This afternoon's online New York Times reports a July 9
death at a memory-care facility —
Requiem for a Wechsler —
"Lighting for the Met is particularly challenging because —
unlike on Broadway, for instance — the shows change
on a weekly or even daily basis. One of Mr. Wechsler’s
accomplishments, Mr. Sardo said, was to develop
accurate records of the lighting schemes for each production,
so that one show could be swapped for another more efficiently.
“Before Gil was involved, there were no reference manuals as to
how that should be done,” Mr. Sardo said.
“Someone kinda remembered how the lighting was supposed to be.”
— Neil Genzlinger