Thinking Outside The Lightbox
Contributions by two top designers provide some food for thought in this veritable smorgasbord of an issue, our largest ever. First up is Patrick Dierson,
Old School
Where were you in 1986? I had just moved to New York City from Ohio. It was October, and the city had Mets fever. Doc Gooden, Straw, The Kid, Nails, and
The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes
Every time Cirque du Soleil unveils a new production, I say to myself, Okay, we can let this one pass. Surely there can't be anything new and groundbreaking
Sketchbook: A Canadian Ring
The Ring Cycle is the operatic equivalent of Mt. Everest; every opera company feels compelled to try to climb it at one time or another, though not necessarily
Express Yourself
First things first: please send all hate mail concerning this month's cover to my attention. Yes, I'm to blame. Yes, I know it's provocative. And yes,
Chinese Takeout
Like the band itself, the brief summer Guns N' Roses tour was both a long time coming and hastily arranged, a mix of old parts and new components that
Want Live? Go Online
You're probably reading this in print format at the moment, though I suppose down the road this will be posted online, so you could be reading it there,
Product of the Month: Altman Smart-Track Lighting System
What It Does The Altman Smart-Track™ Lighting System is one of those hybrid products so cleverly obvious it's a wonder no one thought of it sooner. Designed to bring digital control signals to addressable architectural luminaires without dimmer packs or ...
TQ Product News
Staging PowerAssist Winch J.R. Clancy Existing counterweight sets can be automated using PowerAssist™ winch. Specifically designed for retrofitting existing counterweight rigging systems, it can be used to automate just a few sets or a complete rigging ...
Theatre By Design
By my calendar, we should have another month to go before this year's Broadway Lighting and Sound Master Classes. After all, for the last several years the event has been firmly ensconced in the month of June. But this year, we moved the classes up a ...
Peppaz Ghost
The most remarkable trick at this year's Grammy Awards was not the dress that held Mariah Carey's chest in check but the appearance of virtual band Gorillaz performing “live” on stage with Madonna. Any theatre rat would recognize the performance as an ...
Masterly Moves
Because we clearly haven't gone through enough changes around here in the last couple of years, we decided to reconfigure the Master Classes
Sketchbook: Sleep Tight
Martin Pakledinaz brings audiences back to a "gentle Americana" with his costumes for the Broadway revival of The Pajama Game.
The Sound Designer's Life: Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
Chita Rivera is back once again on Broadway, this time with her own show titled, aptly enough, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. It's a celebration of the life and career of a singer, dancer, actress, and one of America's most beloved stage performers. ...
You Like Us. You Really Like Us.
When we made the decision to combine Lighting Dimensions, Entertainment Design, and SRO in to a new magazine called Live Design, we weren't sure what the industry response would be. Yes, we received positive feedback from our advisory board; yes, we ...
