Awards & Winners

Tharon Musser

Date of Birth 08-January-1925
Place of Birth Roanoke
(Virginia, Roanoke County, Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Tharon Myrene Musser
Profession Lighting Designer
Tharon Musser was an American lighting designer who worked on more than 150 Broadway productions. She was termed the "Dean of American Lighting Designers" and is considered one of the pioneers in her field. Musser was best known for her work on the musicals A Chorus Line and Dreamgirls. A Chorus Line was the first production of Broadway to utilize a fully computerized lighting console instead of manually operated "piano boards".

Awards by Tharon Musser

Check all the awards nominated and won by Tharon Musser.

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design The Secret Garden

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Artist Descending a Staircase

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design The Real Thing

1982


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Honored for : Dreamgirls
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical
Honored for : Dreamgirls

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Dreamgirls
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical Dreamgirls

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical 42nd Street

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Children of a Lesser God

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design Ballroom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design They're Playing Our Song
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical Ballroom

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical The Act

1976


Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical
Honored for : A Chorus Line

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical A Chorus Line
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical Pacific Overtures

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical The Good Doctor

1973


Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical A Little Night Music

1972


Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical
Honored for : Follies

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical Follies

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play or Musical Applause