Stage Directions

TimeLine Theatre Company announces that it has completed the purchase of property located at 5033–5035 North Broadway Avenue in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The property, which encompasses a five-story, 45,120-square-foot warehouse building plus a vacant lot near the corner of Broadway and Argyle, is planned as the site of a renovated facility to house the theater’s future operations and to support and expand its mission of presenting plays inspired by history that connect to today’s social and political issues.

Tisch Drama and its Production & Design Studio welcomed award-winning costume and production designer Jenny Tiramani for a special event surrounding the American launch of her new book in the Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion series: Patterns of Fashion 5: The Cut and Construction of Bodies, Stays, Hoops and Rumps c.1595 –1795. 

I was saddened to hear of the death of my high school drama teacher, Ray LeBlanc. Ray was my first mentor in theater and I learned quite a lot under his tutelage when I was part of the Theatre Department at Columbus East High School from 1976 through 1979. Studying with Ray was what instilled my love of theater and his guidance set me on the path that I took through theater and to where I am today. I owe him quite a lot. Ray was the drama teacher at East High School from 1974-1995. Requiescat in Pace, Mr. LeBlanc.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), a world-class arts destination, celebrated its 21st year in October. Since its opening night, NJPAC has drawn more than 9 million patrons hosting an array of internationally renowned performers on its stages including dance companies with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and American Ballet Theatre; classical music and jazz, including the TD James Moody Jazz Festival and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra season. NJPAC Head of Audio Paul Allshouse uses Lectrosonics Duet digital IEM wireless monitor system with M2T transmitters and M2R receivers to provide quality sound for clients and performers, supporting a vital part of the center’s expression.

Jeff Alexander, a longtime sales and marketing executive with Sennheiser and Neumann USA passed away on Monday, December 17, 2018. A popular and well-known figure in pro audio — both in live and studio circles — he was 56. Here's an obituary from George Petersen, Editor of FOH magazine.

In the spirit of the season, Elation Professional is offering free access to an Elation Educational Experience (E3) course held by ETCP Recognized Trainer and author Richard Cadena. The course was held over a two-day period earlier in the year at the Elation headquarters in Los Angeles. Elation has made the complete course available to all via the links below – a full 8 hours of content.

For a second year the d&b audiotechnik team will be heading to NAMM 2019 at the Anaheim Convention Center, California. From 24-27 January booth #17915 and demo room #204A will be alive with all the latest developments from the German pro audio company, including the international introduction of the SL-Series’ KSL System, a line array offering nothing short of full range directivity control to sound reinforcement projects of any genre, medium or large, mobile or installed.

An audio reinforcement system based on Meyer Sound CAL™ 64 column array loudspeakers has boosted the performing arts at The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs by providing exceptional flexibility and superlative sound quality in the school’s new 635-seat theater. Equipped with advanced beam steering and beam splitting capabilities, the discreet CAL loudspeakers ensure clear articulation for spoken word and amplified events within a relatively reverberant room acoustic that is eminently suitable for jazz bands and choral performances.

DiGiCo announced the acquisition of KLANG:technologies as a key new addition to the Audiotonix family that already includes leading audio brands Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiGrid, Solid State Logic, and DiGiCo. The deal, which was concluded last week, further brings together some of the most influential and innovative brands within the professional audio industry.

British stage designer, Ralph Koltai, died on December 15, 2018 at the age of 94. Here is a video of his World Scene Design 2017 Scenofest Keynote speech. {youtube} v=muARUC0mVeo{/youtube}