Tharon Musser
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Newtown, Connecticut, USA
Designer Assistant
Biography: Tharon Musser was born on January 8, 1925 in Roanoke, Virginia. She attended Berea College and Yale University. She is survived by her life partner, lighting designer Marilyn Rennagel.
Film/TV Credits: Lighting designer for "The Wiz" (Video) and "Pacific Overtures" (TV Movie).
In 1975, she brought new technology to the industry as A Chorus Line was the first Broadway show to use a fully computerized lighting console instead of manually operated "piano boards."
She did lighting for 13 seasons of the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.
The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed in her honor on April 20, 2009.
A Chorus Line (Oct 05, 2006 - Aug 17, 2008)
Lighting Design by Tharon Musser
MusicalDramaRevival
The Lonesome West (Apr 27, 1999 - Jun 13, 1999)
PlayOriginal
Uncle Vanya (Feb 23, 1995 - Mar 19, 1995)
PlayDramaRevival
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Nov 22, 1993 - Aug 27, 1994)
PlayComedyOriginal
The Goodbye Girl (Mar 04, 1993 - Aug 15, 1993)
MusicalComedyOriginal
Jake's Women (Mar 24, 1992 - Oct 25, 1992)
The Secret Garden (Apr 25, 1991 - Jan 03, 1993)
MusicalOriginal
Lost in Yonkers (Feb 21, 1991 - Jan 03, 1993)
Artist Descending a Staircase (Nov 30, 1989 - Dec 31, 1989)
Welcome to the Club (Apr 13, 1989 - Apr 22, 1989)
Rumors (Nov 17, 1988 - Feb 24, 1990)
PlayComedy FarceOriginal
Teddy & Alice (Nov 12, 1987 - Jan 17, 1988)
Dreamgirls (Jun 28, 1987 - Nov 29, 1987)
MusicalRevival
A Month of Sundays (Apr 16, 1987 - Apr 18, 1987)
Broadway Bound (Dec 04, 1986 - Sep 25, 1988)
Jerry's Girls (Dec 18, 1985 - Apr 20, 1986)
MusicalRevueOriginal
The Odd Couple (Jun 11, 1985 - Feb 23, 1986)
PlayComedyRevival
Biloxi Blues (Mar 28, 1985 - Jun 28, 1986)
Open Admissions (Jan 29, 1984 - Feb 12, 1984)
PlayDramaOriginal
The Real Thing (Jan 05, 1984 - May 12, 1985)
Private Lives (May 08, 1983 - Jul 17, 1983)
PlayComedy Romantic ComedyRevival
Brighton Beach Memoirs (Mar 27, 1983 - May 11, 1986)
Merlin (Feb 13, 1983 - Aug 07, 1983)
Special Occasions (Feb 07, 1982 - Feb 07, 1982)
Dreamgirls (Dec 20, 1981 - Aug 11, 1985)
The Moony Shapiro Songbook (May 03, 1981 - May 03, 1981)
Fools (Apr 06, 1981 - May 09, 1981)
42nd Street (Aug 25, 1980 - Jan 08, 1989)
The Roast (May 08, 1980 - May 10, 1980)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (Apr 03, 1980 - Jan 11, 1981)
Children of a Lesser God (Mar 30, 1980 - May 16, 1982)
Whose Life is it Anyway? (Feb 24, 1980 - May 18, 1980)
Last Licks (Nov 20, 1979 - Dec 01, 1979)
Romantic Comedy (Nov 08, 1979 - Oct 18, 1980)
PlayRomantic ComedyOriginal
The 1940's Radio Hour (Oct 07, 1979 - Jan 06, 1980)
Whose Life is it Anyway? (Apr 17, 1979 - Oct 27, 1979)
They're Playing Our Song (Feb 11, 1979 - Sep 06, 1981)
MusicalRomantic ComedyOriginal
Ballroom (Dec 14, 1978 - Mar 24, 1979)
Tribute (Jun 01, 1978 - Dec 02, 1978)
Chapter Two (Dec 04, 1977 - Dec 08, 1979)
The Act (Oct 29, 1977 - Jul 01, 1978)
California Suite (Jun 10, 1976 - Jul 02, 1977)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (May 04, 1976 - May 08, 1976)
Pacific Overtures (Jan 11, 1976 - Jun 27, 1976)
MusicalComedy DramaOriginal
Me and Bessie (Oct 22, 1975 - Dec 05, 1976)
A Chorus Line (Jul 25, 1975 - Apr 28, 1990)
MusicalDramaOriginal
Same Time, Next Year (Mar 13, 1975 - Sep 03, 1978)
The Wiz (Jan 05, 1975 - Jan 28, 1979)
Good News (Dec 23, 1974 - Jan 04, 1975)
MusicalComedyRevival
God's Favorite (Dec 11, 1974 - Mar 23, 1975)
Mack & Mabel (Oct 06, 1974 - Nov 30, 1974)
Scapino (Sep 27, 1974 - Mar 02, 1975)
Candide (Mar 10, 1974 - Jan 04, 1976)
The Good Doctor (Nov 27, 1973 - May 26, 1974)
A Little Night Music (Feb 25, 1973 - Aug 03, 1974)
The Sunshine Boys (Dec 20, 1972 - Apr 21, 1974)
Don Juan (Dec 11, 1972 - Jan 14, 1973)
The Great God Brown (Dec 10, 1972 - Jan 14, 1973)
PlayRevival
The Creation of the World and Other Business (Nov 30, 1972 - Dec 16, 1972)
Night Watch (Feb 28, 1972 - Jun 10, 1972)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Nov 11, 1971 - Sep 29, 1973)
PlayComedy DramaOriginal
On the Town (Oct 31, 1971 - Jan 01, 1972)
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Jun 02, 1971 - Jun 26, 1971)
Follies (Apr 04, 1971 - Jul 01, 1972)
The Boy Friend (Apr 14, 1970 - Jul 18, 1970)
Applause (Mar 30, 1970 - May 27, 1972)
Blood Red Roses (Mar 22, 1970 - Mar 22, 1970)
MusicalDrama HistoryOriginal
The Gingham Dog (Apr 23, 1969 - Apr 26, 1969)
A Way of Life (Never Officially Opened - Feb 01, 1969)
The Fig Leaves Are Falling (Jan 02, 1969 - Jan 06, 1969)
Maggie Flynn (Oct 23, 1968 - Jan 05, 1969)
Lovers (Jul 25, 1968 - Nov 30, 1968)
Everything in the Garden (Nov 29, 1967 - Feb 10, 1968)
The Promise (Nov 14, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967)
After the Rain (Oct 09, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967)
The Birthday Party (Oct 03, 1967 - Jan 20, 1968)
Tonight at 8:30 (May 03, 1967 - May 13, 1967)
Fumed Oak
PlayComedy One ActRevival
PlayOne ActRevival
A Touch of the Poet (May 02, 1967 - May 13, 1967)
The Imaginary Invalid (May 01, 1967 - May 13, 1967)
Hallelujah, Baby! (Apr 26, 1967 - Jan 13, 1968)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Never Officially Opened - Dec 14, 1966)
A Delicate Balance (Sep 22, 1966 - Jan 14, 1967)
Mame (May 24, 1966 - Jan 03, 1970)
The Lion in Winter (Mar 03, 1966 - May 21, 1966)
The Great Indoors (Feb 01, 1966 - Feb 05, 1966)
Malcolm (Jan 11, 1966 - Jan 15, 1966)
Minor Miracle (Oct 07, 1965 - Oct 09, 1965)
Flora, The Red Menace (May 11, 1965 - Jul 24, 1965)
All in Good Time (Feb 18, 1965 - Mar 27, 1965)
Lighting and American production supervised by Tharon Musser
Kelly (Feb 06, 1965 - Feb 06, 1965)
Alfie! (Dec 17, 1964 - Jan 02, 1965)
Golden Boy (Oct 20, 1964 - Mar 05, 1966)
The Crucible (Apr 06, 1964 - May 02, 1964)
The Seagull (Apr 05, 1964 - May 02, 1964)
PlayDrama ComedyRevival
Any Wednesday (Feb 18, 1964 - Jun 26, 1966)
Marathon '33 (Dec 22, 1963 - Feb 01, 1964)
Here's Love (Oct 03, 1963 - Jul 25, 1964)
Mother Courage and Her Children (Mar 28, 1963 - May 11, 1963)
Andorra (Feb 09, 1963 - Feb 16, 1963)
Nowhere to Go But Up (Nov 10, 1962 - Nov 17, 1962)
Calculated Risk (Oct 31, 1962 - May 11, 1963)
PlayMysteryOriginal
Giants, Sons of Giants (Jan 06, 1962 - Jan 13, 1962)
The Garden of Sweets (Oct 31, 1961 - Oct 31, 1961)
The Tumbler (Feb 24, 1960 - Feb 27, 1960)
The Long Dream (Feb 17, 1960 - Feb 20, 1960)
Peer Gynt (Jan 12, 1960 - Feb 07, 1960)
PlayDrama PoemRevival
Five Finger Exercise (Dec 02, 1959 - Oct 01, 1960)
Only in America (Nov 19, 1959 - Dec 12, 1959)
The Great God Brown (Oct 06, 1959 - Nov 01, 1959)
Once Upon a Mattress (May 11, 1959 - Jul 02, 1960)
The Beaux Stratagem (Feb 24, 1959 - Mar 08, 1959)
The Rivalry (Feb 07, 1959 - Apr 18, 1959)
J.B. (Dec 11, 1958 - Oct 24, 1959)
The Shadow of a Gunman (Nov 20, 1958 - Jan 03, 1959)
The Firstborn (Apr 30, 1958 - May 31, 1958)
The Entertainer (Feb 12, 1958 - May 10, 1958)
The Infernal Machine (Feb 03, 1958 - Mar 09, 1958)
The Chairs and The Lesson (Jan 09, 1958 - Jan 26, 1958)
PlayFarce TragedyOriginal
Makropoulos Secret (Dec 03, 1957 - Dec 31, 1957)
Monique (Oct 22, 1957 - Dec 14, 1957)
Shinbone Alley (Apr 13, 1957 - May 25, 1957)
Li'l Abner (Nov 15, 1956 - Jul 12, 1958)
Assistant to the Eckarts: Tharon Musser
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Nov 07, 1956 - Mar 29, 1958)
A Chorus Line (May 04, 2008 - Jun 13, 2010)
Dreamgirls (Sep 30, 1997 - May 03, 1998)
A Chorus Line (Sep 24, 1996 - Jun 22, 1997)
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 21, 1996)
42nd Street (Sep 28, 1993 - Oct 31, 1993)
The Secret Garden (Apr 28, 1992 - May 22, 1994)
Lost in Yonkers (Nov 01, 1991 - May 30, 1993)
A Chorus Line (Oct 02, 1990 - May 09, 1993)
Original Lighting by Tharon Musser
Broadway Bound (Sep 06, 1988 - Dec 11, 1988)
Broadway Bound (Oct 20, 1987 - Jul 31, 1988)
42nd Street (Jul 28, 1987 - Jan 24, 1988)
Biloxi Blues (Feb 11, 1986 - May 24, 1987)
Dreamgirls (Oct 08, 1985 - Jun 14, 1987)
42nd Street (Feb 19, 1985 - Jan 26, 1986)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (Sep 18, 1984 - Aug 25, 1985)
42nd Street - Los Angeles (Feb 03, 1984 - Dec 02, 1984)
MusicalSit-DownOriginal
Brighton Beach Memoirs (Nov 21, 1983 - Oct 14, 1984)
Private Lives (Jul 20, 1983 - Nov 06, 1983)
PlayComedyRomantic ComedyRevival
Dreamgirls (Mar 17, 1983 - Jul 15, 1984)
42nd Street (Jan 01, 1983 - Mar 30, 1986)
Children of a Lesser God (Aug 31, 1981 - May 09, 1982)
PlayDramaSign LanguageOriginal
They're Playing Our Song (Jan 19, 1981 - Jul 25, 1982)
MusicalComedy Romantic ComedyOriginal
Children of a Lesser God (Nov 21, 1980 - Feb 21, 1982)
They're Playing Our Song (Dec 03, 1979 - Nov 07, 1981)
Chapter Two (Sep 14, 1979 - Mar 29, 1980)
Chapter Two (Dec 27, 1978 - Jan 20, 1980)
California Suite (Aug 31, 1978 - Dec 02, 1978)
The Wiz (Jun 23, 1978 - Jul 01, 1979)
Same Time, Next Year (Jan 13, 1978 - Apr 22, 1978)
California Suite (Oct 01, 1977 - Jun 03, 1978)
Same Time, Next Year (Apr 12, 1977 - Jul 02, 1977)
Pacific Overtures (Aug 31, 1976 - Dec 18, 1976)
Same Time, Next Year (Aug 03, 1976 - Jan 28, 1978)
A Chorus Line (May 06, 1976 - Aug 17, 1980)
A Chorus Line (Apr 29, 1976 - May 29, 1983)
Same Time, Next Year (Dec 02, 1975 - May 08, 1976)
The Sunshine Boys (Oct 11, 1974 - Apr 17, 1975)
A Little Night Music (Feb 26, 1974 - Feb 15, 1975)
Good News (Dec 15, 1973 - Oct 20, 1974)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Oct 12, 1973 - Mar 07, 1974)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Sep 15, 1973 - Mar 10, 1974)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Oct 17, 1972 - Apr 21, 1973)
Applause (Sep 22, 1972 - May 03, 1973)
Follies (Jul 03, 1972 - Oct 01, 1972)
Applause (Nov 29, 1971 - Jul 22, 1972)
Mame (Sep 25, 1969 - Jun 13, 1970)
Mame (Jan 24, 1969 - May 17, 1969)
Mame (Apr 30, 1968 - Aug 31, 1968)
Mame (Aug 29, 1967 - Jun 15, 1968)
Here's Love (Aug 03, 1964 - Dec 19, 1964)
Once Upon a Mattress (Oct 21, 1960 - May 27, 1961)
Once Upon a Mattress (Sep 01, 1960 - Mar 18, 1961)
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (Mar 11, 1973 - Mar 11, 1973)
SpecialBenefitOriginal
Tony Award®
Best Lighting Design
1982 | Winner | Dreamgirls
1981 | Nominee | 42nd Street
1979 | Nominee | Ballroom
1978 | Nominee | The Act
1976 | Winner | A Chorus Line
1976 | Nominee | Pacific Overtures
1974 | Nominee | The Good Doctor
1973 | Nominee | A Little Night Music
1972 | Winner | Follies
1970 | Nominee | Applause
Outstanding Lighting Design
1991 | Nominee | The Secret Garden
1990 | Nominee | Artist Descending a Staircase
1984 | Nominee | The Real Thing
1980 | Nominee | Children of a Lesser God
1979 | Nominee | They're Playing Our Song
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