Cory Pattak
Lighting designer
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Oct 15, 2026
Cory Pattak, Lighting Designer
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Cory PattakGUEST
I think John Williams, there are two things about him that I find to be singular and amazing.
Cory PattakGUEST
Number one, there's a thing in music that people talk about, which is an inevitability, which is to say that like when you hear a melody or when you hear music, it doesn't feel like that the composer made a choice with those notes.
Cory PattakGUEST
You know, if you if you listen to a John Williams score, you know, da da da da.
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Monica HoltHOST
What the timeline for you for lighting design really looks like a means for a Broadway production? I
LIGHT TALK Episode 495 - "Two Steps Ahead - Our Conversation with Lighting Designer, Cory Pattak"
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13:56DennisHOST
[laughs]
Cory PattakGUEST
... um, when you could still go to Barnes & Noble, uh, if you were lucky, and find, uh, a Lighting Dimensions on the shelf, which is crazy now to think that you'd find that just, like, in a normal bookstore or a bookstore, period.
Cory PattakGUEST
Um, so, so, so I, when I was in high school, I was, you know, obsessed with the articles and reading, uh, and I would get Entertainment Design, right? And so, like, of course, like, you'd find them lying around, like, your, your, like, tech booth at your high school.
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47:55EllenHOST
So why do you say that cue one is the most important cue in the show?
LIGHT TALK Episode 495 - "Two Steps Ahead - Our Conversation with Lighting Designer, Cory Pattak"
13:56
14:09
Cory PattakGUEST
... um, when you could still go to Barnes & Noble, uh, if you were lucky, and find, uh, a Lighting Dimensions on the shelf, which is crazy now to think that you'd find that just, like, in a normal bookstore or a bookstore, period.
Cory PattakGUEST
Um, so, so, so I, when I was in high school, I was, you know, obsessed with the articles and reading, uh, and I would get Entertainment Design, right? And so, like, of course, like, you'd find them lying around, like, your, your, like, tech booth at your high school.
33 MINS LATER
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47:55EllenHOST
So why do you say that cue one is the most important cue in the show?