City Theatrical's QolorFLEX LED Tape Lighting and Multiverse Wireless DMX/RDM Technology in Back to the Future: The Musical on Broadway
Back to the Future: The Musical at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City opened on Broadway on August 3, 2023.
In addition to featuring the show in our Wednesday Matinee series to celebrate the show's opening, we talked to Head Electrician Dylan Webb from the show's scenery fabrication team at ShowMotion Inc. to find out more about how City Theatrical products were used to help bring this iconic story to life on the Broadway stage. We found out firsthand in which scenic elements and scenes City Theatrical products can be seen during the performance, including:
- QolorFLEX 5-in-1 LED Tapes
- QolorFLEX HiQ High CRI LED Tapes
- QolorFLEX NuNeon
- Multiverse Node wireless DMX/RDM technology
Scroll down or click to view show credits and production photos.
"For Doc's Lab in Back to the Future: The Musical, we created seven light boxes (US of set dressing) using QolorFLEX 5-in-1 HiQ High CRI LED Tape."
- Dylan Webb, Head Electrician, ShowMotion, Inc.
"For the Clock Tower Climbing Frame (large clock) in Back to the Future: The Musical, we created a very large light box using QolorFLEX HiQ High CRI LED Tape, 2700-6500K."
- Dylan Webb, Head Electrician, ShowMotion, Inc.
"For the Heart Hanger in Back to the Future: The Musical, we used QolorFLEX NuNeon, RGB to outline the heart, and QolorFLEX 5-in-1 HiQ High CRI LED Tape around the perimeter of each letter."
- Dylan Webb, Head Electrician, ShowMotion, Inc.
"We used Multiverse Nodes on the set pieces that are wireless and battery operated, including Doc’s Lab Truck and the Large Clock Tower."
- Dylan Webb, Head Electrician, ShowMotion, Inc.
Lighting and Scenic Design Credits:
| Lighting Designers | Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone |
| Associate Lighting Designer | Timothy Reed |
| Assistant Lighting Designer | Victoria Bain |
| Design Membership Candidate | Anna Brevetti |
| Lighting Programmer | Paul Toben |
| Production Electrician | Dan Coey |
| Head Electrician | Derek Jones |
| House Electrician | Mike Pitzer |
| Assistant House Electrician / Follow Spot Operator | Matt Carney |
| Follow Spot Operator / Electrician | Meredith Kievit |
| Electrician / Pyro | Drew Dean |
| Electrician | Ken Weinberg |
Roger Bart (Doc Brown) and Casey Likes (Marty McFly) in Back to the Future: The Musical (Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman)
| Lighting Package | Christie Lites |
| Scenic Design | Tim Hatley |
| Scenery Fabrication | ShowMotion Inc. (building, painting, and electrifying) |
| Set construction | Souvenir Scenic Studios |
Additional scenery and set electrics:
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| Automation and show control | ShowMotion Inc. |
| Automation | Silicon Theatre Scenery B.V |
| Flying DeLorean | TwinsSFX |
Products by City Theatrical include:
- Multiverse® Transmitters to transmit wireless DMX/RDM
- Multiverse Nodes to receive wireless DMX/RDM
- DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool for troubleshooting
- QolorFLEX® 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers for wireless dimming control
- QolorFLEX NuNeon®, Tunable White HiQ High CRI LED Tape and RGB linear lighting
- QolorFLEX® HiQ CRI LED Tape, 2700-6500K
- QolorFLEX 5-in-1 LED Tape, HiQ High CRI
- QolorFLEX LED Tapes, 12V Indoor, RGB and Indigo
- Standard Top Hats, Standard Half Top Hats
- Martin MAC Aura PXL Concentric Rings
- Martin MAC Ultra Performance Top Hats (P/N 2799)
- Moving Light Assistant™ software
Download this Case Study as a PDF
Read this case study Q&A with Dylan Webb of ShowMotion Inc. as a PDF, or explore our Wednesday Matinee page for more Broadway show info.
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Listen to QolorTOPIX Podcast 3: A Conversation with Tim Lutkin, Timothy Reed, and Paul Toben
Listen to what the co-lighting designer, associate lighting designer, and programmer behind this show, Back to the Future: The Musical, had to say about their work together on Life of Pi Broadway, in a podcast hosted by City Theatrical General Manager, Al Crawford.
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