Citation 2017Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignAladdin 2018Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignAn American in Paris 2019Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignThe Inheritance 2020Tony AwardsBest Scenic Design of a PlayThe Inheritance Best Costume Design of a Play Laurence Olivier AwardBest Set DesignMary Poppins
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