Natasha Katz

Natasha Katz is an American lighting designer for the theatre, dance, and opera. A 10-time nominee for Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical, she has won four times — more than any other person.

Biography

Early life and education A New York City native, Katz trained at Oberlin College and was mentored early in her career by lighting designer and theatre consultant Roger Morgan. Her first Broadway production was as lighting designer for the play Pack of Lies in 1985.

Career Katz was nominated for a 2017 Tony Award for Hello, Dolly! and a 2017 Olivier Award for The Glass Menagerie. She won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play for her work on Long Day's Journey Into Night. She has won eight Tony Awards out of 20 total nominations. She has also designed concert acts for Shirley MacLaine, Ann-Margret, Tommy Tune, and most recently Prince’s 2014 SNL appearance. Other collaborations with Wheeldon include Continuum (San Francisco Ballet), Carnival of the Animals (New York City Ballet), An American in Paris (New York City Ballet, Théâtre du Châtelet, Broadway, London), Swan Lake (Pennsylvania Ballet), Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet), The Nutcracker (Joffrey Ballet). ( Her other dance work includes American Ballet Theatre's production of Don Quixote and productions with companies including San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and National Ballet of Canada.

For the opera stage, her credits include Cyrano de Bergerac for the Metropolitan Opera, Die Soldaten for the New York City Opera, two productions of Norma for Dame Joan Sutherland: the Opera Pacific (in Costa Mesa, California) and the Michigan Opera Theatre (in Detroit). She worked with The Royal Opera on Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Francesca Zambello. She lit the HBO television specials Mambo Mouth and Spic-O-Rama starring John Leguizamo as well as the PBS documentary "Making a New Nutcracker" and the American Theatre Wing documentary Working in the Theatre: Lighting Design.

Her permanent audio-visual shows include The Masquerade Village at the Rio Casino, Las Vegas, the Big Bang at the Hayden Planetarium in New York, and the Niketown stores in New York City and London. Wayne State University

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lighting Design (Play or Musical) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical Diana Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Some Like It Hot Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Hell's Kitchen Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Play