Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas, Texas, 2002
"Thankfully, the designs of costume, sets and lighting are a visual feast here...
Marcia Madeira's lighting wonderfully complements Scassellati's costumes and Walton's set."
Dallas by John Garcia, July, 2002
Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach Florida, 2000
"Marcia Madeira earns praise for some wonderful lighting effects during the evening, including an evocative scene on the Bowery."
Brian Bixler, Press Journal, Vero Beach, FL October 23, 2000
Mannes School of Music, Dicapo Opera Theatre,
"Marcia Madeira's lighting is a plus."
David Lipfert, Curtain Up, March 17, 1998
Theatre de Lys, New York, 1981
"The production has simple but serviceable sets by Lawrence Miller, costumes by Michel Stuart and Gene London and some really smashing lighting by Marcia Madeira."
Hollywood Reporter, Wednesday, May 20, 1981
46th Street Theatre, New York 1982
"?the Canalettoesque backdrop that, under Marcia Madeira's sure lighting, modulates picturesquely from day to night and back, practically smells of Venice?"
John Simon, New York Magazine May 24, 1982
"Some things, however, though identical, became more evident on second exposure. I now appreciated more deeply the marvels of the endlessly resourceful lighting by Marcia Madeira; if a rainbow could think, it would take lessons from her."
John Simon, New York Magazine June 21, 1983.
St. James Theatre, New York, 1983
"Marcia Madeira who lighted it, (endlessly as they delayed the opening), offers the most precise timing of cues I have seen in years. Every followspot pickup or blackout, each and every light change is timed to perfection. It sure does help keep us from seeing the tricks played to cover a hollow book! She uses smoke and moving projections with great effect?..(Nearly everything about this musical is hokey) Yet Madeira's lighting is classically good."
Lee Watson Lighting Dimensions June 1983
Alliance Theatre Atlanta
"Marcia Madeira's lighting has that flamboyant flair of Broadway lore."
Dan Hulbert, Atlanta Journal Nov 17, 1989
"Fran Soeder is bringing back members of the magic-formula team from his previous, gorgeous-looking Alliance blockbusters"
Dan Hulbert Atlanta Journal Nov 12, 1989
The Huntington Theatre, Boston 1992 "Marcia Madeira's lighting plan is mood-perfect, particularly when fog swirls over its focus."
Kevin Kelly, The Boston Globe, March 17, 1992
50th Anniversary Tour by Troika Organization 1994
"This archive version, dazzles with picture-perfect sets and costumes. The lighting is luscious. The dancing sizzles."
Jacqueline Gerber, State Journal-Register, January 8, 1994
The Huntington Theatre, Boston 1993
"As standard Huntington practice, the physical production is pictorial and opulent. James Leonard Joy's scenery (Bedroom, garden in March bloom and library, all seen against green meringue mountains) is richly detailed. The sets have been superbly lighted by Marcia Madeira; candle flames in Raina's darkened bedroom give way to the sunny outside in the garden scene."
Kevin Kelly, The Boston Globe
Gateway Playhouse, at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2002,
"Marcia Madeira is the least difficult lighting designer you will ever work with."
Jeff Bellante, Associate Producer, Gateway Playhouse
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