--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | SPOTLIGHT (5) description: SPOTLIGHT | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. 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As the company expanded its product portfolio, user base, and global reach over the course of 50 years, education came forward as one of the central pillars of ETC's service philosophy. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/50-years-of-education-at-etc) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/OurTown-Broadway2024_PhotoByDanielRader_NewYorkNY_10022024_003.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/allen-lee-hughes-our-town) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [An American Classic by Lantern Light](https://blog.etcconnect.com/allen-lee-hughes-our-town) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 13-Mar-2025 In a career spanning fifty-three years, defying the law of averages, Broadway lighting designer Allen Lee Hughes made it till 2024 before lighting his first production of Thornton Wilder’s fabled American drama *Our Town*. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/allen-lee-hughes-our-town) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/2024_Broadway_TheWhosTommy_PhotobyMatthewMurphyandEvanZimmerman_10-1200px.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/amanda-zieve-lights-tommy) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Revisiting the Who's Master Work](https://blog.etcconnect.com/amanda-zieve-lights-tommy) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 13-Feb-2025 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. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/amanda-zieve-lights-tommy) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Preworks1.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/modern-technology-for-orf-newsroom) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Modern Technology for ORF Newsroom](https://blog.etcconnect.com/modern-technology-for-orf-newsroom) By [Guest Blogger](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/guest-blogger) 4-Feb-2025 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/modern-technology-for-orf-newsroom) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/HEADHEELS_A_0672_web_larger.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ministar-shines-for-broadway-workshop) [Gio @5](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gio-5) ### [Ministar Shines For Broadway Workshop](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ministar-shines-for-broadway-workshop) By [Bruce Jordahl](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/bruce-jordahl) 30-Jan-2025 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/ministar-shines-for-broadway-workshop) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/ETC_AlteOperFFM3.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/alte-oper) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [A Symphony of Innovation and History at Alte Oper](https://blog.etcconnect.com/alte-oper) By [Katherine Stamp](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/katherine-stamp) 9-Jan-2025 The [Alte Oper](https://oper-frankfurt.de/en/concerts/museumskonzerte/) 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/alte-oper) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/AISD_Shrek1.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/austin-independent-school-district-theatre-programs-thrive-with-etc-lighting-solutions) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Austin Independent School District Theatre Programs Thrive with ETC Lighting Solutions](https://blog.etcconnect.com/austin-independent-school-district-theatre-programs-thrive-with-etc-lighting-solutions) By [Quinn Wirth](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/quinn-buchanan) 9-Jan-2025 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/austin-independent-school-district-theatre-programs-thrive-with-etc-lighting-solutions) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/An%20Enemy%20of%20the%20People-4_web.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/isabella-byrd-lights-enemy-people-with-etc) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [ETC and Isabella Byrd Sculpt Shadows for "Enemy of the People"](https://blog.etcconnect.com/isabella-byrd-lights-enemy-people-with-etc) By [Tess Lincecum](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/tess-lincecum) 3-Jan-2025 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... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/isabella-byrd-lights-enemy-people-with-etc) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/2024_Broadway_HellsKitchen_PhotoByMarcFranklin_04.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/natasha-katz-collaborating-for-success) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Collaborating for Success](https://blog.etcconnect.com/natasha-katz-collaborating-for-success) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 5-Dec-2024 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. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/natasha-katz-collaborating-for-success) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/2024_Broadway_HeartOfRockAndRoll_PhotoByMatthewMurphy_1200px05.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/heart-of-rock-and-roll-broadway) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Getting the Angles Right](https://blog.etcconnect.com/heart-of-rock-and-roll-broadway) By [Marshall Bissett](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/marshall-bissett) 7-Nov-2024 For Brooklyn-based and five-time Tony-nominated lighting designer Japhy Weideman, it’s all about the angles. 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