Yes, as I sit here, there are eight 1K scoops burning on the stage and in the house.  I could cook pizzas on them!  And they burn all day because of intermittant rehearsals, drama classes, spontaneous tours, and tech work, etc, etc...  There are props to trip over backstage and a pit to fall off of, so for safety, I need lights on at all times.

There is no place in this facility to hang standard fluorescent tube fixtures.  They cannot be hung on the electrics because they would obstruct the use of 200 lekos, etc., and there are no hard points on the interior walls that are safe for tubes due to flies, scenery, sprinklers, etc, etc...  It's a 600 seat traditional proscenium theatre with 25-line, 6-story fly loft.  When it was built, there were ZERO worklight fixtures on stage whatsoever.  The fly lines are dead-hung on the I-beams, so I have no grid to hang fluorescent works in the loft.  The stage floor, including wings, is 100 feet wide by 40 feet deep...with ZERO light switches or works.  So I have to use theatrical instruments hung on my electrics and my ETC dimmer system to operate worklights all day.  It pretty much sucks.

Well, now I understand your predicament, Mr. Lowell.  Even high power LED lamps can generate pretty good heat, and since they're a semiconductor, they would probably go the way your CFLs went, at a much higher cost.  I doubt they would be bright enough to light your needs, anyway.