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PLSN - LD at Large Podcast

“The Most Positive Light Available – with Rob Denton”

Lighting Insight

Rob Denton - Evolving Light

Matilda (The Muny)

“Rob Denton’s multi-hued lighting further accentuates Engelbreit’s influence.”

Live Design

LED Upgrade of the Century at The Muny With 700+ CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

Stage Directions

The Muny Renovation

CHAUVET Professional

The Muny Theatre Gets $30,000,000 Stage Upgrade of the Century with All LED Rig by CHAUVET Professional

ETC BLOG

A Renovation 100 years in the making for the The Muny

Guys and Dolls (The Muny)

“The set is awash in Rob Denton’s lavish lighting design…”

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (The Muny)

"...strikingly lit by lighting designer Rob Denton"

A Christmas Carol (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

"The spectral aspects of Dickens’ work are accentuated with brilliant lighting designed by Rob Denton that highlights the arrivals of the various spirits."

"Dorothy Marshall Englis’ wonderful costume creations, which were all made in The Rep’s own costume shop, came to life with every small detail glistening under Rob Denton’s wonderful lighting design."

42nd Street  (The Muny)

"Michael Schweikardt designed the glamorous set, which allows for some impressive special effects from lighting designer Rob Denton."

"Michael Schweikardt provides the impressive, multi-dimensional set design that is brilliantly illuminated with Rob Denton’s lighting"

"Rob Denton's lighting is also sharp and focused."

The Blue-Sky Boys  (Capital Repertory Theatre)

"The lighting/projection design by Rob Denton is marvelous, particularly in the closing few minutes of the show, as the stage is transformed into a beautiful star filled view."

All The Way (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

"Steve Woolf directed the tour de force. Rob Denton's lighting design works like a charm, moving us around the stage like a carefully choreographed dance."

Into The Woods (The Muny)

"Set designer Michael Schweikardt and lighting designer Rob Denton have shown us the woods in all their towering terror."

The Winslow Boy (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)

"Rob Denton’s intricate lighting paints a fascinating early-morning scene..."

"...Rob Denton has lit the whole experience beautifully"

Seussical (The Muny)

"Tech was a true star in these efforts, with lighting designer Rob Denton giving the old razzle-dazzle using vivid fireflies and illuminating flashlights, and video designer Nathan Scheuer creating a canvas for Seuss-like drawings, a starlit night and the Cat-cam on the LED screen, its most effective use yet."

"Rob Denton dazzlingly lights the panoramic set designed by Robert Mark Morgan that looks like an oversized and colorful Dr. Seuss book, with eye-popping costumes furnished by Leon Dobkowski accentuating the effects. Jason Krueger’s sound design adds to the overall impression, while Valerie Gebert’s musical direction of The Muny orchestra is tight and totally terrific."

Porgy and Bess (The Muny)

“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” looks beautiful, a sepia glimpse of a long-ago world that, just like an old studio photograph, shadows the people and things it reveals with a haunting sense of loss.

In fact, the designers (for sets, Riccardo Hernandez, his work adapted for the Muny by Robert Mark Morgan, and for lighting, Christopher Akerlind, his work adapted for the Muny by Rob Denton) drench the opening scenes in sepia. It’s not just an old-fashioned color, though; it’s the color of the heavy, sun-soaked season that Clara (Sumayya Ali), a young mother, extols in show’s opening moments.

Billy Elliot, The Musical (The Muny)

... neatly mirrors the bleak images and mood presented in Rob Denton's videos to enhance the overall atmosphere.

Spring Awakening (University of Maryland)

Spring Awakening: Breaking Boundaries with Design

Spring Awakening DC Metro Arts

Spring Awakening:   USA Today

West Side Story (The Muny)

West Side Story: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"...lit by Rob Denton, has unexpected density..."