Originally from Manila, Philippines, Cha See is a lighting designer for theatre, opera, dance, environmental performances and on-site installations in New York City. She recently worked on a New York Theatre Workshop production of the play Houseplant at the Fourth Street Theater. For reasons that she explains below, her lighting design necessitated a lot of green. Read on to see how she used three...
When is blue not blue enough? When you’re Tony and two-time Emmy-nominated lighting designer Mike Baldassari, the answer to that question was always “once the light dims down far enough – then it’s just a muddy brown.” Having worked on Broadway, feature films and TV specials, Mike had seen the vibrant blues he’d chosen for his lighting designs turn to mud as the light dimmed down time-and-time...
Lighting Designer Robinson Wilson allows the Rosco Color of the Week posts he sees on our Facebook page to inspire him to try new colors and color combinations in his work.
Lighting Designer Cory Pattak designed a pair of custom glass gobos for a production of "1776." Those two gobos are now available to everyone because we recently added them to our library of standard gobos.
Acclaimed Broadway Lighting Designer Donald Holder shares his collaborative experience bringing "Anastasia" to life on Broadway.
Lighting Designer Jane Cox shares her thoughts on “Color and Light," as well as a few of her lighting techniques after working on "Sunday in the Park with George" at the Guthrie Theater.
Lighting Designer Jimmy Lawlor shares the vibrant sunrise and sunset color palettes he used in his design for a production of "Picnic" at James Madison University.
Rosco's own Matt Pagliaro tells how he used Miro Cube 4C units to enhance his rock and roll lighting design for a community theatre production of "Rock of Ages."
Rosco's Margie Heymann shares her memories about legendary lighting designer Tharon Musser and the impact she had on stage lighting and on Rosco.
A lighthearted, photographic journey from lighting designer Steve Woods who traveled to Paris, along with his trusty roll of gel sheets, to Paris to light a show.