TCI articles from October 1994

TCI archives from October 1994

Triple duty. (California Shakespeare Festival set designer Eric Sinkkonen) (Interview)
October 1, 1994... The first three productions of the 1994 season at California Shakespeare Festival in Berkeley took audiences to such disparate locales as the dark fortresses of medieval England, the sunny shores of Southern California, and the lavish Italian...

The secret 'Raptor.' (lighting designer Jeff Ravitz; Sandusky, Ohio, roller coaster)
October 1, 1994... How do you go about lighting an object that's zooming by at 50 miles per hour? That was one challenge facing lighting designer Jeff Ravitz of Moody Ravitz in Hollywood, CA, when he set about creating the lighting effects for The Raptor, a...

Deco dreams. (production designer Joe Nemee of film, 'The Shadow') (Interview)
October 1, 1994... In a summer full of expensive, high-concept, aurally and visually impressive movies, the film with the most remarkable design virtually slipped through the cracks. The Shadow, based on the classic radio series about a complexly motivated...

International forum. (Scenofest! theater design forum, London, England)
October 1, 1994... The European Scenography Centers, a new international venture in education for theatre designers, marked their opening in London with Scenofest!, a forum of exhibitions, presentations, and workshops by designers, directors, and performers...

In memoriam: Gary Gaiser. (Indiana University drama professor and founder of US Institute of Theatre Technology) (Obituary)
October 1, 1994... Gary W. Gaiser, retired faculty member at Indiana University's Department of Theatre and Drama, died July 7. He was 84. Gaiser was a founder of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) and was a prominent member of the...

Theatre alights in Tacoma. (Tacoma, WA, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts)
October 1, 1994... The neon lights are a bit brighter on Broadway these days... in Tacoma, WA. Opened last winter, the $7.5 million Theatre on the Square completes the final leg of the citys revitalized theatre district, joining the neighboring Pantages and...

Entertainment Services and Technology Association. (history of the trade association)
October 1, 1994... In November 1987, a group of dealers got together in Las Vegas. Pretty common sight, right, a group of dealers in Vegas? Well, not exactly. These 25 or so dealers handled theatrical equipment, not decks of cards, and they all converged on...

Powered rigging vs. manual counterweight. (Technology)
October 1, 1994... "The next time you are tempted to install a counterweighted rigging system, sell your car and buy a horse," concludes Burt Boettcher, senior stage systems designer for the Peter Albrecht Corporation, in his paper "Horse and Buggy and...

Trade show preview: LDI 94: the workshops. (Lighting Dimensions International show, Reno, NV, Nov 18-20, 1994)
October 1, 1994... Place your bets, everyone: it's time again for Lighting Dimensions International, one of the world's top entertainment technology events. Produced by TCI's sibling publication, Lighting Dimensions, the three-day event return this year to...

In memoriam: Thomas R. Skelton. (lighting designer) (Obituary)
October 1, 1994... Theatre and dance lighting designer Thomas R. Skelton died of lung cancer August 9 at his home in Akron, OH. He was 66. A three-time Tony Award nominee, he had a long, rich career designing for ballet, musical comedy, and the legitimate...

Glyndebourne reborn. (Sussex, England Opera House)(Theatre Architecture) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1994... Ever since John Christie built an opera house on the grounds of his Sussex, England manor estate in 1934, the Glyndebourne Festival Opera has been an eccentric blend of renowned performances and country charm. Originally a modest, 300-seat...

Rush: the rock band's new tour has a little bit of everything - especially bunnies. (Concerts - Production Design)
October 1, 1994... Nowadays, any major band with a reasonable budget can have a visually dynamic show--but only Rush has bunnies. Which, as the Canadian band approaches its twentieth anniversary next year, only goes to prove that time hasn't dulled its sense of...

Passion: Adrianne Lobel and Beverly Emmons bring color and light to a dark tale of obsessive love. (Theater-Scenery/Lighting)
October 1, 1994... In a hillside town outside Milan, a desperately unattractive woman falls hopelessly in love with a handsome soldier. Her love turns to passion, her passion into obsession. The soldier flees to the arms of his beloved, an alluring woman who,...

Dean Tavoularis: for this celebrated production designer, God is in the details. (Film - Production Design) (Interview)
October 1, 1994... It tends to be the little things that bug Dean Tavoularis when he sees a movie. Take newspaper headlines: "In movie newspapers, there's always a blank spot," he says. "They take something from the script, they put it in there, and it doesn't...

1994-95 book buyers guide. (performing arts) (Bibliography)
October 1, 1994... If it's October, it must be time for our annual look at new and interesting books (and some videos). As always, books are chosen for their relevance to TCI readers, although we have included various other performing arts volumes. Also...

Software review: LCS version 2.2.
October 1, 1994... It is rare that a new product is designed by audio manufacturers specifically for the entertainment industry, a small and unusual contingent of the audio spectrum, where the margin for profit is relatively small. If you are suprised that...

Viva Las Vegas: After-Hours Architecture.
October 1, 1994... By Alan Hess. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1993. 128 pp; 150 photographs. Paper: $18.95. ISBN# 0-8118-0111-X. With increasingly elaborate mega-resorts recently making their marks along the Vegas Strip, the Nevada playland is again...

The Art of Recording.
October 1, 1994... By William Moylan, PhD. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Rheinhold. 1992. 248 pp. Hardcover. ISBN # 0-442-00669-1. Subtitled "The Creative Resources of Music Production and Audi," The Art of Recording provides a close examination of the often...

Talking Pictures.
October 1, 1994... By Sylvia Shorris and Marion Abbott Bundy. New York: The New Press, 1994. 372 pp. Black and white illustrations, glossary. Cloth: $25. ISBN 1-56584-175-1. Through nearly 40 interviews with everyone behind the scenes from assistant...

'The Journey Inside.' (Intel/IMAX promotional film for Pentium chip; costume designer Durinda Wood) (Interview)
October 1, 1994... Costume designer Durinda Wood has traveled a long road from her second feature, Roger Corman's 1980, Z-budget Battle Beyond the Stars, to her latest, the IMAX production The Journey Inside. Along the way, she helped create a season's worth of...