Martin Aronstein was an American lighting designer whose Broadway career spanned thirty-six years.
Education
Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Aronstein attended Queens College in Flushing, New New York He apprenticed with the festival and worked there for five years before being named its principal lighting designer, a position he held until 1976.
Career
In 1957, following a performance sponsored by the New York Shakespeare Festival, he approached a backstage worker and asked if he could help break down the set. He also served as the resident lighting supervisor at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Aronstein made his Broadway debut as the lighting assistant for Arturo Ui in 1963.
In 1977 Aronstein relocated to Southern California, where he designed for the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theater, and the Pasadena Playhouse on a regular basis.
He was also an adjunct professor at the theater school of the University of Southern California, and designed for the San Francisco Ballet, the Saint Louis Municipal Opera, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Aronstein died of heart failure at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California.