“Redwood,” the new Broadway musical at The Nederlander Theatre, is brought to life by a design team including Projection Designer Hana S. Kim, Scenic Designer Jason Ardizzone-West, and Lighting Designer Scott Zielinski. The creative team’s combined talents deliver an immersive experience wowing audiences.
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The recent staging of “Shane,” bringing a new perspective to a beloved American genre, required Lighting Designer Pablo Santiago to help create the feel of the West’s expanse and balance the intimacy of the story on stage.
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“A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,” a bio-musical of jazz legend Armstrong’s life, features the scenic and video designs of Adam Koch and Steven Royal. PLSN’s newest contributing writer, Adrienne Gurman, spoke with Koch and Royal about their stunning designs for this wonderful musical, which also happens to be the designers’ Broadway debuts.
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Denmark’s Opera Hedeland found gold with Simon Corder’s lighting design for Puccini’s “La fanciulla del West.”
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“Empire: The Musical” pushed the boundaries of what’s possible Off-Broadway in terms of production scale. The design team of Scenic Designer Walt Spangler and Lighting Designer Jamie Roderick worked with PRG, who provide multidisciplinary services, including scenery, automation, and lighting.
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Four-time Tony Award nominee Lighting Designer Ben Stanton has had a busy 2024 on Broadway so far and he hasn’t even gotten to the fall season. The already opened “Days of Wine and Roses,” “The Notebook,” and “Mary Jane” showed the range of Stanton’s design approach.
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ETC Electrifies the Wonders of “Illinoise” on Broadway, Robe Makes a Positive Impression at the Baltic Opera Gdansk, and Claypaky Xtylos Wrap Up Wagner’s “Ring Cycle” for the Finnish National Opera.
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With two Broadway shows on the boards this spring season, “Suffs” and “Uncle Vanya,” Lighting Designer Lap Chi Chu always illuminates the narrative in a thoughtful and substantive way.
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“Water for Elephants,” the breathtaking Broadway production captivates thanks to the design team of Projection Designer David Bengali, Lighting Designer Bradley King, and Scenic Designer Takeshi Kata. The team turned to technology partner PRG to provide comprehensive production services for this stunning stage spectacle.
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Sherrice Mojgani and Porsche McGovern discuss the final installment of McGovern’s “Who Designs and Directs in LORT Theatres” survey.
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Lighting Designer Anne Militello recently made her Lyric Opera lighting the company’s production of The Flying Dutchman. The inventive set designed by Allen Moyer is a large rectangular box, presenting Militello with a rather confining creative challenge which she took and solved with stunning results, and minimal front light.
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Forget your troubles—come on, get happy! Take a trip to Connecticut where Goodspeed Musicals takes an opera house, turns it into a barn that turns into a theater for the world premiere of Summer Stock. Designers Jeff Croiter and Wilson Chin tells us how they fit it all, and a full company of tap dancers, on a small stage.
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