May 1, 2008
Articles
Editor’s Note: Everyone's A Winner
Choosing product winners is no easy task, one of the many reasons we editors at Live Design don't do it. We leave that to the pros designers, programmers,...
Corrections:
In the March issue, Splash of Color, about The Little Mermaid, it was not mentioned that Showman Fabricators sub-contracted the automation of the wave...
Idol Chatter
Andy Walmsley, production designer for the new American Idol set, has been involved with the various Idol productions for seven years, including doing...
Who's Doing What
Lighting designer Thomas C. Hase worked on The Blonde, Brunette and Vengeful Redhead, a co-production of Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Dallas...
Lenten Projections
During Lent, Rome's old Jewish fish market, an extraordinary example of industrial architecture near the Eternal City's Circo Massimo, hosted the fourth...
Mix Magazine Presents MixLive
Mix magazine is rolling into Las Vegas October 24 to 26 for MixLive at LDI the only event of its kind in the world. MixLive goes beyond the typical equipment...
Five Qs For Mark Stanley
As resident lighting designer at the New York City Ballet (NYCB) since 1986, you have lit and supervised the lighting for hundreds of ballets. What is...
Conversation Starter
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974) is one of his most dazzling films, centering on San Francisco-based wiretapper Harry Caul (Gene Hackman),...
Scottish Rites
Whether you refer to it by name or subscribe to the superstition of only calling it The Scottish Play,'' the current revival of Macbeth starring Patrick...
Q&A: Rob Milburn And Michael Bodeen
In a career spanning 20 years, Chicago-based sound designers Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen have created music and sound for productions as diverse as...
LIGHTING
This year's Live Design Lighting Products of Year represent a lineup of gear that's sure to cause a stir. Nominated and finally selected by our independent...
SOUND
This year's crop of Sound Products of the Year represents five of the best for theatre sound as chosen by our panel of judges. Why five and not the usual...
PROJECTION
This year's crop of forward-thinking Projection Products of the Year prove that visualists are constantly looking for new ways to control their destiny,...
The Great Wall Of Light
The buzz on Broadway this season is a hip musical called Passing Strange. It all began in Berkeley, CA with a mid-40s African American rock roll musician...
Addiction Notice
In the world of VJs, one name has consistently produced pioneering work and given us a glimpse of the success possible for AV acts. Formed in 1992 by...
Musical Chairs
Den Norske Opera's new home on the waterfront in Oslo, the Operaen, has a silhouette as startling as Sydney's iconic opera house, but while Opera Australia...
Reading Comprehension
How do you design a reading? That was the question when Kenny Leon, who was to lead the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' month-long celebration...
How I Did That: In Your Dreams
I have been working with the Forum in Charlotte for two and a half years. The venue always allows me the creative freedom to explore different and sometimes...
Problem/Solution: Everything To Everyone
Problem If you haven't seen one of Terry Gipson's production designs lately, chances are your kids have. Rhinebeck, NY-based Gipson Design Group has done...
Product News
LIGHTING Maxxyz Compact Martin Professional Maxxyz Compact offers full Maxxyz functionality in a modular, mid-sized design. Four modules Cerebrum, Programmer,...
Loadout: A New Take On Tosca
A recent production of Tosca, seen in-the-round at London's Royal Albert Hall in February, represented the first public performance for Out Board Electronics'...
