Some lighting files also include scripts annotated with lighting cues and notes. These documents include light plots, electrical equipment lists, followspot cue sheets, focus charts, track sheets, magic sheets, and lighting board bibles. Lighting files consist of the charts, lists and drawings used to notate and document lighting designs.
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Other items include programs, posters, professional files, and personal files. The majority of this collection consists of lighting files that Musser designed for productions and companies. The Tharon Musser lighting designs and papers contain materials collected and created by 20th-century American lighting designer Tharon Musser. Tharon Musser died in Newton, Connecticut, on April 19, 2009. Musser was also a generous mentor to young lighting designers including Ken Billington, Brian Nason, Vivien Leone, David Lander, and Musser's life partner, Marilyn Rennagel. Musser's work on A Chorus Line was considered revolutionary because it was the first to use a computerized electronic lighting board, an advance that changed the field of lighting design. Over the course of her career, Musser was nominated for ten Tony Awards for Best Lighting Design, and won for Follies, A Chorus Line, and Dreamgirls. In addition to the Broadway productions for which Musser was most famous, she designed for dance opera and Off-Broadway, repertory, and international theater. (1958), The Entertainer (1958), A Delicate Balance (1966), The Lion in Winter (1966),The Birthday Party (1967), After the Fall (1967), The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971), California Suite (1976), Children of a Lesser God (1980), The Real Thing (1982), Rumors (1988), and Artist Descending a Staircase (1989), as well as many revivals of classic plays.ĭuring this period, Musser was also Broadway's leading lighting designer for musicals, working on such shows as Li'l Abner (1956), Mame (1966), Applause (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), A Chorus Line (1975), Pacific Overtures (1976), Ballroom (1978), 42nd Street (1980), Dreamgirls (1981), and The Secret Garden (1991). Plays she designed over the next fifty years included original New York productions of J. This was the start of Musser's long and successful Broadway career. The first Broadway production Musser designed was the original production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). Musser was a member of United Scenic Artists, the union for designers, artists and craftspeople working in film, theatre, opera, ballet, television, industrial shows, commercials and exhibitions. She was involved with the experimental theatre company Studio 7, the 92nd Street Y, and the American Shakespeare Festival. Musser moved to New York after graduating from Yale. Musser took a break from Yale to spend most of 1948 in Alaska as a Civilian Actress Technician (CAT), helping soldiers put on shows. She graduated from Berea College in Kentucky in 1946, and earned a Master of Arts from Yale Drama School in 1950, where she studied technical design and lighting. After the early death of her birth parents, she was adopted by George and Hazel Musser in 1929, and named Tharon. Tharon Myrene Musser was born as Kathleen Welland in Roanoke, Virginia, on January 8th, 1924. The Tharon Musser lighting designs and papers contain materials collected and created by Musser over the course of her career. Tharon Musser was a prominent 20th-century American lighting designer, working on theatre, dance, opera, special events, and industrial shows. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. Repository Billy Rose Theatre Division Access to materials Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. Tharon Musser designs and papers, *T-Vim 2007-020. Creator Musser, Tharon Call number *T-Vim 2007-020 Physical description 37.5 linear feet (90 boxes, 1 tube) 143.36 kb (4 computer files) Preferred Citation
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