Paul Gallo
| Paul Gallo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 24, 1953 The Bronx |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Field | Lighting design |
| Training | Yale School of Drama |
| Awards | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design |
For the radio host of the same name, see Paul Gallo (radio personality).
Paul Gallo is an award-winning American theatrical lighting designer.
Born in The Bronx, Gallo attended Ithaca College on an acting scholarship but soon discovered his aptitude for stagecraft, in particular lighting. He then attended the Yale School of Drama.[1] He has designed the lighting for over 50 Broadway productions, starting with Passione in 1980. Additional credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The House of Blue Leaves, City of Angels, Lend Me a Tenor, I Hate Hamlet, Crazy for You, Titanic, 45 Seconds from Broadway, Birds of Paradise, and the 2008 revival of Pal Joey. He also has designed many off-Broadway productions and has worked extensively with Playwrights Horizons and the Public Theater. He recently designed the lights to the La Jolla Playhouse's 2010 production of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin.
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.
He is a graduate of the Ithaca College Department of Theatre Arts.
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