A friend of a friend said… Many times, a conversation that follows such a track doesn’t really lead to much. But in the case of well-known lighting designer, Chris Reade, and his client, multi-platinum superstar Dierks Bentley, it proved to be the start of a richly productive creative relationship. The friend-to-friend conversation happened right around […]
Say the word RED… Can any other colour evoke such powerful imagery just by having its name uttered? And what a range of images it is too! Often thought of as the most aggressive color, red burrows its way deep into the heart, unleashing an array of sensations, symbolizing revolution, turmoil, and anger on one […]
Officially, his brief bio sketch in theatre programs typically reads “lighting designer,” but Brandon Stirling Baker prefers to define his work in much broader terms. During the course of our interview, the New York based Tony Award nominee told us that he views himself as a visual artist, who happens to work in the medium […]
“I am still there in my heart and soul!” A fan posted this on social media in mid-May about the Deadmau5 Retro5pective show in Brooklyn. Never mind that the concert took place there some three weeks earlier. Chances are that this fan (and many others) will still feel that way three years hence — such […]
Unless you happen to be a crossword puzzle devotee you might not be familiar with the word “ethnography,” but it’s one that any LD would do well to consider. At least that’s a lesson that can be gleaned from the richly varied and successful career of this New York and Los Angeles-based designer. A psychology […]
The photo stopped us in our tracks the first time we saw it on our friend, Gil Perron’s Facebook page, a beautifully balanced island of warm blue floating in a sea of black. Warm white light sculpted the blue, giving it greater depth and endowing it with a magnetic quality. The light settled gently on […]
Like fine wine, (make that fine red, red wine!) UB40 seems to get better with age. Proof of that is there for all to see and enjoy every day on the reggae-pop legend’s very successful 2024-25 UK and EU tour. Fans of all ages, many of whom were not yet a twinkle in their father’s […]
“Rock N Roll will never die!” The phrase has echoed down through the years since 1952, when a Cleveland disc jockey popularized the phrase to describe a new genre of music that was beginning to sweep the USA. Rock music has indeed never died, but instead has grown only stronger over the ensuing decades, in […]
The American Dream… This phrase may sometimes be bandied about lightly, but in the case of this LA-based designer, it is resoundingly true! At 17, Darren Langer was living in a motel room with, by his own account, “no plan for the future.” Lighting offered him a path after his cousin, Brian Marincic, introduced him […]
No one could have faulted Rodger Pugh if he wanted to kick back for a while. The owner of Devus Designs, the Tempe, AZ-based designer-director had just completed long run with Static-X and Sevendust, when he had a small break in his schedule. Now, a chance to enjoy some time off! But like any eager […]
His first exposure to theater was on the stage, when his mother, an amateur dramatics director, prevailed upon him to don green tights and a swimming pool cap adorned with plastic leaves to play the role of Oberon King of the Fairies. As he stood there on the set, the young Durham Marenghi looked around […]
There is freedom and power in leaving one world and entering another. Ancient philosophers echoed this sentiment in every corner of earth. It is an enduring truth that the polymath Donald Glover wanted to channel for his aptly named “The New World Tour,” earlier this year, for his last run of shows as the Grammy-winning […]