Lighting designer Amanda Zieve knew that lighting Broadway’s reimagined production of Tommy would inevitably invite comparisons to previous stagings of The Who’s musical as well as the band’s own spectacular shows.
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In the new ORF Center on Küniglberg, Vienna, the most modern technology was used to illuminate the multimedia Newsroom and ETC’s Austrian partner, Preworks was brought on board as an experienced consultant in the lighting industry. A large number of ETC fos/4 Fresnel spotlights were installed in...
Lighting Designer David Sexton employed High End Systems Ministar fixtures for Broadway Workshop productions of Head Over Heels and Beauty and The Beast, held in New York City’s Baruch Performing Arts Center. Funded through Project Broadway, Broadway Workshop produces full scale Main Stage youth...
The Alte Oper in Frankfurt stands as a beacon of cultural heritage and architectural splendor. Built in 1880, this iconic performance venue endured destruction during a 1944 air raid but was painstakingly reconstructed and reopened in 1981. Over the decades, it has hosted a diverse array of...
The Austin Independent School District Performing Arts Center (AISD PAC) is on track to host 193 events this school year, catering to AISD’s 73,000+ students and the wider Austin community. As it approaches its 10th anniversary in January, the PAC remains highly active, typically booked six days a...
Henrick Ibsen’s audacious classic An Enemy of the People was given new life on Broadway in 2024 with a fresh adaptation written by Amy Herzog, directed for the stage by Sam Gold. Earning five Tony nominations, the production starred television greats Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli as two...
Lighting designer Natasha Katz added to her impressive resume in the last Broadway season with two Tony Award-nominated lighting designs; one for the quasi-horror play Grey House and another for the musical Hell’s Kitchen based around Alicia Keys’ music.
For Brooklyn-based and five-time Tony-nominated lighting designer Japhy Weideman, it’s all about the angles.
What comes to mind when you picture the rigging from your high school theatre experience? A few overhead pipes tied off to wall-mounted cleats? If that is your memory, then you are not a graduate of the Utah school system.
Hello! I’m Valo Virtanen, Head of Lighting at the Helsinki Music Centre (HMC), and I’m excited to share how our partnership with ETC has completely transformed our lighting systems. At HMC, we’re home to a wide variety of performances, from intimate recitals to grand events, and we always...