Martin Aronstein

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Martin Aronstein (November 2, 1936 – May 3, 2002) was an American

lighting designer whose Broadway
career spanned thirty-six years.

Born in

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.[2]

Aronstein made his Broadway debut as the lighting assistant for

And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, My Fat Friend, The Ritz, The Grand Tour, Noises Off, Benefactors, and The Twilight of the Golds
.

Aronstein was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design five times and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design once but failed to win either prize.

In 1977 Aronstein relocated to

Ahmanson Theater, and the Pasadena Playhouse on a regular basis. In 1978, he also created the lighting design for the musical Barbary Coast at the Orpheum Theatre
.

He won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for

Passion in 1984, and in 1996 he was awarded the Circle's Angstrom Award for career achievement in theatrical lighting. He was also an adjunct professor at the theater school of the University of Southern California, and designed for the San Francisco Ballet, the St. Louis Municipal Opera, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[2][3]

Aronstein died of

Van Nuys, California.[3] He was survived by life partner Lawrence Metzler.[2]

References

  1. ISSN 0083-9833
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  2. ^ a b c New York Times obituary, June 15, 2002
  3. ^ a b Los Angeles Times obituary, June 8, 2002

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