TCI articles from January 1997

TCI archives from January 1997

The De Vil in Miss Close.(Glenn Close's costumes in live action film '101 Dalmatians')
January 1, 1997... "It seemed to me that the only wax, to approach Cruella was to go for it," say's costume designer Anthony Powell, discussing, his work on the live-action version of 101 Dalmatians. "I knew right from the beginning that Glenn Close was...

A new direction....(Tony Walton's theatrical productions)
January 1, 1997... Everybody knows that Tony Walton is one of the most celebrated and successful scenic and costume designers in the American theatre (with numerous important film credits, too). You can now add a new title to his portfolio, as Walton has staged...

Theming the history of Hong Kong.(themed entertainment complex planned in Hong Kong)
January 1, 1997... Hong Kong's Victoria Peak would not seem to require a themed attraction. After all, the Peak Tram, which takes you roughly 1,900, to the very top of the territory, is one of the worlds great thrill rides and has been since 1885, though that...

C'est la Guerre.(set design for theatrical musical 'Martin Guerre')
January 1, 1997... A musical based on the story of Martin Guerre? Well, why not? This 16th-century tale of mistaken identity, already the basis for a French film (Le Retour de Martin Guerre) and an American version (Sommersby), resurfaced last June in musical...

LDI96.(1996 Lighting Dimensions International trade show)
January 1, 1997... It was a half-day shorter and in some way quieter than last years show in Miami Beach, but that didn't stop this year Lighting Dimensions International in Orlando from posting record numbers an generating a lot of good buzz fro exhibitors and...

TCI Awards.(set, sound and production design)
January 1, 1997... Lloyd Burlingame Lloyd Burlingame's TCI Award comes at a turning point in his career. In May he will relinquish the chairmanship of the design department at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, a position he has held for the past 26 years....

Theory of Evolution.(set design for Gloria Estefan's 'Evolution' concert tour)
January 1, 1997... Even before the show starts at a Gloria Estefan concert, fans are out of their seats, dancing to canned crowd-pleasers like the "Macarena" and "YMCA." But the pre-show fun is just a prelude to the real party; when the first few live notes are...

The Crucible.(costume and production design for film version)
January 1, 1997... Is there any more familiar dramatic material than Arthur Miller's The Crucible? The 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, widely seen as a powerful parable for McCarthyism, has been performed for four decades in high school and community...

Neil Patel.(scenic designer)
January 1, 1997... 1996 was a good year for scenic designer Neil Patel. Last spring, he was one of the first recipients of the Taking Off Award, sponsored Encore magazine (which distributes programs to Off Broadway theatres), an award designed for young artists...

The CADAC F-Type consol.(theatrical sound console)
January 1, 1997... The newest console from CADAC, the F-Type, combines many of the best features from the previous models - the Concert Series and the J-Type - with some significant improvements, all for a price that will make this product competitive with...