He won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design and the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's August: Osage County.
A native of Longmeadow, Massachusetts,[1] Rosenthal received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama, where he received the Donald M. Oenslager Scholarship for Stage Design.
[3] Rosenthal made his Broadway debut with August: Osage County.
He considered the three-level set, which he called a juxtaposition of the "gothic and the whimsical," to be a central character in the play.
[3] Rosenthal was an adjunct professor of design at DePaul University from 1995 until 2003.