Theatre Design & Technology - May 1970 - 4

THEATRE

DESIGN

AND

TECHNOLOGY

NUMBER TWENTY-ONE

MAY 1970

Journal of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology
245 West 52nd St., New York 10019 Tel: 212-PL 7-7138
MIDWEST SECTION: US ITT, c/o Goodman Memorial Theatre, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

SOUTH ERN CALIFORNIA SECTION: USITT, 10509 Sandal Lane, Los
Angeles, California 90024.

CONTENTS

GUEST EDITOR
J. Wesley Zeigler

3 BROADWA Y REFASHIONED-A USITT Seminar
21

VISIONS IN SPACE-Seminar on Scenic Projections

28 Theatrical Uses of Air Flotation Systems.
Crawford

John C.

31 High Intensity Xenon Lamp. Joseph P. Kearney and
Nicholas J. Rainone
34 Recent Developments. Gary W. Gaiser

Managing Editor
Donald H. Swinney, Hofstra University
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Gary W. Gaiser, Indiana University
Joe McCarthy (USITT NEWSLETIERl. Pennsylvania Department of Education
Thomas Watson, University of Delaware

37 Books to Review. Thomas J. Watson

EDITORIAL BOARD

38 Theatre Design and Technology in the Dance: A Bibliography. Robert Teitelbaum

Edward C. Cole; Yale University
Wendell Cole; Stanford University
Eric Pawley; University of Southern California
Robert Wolff; Carnegie-Mellon University

Cover:
The entrance tunnel of the Electric Circus in New York City
is a startling example of new design imagery. The participants in USITI's "Visions in Space" seminar in June,
1969, climaxed their meeting with a visit to the Electric
Circus. See pages 21-27.
(Photo courtesy of Theatre Crafts Magazine)

(ex officio)
C. Ray Smith (President); Progressive Architecture
Arthur Benline (1st Vice-President)
David Thayer (2nd Vice-President); University of Iowa
Ed Peterson (Technical Secretary); Kliegl Brothers Lighting
Charles Levy (Secretary);
Terry Wells (Treasurer); Pennsylvania State University
Donald Swinney (Past President); Hofstra University
Alex Lacy (Administration Committee)
Graeme Whitlaw (Architecture Committee)
Edward F. Kook (Engineering Committee)
Anne Folke Wells (Presentation Committee)

CIRCULATION MANAGER
Marge Sundgaard

Publication of the USITT Journal is in part made possible by the following sustaining members.

SUSTAINING MEMBERS (AS OF JANUARY, 1970)
Peter Albrecht Corp.
J. B. Lansing Sound
American Seating Company
Little Stage Lighting
Bolt, Beranek & Newman
Maior Corporation
I. M. Pei & Partners
Century Strand
J. R. Clancy Comp3ny
Jean Rosenthal Associates, Inc.
Electronics Diversified, Inc.
Sylvania Electric Products
Tiffin Scenic Studios
General Electric Company
Hub Electric Company
Ward Leonard Electric Company
Kliegl Bros. Lighting
Wenger Corporation

EDITORIAL OFFICES. . . . . ..
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THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, official journal of the U. S. Institute for Theatre Technology, is published four times a year in February,
May, October and December.
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Libraries may subscribe separately at the rate of $12.00 per year, payable in U. S. Currency.
Membership: Individual membership in USITT is $20.00 annually. InQuiries regarding this and other classes of membership in the Institute
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Besides the journal members receive a bi-monthly USITT Newsletter
and Administration Supplement and can benefit from the other services
and research programs of the Institute.

NOTES FROM THE NEW YORK OFFICE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE:
With the appearance of THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY Number 20, Editor Ned Bowman resigned his position in order to pursue other
activities in the field of technical theatre. We shall miss Ned's imagination and energy, which he devoted to the magazine.
Guest Editor for this issue is J. Wesley Zeigler, theatrical producer and consultant, and also editor of THEATRE TODAY, published by AIDART
next door to us in the ANTA Theatre building in New York.
Our new advertising program, inaugurated with this issue, has been directed by Managing Editor Donald Swinney. We welcome our advertisers
and look forward to more in future issues.
SPECIAL OFFER:
In celebration of USITT's 10th Anniversary, we are offering, for a limited time only, bound volumes of THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY,
Numbers 1-15. They are specially priced at $40.00, plus handling and postage. We need to know the number desired, in order to have the
volumes prepared. Please inform the New York office of your interest as soon as possible.

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MAY, 1970

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