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Richard Nelson papers and designs

Title: Richard Nelson papers and designs, 1966-1996.
Author: Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996.
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Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 118	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2000-014 Box 118	Offsite
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Description

26.6 linear feet (121 boxes and 1 oversized folder)

Summary

The work represented in this collection includes designs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional productions, international tours, and Nelson's plans for the Ronald Reagan Library. The material includes light plots, lighting sections, channel hookups, dimmer hookups, instrument schedules, shop orders, magic sheets, cue sheets, focus charts, scripts, and supporting design documents. Professional papers include resumé material and documentation on the Lucida Corporation.
Paperwork, in many instances, shows work in progress rather than finalized. Some documentation of tours shows the progression of the lighting solutions over time. The magic sheets, called "schemagics", are particularly instructive.

Donor/Sponsor

Encoding of the finding aid and subsequent design digitization sponsored by grant funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Stage lighting project processed in collaboration with the Lighting Archivȩ.

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Call Number

*T-Vim 2000-014

OCLC

181596420

Author

Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996.

Title

Richard Nelson papers and designs, 1966-1996.

Biography

Richard Nelson created the lighting for more than 70 Broadway productions, including SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, for which he won Tony and Drama Desk awards. His other Broadway credits include INTO THE WOODS, MORNINGS AT SEVEN, and THE TAP DANCE KID. Mr. Nelson also designed the lighting for many Off Broadway plays and musicals, including David Henry Hwang's GOLDEN CHILD. He was also known as a designer who, during a 40 year international career, helped to define the use of light as an important element in modern dance, working with choreographers such as Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins, and Merce Cunningham. His architectural lighting designs include the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

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Occupation

Stage lighting designers.

Research Call Number

*T-Vim 2000-014

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