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"Dan Schoedel's lighting design is phenomenal! We are talking Broadway caliber design. The dizzy array of specials and gobos that bathe the set match the emotions within the acting, singing and dancing that is just dazzling to observe. He uses LEDs, lighted panels and swirling lighting throughout the evening. The color palette is a combination of pastels and citrus hues. Every musical number has its own unique design of light. For example during "Strange Magic", when Melpomene and Calliope sing and throw their magic at our two leads, Schoedel flashes the same hues of purples and greens that are the colors of the muse's costumes! For "Evil Woman", he has these serpents/ weaves of branches gobo that seals in the evilness of the two muses who want revenge on our leading lady. Even the logo lights up in a series of festive colors. But Schoedel does not just pay attention to the musical numbers. Even for the book scenes he has various lighting pools, gels and colors to set the mood for dialogue. This is pristine lighting that is designed by Schoedel."

-John Garcia, The Column Online

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"What makes this Xanadu special, though, is the way director Bartley and lighting designer Dan Schoedel transform Lavallee’s set through light and color and bring the action – especially the dancing and skating – right into the audience’s laps. This version of the show pulls you into all the sound and motion in a way that sends you home with a smile."

-Lawson Taitte, Dallas Morning News

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"Bob Lavallee’s set, Michael Robinson’s costumes, Ashton McWhirter’s sound design, and especially Dan Schoedel’s atmospheric lighting support the silliness."

-Lindsey Wilson, D Magazine