The Atlanta Braves hadn’t won a National League pennant since 1999, and few “experts” expected them to do so this year, even though they managed to squeak into the post season playoffs. But baseball is, if nothing else, a game that has a way of turning improbabilities into realities. Perhaps because of this, Mike Grabowski […]
“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking,” wrote Albert Einstein when discoursing on the role of intuition in science. It’s a sentiment that this South Carolina-based LD has readily identified with when lighting a litany of stars like Alice Cooper, 50 Cent, Godsmack, and others over the course of […]
More than 15,000 years ago, Neolithic visitors braved the harsh unforgiving interior of what is now known as St. Michael’s Cave, Gibraltar to draw charcoal images of an ibex on its limestone walls. Though they left no record of their endeavor, it’s easy for Full Production’s Steve Richardson to imagine the hardship, determination and pride […]
El Monstero, a Pink Floyd tribute show formed by former members of the Top 40 band Stir has been a holiday tradition in St. Louis since 1999, selling out seven or eight shows in and around the city every December. Many of those fans filling the seats, return every year. They never see the same […]
In the “About” section of its Facebook page, YC3 Lighting Design has a single declarative sentence: Being ecologically aware and cost-efficient has become an integral part of good design. A noble-sounding phrase? Sure, but for this innovative family-run design firm, it’s also a deeply held belief that shapes its way of doing business. An example […]
Photo: Todd Kaplan At some point early in his career, this highly acclaimed New York-based designer and programmer began putting a sign behind his FOH position that read simply “Stand Back.” A warning to bystanders not to look over his shoulder? Perhaps, but there was also an element of safety in the message, as he […]
Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Train… the list of artists that this Chicago-based lighting designer has worked with is long, but as he is quick to point out, he’s never actually lit a tour. From the very beginning of his career, some 20 years ago, he has been focused on exhibit and event lighting. […]
It may well go down as one of the most moving live music moments never seen. At the conclusion of the We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert, after a bountiful feast of big looks, New York’s own Paul Simon was to take the stage to sing “The Boxer,” lit only by a soft tungsten glow. […]
There is a magical feeling that every designer hopes to create when working an outdoor show. It arises when the stage and its surroundings are woven into a single all-encompassing experience that not only connects fans to the performance on stage, but also to the natural beauty all around them. Some venues make achieving this […]
Where does one go after working for U2 at age 14? For this Irish-born, and now Florida-based, designer, the answer is onto a storied career that as seen him light shows by stars like The Who, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Taylor Swift and Elton John, along with an array of major awards ceremonies, […]
PETERSBURG, FL – As stories on stage unfold, they are invariably carried on their journey by the ebb and flow of light. This is true of virtually every dramatic production, but there are some where lighting is so intricately woven into the story that it becomes part of the narrative itself. Pagliacci falls squarely into […]
Paris lies over 850 kilometers from Edinburgh, Scotland. Yet Jvan Morandi never came any closer to the city of lights when he lit a concert this summer by electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre at Palais de L’Elysee. Relying on close collaboration with his on-the-ground partner Jordan Babev, he made extensive use of programming and […]