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Rigging 101: Judging the Weight of the Load
June 3, 2014When you don’t know the weight of a drop, a piece of scenery, or the lights you’re loading onto a batten, how do you […]
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Healing Wounded U.S. Veterans Through Music
May 27, 2014Reveille…The Star Spangled Banner…Semper Fidelis…Anchors Aweigh…Taps Music has played an important role in U.S. military service – to inspire, to celebrate and to mourn […]
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Fact or Fiction: Current NYC Theatre Quiz
May 20, 2014New York City relishes its avant-garde role in theatrical arts, with a variety of experimental productions that redefine and challenge conventional dramatic structure. How […]
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Acoustical Shells 101: Super, Sonic Connection
May 13, 2014From an occasional series… To understand the benefits of acoustical shells in music performances, first consider typical auditorium architecture: stage and audience area separated […]
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Battle of the Senses: Enhancement or Distraction?
May 6, 2014Should symphony orchestra concerts feature giant video walls with dynamic images synchronized to music? Or should such concerts emphasize only music, offering an audio-only […]
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Rigging 101: The Mysterious Language of Rigging
April 29, 2014If you’ve spent a single day working on a stage crew, you know that technical theatre has its own language with lots of unfamiliar […]
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“Hillbilly Music” No Longer – Country Music’s Rise
April 22, 2014Once relegated to static-filled AM radios or denigrated as “hillbilly music”, country music is flexing its muscle – in recordings and live concerts – […]
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Broadway…at the Movies?
April 15, 2014Broadway theatre in New York City, like other segments of the U.S. performing arts industry, competes for audiences against an increasing variety of at-home, […]
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Appreciating the Art$?
April 8, 2014Two recent news stories in the New York Times caught our eye as an interesting juxtaposition of the “value” placed on the performing arts […]