December 1, 2006
Features
The Future Is Here
As we end 2006 and move into 2007, LD takes a look at promising young professionals in the fields of lighting, set, projection, and video design and programming....
The Ultimate Line Dance
Michael Bennett's ground-breaking musical is back on Broadway: A Chorus Line reopened on October 5 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which was previously...
Lucky Number Seven
Nearly 20 years after the original 7 World Trade Center (WTC) was built, the last tower to fall on September 11, 2001, is the first to rise again, and...
The Pros And Cons Of A Video-Based Control System
These days, architectural designers are looking to theatrical systems integrators (TSIs) as a technical resource for many complex lighting control projects,...
A TALE OF TWO EDIES
The musical version of Grey Gardens, which opened last month at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway, was originally produced at Playwright's Horizons...
Video Blackout
Editor's note: In discussing Grey Gardens, Wendall K. Harrington lamented the lack of video black, noting that at certain critical moments in the show,...
Go
Who's On
The Who kicked off its world tour with rave reviews and a packed calendar of gigs in the US, with lighting design by Tom Kenny and video design and direction...
Award Winners At LDI 2006
Members of The Lord of the Rings design team accept their Live Design International Award: (l to r) Paul Pyant, Q1's Marc Raymond (award sponsor), Gregory...
Designers Speak From The LDI Show Floor
The show floor at LDI2006 was the biggest ever, and everyone you met had a suggestion of something that you just had to see or a booth you absolutley...
Backstage Las Vegas At LDI 2006
Armed with black tote bags adorned with Strand Lighting and Backstage Las Vegas logos, the 2006 Backstage group took in the sights and sounds of the hottest...
Film Grant
In September, multi-award-winning contemporary artist Amy Grant released Time AgainLive, her latest live concert DVD. Shot on location at the Nancy Lee...
Who's Doing What
Hamlet Up Close plays New York City's American Theatre of Actors, directed by Barbara Mackenzie-Wood, with set design by Kennon Rothchild, lighting design...
A Yardstick To Define Sharp?
If you wandered the LDI show floor, looking at various pattern projectors ellipsoidal reflector spotlights, automated spots, and effects projectors did...
Envision
Lighting The Future
Ice cream one of life's most wonderful treats. That statement goes for most people on this planet. I happen to know someone who doesn't like ice cream,...
Build
Hatch Me If You Can
Problem When Dave Nofsinger designed Honk!, a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic The Ugly Duckling, a nest and eggs were central elements....
Set Designing Around Sound
As a designer, I have had many opportunities to explore areas of collaboration with artists, directors, managers, and especially lighting designers while...
Anatomy Of A Song
Entering the end of summerBeautiful, crystalline August days in Seattle, and a sense of tension and expectation at Mode Studios. It's generally quite...
Tech
Product of the Month: Super Korrigan Followspot
My first lighting job in theatre was as a followspot operator. Back in the day, I started out on a huge carbon arc unit, where I spent more time worrying...
Editor's Note
One Year Of The David Johnson Project
About a decade ago, in my PR days, I pitched stories to one David S. Johnson, then editor of Theatre Crafts International (TCI). I used to kid him that...
LOADOUT
Sketchbook: Creativity For Kids—Set Designer Style
It’s not often that set designers transition into the world of children’s literature, but veteran designer Charles Berliner has made the jump with his first endeavor, I Want Much More Than A Dinosaur, published by Xlibris....
