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LIGHT TALK Episode 225 - "Roller Discos and Cat Allergies - Interview with David Gallo"
Season 5 · Episode 225

LIGHT TALK Episode 225 - "Roller Discos and Cat Allergies - Interview with David Gallo"

Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers · David Jacques

July 24, 202152m 3s

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Show Notes

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers talk with production designer David Gallo.

Join David, Zak, Steve, and David as they pontificate about: Babysitting Zak; Everything you ever wanted to know about "Xanadu"; The great mirror ball famine; The influence of "CATS" and "Star Wars"; Throwing body parts onstage; "The Who's Tommy"; Designing "Machinal"; Robert Edmund Jones stories; No preconceived notions; Choosing and collaborating with lighting designers; Working with Don Holder, Howell Binkley, Jane Snow, and Ken Posner; The lighting designer's temperament and personality; Working with August Wilson; "Make sure we get this guy for the next one..."; Naming babies; Moving beyond traditional theatre; There are no rules in art; Creating movies with "[Fat] Life"; Silent musicals; Discovering LEDs on "Thoroughly Modern Millie"; Releasing Alexa; Future technologies in the theatre; 3D printing; The Commodore 64; and "If you can imagine it, it exists."

Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.