For the radio host of the same name, see Paul Gallo (radio personality).

Paul Gallo is an award-winning American

United States

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 theatrical lighting designer

Lighting designer

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Born in The Bronx

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, Gallo attended Ithaca College

Ithaca College

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 on an acting scholarship but soon discovered his aptitude for stagecraft, in particular lighting. He then attended the Yale School of Drama

Yale School of Drama

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. He has designed the lighting for some 50 Broadway productions, starting with Passione in 1980. Additional credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves

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, City of Angels

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, Lend Me a Tenor

Lend Me a Tenor

Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy by Ken Ludwig. The play was produced on both the West End and Broadway . Although it received seven Tony Award nominations, it won only one, for Best Actor. A Broadway revival opened in 2010. Lend Me a Tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in...

, I Hate Hamlet

I Hate Hamlet

I Hate Hamlet is a dramatic comedy written in 1991 by Paul Rudnick. Set in John Barrymore's old apartment in New York City - at the time, the author's real-life home - the play follows successful television actor Andrew Rally as he struggles with taking on the dream role of Hamlet, dealing with a...

, Crazy for You

Crazy for You

Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well...

, Titanic

Titanic (musical)

Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that opened on Broadway in 1997. It won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical...

, 45 Seconds from Broadway

45 Seconds from Broadway

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, Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise (musical)

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, and the 2008 revival of Pal Joey. He also has designed many off-Broadway productions and has worked extensively with Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons

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 and the Public Theatre. He recently designed the lights to the La Jolla Playhouse

La Jolla Playhouse

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's 2010 production of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin

Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin

Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin is a musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and a book by Curtis and Thomas Meehan. The show is based on the life of Charlie Chaplin.-Productions:...

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Gallo has received eight nominations for the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

Tony Award for Best Lighting Design

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 and ten nominations for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors...

, 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 Theatre production of Vienna: Lusthaus in 1986.

External links

• Internet Off-Broadway Database listing