HAZELWOOD, MO – Psychologists have long been fascinated by the color teal. And with good reason too! Combining the renewing qualities of green with the serenity of blue, it’s invariably viewed as a hopeful and uplifting color. In some ancient societies, it even symbolized infinity. All of these characteristics made teal (along with white) an […]
LOS ANGELES – Collaboration’s wings take creativity to new heights. The wisdom of this adage was on full display at the 2022 iHeart Radio Music Awards when superstars John Legend and Charlie Puth sat down at dueling pianos to banter and play a five-minute mash-up of each other’s hits, before announcing plans to record a […]
NEW YORK – Designed by the acclaimed Frank Gehry, the architect responsible for the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan and Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, among other celebrated structures, the Pershing Square Signature Center is a theatrical jewel. Comprised of three performance spaces, it affords every advantage to directors, performers, and other creatives… including lighting designers. […]
BRISTOL, UK — Happily, as has so often been the case in society, inclusiveness and understanding seem to grow stronger with the passage of time. Such evolution can be seen in the story of British Sign Language (BSL). Arising in the 18th century, this language of hand shape, orientation, movement, and non-manual features, (facial expressions) […]
Music is the movement of sound, the great Plato wrote. For Moshe Baskin, lighting pro of the @Eagleproducionco team. Music is also something that can shape the movement of light. This was obvious for the audience at the historic Ritz Theatre to see (and feel!) recently when the talented designer set the light from his […]
PHILADELPHIA – The music of metalcore powerhouse Falling in Reverse can be described as dark, brooding, and intense, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t also provoke thoughts of bright colors on the part of a lighting designer. Dan Michie, who lit the Las Vegas-based quartet on their recently concluded Live From The Unknown tour, […]
NOVI SAD, SERBIA – “Migration” comes from the Latin word Migrare, which means to move to a new place. Many are hoping that, despite all the obstacles put in its way, the world today is indeed moving to a new and better place through the migration of different cultures, ideas, and forms of artistic expression. […]
BOSTON – It’s a fundamental truth: for a lighting design to work, it has to be in step with the music on stage. When lighting Grammy-nominated metal masters Killswitch Engage, this means slamming your foot down on the accelerator and never really letting up. Just ask Cody James! The longtime designer for KSE, James describes […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – A scan of the uniformly positive social media comments on the Slow Burn Theatre Company’s production of Kinky Boots at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts reveals that more than a few people in the audience had seen the Cindy Lauper-Harvey Fierstein musical before… sometimes quite a few times before. […]
LONG BEACH, CA – Iration topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart with their very first recording, “No Time for Rest.” More than a decade later, the title of that debut LP would serve as an apt metaphor for the band’s appearance at the mammoth Cali Vibes Festival. Given the large number of reggae artists who […]
MONTREAL – Adversity never lasts nearly as long as the innovations it inspires. Proof of this truism is plain to see (and hear!) at Live Dans Ton Salon, a livestream entertainment venue that occupies a converted warehouse in the suburb of Chambly. As its name suggests, Live Dans Ton Salon (Live In Your Living Room) […]
ST. LOUIS – Are there “right” and “wrong” ways to use a lighting fixture? There certainly are when safety and product integrity issues are concerned, but when it comes to how a fixture is worked into a design and where it is positioned on a rig, Chip Self prefers to follow his own rules. Creativity, […]