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September 2008

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Dec. 31, 2008

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Going for the Gold

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. Five thousand years of Chinese history and culture culminated on Friday, August 8 at the opening ceremony for the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. It's as if......More
Sep. 15, 2008

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Panic Room

Marguerite, a new musical inspired by the Dumas novel, La Dame Aux Camlias, debuted at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket to rave reviews in May. Although...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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War Crimes

When I walked into the Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory, a cavernous military hall-cum-gallery and performance space that once served as the headquarters...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Viva Italia

For gourmets worldwide, Emilia Romagna is an Italian region synonymous with Bologna, Parma ham, and Lambrusco wine, but for Italian rock fans, it's the...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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American Dreams

Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, is celebrating the Year of a Million Dreams in 2008. Appropriately, the audio and lighting engineers at EPCOT's...More

Go

Sep. 1, 2008

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Last Play At Shea

Over two nights in July, Billy Joel invited a few musician friends, including Garth Brooks, Roger Daltrey, Steven Tyler, Tony Bennett, John Mellencamp,...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Five Questions for Mark Engel, President/CEO, Rosco

You have just been named President/CEO of Rosco Laboratories. How long have you been with the company, and what positions have you held to date? I joined...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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NASDAQ's New Marketsite Video Wall

The iconic NASDAQ MarketSite video wall that sits in the NASDAQ broadcast studio in New York City's Times Square recently got an overhaul with an entire...More
Sep. 19, 2008

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Technologies For Houses Of Worship At LDI

As houses of worship of all denominations continue to embrace the fundamentals of audio, lighting, and video technology, and some large facilities are...More
Sep. 17, 2008

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Hard Core Fun At Hard Rock Park

Set on 55 acres in Myrtle Beach, SC, the new Hard Rock Park theme park officially opened with a performance by the Eagles in early June...More

Envision

Sep. 19, 2008

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Searching For The Perfect Wave: A Life Recording Sound Effects

Once upon a time, I was involved in a small and vastly underfunded theatre company's production of a play by one of the world's greatest living playwrights....More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Q&A With Dave Korins

Given the pace he maintained in the 2007-2008 theatre season, set designer David Korins earned a summer off. Off and on Broadway, he designed the musical...More

Build

Sep. 1, 2008

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How I Did That: Disappearing Numbers

Back in 2004, I designed my first show for Simon McBurney's company Complicite at London's National Theatre. It was an adaptation of Shakespeare's Measure...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Problem/Solution: Naked City

Problem No curtain. No scenery. So begins Our Town. When director David Cromer began work on the show for the Hypocrites Theatre Company in Chicago, he...More

Tech

Sep. 1, 2008

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Tech: Our House

In The Beginning The present building of London's Royal Opera House is the third theatre on the Covent Garden site, since the original one burned down...More
Sep. 15, 2008

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Got A Match?

The devil is in the details is a clich, but it's true with the standards commonly used to assess the flammability of scenery: NFPA 701, Standard Methods...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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POM: Fisher Technical Services Navigator Automation System

Over the past decade, automation has gradually been shifting from something that scene shops and rigging companies do in-house as part of their construction...More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Product News

Additional new products being shown at LDI will be featured in the October issue of Live Design as well as in the LDI Show Daily at www.livedesignonline.com....More
Sep. 1, 2008

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Loadout: Water Molecube At The Olympics

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was the darling of the 2008 Summer Games as he knocked down world records like bowling pins and won eight gold medals at...More

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