A Chorus Line Lighting Design

She was termed the dean of american lighting designers and is considered one of the pioneers in her field.

A chorus line lighting design.

Phillip harmer and eric woolsey. Running followspot cues 8 1 2 3 followspot cues 9 followspot cue sheets cues for individual lamps 13. Musser was best known for her work on the musicals a chorus line and dreamgirls. The dancers auditioning for the chorus line of a new broadway show are asked to tell the director about themselves in order to land a part.

Minnesota state university mankato 2013 this paper describes the process involved in designing the lighting for a chorus line with book by james kirkwood and nicholas dante and lyrics by edward kleban. A chorus line was the first production of broadway to use a fully. Tharon musser january 8 1925 april 19 2009 was an american lighting designer who worked on more than 150 broadway productions. Set on the bare stage of a broadway theater the musical is centered on seventeen broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line.

We recreated this production as closely. This production was directed by mitzi hamilton and had a wonderful young cast. A chorus line is a musical with music by marvin hamlisch lyrics by edward kleban and a book by james kirkwood jr. The lighting design for a chorus line.

The show used a computer affectionately nicknamed sam to. A chorus line provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the. Signature continues our tradition of big musicals in intimate spaces with one of the most iconic musicals ever written. Tharon musser who said she painted with light and proved it with her lighting designs for more than 150 broadway shows including follies a chorus line and dreamgirls all.

Light plot 1 other documents. This tour of a chorus line started in el paso texas and toured to honolulu and maui. Lighting design tharon musser. 2006 broadway revival theatre gerald schoenfeld theatre opening night oct 5 2006 total performances 759.

John shivers david patridge. Share a chorus line jerry lonn touring. More than 40 years ago when a chorus line first came to broadway it brought with it a revolutionary approach to lighting design. The play was produced in the ted paul theatre at.

Up close in the audition room feel every heartbeat and heartbreak as hopeful dancers pour out their dreams memories loves and why they dance in a breathtaking display of the tremendous talent it takes to be in a chorus line.