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. 2 streaming video files (98 min.) : sound, color

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

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 218

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

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., December 22, 1998.

Funding (note)

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

Source (note)

1. O#PAMI;

Title

1. Interview with Ken Billington / conducted by Walter Bobbie ; December 22, 1998 ; KB Associates (Ken Billington's studio), New York, N.Y. ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Production

1. New York: Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [1998]

Copyright date

1. ©1998

Type of content

1. spoken word
2. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. video file

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

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., December 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.

Note

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

Other form:

1. digital transfer of (videodisc): 1 videodisc ; 4 3/4 in. (OCoLC) b145394530 Interview with Ken Billington. New York:1998

Research call number

1. NCOW 218