June 1, 2008
Articles
Editor's Note: Making Tony History
It's finally here: the month that The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards finally recognize the work of sound designers. Just seeing the nominees released...
A Night At The Opera
In celebration of Placido Domingo's 40th anniversary of performing in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Opera held a star-studded spring gala in honor of its...
Five Questions For Paul Gregory
On your work on the Marcus Center in Milwaukee, you had to create an exterior exhibition of projections on the façade of the building. What were the challenges?...
What I'm Using Now
We do a lot of work for other production companies, so we often must use what they provide for us. Since our background involves a lot of work with the...
Tonys Name First Sound Design Nominees
The nominations are in for The American Theatre Wing's 62nd Annual Tony Awards presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. Creative...
The Creative Tony Nominees
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY Simon Baker, Boeing-BoeingAdam Cork, MacbethIan Dickson, Rock RollMic Pool, The 39 Steps BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL Acme...
Who's Doing What
Glimmerglass Opera's 2008 production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto, set to run July 6 through August 23 at the Alice Busch Opera Theatre in Cooperstown,...
Lighting: The Ears Have It
Hey buddy! Could you turn up the guitar and fix the mix on that kick drum? I heard the cry come from an audience member standing in the aisle next to...
AV/Staging: Economics Define AV For Corporate Events
I once wrote about the convergence of theatre, entertainment, and audiovisual (AV) technologies (Unification A New Look At Convergence, January 2006),...
Book Reviews: Heads & Tales: Uncle Bill's Musings on the Theatrical Experience
Bill Sapsis has written a book! Actually, he has been writing it for years. Heads & Tales: Uncle Bill's Musings on the Theatrical Experience is a selection...
Jovial Gents
When Bon Jovi started the second US leg of its massive Lost Highway Tour earlier this year, a completely new production design was unveiled along with...
An Affair, Remembered
Broadway went to the boroughs last season. In the fall, Chazz Palminteri retold his Bronx Tale at the Walter Kerr Theatre, and in April, A Catered Affair,...
Learning Curve
Autodesk's motto, Experience It Before It's Real, was the inspiration for the 2007 annual users' conference, Autodesk University, bringing together 9,500...
Piano Lessons
TheStage at TheTimesCenter is a jewel box of a theatre, with cherry walls and ceiling, rich red Italian opera seats, a white oak floor, and blond walnut...
Brain Storm
One of the questions I often get asked at the Live Design Projection Master Classes at LDI is: Where do the ideas come from? ...
How We Did That: Wine & Spirits
I was pleased when longtime client Christopher Allen, executive producer of HKM productions, asked me to join the design team for E&J Gallo Winery's 75th...
Tech Review: Design And Drafting LD Assistant 08
This feature-rich, jam-packed lighting, visualization, and drafting application has eluded my attention until now. Design and Drafting LD Assistant 08...
Sound Product Of The Month: Dugan Model E-1 Automatic Mixing Controller
Anyone who has mixed a “talking head” gig knows there are challenges to the job.Sometimes they are simple events that only last an hour with one mic on a podium, while others last for days — long days, sometimes eight to ten hours long, sitting behind the console listening to people talking…incessantly....
Product Of The Month: ChamSys MagicQ MQ100 Pro Console
As the lines between lighting and projection are narrowed, why not have a console that deals with media as well as it does with lighting? The MagicQ MQ100 Pro console from UK-based ChamSys Ltd. sees no reason why a console can't do both well....
Product News
VIDEO/PROJECTION Spyder 359 AndSpyder 3410 Vista Systems The Spyder 359 supports arrays of up to eight displays, providing five universal input cards,...
Loadout: Roll Out
When Scion wanted to make an impression to reveal the new Hako Coupe concept car at the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) in March, producer George...
