ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on that beginning and shows how the form of theatre and type of production affect the lighting design. Theatre in the twentieth century inherited the proscenium stage that had developed, in various ways and through various detours, from the days of Greek drama. In the context of theatre, elements that have similar physical characteristics. For example, arena, thrust, and proscenium theatres have different forms of stage configuration. The use of color in lighting for the arena stage probably requires more subtlety, both in design and execution, than does the lighting for either proscenium or thrust stages. The musical Cabaret and The Nutcracker will be used to illustrate lighting principles for musical and dance productions. The Glass Menagerie is primarily a memory play. The Nutcracker could be described as a collection of individual dances, each possessing its own particular emotional quality and style.
