TCI articles from December 1995

TCI archives from December 1995

Studio portrait.(production design of film, 'Reckless')
December 1, 1995... Craig Lucas' play Reckless, a picaresque account of a gallingly innocent American woman's journey through a traumatic life, is such a stylized piece that its adaptation to film seems questionable. In so doing, director Norman Rene and...

Harold Prince Center slated for Philadelphia.(Midtown Theatre renovation)
December 1, 1995... The American Music Theatre Festival (AMTF) announced in September that it will acquire and renovate the historic Midtown Theatre in downtown Philadelphia as the organization's permanent home. Slated for completion in 1997, the venue will be...

Flowers of womanhood.(costumes for 1995 revivals of 'Suddenly Last Summer' and 'Something Unspoken')
December 1, 1995... Just because the heroines of Tennessee Williams' plays suffer so, there's no reason they can't be fabulously dressed, a point made by the recent Broadway revival of Garden District. Zack Brown designed both scenery and costumes for the Circle...

Birds of a feather.(controversial staging of 'The Seagull' at Berlin's Volksbuhne theater)
December 1, 1995... The innovative founder of Berlin's Volksbuhne, Erwin Piscator, must be spinning in his grave. Audiences at the theatre certainly are spinning, at least in Ivan Stanev's deconstructivist staging of Chekhov's The Seagull. But if they haven't read...

The feminine touch.(Marlene Stewart's costumes for film 'To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar!')
December 1, 1995... Costume designer Marlene Stewart has worked for Madonna (on music videos), and she's worked for Oliver Stone (on The Doors and JFK). So coming up with three distinct drag looks for Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo, the male...

Houseboat.(scenic design for Los Angeles production of 'The Flying Dutchman')
December 1, 1995... "In some sense," explains scenic designer George Tsypin, "it is a very difficult story to do--almost on the verge of silly, and yet the music is so beautiful." Composer Richard Wagner always insisted that his opera about the legend of the...

Cases; costumes; design & drafting; electrical motors & drives; electrical equipment; front of house supplies & equipment; instructional; intercommunications.(1996 Buyers Guide)(theatrical supplies)(Cover Story)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 1995... ASA CASE True Composite Cases are added to our line of standard wooden cases. Half the weight of wooden cases, they come complete with recessed hardware available in standard racks and custom sizes to 5' x 8', and meet or exceed A.T.A....

Lamps/light sources; lighting accessories; lighting control; lighting designer software; luminaries.(1996 Buyers Guide)(theatrical supplies)(Cover Story)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 1995... HMI/XENON APOLLO LIGHTING HMI/Xenon, HQI, HIT, XOP, HBO, MSR, and other types are available. EG&G ELECTRO-OPTICS Xenon Flashlamps are available, as well as applications assistance. GE LIGHTING Compact Iodide Daylight (CID) Lamps...

Makeup & makeup supplies; personnel & materials lifts; projection equipment; props; safety equipment; scenery; scenic materials and supplies.(1996 Buyers Guide)(theatrical supplies)(Cover Story)(Buyers Guide)
December 1, 1995... THE BLACK BAG CO. The new Portable Make-up Center is lit with tungsten and daylight Kino Flo lamps. It has its own built-in, non-shattering mirrors. Folds into itself for easy. Built-in power strip for additional outlets. uses normal 110V....

Seating; show control; sound; special effects; stage equipment. (Cover Story) (Buyers' Guide)
December 1, 1995... ASSIGNED SEATING & MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC. Fixed Theatre Seating are manufactured with shapes and sizes designed to customer's specifications. Renovation of existing seating include wood finishing, powder coating, and parts fabrication....