It's been a busy week here at TheatreFace, so rather than whipping-up something more, I'm going to refer you to three very interesting conversations already in-play.…

I went out to get in the car today and found that one of the tires was decidedly flat on one side. “No big deal,” I thought, “I’ll just put on the spare and take the flat one to the tire shop for repair.” After a bit of grunting and groaning to get out a jack, bust loose the stuck lug nuts, and remove the defunct tire, I proceeded back to the trunk and retrieved the micro-doughnut spare tire. I put it in place and…

On Saturday night, August 13, 2011, and estimated crowd of 12,000 assembled to watch the band Sugarland play at the Indiana State Fair. The sky was covered with dark clouds, there was lightning shooting out of them, and a huge gust of wind, typical of Midwest summer storms, came across the venue, caught the tarp covered canopy some 50-60 feet in the air, and folded the portable structure over like it was…

Records of the use, abuse, and upkeep of your equipment can help you to plan for the eventual periodic maintenance or replacement of equipment. If you don’t keep any records and just wait for it to fail, then you may have to spend money (and frequently in a big hurry) to repair or replace the damaged device.…

As the world has watched the devastation unfold in Japan over the last six days, it has been amazing to see the calm and orderly fashion with which both the government and public sectors have responded. It should bring to light for all of us that we should have emergency plans prepared and rehearsed for both our personal and professional lives.…

“We very very very rarely have any sort of dancers onstage so a dance surface isn't a huge concern.” — a comment heard at many theatre planning meetings.

Stage floors are a common point of controversy in many facilities. The use of the floor can vary greatly, and so the performance characteristics must suit a wide range of needs. There…

Last week Rich Dionne talked about Fail Safe Design (: http://www.theatreface.com/profiles/blogs/fail-safe-design) and how you assemble equipment so that a failure of one component won’t bring your effect or crew to its knees and leave your show in a bind. This concept is also addressed in the way we do things, too. Its call Process…

Few Architects or School Administrators truly understand the inner workings of theatres or lecture halls as a production space. Most of the public think that "elves and fairies come in the night" and put on a show. …

For those of you that missed it in the news – A major Broadway Musical production of SpiderMan suffered a serious publicity snafu last week when the aerialist playing Spidey took and unexpected 30 foot dive off of the scenery. (…