Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production- Page 2
Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
#25re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/8/08 at 5:58pmWhat's your point? I was referring to the original post which asks to exclude Gypsy.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#26re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/8/08 at 6:06pmThen I must mention Gypsy!
kingtito133
Swing Joined: 8/19/08
#27re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/8/08 at 9:21pmIn POTO during the overture while the chandelier is rising there are often a lot of lights flashing/strobing. I had forgotten about this and while it was happening a had a 'moment' and thought people were taking pictures...
puppet
Stand-by Joined: 1/11/08
#28re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/8/08 at 11:57pmThere is strobe lights and twirling lights in AVE Q when the giant Princeton and Lucy come on in the wedding clothes. Very effective.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#29re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 11:35am
Has anyone here seen "Little Mermaid?" (Well, I'm guessing Josh Freilich has, given his signature.) Anyway, at the end of Norm Lewis' big old thunderous reprise of "The World Above," he gets to blow up a lot of Ariel's stuff with his trident. This involves humongous, painfully bright flashes of light. I swear, there were dots floating in front of my eyes for the next four of five numbers.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I did, and that was one of the most painful exposures to strobes ever in a Broadway show. That's why that show has warnings outside. Just got back from [tos], and yes, there are strobes posing as cameras during "Awkward Photoshoot." I think cameras are the best uses for strobes if they aren't lightning storms, passages of time, explosions, or just there for dramatic purposes.
theatrespaz
Stand-by Joined: 3/5/05
#30re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 1:42pm
The longest that I've ever seen is...
Caught by Parsons Dance Company
The whole piece uses a strobe light and it lasts about 6 minutes, but it's amazing. It's not technically Broadway, but the lighting designer for many of David Parsons pieces has done a lot of work on Broadway.
From the website:
David Parsons’ unforgettable signature stroboscopic tour-de-force, features a solo dancer defying gravity and flying above the stage. Described by one critic as “one of the great pieces of recent times.”
#31re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 1:52pm
I would guess that Aida had the most (not longest) use of every lighting effect known on earth. There were about ten changes to lighting every minute.
Tony shmony.
Updated On: 9/11/08 at 01:52 PM
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#32re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 3:36pm
It's not technically Broadway, but the lighting designer for many of David Parsons pieces has done a lot of work on Broadway.
In fact, he won a Tony two years ago!
#33re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 3:42pmYF definitely beats out Cats, but dancing in the Jellicle Ball for 12 minutes with nonstop stobe lights was probably the most annoying and headache-causing thing in the entire world.
#34re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 4:14pmDon't think anyone's mentioned Miss Saigon yet. The transitions during Kim's Nightmare (the fall of Saigon flashback) were VERY strobe heavy.
#35re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 4:21pmtheatrespaz - I was going to mention Caught as well. One of my favorite dance pieces performed by my favorite company. I love Parons' work. For all those that loved the Puttin' on the Ritz effect in Young Frankenstein, check out the amazing dance piece from which they copied the effect.
theatrespaz
Stand-by Joined: 3/5/05
#36re: Most and/or longest uses of strobe lights in a single production
Posted: 9/11/08 at 4:49pmMM- That is so true. When I saw Young Frankenstein in Jan. and saw that effect, I thought that it was a blatant rip-off of Parson's original work. The Parson piece is infinitely better though, much more daring and extremely difficult to pull off perfectly.
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