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Natasha Katz is a New York-based lighting designer. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include: Diana, The Music Man, All My Sons, Burn This, The Prom, Frozen, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida.

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[Broadway, 2024]
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[West End, 2024]
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[US Tour, 2023]
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[Broadway, 2022]
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[Off-Broadway, 2022] [Replacement]
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[Broadway, 2021]
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[US Tour, 2019]
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[San Diego, CA (Regional), 2019]
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[Broadway, 2018]
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[Broadway, 2017]
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[West End, 2016]
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[Washington, DC (Regional), 2015]
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[Paris, 2014]
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[Broadway, 2012]
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[Broadway, 2010]
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Assistant to Ms. Madeira

Natasha Katz Awards and Nominations

Drama Desk Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, Grey House

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Hell's Kitchen

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, Grey House


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Drama Desk Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2023 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street


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Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd

Tony Awards - 2023 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Natasha Katz, MJ the Musical

Drama Desk Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Natasha Katz, Diana

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2022 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Natasha Katz, MJ the Musical


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Tony Awards - 2022 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, MJ the Musical

Olivier Awards - 2017 - Best Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, The Glass Menagerie

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2017 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Hello, Dolly!

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Natasha Katz, Long Day's Journey Into Night


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Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, Long Day's Journey Into Night

Drama Desk Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, The Iceman Cometh

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2015 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, An American in Paris


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Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, An American in Paris

Tony Awards - 2015 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, Skylight

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2014 - Outstanding Lighting Design (Play or Musical)

Natasha Katz, Aladdin


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Tony Awards - 2014 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, The Glass Menagerie


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The Lortels - 2012 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, Once


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Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Once

Tony Awards - 2012 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Follies

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, Sister Act

Drama Desk Awards - 2010 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, The Addams Family

Drama Desk Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid


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The Hewes Awards - 2007 - Special Achievement in Design

Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia


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Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia


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Drama Desk Awards - 2006 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia

Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Tarzan

Tony Awards - 2002 - Best Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, Sweet Smell of Success


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Tony Awards - 2000 - Best Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, Aida

Tony Awards - 1999 - Best Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, Twelfth Night

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1998 - Best Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, The Scarlet Pimpernel

Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Lighting Design

Natasha Katz, Beauty and the Beast

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Natasha Katz News


Review: MJ THE MUSICAL at Des Moines Performing Arts


What did our critic If you 'Wanna be Startin' Something,' then check out Des Moines Performing Arts; not only did they recently announce their 2024/2025 season, but they are not stopping there.  This week, they are bringing the hottest show of the 2021/2022 Broadway Season.  'MJ: The Musical' opened to a packed house on Tuesday night. From the moment the show started, the buzz continued growing, and there was an immediate standing ovation at the end of the show.  What was the buzz about?  think of MJ THE MUSICAL at Des Moines Performing Arts?

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone Will Return to Broadway in THE ROOMMATE


Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone will return to Broadway this year! The pair will star in the new comedy, The Roommate by Jen Silverman. Learn more here!

Tickets to HELL'S KITCHEN on Broadway On Sale Through January 2025


A new block of tickets are now on sale for the Broadway premiere of the new musical HELL'S KITCHEN. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Tickets For SOME LIKE IT HOT at Proctors Go on Sale This Week


Proctors announced that single tickets for the upcoming engagement of SOME LIKE IT HOT in Schenectady will go on sale 10 a.m. Thursday, May 2.

These Are the Most-Nominated Individuals of the 2024 Tony Awards


On Tuesday, April 30, the 2024 Tony Award Nominations were announced. The list includes a mix of shows and artists, some with only a single nomination. However, more than ten artists received multiple nominations, some for different shows that premiered this season. Don't believe us? Take a look at here!

Breaking Down the 2024 Tony Awards Nominations


Still thinking about the Tony nominations? Us too! Check out some takeaways from yesterday's big announcement.

2024 Drama Desk Awards Nominations- The Full List!


Nominations for the 2024 Drama Desk Awards have just been announced by Kathleen Turner. Check out the full list of nominees here!

2024 Tony Awards Nominations- Live Reactions


The nominations for the 77th Annual Tony Awards were announced this morning by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry. Follow us throughout the day, as we'll bring you Tony nominee reactions!

2024 Tony Awards Nominations - Show by Show


The nominations are in! Check out how each show fared individually in a full list of nominations by show.

2024 Tony Award Nominations- HELL'S KITCHEN and STEREOPHONIC Lead the Pack!


The 77th Annual Tony Awards nominations were announced this morning by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renee Elise Goldsberry and here they are, celebrating the best of the 2023-24 theatre season. Check out the full list of nominees here!

Los PTM se entregarán el próximo 10 de junio


El próximo 10 de junio tendrá lugar en el Teatro Coliseum de Madrid la gala de entrega de los Premios de Teatro Musical en su 16ª edición.

Adi Roy Will Take Over the Title Role in ALADDIN This Summer


Broadway's ALADDIN is set to welcome Adi Roy in the title role starting June 4. Catch the magical performance as the new Aladdin brings a fresh take to the beloved character.

Photos: On the Red Carpet with the HELL'S KITCHEN Cast & Creatives on Opening Night


See red-carpet photos of the cast and creatives from the Hell's Kitchen opening night celebration here!

Photos: Inside the HELL'S KITCHEN Opening Night Curtain Call


HELL’S KITCHEN, conceived by the innovative mind of 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, with music and lyrics by Keys, and book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz, opened on Broadway last night, Saturday, April 21st, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the festivities. Check out the photos here!

Review Roundup: HELL'S KITCHEN Opens on Broadway


Let's hear it for New York! The new Broadway musical HELL’S KITCHEN, conceived by 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys and directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif opens tonight at the Shubert Theatre. Check out what the critics are saying!

Photos & Video: Get a First Look at HELL'S KITCHEN on Broadway


Get a first look at photos of Hell's Kitchen on Broadway!

L'ALEGRIA QUE PASSA y THE BOOK OF MORMON lideran las nominaciones de los PTM


Ya se han anunciado los finalistas de la 16ª edición de los Premios de Teatro Musical (PTM), en la que L’ALEGRIA QUE PASSA y THE BOOK OF MORMON  lideran las nominaciones con 14 cada uno, seguidos de THE PRODUCERS con 12 y EL FANTASMA DE LA ÓPERA con 11.

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at The Grand Theatre, Xiqu Centre


The stage production of the beloved classic family musical, 'The Sound of Music,' based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, premiered on Broadway in 1959 and went on to win five Tony Awards.

HELL'S KITCHEN Will Support 'Keep a Child Alive' Organization With Ticketing Initiative


Through a collaboration with TodayTix Group, for every ticket sold during the run of HELL'S KITCHEN, $1 will go to support Alicia Keys co-founded organization, Keep a Child Alive.

MJ THE MUSICAL To Have St. Louis Debut, Beginning In May!


Experience the St. Louis debut of MJ at the Fabulous Fox Theatre from May 28 to June 9.

Natasha Katz FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What awards has Natasha Katz been nominated for?

Natasha Katz has been nominated for several awards for her outstanding lighting designs including Drama Desk Awards for "Grey House" and "Sweeney Todd," Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and "MJ the Musical," Tony Awards for "Sweeney Todd," "Some Like It Hot," "MJ the Musical," "Diana," "Hello, Dolly!," "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "An American in Paris," "Skylight," "Aladdin," "The Glass Menagerie," "Once," "Follies," "Sister Act," "The Addams Family," "The Little Mermaid," "The Coast of Utopia," "Tarzan," "Sweet Smell of Success," "Aida," "Twelfth Night," "The Scarlet Pimpernel," and "Beauty and the Beast." Natasha Katz has also won awards for her lighting designs, such as the Best Lighting Design of a Musical Tony Award for "An American in Paris," "The Little Mermaid," "Once," and "Follies," among others.

What awards has Natasha Katz won?

Natasha Katz has won several awards for her outstanding lighting designs in various Broadway productions. Some of her notable wins include the Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Sweeney Todd" and "The Coast of Utopia." She also won the Best Lighting Design of a Musical at the Tony Awards for shows like "Sweeney Todd," "MJ the Musical," "An American in Paris," and "Once." Additionally, she received the Best Lighting Design of a Play Tony Award for productions such as "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "The Glass Menagerie," and "The Coast of Utopia." Natasha Katz's talent and creativity have been recognized with awards like the Outstanding Lighting Design at The Lortels for "Once" and the Special Achievement in Design at The Hewes Awards for "The Coast of Utopia."

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