A dear old friend of mine introduced me at a production meeting as "That Famous Polish Lighting Designer" and we all chuckled. During the production the crew gave me a pen/desk set with the engraving TFPLD. As the internet came into popular culture i needed an email addy. I tried 4 different names and on my last chance i looked at my pen/desk set and said of course "TFPLD"

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The National High School Musical Theater Awards 2012

This is year 4 for this event.  We were again in the Minskoff Theater and I was greatly supported by Jeanne Koenig and Megan Caplan.  This year there was a bit of a twist.  PBS was filming a documentary and so to add another element to the day I also had advisement from Alan Adelman about adjusting for camera.  The crowd really supports the students and it is very exciting night for all.  We tech/dress/open all in one day.  The day is action packed and there is little time for discussion.  






"A Chorus Line" for CLO 2012

Here are some shots from the recent production of "A Chorus Line" produced by Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.  The director was Baayork Lee.  I had worked with her previously on a totally different project.  It was exciting to work with her and an original from this show.  A number of years ago i saw a touring company of this show right in this very theater. In some ways, it was a little bit of a full circle to design this musical.  This was not the first time i had worked on "the line" but it is always a pleasure coming back to "the line".