Halloween is a time for ghosts, get-togethers and of course CANDY. If you want a unique treat for your Halloween party this year - might I suggest some blacklight candy: This candy will sharpen you...

by Stan Schwartz, Executive Vice President The “Share The Work” initiative, in which we asked lighting designers to send us photos of their work, has yielded an extraordinary outpouring of lighting...

As October begins, the world around us begins to take on all sorts of vibrant colors - yellows, ambers, deep reds & oranges... and pink - lots and lots of pink will be seen throughout city skylines...

Fog, smoke, mist and haze effects have been incorporated into productions of all types and sizes to evoke an emotional response from the viewer. In some cases, the fog is actually a central character...

For lighting designers, including the big time, Broadway-level guys, it isn’t always about the big rigs, moving lights and elaborate cue lists. It’s more about creative solutions…and knowing what’s...

Its been a whole year since we started our blog, Spectrum. To help celebrate our first year we are going to spend this week giving away Rosco prizes with a blog scavenger hunt! Here is how it will...

In a recent Spectrum post we announced a program in which we asked professionals, teachers and students to send us photos of stage lighting work in which they took pride. The outpouring was...

As WFTV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando, began to prepare for their long-haul coverage of the Casey Anthony Trial outside the Orange County Courthouse, they began to think about how the quality of...

The result of mixing the warmest and coolest colors - red and blue - is the color purple. This balance of red and blue evokes a myriad of emotions - all of which can work within a design to affect...

Good stage lighting work should be shared...especially if you get some great swag in return! Did you ever go to a performance and think to yourself “what a great lighting effect – I wish I knew how...