Living for Design: What are the Thematic Threads Running through this Special Section's Cluster of Articles about Contemporary Stage Design? (Special Section).(Brief Article)
American Theatre, November, 2001 by O'Quinn, Jim
ONE IS MONEY--specifically, in Marjorie Bradley Kellogg's article, how the ever-rising costs of the design process make life difficult for freelancers attempting to conduct careers in thc not-for-profit arena. The sound designers in Lenora Inez Brown's interview strike a different note, contending that as their burgeoning craft comes into its own, it can save theatres money: "It's much cheaper for a producer to hire us to render a scene aurally than it would be to do it with scenic elements," John Gromada sensibly points out.
Money's on the minds of the master designers ...
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