April 1, 2008
Articles
Editor's Note: How Good Is Your Backup?
Lost in translation: I got lost in Germany while starting to write this. Well, not really lost, but left behind. Well, not even left behind. Let's just...
Sea of Light
AIDA Cruises, the German affiliate of Costa Crociere S.p.A., a sub-branch of Carnival Corporation, pioneered the club resort cruise concept aimed at a...
Five Questions for: Bruce Rodgers, production designer
Your company, Tribe inc., was involved for the second time this year in the Super Bowl Halftime show, with you as production designer. What was the difference...
Watt I'm Using Now: Lamps
Everyone in New York is green with conscience. From the LEDs adorning the tree at Rockefeller Center to the recycled confetti fluttering over the crowd...
Behind The Scenes Awards Grant to IATSE Member
Behind the Scenes has awarded a grant to Mary O'Brien, a member of IATSE Local 489 in Pittsburgh, who underwent her third surgery last year for recurring...
Who's Doing What
Beginning Thursday, April 10, the Dicapo Opera Theatre will present four performances of a new production of Giacomo Puccini's cowboy opera, La Fanciulla...
Corrections:
In the March 2008 issue's Loadout, 2008 Rising Star: Elisheba Ittoop, Sound Designer, it was mistakenly noted that d&b audiotechnik gave equipment to...
Live Design Broadway Master Classes Shows Announced
Top names in lighting, sound, and projection design are on tap for the BLMC (May 20-22 at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts), the BSMC (May...
Annie’s Effects
The world's favorite orphan returned to the stage last winter at the Children's Musical Theatre in San Jose, CA for a brief run of Annie Warbucks, picking...
HD Switching
As the myth of convergence comes stumbling to a gig near you, some confusion arises about one of the hottest buttons to hit the media server market since...
I Can See Clearly Now
Broadcast in HD from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 10, the 50th annual Grammy Awards looked very sharp literally as well as figuratively....
Fight Hub
Times have changed. Back in 1991, when William () McLachlan was working on the original American Gladiators, he had 22 moving lights. The show's latest...
Any Way you Ice it
When energy drink Red Bull puts its name on an event, spectators aren't typically lined up by the tens of thousands to see any demure happenings like...
Sunday Times
Audience applause begins at the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George before a note is sung. As painter George Seurat...
Problem/Solution: Seaside Setting
Problem Michael Yeargan's design for the Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific is more presentational than realistic, with a tropical bamboo surround...
Cutting Wedge
Monitor wedges are an essential part of most shows that feature musicians on stage. Some musicians love them big and loud, some like them unobtrusive...
UnitedVisualArtists d3 Show Production Suite
Video and lighting systems are becoming more tightly integrated. Convergence is starting to come to pass, yet control and output systems are becoming...
Product News
PROJECTION/VIDEO V1-HD-2K High Definition Video Server Doremi Labs V1-HD-2K features dual-link HD-SDI and synchronized two channel playback for 3D, video...
Loadout: Sketchbook Toblini
You can hear it in his voice: Fabio Toblini simply loves designing clothes for the stage. This 40 year-old Italian designer, who trained in Milan and...
