Jean Rosenthal

[5] In 1929, Rosenthal was introduced to Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.[6] Rosenthal studied lighting design at the Yale School of Drama from 1931 to 1934 with Stanley McCandless and George Pierce Baker.She was lighting designer for hundreds of productions, including numerous Broadway shows, Martha Graham's dances, the New York City Ballet, and the Metropolitan Opera.Lael Wertenbaker assembled the book, a long-running project between her and Rosenthal, from tape-recorded dictation sessions.[13] The book begins with an autobiography, and goes on to detail the history of illumination, and methods for lighting plays, musicals, operas, and the house.
Jean Rosenthal working on the Federal Theatre Project production Horse Eats Hat (1936)
From left, Rosenthal, Orson Welles, John Houseman and Edwin Denby during a rehearsal of Horse Eats Hat at Maxine Elliott's Theatre (1936)
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