Ming Cho Lee (Chinese: 李名覺; pinyin: Lǐ Míngjué; October 3, 1930 – October 23, 2020)[2] was a Chinese-American theatrical set designer and professor at the Yale School of Drama.
[3] Lee first worked on Broadway as a second assistant set designer to Jo Mielziner on The Most Happy Fella in 1956.
His first Broadway play as Scenic Designer was The Moon Besieged in 1962; he went on to design the sets for over 20 Broadway shows, including Mother Courage and Her Children, King Lear, The Glass Menagerie, The Shadow Box, and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
Starting in 1969, Lee taught at the Yale School of Drama, where he was co-chair of the Design Department.
In February 2017, he announced that he would be retiring at the end of the fall semester.