City Theatrical's QolorFLEX LED Tape Lighting and Dimmers in Saturday Night Live
To celebrate the start of Season 49 of Saturday Night Live (SNL), which opened October 14, 2023, we've put together some of our favorite moments from the show over the years, many of which include use of City Theatrical technologies, like our QolorFLEX® LED Tape, QolorFLEX NuNeon®, and QolorFLEX Dimmers solutions to add bright and flexible, camera-ready, linear LED lighting to their musical and other sets.
Congratulations to the many talented artists, including our colleagues, Geoffrey Amoral, Richard McGuinness, William McGuinness, Trevor Brown, Tim Stasse, who make up the Lighting Team behind Saturday Night Live, and have been recognized for their beautiful work by the International Emmy Awards wins for Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a variety series, most recently in 2021 for Adele's musical performance.
For more information on the award-winning teams behind Saturday Night Live, visit the Emmy Awards site.
Our Top 10 Skits and Musical Performances:
October 21, 2023: Weekend Update
The next time you watch Weekend Update, take a look at the desk where Anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che are sitting. QolorFLEX LED Tape and QolorFLEX Dimmers are used to light it, and were installed by our founder, Gary Fails. Photo credit: Will Heath/NBC.
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December 12, 2022: Kenan & Kelly skit
Take a look at QolorFLEX NuNeon in the Kenan & Kelly skit on SNL. You can see it in the outline of the green guitar during the first 40 seconds of the video.
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November 5, 2022: Steve Lacy musical performance
See QolorFLEX Quad Chip LED Tape, RGBCW, used to outline the pink scenic element, in the musical performance of Bad Habits by Steve Lacy.
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October 15, 2022: We Got Brought skit
See QolorFLEX NuNeon, RGB in the scenic elements of the "We Got Brought" skit on SNL, which featured cast members Heidi Gartner, Ego Nwodim, and Bowen Yang, as well as musical guest, Meghan Thee Stallion.
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October 8, 2022: So You Think You Won't Snap skit
See QolorFLEX LED Tape, RGBA, with dimming control by QolorFLEX Dimmers, in the Season 48 cold opening skit, "So You Think You Won't Snap", featuring cast members Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, and more.
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May 23, 2018: Nicki Minaj musical performance
The scenery design by Stiegelbauer Associates Inc. included QolorFLEX LED Tape and QolorFLEX Dimmers for Nicki Minaj's live performance of Chun-Li on SNL.
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October 14, 2017: Pink musical performance
See QolorFLEX LED Tape in the scenic elements during Pink's performance of What About Us? and Beautiful Trauma song on SNL.
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Oct 8, 2017: Sam Smith musical performance
See the musical set lighting that included QolorFLEX LED Tape and QolorFLEX Dimmers for Sam Smith's performance of "Pray" on SNL.
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April 17, 2017: Jimmy Fallon opening monologue
See QolorFLEX LED Tape in the scenic elements during the SNL opening with Jimmy Fallon in his "Let's Dance Monologue", featuring Harry Styles.
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November 21, 2015: Adele musical performance
The musical set lighting for Adele's performance of When We Were Young on SNL included QolorFLEX LED Tape and QolorFLEX Dimmers. Lighting Design by Phil Hymes.
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