LD Ben Hagen was this year’s winner of the Wally Russell Most Promising Newcomer Award, which was presented at the LDI2008 Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening, October 25, in Las Vegas. Here are a few comments from Ben about his experience at the show:

“I have had a chance to return home and collect my reactions to this year’s LDI in Las Vegas. This year’s conference was particularly exciting for more

So, I have been remiss in reporting about an event that occurred the day following LDI, but I have good reason. I had no photos, and that’s only because I had the distinct honor of being them maid of honor at the wedding of Swedish production manager Ola Melzig and PR pro Joan Lyman (now Lyman Melzig).

The Monday just after LDI (October 27), lighting designers, manufacturers, family, and friends from more

I attended a press preview today of “Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance,” a free exhibition opening Monday, November 17 to the public at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center). The Library and the League of Professional Theatre Women have collaborated on the project, which will be open through May 2, 2009.

The exhibition features costume, set, lighting, and more

Last night’s historic spectacle in Grant Park, in which Barack Obama claimed victory as the next President of the United States, featured a simple design by Bruce Rodgers, the same man who designed the Democratic National Convention. The monochromatic stage–a muted blue, no doubt symbolizing the blue states, was punctuated by a veritable sea of American flags, which were not only lined up more

Here’s a post from Gizmodo on that slightly cool, slightly creepy hologram toy that the CNN talking heads were playing with last night:

“CNN’s holographic election coverage is fancy pantsy, but how did they manage to send 3D 360 degree footage of virtual correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago all the way to the station’s election center in NY? As Arthur C. Clarke says, Magic. A magic made possible from technology by more