Peggy Eisenhauer
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Peggy Eisenhauer is an American lighting designer for both theatre and films. She has designed more than twenty Broadway shows and frequently collaborates with Jules Fisher.
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Career
Peggy Eisenhauer was raised in Nyack, New York. She attended Carnegie Mellon University, 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.[1] Their first joint film project was the film version of the musical Chicago.[2]
Major theatre productions
- Song and Dance (1985)
- Rags (1986)
- Grand Hotel (1989)
- The Will Rogers Follies (1991)
- My Favorite Year (1992)
- Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993)
- Victor/Victoria (1995)
- Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (1996)
- Ragtime (1998)
- Cabaret (1998)
- Marie Christine (1999)
- The Wild Party (2000)
- Jane Eyre (2000)
- Elaine Stritch At Liberty (2002)
- Amour (2002)
- Gypsy (2003)
- Assassins (2004)
- Caroline, or Change (2004)
- Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore (2004)
- Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (2005)
- The Ritz (2007)
- 9 to 5 (2009)
- Let Me Down Easy (2009, Second Stage Theatre)[3]
Theatre awards and nominations
- 2013 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (Lucky Guy. winner)
- 2004 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (Assassins, winner)
- 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design (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
- Chicago (2002)
- The School of Rock (2003)
- The Stepford Wives (2004)
- The Producers (2005)
- Dreamgirls (2006)
- Enchanted (2007)
- Burlesque (2010)
- My Week with Marilyn (2011)
References
- ↑ Rothstein, Mervyn."A Life in the Theatre: Lighting Designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer", playbill.com, June 23, 2005
- ↑ Tugend, Alina."Let there be light",Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2003
- ↑ Hernandez, Ernio.Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy Ends Off-Broadway Jan. 3 playbill.com, January 3, 2010
