Lighting designer Beverly Emmons has been honored with the Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Henry Hewes Design Awards. Emmons will be recognized at the group's 60th annual ceremony October 21 in New York.

The awards recognize the best in New York theatrical design, with categories covering scenic, costume, lighting, sound, and media work, along with notable effects. Previously announced winners of this year's competitive categories include scenic design collective dots, costume designer Oana Botez, sound designer Jonathan Deans, media designer David Bengali, and hair and wig designer Nikiya Mathis.

With a Broadway career of more than 35 years, Emmons is a six-time Tony nominee, for her work on The Elephant Man, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Passion, The Heiress, and Jekyll & Hyde. Her Broadway credits also include Is There Life After High School?, the 1999 revival of Annie Get Your Gun, and Stick Fly.

The honor is named for theatrical designer Ming Cho Lee, the award's first recipient. Lee, who passed away in 2020, was a Tony winner for his scenic design of K2, and was honored with a Life Achievement Tony Award in 2013.