User:Brucehs/sandbox/history of lighting design

=Draft of a history section for lighting designer page=

While lighting has been used in live performance since origin of theater, the role of a lighting designer was only formalized in the early 20th century. Jean Rosenthal was the first person credited as one. Thomas R. Skelton. Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer.

Tharon Musser introduced computerized lighting consoles to Broadway with the 1975 production of A Chorus Line. This allowed shows to exceed the previous limitations imposed by piano boards and the electricians required to operated them (a maximum of three electricians and six boards).

Jennifer Tipton. Richard Pilbrow. Stanley McCandless. Imero Fiorentino. Adolphe Appia. Francis Reid (lighting designer).