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Lady Gaga Wants Show Lit For YouTube?

msandberg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:31:46 +0000

Is a new trend in concert lighting about to hit? Pop songstress Lady Gaga recently told Newsweek that she admits to watching her shows on YouTube, and in fact, wants them lit for that medium.

“I’m always trying to improve on choreography and the stage shows,” she said in the interivew. “I like to watch the lighting. I often argue with my lighting designer on the show; as much as I (more…)

World Stage Design 2009 Award Winners Named

elgreaux — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:58:56 +0000

USITT has posted the winners from the 2009 World Stage Design competition which took place in Seoul, Korea, and proved to be quite a showcase of international design talent.

The winners include:

Outstanding Scenographer

Monica Raya (Mexico) for The Skin (set and costume), Rappaccini’s Daughter (set, costume and lighting), Twelfth Night (set and light), Autopsy to a Snowflake (set and costume), and AUTOPSIA (lighting)

Set Design

* Gold Award: Liu (more…)

Michael Philippi, Lighting Designer, Passes Away

elgreaux — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:28:57 +0000

The lighting design world lost one of its own yesterday with the untimely death of Chicago-based LD Michael Philippi. His obit in the Chicago Tribune, mentions that he “collapsed and died Tuesday afternoon on a sidewalk in downtown Chicago.”

As Gregg Hilmar noted on the Stagecraft Mailing List about Michael: “I lost a dear friend today… The theatre world is a little (more…)

UK LDs Get Good Props

elgreaux — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:37:56 +0000

LD Rick Fisher, chair of the UK Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) reports that Charles Spencer of the UK Telegraph attended a forum for critics and offered some nice support of lighting deisgners:

“During my time as a student, I worked as a notably inefficient stage manager on several shows at Oxford. The whole technical aspect of it scared me senseless, and I always steered well clear of the physics (more…)

Steve Shelley’s New Book Is Now Available

elgreaux — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:28:08 +0000

LD Steve Shelley is excited (and relieved) that “A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Second Edition” is not only completed, but now in the warehouse and shipping. He has announced that Focal Press has extended an introductory 20% discount, or $9.99 off the cover price of $49.95, at http://www.focalpress.com/Book.aspx?id=6644, order the book, and when checking out, enter the following Promotional Code: YT007. This offer is good until the end of (more…)

Vectorworks 2010

rcstokes — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:10:00 +0000

Just a heads up that Vectorworks 2010 was released a few days ago. As always Nemetschek has added numerous improvements and tools and ways to do things. I’ll admit I stuck to my VW2008 and never really got that into VW2009 (which is on my harddrive eating up valuable space), but I think I’m going to make the jump and really get myself into using 2010. That (more…)

The Santa Fe Opera Electricians Make My Day

msandberg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:23:09 +0000

The Santa Fe Opera Electricians show you how they focus lights for the 2009. You just really have to watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2SKhRPq6gk

Oh, Thank Goodness Someone Wrote This About Facebook!

msandberg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:24:10 +0000

Hey, I like Facebook as much as the next guy/gal, but many, many things about Facebook annoy me, and I’m just glad cnn.com published this article:

The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers

How are you exercising your “Designer Muscles?”

jhutchison — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:37:27 +0000

It’s kind of a weird thought, isn’t it? When you’re working- lighting shows, architecture, events, and anything else you can get your hands on - you’re exercising your “designer muscles.” You know, that creative part of your brain that says “OMG, it’s 3am, I’m in a dark theatre, but I just came up with the coolest look out of thin air!”

Everyone has it, and it can either hug (more…)

Rosco iGobo Released

rcstokes — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:49:02 +0000

I just thought I’d let everyone know that the new, FREE Rosco iGobo App for the iPhone was released. I’m pretty sure I missed the email about it, so in case you did to it can be downloaded on iTunes:Download iGobo

iGobo has a few features that I am really fond of like comparing gobos and a favorite list. It also breaks down gobos (more…)