December 1, 2007

Special Section

Excellence Awards Nominees

Jan 18, 2008 2:31 PM

A list of the nominees for Live Design's Excellence Awards...

Features

Ancient Wonderment

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg

Chantal Chamandy was born in Alexandria, Egypt, raised in Montreal, and is of Greek and Lebanese descent. Given the multicultural background of the singer/songwriter...

Getting The Word Out

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lisa Murphy

The newly constructed Northland Church in Longwood, FL is far from your average worship facility. Situated in a converted skating rink that includes a...

Prehistoric Arts

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Hannah Kate Kinnersley

Interviewing Sonny Tilders, creature creator for Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience, it is tempting to ask what the dinosaurs eat and where they...

Circus Of Sound

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Iris Dorbian

When Harrah's Entertainment bought Caesars Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City a little over two years ago, it inherited the Circus Maximus Theatre, a former...

Annie, The Musical

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, by Steve Jennings

The moment Annie Lennox walks on stage, the standing-room-only crowd greets her with thunderous applause. It's been four years since her last solo tour,...

Go

Cyrano By A Nose

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

Kevin Kline in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac sounds like casting made in heaven, and, indeed, in the current Broadway revival of Edmond Rostand's...

LDI Booth Awards: Back By Popular Demand

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM

After a one-year hiatus, LDI brought back the popular Booth Awards, and judging by the wide range of impressive-looking booths, both large and small,...

LDI Award Winners

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The LDI 2007 Awards Ceremony was held on Saturday, November 17, right on the LDI show floor in the Stage Pro booth following a 20th anniversary cocktail...

Green School: Pitzer College

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Marian Sandberg

Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, launched a new initiative to go greener with the opening of a brand new residential hall (Gold LEED-certified sustainable...

Who's Doing What

Dec 28, 2007 12:00 PM

Laser Design Production Inc. and lighting designer Butch Allen collaborated to create a visual spectacular for the Van Halen Reunion Tour. Lorenzo Cornacchia,...

Envision

Working With The Rental Shop

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim van Bergen

A the end of the day, people make the difference in our world. It is the carpenter that really matters, not the hammer he uses. It is the electrician...

Q&A: Pook Diemont & Ohl

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg

Founded in 1982 by original partners Barbara Pook, Tony Diemont, and Ted Ohl, Pook Diemont & Ohl (PDO) is a theatre and studio equipment design and build...

Build

Problem/Solution: Spatial Relations At NYU's Skirball Center

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Davi Napoleon

Problem The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University gives student designers and actors a chance to work in a huge space. Director...

How I Did That: Sweet Sixteen Lighting Fantasies

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jack Kelly

I love designing house parties. Much like skiing on fresh powder, homes are virgin landscapes, the designing of which results in high praise from the...

Tech

Product of the Month: Yamaha DSP5D

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Shannon Slaton

Digital sound consoles have been around for years, and Yamaha has been at the forefront of innovation since the beginning. It all started with an 18-input...

Product News

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Marian Sandberg

LD Assistant 08 Design & Drafting LD Assistant 08 offers a suite of tools for conceptualizing, drawing, rendering, and presenting a 3D lighting environment....

Editor's Note

Back Where Pat Started

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Marian Sandberg, Editor

If any of you (yes, I know, most of you) had anything to do with this year's LDI attending, exhibiting, planning then you're probably about as relieved...

Loadout

Birdman

Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

Australian singer Darren Hayes took his Time Machine tour on the road last fall to promote his most recent album, This Delicate Thing We Made, now that...

Browse Back Issues

Current Issue


Resource Center

Search our Sourcebook


Company Name
Category
Both


blog

Blog

jobzone

JobZone

subscribe

Subscribe

rss icon

rss

E-Newsletter

E-Newsletter


E-NEWSLETTERS

Live Design Wire

Mondays
The Live Design Wire provides updates on all aspects of the live entertainment design and technology industry, including business news, people and project profiles, trade show updates, product reviews, and Seen & Heard, our journal of events and shows seen by the Live Design staff.

• View Sample • Subscribe


Live Design TQ Now

Every Other Thursday
Live Design's TQ Now offers up to date information on designers, technicians, and manufacturers involved in all aspects of theatre--lighting design, sound design, sets, costumes, projections, makeup, etc--from around the world, with special emphasis on project profiles and technical how-tos.

• View Sample • Subscribe


Live Design Projection Now

Every Other Thursday
Live Design’s Projection Now is geared toward projection and technology for live events. Every other Thursday this newest product from Live Design magazine offers subscribers tips and ideas from top concert, theatre, and corporate event projection designers and technicians as well as the latest in gear, projects, and related news from around the world.

• View Sample • Subscribe

Browse Issues

May Cover April Cover March Cover Feb Cover January Cover Dec Cover
April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007