August 1, 2008
Features
Rem Cycles
For the last few years, production and lighting designer Susanne Sasic seems to have been the reigning monarch of the art rock scene, designing tours...
Shady Picture Show
Unless you were lucky enough to see Stone Temple Pilots live prior to eight years ago when the band split, you've only been able to see the incomparable...
Rage against the Machine
Adding Machine is a most unlikely musical hit. The source material, Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine, is a cornerstone of American Expressionism, but the...
Fellowship of the Rig
Since 1977, the Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, AR, has been an important hub in the community. Boasting different venues on a campus that sprawls...
Go Stories
Out of the Woodwork
The Comcast Center, Philadelphia's newest and highest skyline addition, has a slew of modern amenities sure to draw leading office tenants. A new entrance...
Five Questions for Howell Binkley, lighting designer
You currently have six shows running on Broadway In The Heights, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Xanadu, Cry-Baby, and Gypsy which is quite an accomplishment....
The Nose Knows
Known as The Oscars of the perfume industry, The 2008 Fifi Awards were held in May at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City with more than 1,000 guests...
LDI 2008 Announces Professional Training
Top designers, industry experts, new products, site-specific training, intensive courses, and behind-the-scenes activities are all set for this year at...
Who's Doing What
The John W. Engeman Theatre in Northport, NY has just wrapped up its second season with a production of Man of La Mancha, with set and costume design...
How Green Is Green?
No Orangutans Were Harmed In The Making Of This Scenery. That was a proposed slogan that came out of a brainstorming session during a green marketing...
Five Lessons In Dealing With Rental Shops
I have spent a great deal of time in sound shops in every position possible. I have been a designer and an assistant. I have been a mixer and in production...
Cher'd Space
Cher's show opened at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to a packed house. She always delivers what everyone expects and more. So we, as the...
Industrial Light and Magic
Every production has specific needs. Some shows have projection, some have water, and some even have animals among a long list of requirements. While...
Candy Land
Last fall, when Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) offered me its touring children's show, I was a bit hesitant to sign on. For a young designer who relishes the...
Problem/Solution: Suspension of Disbelief
Problem Kate Robin's Intrigue with Faye is the story of a therapist and a documentary filmmaker who try mending their troubled relationship with videotape....
What I'm Using Now: Content Creation
I design for a wide variety of projects, from small (but very groovy) club events that still use SD and DVDs, to arena shows, tours, and corporate installations...
Pharos Architectural Controls LPC X
You never know these days especially with LEDs wrapping entire buildings just how many DMX universes you might need. Sophisticated lighting and video...
Product news
VIDEO/PROJECTION VJX16-4 Video Mixer VIXID The VJX16-4 video mixing console is a portable, 16-channel mixer that has four video layers with blending modes,...
Judy Garland In Concert: That's Entertainment!
Judy Garland returned to the stage after 40 years, in a show at Boston Symphony Hall that combined images and performance footage along with the live...
