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Projections Unchained
Tony-nominated for his work on the hit Broadway musical revival of Cabaret, Mike Baldassari has designed lighting for theatre, concerts, major corporate events, and television (including an Emmy nomination for the lighting direction of Garth Brooks Live From Central Park). In the concert arena, he has designed shows for Mos Def, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young. When pioneering Seattle rock band Alice
TV dinners: LD Mike Baldassari prepares a light menu for Manhattan's Television City
The Golden Age of Television has returned to New York City, in restaurant form. Television City, which opened in May, has a prime showbiz location (right across the street from Radio City Music Hall) and cuisine more flavorful than what's doled out at Manhattan's other brand-name cafes. The dishes are served up by head chef David Liederman (of David's Cookies fame), who co-owns the restaurant with
Marching Madness
A few years back, a curious little show called Blast! took New York City's Broadway Theatre by storm. It combined marching band and drum corps musicians with the full-blown theatrics and choreography of a Broadway show and even received a 2001 Tony Award for Special Theatrical Event, which it deserved because how many shows have you seen with a trombonist playing the theme from The Simpsons while
Improv illumination
When tap sensation Savion Glover (pictured) returned to the stage after leaving the Tony Award-winning Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, it was to a more relaxed, loose-limbed dance revue Off Broadway at the Variety Arts Theatre. Poet and Noise/Funk collaborator Reg E. Gaines, a jazz quartet, and a rotating cast of tappers (and surprise guests) joined director/choreographer Glover onstage for
Molto Perfecto!
DP Dion Beebe and LD Mike Baldassari added pizzazz to the 14 musical numbers in Nine
ETC Eos Lights 13, Mark Taper Forum
Mike Baldassari likes the challenge of the new. When the New York lighting designer took on the new musical 13 at LA's Mark Taper Forum in December, he collaborated with a director he had never worked with before, a programmer he had never met before, on the world premiere of a show he had never seen, in a venue he had never worked at, with a new lighting control console he had never used.
Does Whatever a Spider Can
In most shows it's the lighting that flies; often the sound and sets fly as well. But in Spider-Man Live!, the main character does most of the flying. A self-described stunt spectacular, this new production, currently touring the US, is aimed squarely at kiddies four years and up. As such, it features plenty of the flying, leaping webslinger, plus the evil Green Goblin, mid-air fight scenes, pyro,
Product of the Month: Electronic Theatre Controls
Electronic Theatre Controls has a long history of great control consoles continuing with the introduction of the Eos, a paradigm shift in the lighting world that allows control of moving lights and conventional lights all from one console. The Eos was designed with a lot of forethought on how programmers and operators want to work, as well as what designers want to see in a console. What It Does The
City Theatrical Customizes Gear for Blast II Tour
The new Blast II tour of Japan utilizes extensively customized set electrics engineered and fabricated by City Theatrical from designs by Mike Baldassari.
Does Whatever a Spider Can
In most shows it's the lighting that flies; often the sound and sets fly as well. But in Spider-Man Live!, the main character does most of the flying. A self-described stunt spectacular, this new production, currently touring the US, is aimed squarely at kiddies four years and up. As such, it features plenty of the flying, leaping webslinger, plus the evil Green Goblin, mid-air fight scenes, pyro,
Who's Doing What
Lighting designer Mike Baldassari and set designer David Gallo have collaborated on a second European production of Beauty and The Beast, this time in Germany; the first opened to raves in Holland. Gallo meanwhile, has a slew of other projects on the horizon, including a production of Company in Cincinnati, directed by John Doyle, who staged the current Broadway revival of Sweeney ToddRichard Straker
Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe
There is a tiny bit of gear that has been in my briefcase for almost two years now. It has nothing to do with lighting design, but it's become absolutely essential. It's my Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Deluxe. I can honestly say this is the first piece of technology that has truly improved my life. I've been using computers since about 1984, and while it's nice that I can do my banking online and
Life as a cabaret
Cabaret is back on Broadway in a bold, no-holds-barred production that won this year's Tony Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Drama Desk Award as well. Directed by Sam Mendes for the Roundabout Theatre, this is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill rehash. It takes place in the old Henry Miller's Theatre (on 43rd Street near Times Square), which has been renamed the Kit Kat Klub and
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BLMC 99
Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jules Fisher will head the distinguished faculty for the seventh annual Broadway Lighting Master Classes (BLMC), to be held from December 8-12, 1999. The event will take place at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in New York City. In addition to four days of thought-provoking classes, participants will attend an evening performance of Cabaret at Studio
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MDG Adds New Productions to Its Broadway Roster
MDG, the Montreal-based manufacturer of fog machines, has long been a dominant player in the Broadway market. The company added to its lineup of clients this season with several new productions including the new Yasmina Reza comedy Life (x) 3 (LD: Hugh Vanstone), the show-business spoof The Play What I Wrote (LD: Tim Mitchell), the romantic comedy Enchanted April (LD: Rui Rita), the Baz Lurhmann revival
Concerts in Entertainment Design
From the big and extreme, to the small and simple, and from one-offs to tours that go on for years, concert lighting, projection, and content designers and programmers share their expertise.
The Boy from Oz
Gavan Swift is a prolific lighting designer, whose recent projects range from The Daylight Atheist for Sydney Theatre Company and a revival of Saturday Night Fever to Midnite, a children's opera for Opera Australia/Windmill Performing Arts. In addition to his extensive design work, the 32- year-old was associate designer for Down Under tours of The Lion King, The Full Monty, and Cabaret, as well as
