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...
