AN AMERICAN IN PARIS' Natasha Katz Wins Tony for Best Lighting Design - Musical

Natasha Katz has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.

Natasha Katz designed the lighting for Skylight on Broadway after lighting the production on the West End last year. Her recent Broadway credits include The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award); Aladdin; Once (Tony Award); Motown; Follies; Aida (Tony Award); Sweet Smell of Success; Twelfth Night; Beauty and the Beast; andSalvage from the Coast of Utopia trilogy (Tony Award).

She recently designed The Iceman Cometh at BAM. Her varied career has led her to design lighting for an array of productions, including Off-Broadway; regional theaters; dance and opera companies; concerts; international theatres; and television.

The new Broadway musical An American in Paris openED on Broadway on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Palace Theatre (Broadway at 47th Street). The production began previews on Friday, March 13, 2015.

An American In Paris is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. Inspired by the Academy-Award winning film,An American in Paris brings this classic tale to Broadway for the first time with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwinand a book by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Lucas.

An American In Paris is the romantic story of a young American soldier, a beautiful French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the aftermath of war.

The cast of An American in Paris includes Robert Fairchild as Jerry Mulligan, Leanne Cope as Lise Dassin, Veanne Cox as Madame Baurel, Jill Paice as Milo Davenport, Brandon Uranowitz as Adam Hochberg, and Max von Essen as Henri Baurel.

The cast also includes Caitlin Abraham, Will Burton, Attila Joey Csiki, Michael Cusumano, Taeler Cyrus, Ashlee Dupré, Rebecca Eichenberger, Sara Esty, Laura Feig, Jennie Ford, Kurt Froman, Heather Lang, Dustin Layton, Nathan Madden, Gia Mongell, Candy Olsen, Rebecca Riker, Adam Rogers, Sam Rogers, Shannon Rugani,Garen Scribner, Sam Strasfeld, Sarrah Strimel, Charlie Sutton, Allison Walsh, Scott Willis and Victor J. Wisehart.