Typically, when programming automated lighting, you are looking at the lighting that is happening on stage or on a visualizer screen. Most of the time… Read More »Getting a Head Start (With Your Imagination)
To be an amateur: Blame others. Stop achieving as soon as you are comfortable. Tell everyone how good you are at everything. Focus on your… Read More »How to Be an Amateur (or a Professional):
When theatergoers first enter the Belasco Theatre, the cast is already onstage inside the very busy screen the audience will be watching. The center section… Read More »For “Network” on Broadway, the Techs are Part of the Show
Watching the grass grow might seem as about exciting as watching paint dry — not exactly a “wow” gag highlight for most concert tours. But… Read More »Making the Grass Grow
If you are an Eddie, thank you…Eddie takes pride in his followspots and his followspot operators. Eddie sits behind the rookies and helps them interpret… Read More »Eddie and Iggy, the Followspot Guys
Once you are a proficient lighting programmer with several different gigs under your belt, you might want to look into specializing further. Additional expertise will… Read More »Become a Specialist
Elton John had a dream team working on the looks for his epic final trek, the three-year, 300-show “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour, which caps… Read More »Staging an Elton-Worthy Sendoff
In Memoriam: Ross Lowell, an LD, cinematographer, inventor and entrepreneur, died Jan 10 at age 92. Lowell is the inventor of gaffer tape, a quick-clamp… Read More »In Memoriam: Ross Lowell, 92; Todd Confessore, 51
Video elements are instrumental to the set and overall production design for Ozzy Osbourne’s shows. The media content includes the use of snow as well… Read More »Confetti, Lighting, Lasers and Video Create “Blizzard of Ozz”
I attended a Hippotizer training course in Los Angeles with instructor Graham Whipple to get up-to-speed on Green Hippo’s latest software, v4. Now, after having… Read More »Getting to Know Hippo v4.4
Making a difference in the lives of others doesn’t always require a huge sacrifice of time and money. A case in point: Donating unused toiletries… Read More »Helping Others Can Be Easy and Cheap
Peter England took a “less is more” approach for the video imagery used for King Kong on Broadway, “darkening, abstracting and distancing the content so… Read More »Enhancing the Sense of Mystery in Broadway’s ‘King Kong’