- Natasha Katz
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Natasha Katz is a lighting designer for the theatre, dance, and opera.[1] She was educated at Oberlin College and did an internship with Roger Morgan.[2]
Her first job on Broadway was as lighting designer for the play Pack of Lies in 1985, and she has gone on to design the lighting for 38 Broadway plays and musicals, including the Disney musical The Little Mermaid (2008) and The Addams Family (2010).
Her first Tony Award nomination was for Beauty and the Beast in 1994. Other nominations and awards include: [3]
- Twelfth Night - Nominee 1999 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Aida - Winner 2000 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical - Nominee 2002 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
- Tarzan: The musical - Nominee 2006 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- The Coast of Utopia - Winner (with Brian MacDevitt and Kenneth Posner) 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design and Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
Katz has also designed the lighting at Niketown in New York City [4] and London, and for The Big Bang at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Additional work includes lighting design for several productions of the American Ballet Theatre, and work for various opera companies including the New York City Opera.[5]
References
- ^ Natasha Katz Playbill biography
- ^ "She’s Lighting Stages from Oberlin to Broadway" oberlin.edu
- ^ Internet Broadway Database: Natasha Katz Credits on Broadway ibdb.com
- ^ Testimonial at A.C. Special Projects
- ^ "Natasha Katz biography" abt.org
External links
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (1976–2000) Tharon Musser (1976) · Jennifer Tipton (1977) · Jules Fisher (1978) · Roger Morgan (1979) · David Hersey (1980) · John Bury (1981) · Tharon Musser (1982) · David Hersey (1983) · Richard Nelson (1984) · Richard Riddell (1985) · Pat Collins (1986) · David Hersey (1987) · Andrew Bridge (1988) · Jennifer Tipton (1989) · Jules Fisher (1990) · Jules Fisher (1991) · Jules Fisher (1992) · Chris Parry (1993) · Rick Fisher (1994) · Andrew Bridge (1995) · Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer (1996) · Ken Billington (1997) · Donald Holder (1998) · Andrew Bridge (1999) · Natasha Katz (2000)
Complete list · (1970–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (2001–2025) Peter Kaczorowski (2001) · Brian MacDevitt (2002) · Nigel Levings (2003) · Jules Fisher / Peggy Eisenhauer (2004) · Brian MacDevitt (2005) · Christopher Akerlind (2005) · Mark Henderson (2006) · Howell Binkley (2006) · Brian MacDevitt / Kenneth Posner / Natasha Katz (2007) · Kevin Adams (2007) · (2008) · Brian MacDevitt (2009) · Rick Fisher (2009)
Complete list · (1970–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (2001–2025) Paul Anderson (2001) · T.J. Gerckens (2002) · Nigel Levings (2003) · Peggy Eisenhauer/Jules Fisher (2004) · Christopher Akerlind (2005) · Richard G. Jones (2006) · Brian MacDevitt/Kenneth Posner/Natasha Katz (2007) · Kevin Adams (2008) · David Hersey/Rick Fisher (2009) · Neil Austin (2010)
Complete list · (1976–2000) · (2001–2025) Categories:- Lighting designers
- Tony Award winners
- Living people
- Ballet designers
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