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Vari-Lite VL2600 fixtures illuminate “Sweeney Todd” in Austin

Austin Opera’s Long Center presented a production of Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” this spring, with lighting created by LD James Sale using Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash luminaires from Signify. “I wanted to put Sweeney Todd in the audience’s faces which to me meant he needed to be bright”, says Sale, who has designed the lighting for shows at the Long Center for more than a decade.

The VL2600 Wash fixtures were the only color-changing lights in his plot, apart from the cyc lights, and Sale programmed them on “double duty” as specials as well as color washes. “I rigged the VL2600s on either side of the stage, in the bottom of the box boom, and about three feet off the deck. They were used constantly”, he says. “There were several live moves, but they only happened when the set pieces were spinning. The show never stopped, with constant scene changes during action.”

The Long Center had purchased the VL2600 Wash luminaires two years ago, following discussions between the Center and Tony Tucci, the Austin Ballet lighting designer. “The VL2600s upgraded the previous fixtures, giving the Long Center color consistency, brightness, shutters, steady light, LED lamp stability, and a much quieter hall”, says Sale.

The production of “Sweeney Todd” ran for three nights. It was directed by Doug Scholz-Carlson with Ari Jaimesen serving as Assistant Lighting Designer, and Vince Herod as Production Manager and Technical Director.

(Photos: Signify)

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