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Birth Place: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

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BIO

In a celebrated career spanning almost 40 years, Jules Fisher has lit over 200 Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well as film, ballet, opera, television, and rock-and-roll concert tours. He has received 18 Tony nominations and won 8 Tony awards for Lighting Design, a record in this category. His most recent project, "Assassins", (2004 Tony award) also won him the Drama Desk and Outer Critic's Circle awards. His previous Tony awards were for "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk," 1996; "Jelly's Last Jam," 1992; "The Will Rogers Follies," 1991; "Grand Hotel," 1990; "Dancin'," 1978; "Ulysses in Nighttown," 1973; and "Pippin," 1972.


His other theatre credits include "Ricky Jay on the Stem", "Elaine Stritch at Liberty", "Jane Eyre," "The Wild Party," "Marie Christine," "Ragtime," "Victor/Victoria," "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches," and "Perestroika," "Death and the Maiden," "Two Shakespearean Actors," "La Cage Aux Folles," "Hair," "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Lenny," "No, No Nannette," "Chicago," "Butterflies are Free," "Beatlemania," and "American Buffalo."
His credits as a producer include "The Rink," the award-winning "Lenny," "Bob Fosse's Dancin'," "Rock N' Roll! The First 5,000 Years," "Elvis: An American Musical," and "Dangerous Games." He designed the lighting for Kevin Kline's production of "Hamlet" for WNET-TV, and lit productions of "Porgy and Bess" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the New York City Opera.
Mr. Fisher is a graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology. He and lighting designer Peggy Eisenhauer are partners in Third Eye Ltd, a firm specializing in entertainment and theatre lighting. He also serves as a theatre consultant to architects and performing arts groups, teaches at The New School, lectures, and, in his spare time, practices magic. In his

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Productions

GypsyGypsy
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Lighting Designer
The Gardens of AnunciaThe Gardens of Anuncia
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Lighting
HarmonyHarmony
 
[Broadway, 2023]
Lighting Design
Harmony: A New MusicalHarmony: A New Musical
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Lighting Designer
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
 
[Broadway, 2020]
Lighting Designer
Once On This IslandOnce On This Island
 
[US Tour, 2019]
Lighting Design
Broadway Bounty HunterBroadway Bounty Hunter
 
[Off-Broadway, 2019] [Replacement]
Lighting Designer[Replacement]
Gary: A Sequel to Titus AndronicusGary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
 
[Broadway, 2019]
Lighting Designer
The Iceman ComethThe Iceman Cometh
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Designer
CarouselCarousel
 
[Broadway, 2018]
Lighting Design
Once On This IslandOnce On This Island
 
[Broadway, 2017]
Lighting Designer
In & Of ItselfIn & Of Itself
 
[Off-Broadway, 2017]
Theatrical Consultant
The Gin GameThe Gin Game
 
[Broadway, 2015]
Lighting Designer
Side ShowSide Show
 
[Broadway, 2014]
Lighting Designer
Lucky GuyLucky Guy
 
[Broadway, 2013]
Lighting Designer
A Free Man Of ColorA Free Man Of Color
 
[Broadway, 2010]
Lighting Designer
9 to 5: The Musical9 to 5: The Musical
 
[Broadway, 2009]
Lighting Designer
Pal JoeyPal Joey
 
[Broadway, 2008]
Lighting Designer
9 to 5: The Musical9 to 5: The Musical
 
[Los Angeles, 2008]
Lighting Designer
The RitzThe Ritz
 
[Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
10 Million Miles
 
[Off-Broadway, 2007]
Lighting Designer
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's LifeChita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
The Mambo KingsThe Mambo Kings
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Dessa Rose
 
[Off-Broadway, 2005]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Laugh WhoreLaugh Whore
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer
Caroline, or ChangeCaroline, or Change
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer
AssassinsAssassins
 
[Broadway, 2004]
Lighting Designer
Caroline, or Change
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Omnium Gatherum
 
[Off-Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
GypsyGypsy
 
[Broadway, 2003]
Lighting Designer
Amour
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
Ricky Jay: On the Stem
 
[Off-Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
Elaine Stritch At Liberty
 
[Broadway, 2002]
Lighting Designer
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Lighting Designer
Love, Janis
 
[Off-Broadway, 2001]
Production Designer
Jane Eyre
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
Projection Designer
The Wild Party
 
[Broadway, 2000]
Lighting Designer
Marie Christine
 
[Broadway, 1999]
Lighting Designer
Wise Guys
 
[New York, 1999]
Lighting Designer
A Christmas Carol
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
Ragtime
 
[Broadway, 1998]
Lighting Designer
Street Corner Symphony
 
[Broadway, 1997]
Lighting Designer
Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
 
[Broadway, 1996]
Lighting Designer
Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk
 
[Off-Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Victor/Victoria
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
 
[Broadway, 1995]
Lighting Designer
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
 
[Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants
 
[Off-Broadway, 1994]
Lighting Designer
Hello Again
 
[Off-Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Angels in America: Perestroika
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
The Boys Choir of Harlem and Friends
 
[Broadway, 1993]
Lighting Designer
Tommy Tune Tonite!
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
My Favorite Year
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Grand Hotel
 
[West End, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Jelly's Last Jam
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Death and the Maiden
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Two Shakespearean Actors
 
[Broadway, 1992]
Lighting Designer
Nick & Nora
 
[Broadway, 1991]
Lighting Designer
The Will Rogers Follies
 
[Broadway, 1991]
Lighting Designer
Hamlet
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Lighting Designer
Grand Hotel
 
[Broadway, 1989]
Lighting Designer
Dangerous Games
 
[Broadway, 1989]
Producer
Legs Diamond
 
[Broadway, 1988]
Lighting Designer
Canciones de mi Padre
 
[Broadway, 1988]
Lighting Designer
Birds of Paradise
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Henry IV Part I
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Lighting Designer
Richard II
 
[Off-Broadway, 1987]
Lighting Designer
Rags
 
[Broadway, 1986]
Lighting Designer
La Cage aux Folles
 
[West End, 1986]
Lighting Designer
Big Deal
 
[Broadway, 1986]
Executive Producer
Lighting Designer
Song and Dance
 
[Broadway, 1985]
Lighting Designer
Follies
 
[Off-Broadway, 1985]
Lighting Designer
The Rink
 
[Broadway, 1984]
Producer
Dancin'
 
[West End, 1983]
Lighting Designer
La Cage aux Folles
 
[Broadway, 1983]
Lighting Designer
Rock 'N' Roll! The First 5,000 Years
 
[Broadway, 1982]
Lighting Designer
Producer
Frankenstein
 
[Broadway, 1981]
Lighting Designer
Dancin'
 
[Broadway, 1978]
Executive Producer
Lighting Designer
Producer
Golda
 
[Broadway, 1977]
Lighting Designer
Projection Designer
Hair
 
[Broadway, 1977]
Lighting Designer
Beatlemania
 
[Broadway, 1977]
Lighting Designer
Production Supervisor
American Buffalo
 
[Broadway, 1977]
Lighting Designer
Rockabye Hamlet
 
[Broadway, 1976]
Lighting Designer
Chicago
 
[Broadway, 1975]
Lighting Designer
Man on the Moon
 
[Broadway, 1975]
Lighting Designer
Billy
 
[West End, 1974]
Lighting Designer
Thieves
 
[Broadway, 1974]
Lighting Designer
Ulysses in Nighttown
 
[Broadway, 1974]
Lighting Designer
Liza
 
[Broadway, 1974]
Lighting Designer
The Iceman Cometh
 
[Broadway, 1973]
Lighting Designer
Rachael Lily Rosenbloom and Don't You Ever Forget It
 
[Broadway, 1973]
Lighting Designer
Full Circle
 
[Broadway, 1973]
Lighting Designer
Molly
 
[Broadway, 1973]
Lighting Designer
Uncle Vanya
 
[Broadway, 1973]
Lighting Designer
No, No, Nanette
 
[West End, 1973]
Lighting Designer
Seesaw
 
[Broadway, 1973]
Lighting Designer
Mourning Becomes Electra
 
[Broadway, 1972]
Lighting Designer
Lysistrata
 
[Broadway, 1972]
Lighting Designer
Pippin
 
[Broadway, 1972]
Lighting Designer
Jesus Christ Superstar
 
[West End, 1972]
Lighting Designer
Fun City
 
[Broadway, 1972]
Lighting Designer
Jesus Christ Superstar
 
[Broadway, 1971]
Lighting Designer
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
 
[Broadway, 1971]
Lighting Designer
Lenny
 
[Broadway, 1971]
Lighting Designer
Producer
Lolita, My Love
 
[Broadway, 1971]
Lighting Designer
No, No, Nanette
 
[Broadway, 1971]
Lighting Designer
Soon
 
[Broadway, 1971]
Lighting Designer
Home
 
[Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
Steambath
 
[Off-Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
The Engagement Baby
 
[Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
Inquest
 
[Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
Minnie's Boys
 
[Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
Gantry
 
[Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
Sheep on the Runway
 
[Broadway, 1970]
Lighting Designer
Butterflies Are Free
 
[Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
Promenade
 
[Off-Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
Trumpets of the Lord
 
[Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
Someone's Comin' Hungry
 
[Off-Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
The Watering Place
 
[Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
But, Seriously...
 
[Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
Canterbury Tales
 
[Broadway, 1969]
Lighting Designer
Hair
 
[West End, 1968]
Lighting Designer
The Man in the Glass Booth
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
The Cuban Thing
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
The Happy Hypocrite
 
[Off-Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
A Moon for the Misbegotten
 
[Off-Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
The Only Game in Town
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
Hair
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
Kongi's Harvest
 
[Off-Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
Here's Where I Belong
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
The Grand Music Hall of Israel
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
Before You Go
 
[Broadway, 1968]
Lighting Designer
Iphigenia in Aulis
 
[Off-Broadway, 1967]
Lighting Designer
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
 
[Broadway, 1967]
Lighting Designer
Scuba Duba
 
[Off-Broadway, 1967]
Lighting Designer
The Unknown Soldier and His Wife
 
[Broadway, 1967]
Lighting Designer
Little Murders
 
[Broadway, 1967]
Lighting Designer
The Natural Look
 
[Broadway, 1967]
Lighting Designer
Hail Scrawdyke!
 
[Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
The Threepenny Opera
 
[Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
Eh?
 
[Off-Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
A Hand is on the Gate
 
[Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
The Kitchen
 
[Off-Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
Hooray! It's a Glorious Day...and all that
 
[Off-Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
Monopoly
 
[Off-Broadway, 1966]
Lighting Designer
The Yearling
 
[Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
The White Devil
 
[Off-Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
The Devils
 
[Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
Pickwick
 
[Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
The Trojan Women
 
[Off-Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
Leonard Bernstein's Theatre Songs
 
[Off-Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
Square in the Eye
 
[Off-Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
And Things That Go Bump in the Night
 
[Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
Half a Sixpence
 
[Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
Do I Hear a Waltz?
 
[Broadway, 1965]
Lighting Designer
Royal Flush
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
P. S. I Love You
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
High Spirits
 
[West End, 1964]
Lighting Designer
The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
Gogo Loves You
 
[Off-Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
Gogo Loves You
 
[Off-Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
The Tragical Historie of Doctor Faustus
 
[Off-Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
A Girl Could Get Lucky
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
The Subject Was Roses
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
The White House
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
High Spirits
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
Anyone Can Whistle
 
[Broadway, 1964]
Lighting Designer
The Trojan Women
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
The Ginger Man
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
Telemachus Clay
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
Spoon River Anthology
 
[Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
The Dragon
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
Best Foot Forward
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Six Characters in Search of an Author
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
The Love Nest
 
[Off-Broadway, 1963]
Lighting Designer
Riverwind
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
O Say Can You See!
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
Half-Past Wednesday
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
Half-Past Wednesday
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
This Side of Paradise
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
Fly Blackbird
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
The Creditors
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
The Banker's Daughter
 
[Off-Broadway, 1962]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
All in Love
 
[Off-Broadway, 1961]
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
The Office
 
[Broadway, ]
Lighting Designer

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Beatlemania
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Awards and Nominations

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jules Fisher, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2018 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Once on this Island


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Jules Fisher, Once on this Island

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Jules Fisher Once On This Island

Tony Awards - 2018 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jules Fisher, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh

Drama Desk Awards - 2016 - Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical

Jules Fisher, Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Tony Awards - 2016 - Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Jules Fisher, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jules Fisher, Lucky Guy

The Lortels - 2005 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Dessa Rose


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Assassins


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Assassins


winner
The Hewes Awards - 2004 - Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Assassins


winner
Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Assassins

Tony Awards - 2001 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Jane Eyre

Tony Awards - 2000 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, The Wild Party

Tony Awards - 2000 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Marie Christine


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1998 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Ragtime

Drama Desk Awards - 1998 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Ragtime

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1998 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Ragtime


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1998 - Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Street Corner Symphony

Tony Awards - 1998 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Ragtime


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1996 - Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk


winner
Tony Awards - 1996 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk

Tony Awards - 1994 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher , Angels in America: Perestroika

Drama Desk Awards - 1993 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher , Angels in America

Tony Awards - 1993 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher , Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Jelly's Last Jam


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1992 - Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Jelly's Last Jam


winner
Tony Awards - 1992 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher , Jelly's Last Jam


winner
Tony Awards - 1991 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, The Will Rogers Follies

Drama Desk Awards - 1990 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Hamlet


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1990 - Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Grand Hotel


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1989 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Grand Hotel

Tony Awards - 1986 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Song and Dance

Drama Desk Awards - 1984 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, La Cage aux Folles

Tony Awards - 1984 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, La Cage aux Folles


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1981 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Frankenstein


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1978 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Dancin'


winner
The Hewes Awards - 1978 - Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Dancin'

Tony Awards - 1978 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Beatlemania

Tony Awards - 1978 - Best Musical

Jules Fisher, Dancin'


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1976 - Outstanding Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Chicago

Tony Awards - 1976 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Chicago


winner
Tony Awards - 1974 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Ulysses in Nighttown


winner
Tony Awards - 1973 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Pippin

Tony Awards - 1972 - Best Lighting Design

Jules Fisher, Jesus Christ Superstar

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by Team BWW - May 27, 2025

Die für den Tony Award nominierte Montego Glover übernimmt die Rolle der „Rose“ in der Broadway-Neuinszenierung von Gypsy während Audra McDonalds einwöchigem Sommerurlaub. Hier erfahren Sie mehr!
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by Stephi Wild - May 27, 2025

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by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2025

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How many shows has Jules Fisher written?

Jules Fisher has written 1 shows including Beatlemania (Conceiver).

What awards has Jules Fisher been nominated for?

Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Best Lighting Design (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Once on this Island, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Once on this Island, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Once On This Island, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Lucky Guy, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Dessa Rose, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Assassins, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Assassins , Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Assassins, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Assassins, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Jane Eyre, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for The Wild Party, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Marie Christine, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Ragtime, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Ragtime, Best Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Ragtime , Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Street Corner Symphony, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Ragtime, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Perestroika, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Angels in America, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Jelly's Last Jam, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for The Will Rogers Follies, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Hamlet, Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Grand Hotel, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Grand Hotel, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Song and Dance, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for La Cage aux Folles, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for La Cage aux Folles, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Frankenstein, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Dancin', Lighting Design (The Hewes Awards) for Dancin', Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Beatlemania, Best Musical (Tony Awards) for Dancin', Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Chicago, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Chicago, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Ulysses in Nighttown, Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Pippin and Best Lighting Design (Tony Awards) for Jesus Christ Superstar.

What awards has Jules Fisher won?

Jules Fisher has won numerous awards for lighting design throughout his career. He received the Best Lighting Design award from the BroadwayWorld Awards for Once on this Island. He earned Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for Once on this Island, as well as Outstanding Lighting Design from the Drama Desk Awards for Assassins. Fisher also won Outstanding Lighting Design from the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Lighting Design from The Hewes Awards for Assassins. He was honored with the Best Lighting Design Tony Award for Assassins. Additional accolades include Outstanding Lighting Design from the Drama Desk Awards for Ragtime, Lighting Design from The Hewes Awards for Street Corner Symphony, and Lighting Design from The Hewes Awards for Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk. He won the Best Lighting Design Tony Award for Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk. Fisher also received Lighting Design honors from The Hewes Awards for Jelly's Last Jam and claimed the Best Lighting Design Tony Award for the same production. He secured the Best Lighting Design Tony Award for The Will Rogers Follies. Further recognition includes Lighting Design from The Hewes Awards and Outstanding Lighting Design from the Drama Desk Awards for Grand Hotel. He won Outstanding Lighting Design from the Drama Desk Awards for Frankenstein and Dancin', along with Lighting Design from The Hewes Awards for Dancin'. Fisher was awarded Outstanding Lighting Design from the Drama Desk Awards for Chicago. Finally, he earned Best Lighting Design Tony Awards for Ulysses in Nighttown and Pippin.

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