Idled Broadway Electrician Talks Shop

Examiner.com: "Seventeen years ago, it was John Kelly's job as a 'followspot' operator to illuminate Cathy Rigby as she flew around the stage in 'Peter Pan,' the musical about the boy who refused to grow up. Kelly ran a second followspot, too, creating the character of Tinkerbell, portrayed by only a beam of light. So what happened when, in the story, the incorrigible Tink almost dies and nearly blinks away? 'That was me flashing the light,' Kelly said, explaining one of the other duties of his first job on Broadway."