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Cyber Apocalypse

Lighting for the Camera

We all have our specialties when it comes to the business.  In the attempt to make a name for ourselves, each of us has carved a specific niche.  But sometimes our path to success does not go the way we originally planned, or even imagined. I am a prime example.  I knew early on that lighting design was where I wanted to go. But if you were to go back in a time machine and ask my former self if I thought I might be destined to become a writer and an editor of a magazine, I would have laughed hysterically. (I still do that sometimes; I guess that is my jolly nature.)

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From left, Yes production manager Joe Comeau and LD Don Weeks. Photo Debi Moen

Don Weeks, LD for YES

TOUR: Yes (the band)

DATES: March 1- April 12, North America; May, Brazil; more dates though summer 2013.

SHOW CONCEPT: Live performance of three albums in their entirety: The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Going For the One.

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Texture and clutter add realism and grit to the set for Picnic on Broadway. All photos by Joan Marcus

Exterior in the Interior for “Picnic”

The social graces, traditional roles and quaint backdrops of 1950s Kansas belie an unease that some people feel underneath the norms that they conform to in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Picnic. When college dropout and Hollywood failure Hal Carter comes home to roost, lacking any real vocation or direction, he reconnects with his well-to-do college buddy Alan Seymour and meets Seymour’s girlfriend Madge Potts and her sister and single mother. While everyone prepares for a big town picnic, and Alan prepares to spend time with his sweetheart before heading away for a semester at school, Hal and Madge become irrepressibly drawn to each other, sharing an urge to flee the small town, which threatens the peace, harmony and conformity of those around them.

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The Killers Battle Born Tour

The Killers Battle Born Tour

For more than a decade, The Killers have been pumping out hard-driving, danceable and emotionally-charged rock music, with glimmers of techno pop. Through his eight years (and counting) as a member of the band’s production team, lighting designer/director Steven Douglas has kept the visuals as fresh as the music.

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Crew Member Dies after Fall in San Antonio’s AT&T Center

SAN ANTONIO — Thomas Dean Williams, 44, died April 5 after falling between 70 and 100 feet, according to local news reports. Williams was working on the venue’s concert lighting rig at the time and fell to the stage, where others were working. No other injuries were reported. The accident happened about 2 am Friday after a Romeo Santos concert took place at the venue Thursday night.

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