Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Billington, Ken, 1946-
2. Bobbie, Walter, 1945-
3. Corwin, Betty L.
4. United Scenic Artists.
5. Character Generators/Video.
6. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Lighting designer Ken Billington discusses his career with a frequent collaborator, the director Walter Bobbie, from grade school plays to more recent projects, including the Broadway musicals Sweeney Todd, Footloose, and the revival of Chicago. Using Footloose as an example, Mr. Billington demonstrates how he begins with a floor plan given to him by the scenic designer and then creates the entire light plan on his drawing table, before any work is done in the theater itself. Mr. Billington cites lighting designers Peggy Clark and Tharon Musser as his mentors. Other topics covered include the changes wrought by theater technology, the nature of collaboration in theater, and the business side of the profession.

Alternative title

1. Interview with Ken Billington at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio)

Subject

1. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
2. Snow, Tom > Footloose (Musical)
3. Musser, Tharon
4. Kander, John > Chicago
5. Sondheim, Stephen > Sweeney Todd
6. Billington, Ken, 1946- > Interviews
7. Stage lighting designers > Interviews
8. Interviews
9. Stage lighting > Technological innovations
10. Bobbie, Walter, 1945-
11. Clark, Peggy
12. Theater > Economic aspects
13. Stage lighting designers > United States

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 218

Note

1. This video is available to be viewed online in the NYPL's Digital Collections database.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewed by Walter Bobbie.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio), New York, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1998.

Funding (note)

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of United Scenic Artists.

Title

1. Interview with Ken Billington [videorecording] / [video prod. company] Character Generators Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.

Imprint

1. New York, c1998.

Performer

1. Interviewed by Walter Bobbie.

Event

1. Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at KB Associates, Inc. (Ken Billington's studio), New York, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1998.

Funding

1. Recorded with the financial assistance of United Scenic Artists.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Billington, Ken, 1946- interviewee.
2. Bobbie, Walter, 1945- interviewer.
3. Corwin, Betty L.
4. United Scenic Artists.
5. Character Generators/Video.
6. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOW 218