Well, I admit it. Last year, I didn't know who Rascal Flatts was, and there wasn't a single country album in my collection. Three country concerts and...More
When Ethan Weber was contacted to design and program lighting, and Atomic Design's Tom McPhillips to take on production design for My Chemical Romance's...More
The one-of-a-kind Salt Lake Tabernacle, in Salt Lake City, is a venerable building to millions of followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...More
Creating a show for children gives designers a unique responsibility on top of the usual demands: presenting the physical requirements of the narrative,...More
Sometimes getting your wires crossed is fun, and proof of that can be found in the SKYY90 Design Collective project, Crosswired, an interactive large-scale...More
For the Yellow Pages Association Masters of Transformation 2007 Conference & Exhibition (pictured, produced by Blackstone Media Group of Irvine, CA),...More
Currently on tour in support of Sam's Town, The Killers are selling out hundreds of performance venues from festivals to stadiums, with lighting design...More
Benedictus runs March 14 to 29 at the Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theatre in Washington DC, with scenic and props design by David Ghatan, lighting design by...More
Just recently, I discovered Google SketchUp 6, a brilliant, fully animated modeling program for both 2D and 3D work. With the constant additions of downloadable...More
The Live Design Honors, recognizing The Design Aesthetic of Hal Prince, took place on Tuesday, May 15 at the Kimmel Center at New York University in a...More
Attendees came from as far as Sydney, Australia to this year's Broadway Master Classes including sessions for lighting, projection, and sound held in...More
One of the most exciting new features on the show floor at the 20th anniversary of LDI (November 12 to 18, 2007) in Orlando is the New Product Showcase....More
Our client, Evangelical Free Church of Naperville, IL, built an Easter set and was doing a dramatic resurrection reenactment from the onstage tomb. In...More
Rodney Johnson, production manager for My Chemical Romance, and I had several discussions regarding pyrotechnics and how it could enhance the band's Black...More
Simplicity is what makes cool ideas take off. If a technological innovation takes a difficult task and makes it easier, then the momentum just builds...More
The orchestra crescendos and the cast hits the final note. The curtain falls and then thunderous applause. After months of preparation and rehearsals...More
In Beijing's central business district, a huge LED screen was constructed as the main attraction for The Place, a new 700,000-sq-ft. development area...More
Problem: When director Tina Landau and scenic designer Richard Hoover began work on the Steppenwolf production of The Diary of Anne Frank, they wanted...More
Throughout the years, the legacy of the Flying Pig Systems Wholehog 2 or Hog 2, as most call it has been monumental, to say the least. From its inception...More
Many of us grew up with lighting templates that were pretty generic. The fixtures on the template looked somewhat like real instruments, but not quite....More
Aqua Visual FX Aqua Visual FX Inc. From Pyrotek Special Effects Inc. and Laser Design Productions Inc., Aqua Visual FX is a water screen that creates...More
Director Jack O'Brien, set designer Douglas W. Schmidt, costume designer Jess Goldstein, and lighting designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer all...More
Thank God it's summer well, maybe not technically by the calendar, but it's close enough for me, and I know our staff is really, really glad to welcome...More
Remembering McCandless What a great article (Remember Stanley McCandless, May LD). We'd been involved in the Belding a few years ago, but I was not aware...More