Education[edit]
Barnes has a MFA in Design from New York University and an undergraduate degree from San Diego University.[1]
Career[edit]
Barnes grew up in the San Diego, California area and credits seeing the circus, ice shows, and a local production of As You Like It in his youth as his inspiration to pursue a career in the theatre.[2] He worked at Grossmont College in the Costume Department with other costume designers and artists such as Clark Mires, James "Biff" Baker, and Rebecca McKee. He taught at the New York University graduate school for 20 years.[3] Barnes served as the resident costume designer for Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey for 9 years.[4]
(1997)
Side Show
(2002)
Flower Drum Song
(2005)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(2006)
The Drowsy Chaperone
(2007)
Legally Blonde
(2008)
To Be Or Not To Be
(2009)
Bye Bye Birdie
(2010)
Elf the Musical
(2011)
Follies
(2012)
Elf the Musical
(2013)
Kinky Boots
(2014)
Aladdin
(2015)
Something Rotten!
(2016)
Tuck Everlasting
(2017)
Mean Girls
(2022)
Some Like it Hot
Kathy and Mo Show (Westside Arts Theater, New York City, 1989)
[5]
Cinderella (New York City Opera, 1993)
[6]
The Merry Widow (New York City Opera, 1996; also televised)
[7]
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (National tour, 2001)
Princess Classics on Ice (Disney on Ice tour, 2002)
(US tour, 2004)
On the Record
Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh (Beacon Theatre, New York City, 2005)
Follies (Kennedy Center, 2011)
[16]
"Iceploration", Busch Gardens Tampa, FL (February 2, 2012), Theme Park
Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre, London (November 2016)
Jason Clark (2006-06-06). . Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-05-09.