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March 2008

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  • Mar. 3, 2008
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    Excellence In Live Design Winners Chosen By Readers

    Introducing the winners of the first ever Excellence In Live Design Awards, chosen among nominees for outstanding achievement in design on projects from September 2006 to August 2007...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    All About Abe

    Without Mr. Abe Jacob, I would be lost and drowned, deep in the art of sound, without having been able to express my creative thoughts and ideas for live...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Excerpt From USITT Presents: The Designs of Abe Jacob

    PART THREE BROADWAY BECKONS By the late 1960s and early 1970s, Broadway had failed to attract a new generation of theatregoers. Stephen Suskin asserts...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Splash of Color

    The Disney musical comedy that reversed the studio's flagging fortunes in animation in 1989 is the latest to reach Broadway. Belle and her Beauty and...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Project Yourself

    As projections become ever more integrated into scenic designs on stage, their seeming ubiquity made us ponder the following questions: What does the...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    House Projections

    While the name often conjures up images of opulent grandeur, La Venaria Reale will almost certainly draw a blank with most people. It is, in fact, the...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Running Hot 'n Cole

    In an age when automated lighting fixtures, kinetic scenery, and high-tech projection gear are almost ubiquitous, it is refreshing to run across a simple,...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Palatial House

    San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts (PFA) has a rich history that dates back almost a century. After the devastating earthquake and fire of 1906, the...More

Go

  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    No One Meaner Than A Vacuum Cleaner

    You might think that nothing could prepare a designer to create a 15' vacuum cleaner that explodes on stage while being worn by an opera singer, but actually,...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    5 Questions for: Eric Stahlhammer, Sound Designer

    How many productions of Love, Janis have you designed, and how has the sound evolved along the way? My history with Love, Janis began in 2005 at the Actors...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Burning Question: What's Your Favorite Color?

    We asked, and the readers have spoken. We wanted to see what colors designers use in their palettes. While some folks simply stated their faves Bill Simmons...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Vested Interests

    When the Chanel Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show needed a little dressing up, Karl Lagerfeld inspired an idea to decorate the Grand...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Sole Provider

    Tokyo is a colorful city, and Japanese athletic shoe company Onitsuka Tiger is illuminating one of its most iconic designs in a unique project that vividly...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Who's Doing What

    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) kicked off a 27-city North American Tour in late January and running to May 18, with technical direction by...More

Envision

  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Q & A: Helen and John Meyer

    Early in my career, a production manager told me the only way he could make sure he had sound reproduction for Philip Glass' live shows was by demanding...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Successfully Transitioning To Professional Life

    Any transitional stage in life has its challenges, but making a successful move from student to professional has to be one of the most difficult changes...More

Build

  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Problem/Solution: Working The Floor

    Problem There are surprises in the Guthrie Theatre's Peer Gynt. Some are in Ibsen's fantastical story. Some are in Tim Carroll's production of Robert...More
  • Dec. 24, 2008
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    How I Did That: Body Of Work

    Check out all the stories that made the cover of Live Design in 2008. From theatre to concerts, from Broadway to Paris, here is one of our cover newsmakers of the past year.When I was asked a few years ago to create something for a program called School House Roxx at New York City's Performance Space 122 (PS 122), the possibilities......More

Tech

  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    A Wireless Microphone Horror Story

    Just about every live event uses wireless microphones. Whether it is musical theatre, a sporting event, a church sermon, or a corporate event, there is...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Product of the Month: Lex Products PowerRack

    It is always interesting to see new products created after entertainment technology companies merge. In 2006, when Lex Products acquired Electrol Engineering, it was a safe bet that good things might follow. This is a case where the strengths of the two firms — rolling rack design from Electrol and power distribution products from Lex — have produced a range of new products including a compact, flexible, and powerful power...More
  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    Product News

    GB2R Soundcraft The Soundcraft GB2R is a 19" rackmountable mixer designed specifically for smaller installations. Available in two variants, it offers...More

Editorial Note

  • Mar. 1, 2008
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    A Visual, Yet Sound, Issue

    It is my distinct pleasure to introduce you to the work our new art director, Jennifer Kampinen, whom we whisked away from another of our Penton offices...More

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