Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
Arts:Performing Arts
LIGHT TALK Episode 120 - "Firing on All Cylinders... Interview with Ken Billington"
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk with Broadway lighting legend Ken Billington. Join David, Steve, Stan, and Ken as they pontificate about: Lighting Major Celebrity Acts in Vegas, Killer Whales, and The Rockettes, Ken's Gingerbread Man experience in the 4th grade, Perfecting black-outs with knife switches, Sherri Zimmerman’s cymbals, Loving the "Good Stuff" and erasing the "Bad Stuff", Great moments working with the perfect team, "Marie, Dancing Still", "Sweeney Todd" stories, Follow your gut and take it to FULL... then leave it there, Feeling the light, Getting the cues in the right place, Cues that "pop off the page", Watching assistants become successful artists, Tharon Musser's influence, Dealing with the other people in the room, There’s no room for temperament in the theatre, When you know it's time to stop assisting, What makes us love this business, and The synergy of groups of desperate characters.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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