Dialogue
Theater educators sing dulcet praise for SD while a top manufacturer addresses an omission.

In The Greenroom
IATSE shuffles its board, Dodger Costumes relocates, a Tony Award-winning producer/director goes Ivy League and Minneapolis’ CTC advances a position.
By Fiona Kirk

Roundup Rumble
The Internet offers a gold mine of possibilities for audio effects.
By Bruce Bartlett

Toys Of The Trade
This month’s menu overflows with useful products for designers.

Light On The Subject
New technologies and approaches to color are changing the lighting
industry. Find out how.
By John McDowell

Theater Space
Once in acoustical and structural disrepair, the Philadelphia Academy
of Music is looking and sounding better than ever following a 10-year overhaul.
By Lewis Whittington

Conference Report
Eschewing cold for heat, USITT mounts its 44th annual event in sunny Southern California.
By Iris Dorbian

Main Stage
Stop In The Name Of Safety
For those considering using special effects in their next production, here are a few tips and caveats to consider.
By Jerry Gorrell

Show Tech U.
An Orlando school offers exceptional training in staging live entertainment—in just 13 months.
By Rafaela Ellis

Spotlight:
Wilmington, DE
Delaware Theatre Company
Aided by state and civic support, this thriving mid-Atlantic troupe is undergoing a renaissance reflected in its programming and environs.
By Heidi Russell Rafferty

Cab Calloway High School of the Arts
Young people are getting an intense induction into tech theater thanks to this inner city high school’s training program.
By Heidi Russell Rafferty

SPECIAL SECTION
Musical Theater
Irreverently Yours
Inspired by the notorious tabloid talk show, London’s smash hit Jerry Springer: The Opera is taking Britain by storm.
By Laurence Bouvard

Someday My High-Tech Prince Will Come
Using skilled theater artists, a new musical based on a classic fairy tale opens at Disneyland.
By Evan Henerson

Mr. Broadway
A provocative conversation with Stewart Lane, one of the producers of this season’s Broadway hit revival Fiddler on the Roof.
By Fiona Kirk

Encore
Off The Shelf
Watch out Donald Trump! Mastering the business of theater dictates these offerings.
By Stephen Peithman

The Play's The Thing
Ah, the unplumbed darkness of the human mind. Freud and his disciples would have a field day with this month’s installment.
By Stephen Peithman

Curtain Call
A smash on Broadway, Movin’ Out, the song-and-dance collaboration by the original piano man, Billy Joel, and trailblazing choreographer Twyla Tharp launches its first national tour.
By Iris Shih