Peggy Eisenhauer is an American

lighting designer In theatre, a lighting designer (or LD) works with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create the lighting, atmosphere, and time of day for the production in response to the text while keeping ...

for both theatre and films. She has designed or co-designed some 41

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productions and frequently collaborates with

Jules Fisher Jules Fisher (born November 12, 1937) is an American lighting designer and producer. He is credited with lighting designs for more than 300 productions over the course of his 50-year career in Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well extensive ...

Career

Peggy Eisenhauer was raised in Nyack,

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. She attended

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, started working in New York and quickly became assistant to Jules Fisher, and eventually became his partner. Forming their company, Third Eye, their first project together was the 1985 Broadway musical ''Song and Dance''. Their first joint film project was the film version of the musical ''Chicago''.

Major theatre productions

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Song and Dance ''Song and Dance'' is a musical comprising two acts, one told entirely in "Song" and one entirely in "Dance", tied together by a unifying love story. The "Song" act is ''Tell Me on a Sunday'', with lyrics by Don Black and music by Andrew Ll ...

'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''

The Will Rogers Follies ''The Will Rogers Follies'' is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. It focuses on the life and career of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld ...

'' (1991) * ''

My Favorite Year ''My Favorite Year'' is a 1982 American comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo from a story written by Palumbo. The film tells the story of a young comedy write ...

'' (1992) * '' Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'' (1993) * ''

Victor/Victoria ''Victor/Victoria'' is a 1982 musical comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, and John Rhys-Davies. The film was produced by Tony Adams and sco ...

'' (1995) * '' Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk'' (1996) * ''

Ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott ...

'' (1998) * ''

Cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...

'' (1998) * ''

Marie Christine ''Marie Christine'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Michael John LaChiusa. It opened on Broadway in 1999. Set in 1890s New Orleans and then 5 years later in Chicago; the story is loosely based on the Greek play ''Medea'', and uses el ...

'' (1999) * '' The Wild Party'' (2000) * ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...

'' (2000) * ''

Elaine Stritch Elaine Stritch (February 2, 1925 – July 17, 2014) was an American actress, best known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films a ...

At Liberty'' (2002) * '' Amour'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

Caroline, or Change ''Caroline, or Change'' is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics and book by Tony Kushner. The score combines spirituals, blues, Motown, classical music, and Jewish klezmer and folk music. The show ran both Off-Broadway and on Broad ...

'' (2004) * ''

Mario Cantone Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and singer with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including ''Chappelle's Show''. He also played Anthony Marentino in ''Sex and the City'' and Terri in ''Men In T ...

: Laugh Whore'' (2004) * ''

Chita Rivera Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson; January 23, 1933), is an American actress, singer and dancer best known for originating roles in Broadway musicals including Anita in ''West Side Story'', Velma Kelly in ''Chica ...

: The Dancer's Life'' (2005) * '' The Ritz'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''Let Me Down Easy'' (2009,

Second Stage Theatre Second Stage Theater is a theater company founded in 1979 by Robyn Goodman and Carole Rothman and located in Manhattan, New York City. It produces both new plays and revivals of contemporary American plays by new playwrights and established wri ...

) * ''

Once on This Island ''Once on This Island'' is a coming-of-age one-act stage musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. It is based on the 1985 novel ''My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl'' by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retelling o ...

'' (2017) * ''The Iceman Cometh'' (2018)

Theatre awards and nominations

*2018 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical (''Once on This Island'', co-nominee)McPhee, Ryan
" 'Carousel', 'SpongeBob SquarePants', 'Mean Girls' Lead 2018 Drama Desk Award Nominations"
Playbill, April 26, 2018 *2013

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design This is a list of winners and nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for outstanding lighting design of a play or musical. The award was first presented in 1970. Since 2005, the category was divided into Lighting Design in a Play ...

(''Lucky Guy'', winner) *2004 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''Assassins'', winner) *2004

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. In the 2009 ceremony, the category was sepa ...

(''Assassins'', winner) *2001 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''Jane Eyre'', nominee) *2000 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''Marie Christine'', nominee) *2000 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''The Wild Party'', nominee) *1998 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''Ragtime'', nominee) *1998 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''Cabaret'', nominee) *1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (''Ragtime'', nominee) *1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (''Cabaret'', nominee) *1996 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (''Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk'', winner) *1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (''Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk'', winner)

Film credits

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'' (2002) * '' The School of Rock'' (2003) * ''

The Stepford Wives ''The Stepford Wives'' is a 1972 satirical "feminist horror" novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer, wife and young mother who suspects that something in Stepford's environment is changing the wives fr ...

'' (2004) * '' The Producers'' (2005) * ''

Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others,Gro ...

'' (2006) * '' Enchanted'' (2007) * ''

Burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

'' (2010) * ''

My Week with Marilyn ''My Week with Marilyn'' is a 2011 biographical film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Adrian Hodges. It stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, and Judi Dench. Based on two b ...

'' (2011)

References

External links

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American Theatre Wing biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenhauer, Peggy American lighting designers Tony Award winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni