{"id":268,"date":"2013-09-16T00:23:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T04:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reecelighting.com\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2013-09-16T00:27:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T04:27:28","slug":"reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/reecelighting.com\/?page_id=268","title":{"rendered":"Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What Critics Have Said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Moon for\u00a0the Misbegotten<\/em>, by Eugene O\u2019Neill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A Moon for the Misbegotten\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reecelighting.com\/images\/stories\/Photos\/Moon_1.jpg?resize=175%2C131\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNels Anderson\u2019s set designs are once again excellent&#8230;Likewise Charles S. Reece\u2019s lighting design. He has emerged as one of the area\u2019s best designers, with an ability to achieve a subtlety that is truly excellent. His lighting design performs, in essence, as another character: present, but delightfully unobtrusive.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Jack Florek, U.S. 1 Newspaper<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\u201cThere is a radiance in [actor Jo Twiss\u2019] final scenes that matches the wonderful sunrise provided by lighting designer Charles S. Reece&#8230;Reece\u2019s excellent lighting easily takes us from noon on one day to the rich, warm dawn of the next.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Michael Kownacky, The Times of Trenton<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Old Wicked Songs<\/em>, by Jon Marans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Old Wicked Songs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reecelighting.com\/images\/stories\/Photos\/OWSThumb1.jpg?resize=175%2C117\" width=\"175\" height=\"117\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe show\u2019s design is stunning and subtle. Bill Clarke\u2019s shabby-chic design of the music studio shifts elegantly and delicately under Charles Reece\u2019s lighting to reflect the mood and power struggle between both characters.&#8221; \u00a0<em>-Jonathan Elliot, U.S. 1 Newspaper<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Heavy Mettle<\/em>, by Richard Hoehler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>\u201c\u2026The final character [is] an aging balloon man sliding into senility. We\u2019ve seen the fellow before\u2026writers have explored the subject of elderly parents from every angle. Yet when the lights go down on this balloon man\u2014a final stage picture that is alone worth the price of admission\u2014we want to check up on him later, to make sure he\u2019s all right.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jacob Marley\u2019s Christmas Carol<\/em>, by Tom Mula<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reecelighting.com\/images\/stories\/Photos\/Marley_1.jpg?resize=175%2C131\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is excellent about the production is Baker\u2019s staging, Nels Anderson\u2019s nicely conceived, simple set, Robert Neuhaus\u2019s sound and, most of all, Charles S. Reece\u2019s artful lighting. The moody effects this team produces are imaginative and impressive.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Douglas J. Keating, The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Forget Herostratus<\/em>, by Grigory Gorin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Forget Herostratus\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reecelighting.com\/images\/stories\/Photos\/Herostratus_1.jpg?resize=175%2C131\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe designs of Evgeny Safronov (set design), Mary Sarkissyan (costumes), and Charles S. Reece (lighting) all fuse together to create a visually enticing theatrical event.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Jack Florek, U.S. 1 Newspaper<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Instructions for Breathing<\/em>, by Caridad Svitch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>\u201cJeffrey Van Velsor\u2019s minimal set, with lighting by Charles S. Reece, creates beautifully and efficiently this world of reality and dream.\u201d <em>\u00a0-Donald Gilpin, Town Topics<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>Rosemary and I<\/em>, by Leslie Ayvazian<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\u201cCharles S. Reece\u2019s lighting is impeccable.\u201d\u00a0<em>-Anne Rivera, U.S. 1 Newspaper<\/em><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The Book of Candy<\/em>, Book and Lyrics by Susan Dworkin, Music by Mel Marvin (World Premiere)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the rich and varied lighting design by Charles S. Reece, [the set] easily and quickly becomes the dozens of locations needed for four busy decades in the life of Candy Shapiro.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Ted Otten, The Times of Trenton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Victor and the Virgin<\/em>, by Thomas Dunn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Victor and the Virgin\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reecelighting.com\/images\/stories\/Photos\/Victor_1.jpg?resize=175%2C131\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vicki Davis\u2019 scene design immediately thrusts us into a tiny segment of Louisiana history and Charles Reece\u2019s extraordinary lighting compliments the atmosphere.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Stuart Duncan, The Princeton Packet<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharles S. Reece has [lit the production] with a magical glow that is totally appropriate to its romantic elements.\u201d \u00a0<em>-Ted Otten, The Times of Trenton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Best Friends<\/em>, by Thomas Carr (World Premiere)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharles S. Reece\u2019s lighting design, ranging from the moving headlights of a car pulling up to the cottage, to dark winter cold nights, and the reawakening blue light of a winter morning, [is]\u2026excellent.\u201d <em>\u00a0-Jack Florek, U.S. 1 Newspaper<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Critics Have Said: A Moon for\u00a0the Misbegotten, by Eugene O\u2019Neill \u201cNels Anderson\u2019s set designs are once again excellent&#8230;Likewise Charles S. Reece\u2019s lighting design. He has emerged as one of the area\u2019s best designers, with an ability to achieve a subtlety that is truly excellent. 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