June 1, 2007
Features
Country Tech
Well, I admit it. Last year, I didn't know who Rascal Flatts was, and there wasn't a single country album in my collection. Three country concerts and...
Chemical Analysis
When Ethan Weber was contacted to design and program lighting, and Atomic Design's Tom McPhillips to take on production design for My Chemical Romance's...
Swinging From The Rafters
The one-of-a-kind Salt Lake Tabernacle, in Salt Lake City, is a venerable building to millions of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Ready. Set. Go!
Creating a show for children gives designers a unique responsibility on top of the usual demands: presenting the physical requirements of the narrative,...
Go
Collaborative Projections At Crosswired
Sometimes getting your wires crossed is fun, and proof of that can be found in the SKYY90 Design Collective project, Crosswired, an interactive large-scale...
Five Questions for: Mitch Teitelbaum, AV Concepts
For the Yellow Pages Association Masters of Transformation 2007 Conference & Exhibition (pictured, produced by Blackstone Media Group of Irvine, CA),...
Killers On Tour
Currently on tour in support of Sam's Town, The Killers are selling out hundreds of performance venues from festivals to stadiums, with lighting design...
Who's Doing What
Marsha Stern was lighting designer for the Innovation Awards at Lightfair International and for the 2007 IALD Awards Dinner at Columbia University in...
What I'm Using Now: SketchUp
Just recently, I discovered Google SketchUp 6, a brilliant, fully animated modeling program for both 2D and 3D work. With the constant additions of downloadable...
Live Design Honors
The Live Design Honors, recognizing The Design Aesthetic of Hal Prince, took place on Tuesday, May 15 at the Kimmel Center at New York University in a...
Broadway Master Classes 2007 Another Success
Attendees came from as far as Sydney, Australia to this year's Broadway Master Classes including sessions for lighting, projection, and sound held in...
LDI News
One of the most exciting new features on the show floor at the 20th anniversary of LDI (November 12 to 18, 2007) in Orlando is the New Product Showcase....
American Pyro
It was a double blast for Maryland's Digital Lightning at the May 12 Birthplace of Our Nation and America's 400th Anniversary celebration in Washington,...
How I Did That: A Lens-Less Solution
Our client, Evangelical Free Church of Naperville, IL, built an Easter set and was doing a dramatic resurrection reenactment from the onstage tomb. In...
Firing Up The Romance: Pyrotek Adds That Special Effect
Rodney Johnson, production manager for My Chemical Romance, and I had several discussions regarding pyrotechnics and how it could enhance the band's Black...
Envision
Are You An Innovator Or A Laggard?
Simplicity is what makes cool ideas take off. If a technological innovation takes a difficult task and makes it easier, then the momentum just builds...
Andrew Keister: The Road To A Sound Career
The orchestra crescendos and the cast hits the final note. The curtain falls and then thunderous applause. After months of preparation and rehearsals...
Build
How I Did That: The Great Screen Of China
In Beijing's central business district, a huge LED screen was constructed as the main attraction for The Place, a new 700,000-sq-ft. development area...
Problem/Solution: Perfectly Frank
Problem: When director Tina Landau and scenic designer Richard Hoover began work on the Steppenwolf production of The Diary of Anne Frank, they wanted...
Tech
Trimming The Fat: Wholehog 3
Throughout the years, the legacy of the Flying Pig Systems Wholehog 2 or Hog 2, as most call it has been monumental, to say the least. From its inception...
Product of the Month: Field Template's SoftSymbols
Many of us grew up with lighting templates that were pretty generic. The fixtures on the template looked somewhat like real instruments, but not quite....
Product News
Aqua Visual FX Aqua Visual FX Inc. From Pyrotek Special Effects Inc. and Laser Design Productions Inc., Aqua Visual FX is a water screen that creates...
Editor's Note
NY To Helsinki And Back Again
Thank God it's summer well, maybe not technically by the calendar, but it's close enough for me, and I know our staff is really, really glad to welcome...
Letters to the Editor
Remembering McCandless What a great article (Remember Stanley McCandless, May LD). We'd been involved in the Belding a few years ago, but I was not aware...
Load Out
Trifecta At The Met
Director Jack O'Brien, set designer Douglas W. Schmidt, costume designer Jess Goldstein, and lighting designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer all...
