November 1, 2007
Features
20 Years Of Memories
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Sharon Morabito, group show director
LDI, celebrating 20 years, continues to be the marketplace for innovation, product introductions, and information exchange for the community of professionals...
Dancing In The Dark
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Hannah Kate Kinnersley
Bruce Springsteen is not afraid of the dark not in some figurative sense of not being afraid to leave the spotlight, but he's literally pretty comfortable...
So Cool, It's Frozen
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Hannah Kate Kinnersley
For any of you returning from a two-year stint on the space station who haven't heard about Disney's High School Musical phenomenon, here's the 411: The...
A Deere In Spotlights
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg
This isn't your average tradeshow in-the-booth product launch. John Deere's New Product Launch and Dealer Strategic Review at the Cincinnati Convention...
Live Dinner With DJ Aero And Tommy Lee
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg
Anticipating having dinner with a rock star is, well, nerve-wracking. All you designers out there do it all the time, of course, but in the world of production...
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Divine Inspiration
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Robert Cashill
Live Design has told the story of the band Genesis throughout its 40-year history. Herewith the story of the Genesis, with production values that LD Patrick...
Moving Company
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Robert Cashill and Ellen Lampert-Gréaux
The New York Theatre Workshop's (NYTW) production of The Misanthrope uses an adaptation prepared for a 1975 Broadway staging of Molire's classic, but...
An Entertaining Idea
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux
Let's face it: downtown Los Angeles has never been a place you'd want to spend more than a few hours. In fact, desolate-after-dark would be a good way...
Perfect Harman-y
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Michael Crabb
Washington, DC's cultural and political elite, augmented by assorted diplomats and other foreign dignitaries, was out in force on October 1st to walk...
Masters Of The House, Part 2
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Michael S. Eddy
A production electrician's primary responsibility on any production is to execute the design of the lighting designer. Taking a production from blueprint...
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Fly Ball
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Lisa Murphy
In a landmark marriage of tradition and technology, the 100th birthday of the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball means a redesigned, twice-as-bright ball...
FIVE QUESTIONS FORJens Horneman, CEO, Robe Lighting Inc.
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Robe Lighting, formerly known worldwide as Robe Show Lighting, is in the process of rebranding. Part of that effort included moving the US headquarters...
Patricia MacKay Receives A Light In Life Award At LDI
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Ellen Lampert-Gréaux
Anybody involved in theatre design as of the '70s or '80s remembers Theatre Crafts, and anyone who remembers Theatre Crafts certainly remembers Pat MacKay,...
Who's Doing What
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Video director Blue Leach, who directed video screens for last year's Depeche Mode tour, as well as for the band's music video for John the Revelator...
Fred Foster Wins 2007 Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM
The Wally Russell Fund is pleased to announce the unanimous choice of the board of directors for the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award is Fred Foster, CEO...
Patrick Dierson Receives Wally Russell Fund Newcomer Award
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Ellen Lampert-Gréaux
The Wally Russell Fund has announced its recipient for the 2007 Newcomer Award, Patrick Dierson, principal of the Dierson Design Group of New York City....
Envision
Lighting: Sustaining Venues
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David I. Taylor
I am often asked my view of what the theatre of the future will be. The buildings we design at Arup will last hundreds of years into the future, assuming...
Projection: Designing Without A License
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bob Bonniol
I've been struggling with the topic of how some shows with major projection/multimedia design elements seem to be popping up without designers dedicated...
Business: 20 Years Of ESTA
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lori Rubinstein
ESTA provides the umbrella under which the industry can come together to is the phrase we often use to describe the Entertainment Services and Technology...
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Problem/Solution: Playing The Cape, Inside And Out
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Davi Napoleon
Problem: When the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (WHAT) opened in Cape Cod in 1985, the house looked like an old oyster shack on the beach and had only...
How I Did That: Rimes And Rhythm
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Bob Bonniol
I love designing for live music. I think it goes back to my start in this crazy business, running lighting in bars like Providence, RI's infamous Living...
Tech
Employment Du Soleil
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jake Pinholster
Cirque du Soleil is, without question, one of the largest producers of theatrical entertainment in the world. The Quebec-founded company has enjoyed explosive...
Sound Product of the Month: Martin Audio W8L Longbow Line Array
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Shannon Slaton
Line arrays have been around for decades. Harry F. Olson published the book Acoustical Engineering in 1954, which included an extensive and influential...
Product of the Month: Coemar Infinity Wash XL
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Michael S. Eddy
Since Coemar launched its new Infinity Wash XL luminaire at LDI last year, the unit has been in use quite a bit. Designers have included it on such diverse...
Product News
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg
LDI New Products For booth locations, please refer to the Show Directory. Ion ETC Ion is based on the Eos console in a smaller footprint 19" wide. Features...
Editor's Note
20 Years of LDI
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Marian Sendberg, Editor
Is it time for LDI again? It just can't be. It means another year has passed all too quickly and another trip to Orlando. Personally, I cannot say I would...
Load Out
Sketchbook: A Mythical Kingdom
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Ellen Lampert-Gréaux
Turning its focus from Stoppard to Shakespeare, Lincoln Center Theatre is tackling one of the bard's lesser-known plays, Cymbeline, from November 1 through...
