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Blue Jacket--Historical outdoor drama
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...olition-greene-county/HiZrElPHDrcE48wszMxPJP/ As a young'un, I interviewed with them at one of those SETC-type events. The interviewer said, "So if you want to...
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2 questions about early 1900 theater electrics
Question 1. What might have been the purpose of the rail around this 1903 switchboard? It was located to the right of proscenium arch. Was rail to protect the board, the operator or others on the...
View ArticleWestinghouse Stage Lights
Hi all, See lots posted about old Kiegl Brothers and Strand, and others... But don't remember seeing anything about Westinghouse. At the Palace Theatre in London Ontario (Owned by London Community...
View ArticleTheatre History sites to check out.
For you history buffs, I strongly recommend checking out the following two sites. The first, Dry Pigment, is a copious volume of historical pictures, dialogue and information, added to daily. It is...
View ArticleUpstage galleries
Toured a 1920s theatre today. Vaudvile house. Narrow building. No evidence of left or right galleries. Pjnrail at stage level. Wood walk on grid. And an upstage gallery/catwalk....
View ArticleA History of World Lighting Control pre-1960
Attached is a fascinating paper given by James Templeton Wood of Strand Electric to an association in South Africa in 1960. It's a pretty comprehensive survey of world stage lighting control before the...
View ArticleQuartz Klieglights!
I have in my files a rather complete set of the Kliegl interim data sheets from their introduction of their new "all-quartz" line of fixtures introduced between about 1966 and the early 1970s. Those...
View ArticleBrontosaurus Burger remembrances
This is a good article on a bit of Broadway history: https://punchdrink.com/articles/mch...vGR2xI2L731S217YS8bwQyFoq1AiA44ODSfzMpYNhBUsg
View ArticleSennheiser MKE2 History
After watching the new Bohemian Rhapsody movie I was curious about the setup for Live Aid and came across this old copy of Study Sound, circa December 1985, which had a good bit of info on the Hill...
View ArticleList of working Hemp Houses?
Does anyone know of any list of currently working hemp houses in the north east...or anywhere at this point? Thanks
View ArticleRemembering touring focusing cloths . . .
Do you remember when bus 'n truck tours used to have a narrow annotated length of canvas that the head carp' would position on your center line then decide which of his items he'd be hanging on your...
View ArticleTouring focus cloths
Do you remember when bus 'n truck tours used to have a narrow annotated length of canvas that the head carp' would position on your center line then decide which of his items he'd be hanging on your...
View ArticleA video about lime lights and a question.
So I made this video demonstrating the lime light effect using stuff you could find at the hardware store, figured it might be of interest here. I turned off auto white balance, but due to the rather...
View ArticleNew part of the website?
Interesting new part of the forum, and interesting to see my post about a completely different light as per a years ago post by me now about a new light for me I'm reading and learning about. Different...
View ArticleDonate Old Industry Magazines
Hello, I'm in the process of some serious purging and would like to know if my collection of industry magazines (Live Design, Lighting & Sound America, and Stage Directions) from roughly 2006-2010...
View ArticleColortran Console brochures - 1980s
Here are some recent scans of the 1988 Colortran line of consoles - The Prestige 3000, 2000, & 1000, the Scenemaster 60, and the Patchman. These consoles have a lot of nostalgic value for me as the...
View ArticleBackstage at the Fox
dvsDave submitted a new resource: Backstage at the Fox - A blog about the history of the Atlanta Fox [autolink]Theatre[/autolink] by Bob Foreman Fox Fact, a blog that serves as the Companion site to...
View ArticleTIFFIN SCENIC STUDIO CATALOG (1926) COMPLETE
dvsDave submitted a new resource: TIFFIN SCENIC STUDIO CATALOG (1926) COMPLETE - PDF Scan of complete Tiffen Scenic Studio Catalog from 1926 by BOB Foreman @BOB FOREMAN , who runs the Vintage Theatre...
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ATLANTA FOX THEATRE COLORED ENTRANCE and the METROPOLITAN OPERA
ATLANTA FOX THEATRE COLORED ENTRANCE For two decades, the annual spring tour of the New York Metropolitan Opera played the Atlanta Fox Theatre. In 1961, the opera company wa... foxfact.blogspot.com
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