- Received undergraduate degree Berea College (KY).
- Has won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Lighting Designer three times: in 1972 for "Follies," in 1976 for "A Chorus Line" and in 1982 for "Dreamgirls." Has been nominated in the same category on seven other occasions: in 1970 for "Applause," in in 1973 for "A Little Night Music," in 1974 for "The Good Doctor," in 1976 for "Pacific Overtures." in 1978 for "The Act," in 1979 for "Ballroom" and in 1981 for "42nd Street."
- She is survived by her life partner, Marilyn Rennagel.
- Her family could not afford electricity, so she grew up with candles and gas-lights.
- She received a master of fine arts degree from Yale.
- In addition to Broadway, she also designed lighting for off-Broadway shows, dance, and repertory theater in the US, South America, and Europe.
- Traditionally, lighting was designed by scenic designers who also planned the sets and costumes. Musser helped establish lighting as a separate field of theater design.
- She was awarded the 1993 Drama Logue Award for Lighting Design in "Jake's Women" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- She was awarded the 1970 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Lighting Design for "The Dream on Monkey Mountain" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- She was awarded the 1979 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for "Terra Nova" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- She was awarded the 1979 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for "Terra Nova" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- She was awarded the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for "Genius" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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