LIGHT TALK Episode 381 - "Pure Joy - Our Conversation with Brian MacDevitt and Nick Solyom"
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brother and Sister interview Broadway designers Brian MacDevitt and Nick Solyom.
Join Brian, Nick, Ellen, and David as they pontificate about: Bryan and Nick's working process; Lighting "The Outsiders"; People vs. scenery vs. effects... Finding the correct color temperature; Getting lighting notes from Ray Charles; Lighting "Utopia"; Nick's academic journey from Long Beach State to NYU, and from school to Broadway; The difference between being an Assistant and an Associate Lighting Designer; The keys to being a good Associate; Directors making decisions out of fear; Achieving naturalism in "The Outsiders"; The future for commercial and regional theatres; Stories from "The Book of Mormon"; The Chance Theory of Light; and Advice to educators on how to teach students of lighting design.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.