Full disclosure: this is the designer and production that I was to program for this week. I am still in shock as I write this. Scenic and Lighting Designer Michael Philippi died yesterday while walking to the Goodman Theatre. Mr. Philippi, who was 58, was in route to the first day of technical rehearsals for High... »
So, here is the answer to yesterday’s little bit of trivia: the lighting hickey. There are various sizes, but essentially it acts as a gap between two threaded pipes to allow wiring connections to be made between the fixture and the feed/support. »
Alright lighting and prop folks, who knows what a hickey is? From a recent load-in: M.E.: (while looking at hanging practical fixture that needed a wiring connection before going into a threaded rod) “Hmm… Might need a hickey. Check in the box up on that shelf.” Electrician... »
Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Awards for Equity affiliated productions will be held tonight at the theatre centrally located between of all the eligible theatres, and conveniently near public transportation North... »
Whenever you get that twinge of intimidation when you are working a show with someone famous: see more Lol Celebs This also applies to nearly every big name designer or director. »
This past Monday, I was privileged to be working part of the national simulstaging of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, An Epilogue. Over 150 theatres across the US... »
Tonight at over 150 theatres across the US, and 14 more internationally, The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. An Epilogue will be presented nearly simultaneously. Many theatres will show... »
Chicagoans: a journey to your theatre may be delayed by many feet. 90,000 of them, in motion. Tomorrow, Sunday, October 11th, is the Chicago Marathon, which winds it way from... »
NYC’s Joyce Theatre has agreed to IATSE Local One’s request to have a neutral 3rd party oversee a representation election. Local One requested that the Joyce voluntarily recognize the... »
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