David Johnson

Articles by David Johnson
CMC Schedule Announced
The third annual 2012 Concert Master Classes, to be held Dec. 3-4 at USC’s Ronald Tutor Center Ballroom in Los Angeles, and it features a mix of sessions focused on the aesthetic, technical, and practical issues for concert touring.
Exile On Main Street
Japanese pop band Exile’s latest tour production rivals the best of the West.
LDI 25th Anniversary Content Creation Contest
To help celebrate LDI’s Silver Anniversary, we are looking for clever, innovative content that can be played on the video screens at the Live Design LDI booth and during the Awards ceremony. The top candidates will all have their content displayed for all to see at the show, and the winner will also receive a free pass to this year’s Projection Master Classes.
Don’t Keep Your Distance: Evita Opens On Broadway
Evita opened at the Marquis Theatre on April 5 to mostly positive reviews (check out the video clip below), with special recognition given to director Michael Grandage’s staging, not to mention the performance of a certain Ricky Martin. Congrats to set ...
A Glimpse of The Mountaintop
Check out this video clip of Broadway's The Mountaintop with sets by David Gallo and lights by Brian MacDevitt.
Q+A: Willie Williams: Around The World In Two Years
Visual designer Willie Williams reflects on the recently wrapped U2 360° Tour.
The Last Waltz For LCD Soundsystem
LD Eric Cathcart Helps LCD Soundsystem Go Out In Style For Its Final Show At The Garden
LCD Soundsystem Is Playing At Its Own House, Part 1
It's perhaps the hipster event of the year: the last show ever of LCD Soundsystem, the NY-based dance rock outfit known for such indie hits as "Drunk Girls" and "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House," in its own backyard, with five shows at Terminal 5 that culminate in one last hurrah at Madison Square Garden on April 2
Five Questions With Alex Murphy, Lighting Associate, U2 360˚
Lighting associate on the U2 360˚ tour Alex Murphy discusses the daunting challenge of calling the followspots, among other duties.
On The Live Blog: PLASA, Innit?
Greetings from the second day of PLASA
On The Live Blog: Mile-High Bruce Rodgers
Earlier this year we noted that Bruce Rodgers was the set designer for this year’s Democratic National Convention
Live Design's Light Lunch: 3 Men and a Little Pizza
Every so often, the entertainment technology industry reverberates with earth-shattering business news: a major player moves to the competition, massive
SOUND
This year's crop of Sound Products of the Year represents five of the best for theatre sound as chosen by our panel of judges. Why five and not the usual
Notes From the Back Row: An Industry's Milestones
It's a big year for milestone anniversaries. ESTA is celebrating its 20th year. Pook, Diemont & Ohl is celebrating its 25th. Barbizon is celebrating its
In Good Hands
I've been putting pen to paper in this space for over 10 years now, starting with my first letter from the editor in Theatre Crafts International in the

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