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Reviewed by Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite
If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of the bright lights of Broadway, you really need to get your hands on Lloyd Burlingame's memoir. Set, Lights,& Lunacy is the fascinating tale of Lloyd's experience as a stage designer on Broadway.
From the now-classic tale of a bad director who hates your work and tells you you'll never succeed in the business, to hilarious stories of stage and design mishaps in famous productions, there is a whole lot of awesome within the pages of Sets, Lights, and Lunacy. You experience the rise of a spectacular career, and I'm surprised this book, or something similar, hasn't been made into a movie yet. Lloyd really has the skills to bring you into his world. I am NOT very creative, so the thought of designing sets and creating an entire stage design was completely foreign to me. Still, Lloyd was able to capture the ideas in a less technical way so that the layman could understand and it really painted an excellent picture of life backstage.
While many memoirs can seem a little boring, Lloyd's memoir is pure genius. He reveals a side of the stage that never gets any screen time. It's both educational and entertaining with a core of heartfelt and sentimental regard for life in the theatre. Fiction fans and memoir aficionados alike will really appreciate this story and its timeless depiction of the stage is a truly satisfying read.
