Lighting Design on Broadway - Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1990

Very little has been published about the profession of theatrical lighting design, and less has been written about the individuals who practice this art. Until recently, the field was not recognized as a craft separate from stage design, and lighting designers were not credited in playbills or programs. Over four hundred individuals who designed lighting are profiled here in biographical sketches, each accompanied by a chronological listing of Broadway credits for lighting, and for scenic and costume design when relevant.

An introduction briefly surveys the lighting design profession and its development on Broadway. Appendixes list winners of the three major awards in the field, and a selective bibliography on lighting design is included. The index provides access from the play title to the designer's name, and, in doing so, indicates every play for which a lighting designer was credited. The frontispiece reproduces a light plot by Jean Rosenthal for Night of the Iguana (1962). This comprehensive volume will be valuable to researchers and professionals in lighting design, stage design, and theatre history generally.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Designers and Their Credits
Appendix 1: The Tony Award
Appendix 2: The Maharam Award
Appendix 3: The American Theatre Wing Design Award
Selected Bibliography
Index of Plays

About the author

BOBBI OWEN is Professor of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has published widely on drama and theater.

Product details

• Authors: Bobbi Owen, Owen Bobbi
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1991
• EAN: 9780313265334
• ISBN: 978-0-313-26533-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 425 g
• Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; USA, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Bibliographies, catalogues, Popular Culture: Music and Performing Arts