Paul Gallo

Summary

Paul Gallo (born February 24, 1953) is an American theatrical lighting designer.

Paul Gallo
Photo by Brendan Ragan
Born
Paul Leonard Gallo

(1953-02-24) February 24, 1953 (age 71)
EducationIthaca College (BFA)
Yale University (MFA)
OccupationLighting Designer
Years active1977–present
Spouse
Judith Martin Gallo
(m. 1987)
Children2
Awards1 Drama Desk Awards
5 Outer Critics Circle Awards
2 Obie Awards
WebsitePaulGalloStudio.com

In a career that spans over 4 decades, Gallo has designed over 52 Broadway productions, an achievement matched by only 8 other lighting designers. He made his Broadway debut at the age of 27 with Passione, starring Jerry Stiller.

Gallo has received eight nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design and ten nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design, which he won for the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls. He won the Henry Hewes Design Award, Collaborative Design Achievement-Lighting Design for the Public Theater production of Vienna: Lusthaus in 1986, and was nominated for Hewes Design Award, Lighting Design, for The Crucible (2002).[1]

Biography edit

Gallo was born in New York City near Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, the son of Lola (Morales) Gallo and Albert Gallo who were ballroom dancers in the 1950s. Gallo attended Ithaca College on an acting scholarship but soon discovered his aptitude for lighting. He then went on to study lighting with Tom Skelton and Ming Cho Lee in graduate school at the Yale School of Drama, where he got his MFA.[2]

Original Broadway Productions (selected) edit

Celebrated Revivals on Broadway (selected) edit

Film Lighting edit

Tony Award nominations edit

for Best Lighting Design:

References edit

  1. ^ Ehren, Christine. "Hewes Design Award Nominations Recognize Broadway, Off-Broadway Designers" Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, August 22, 2002
  2. ^ Rothstein, Mervyn. "A Life in the Theatre: Paul Gallo" Playbill.com, March 3, 2008
  3. ^ Grown Ups playbillvault.com

External links edit

  • Paul Gallo Studio
  • Paul Gallo at the Internet Broadway Database
  • Paul Gallo at IMDb
  • Paul Gallo Internet Off-Broadway Database listing
  • Raising Titanic: Paul Gallo and his design team position the ship for its Broadway Berth