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Tony Meola |
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Tony Meola
Veteran sound designer Tony Meola talks about the many issues involved in designing such musicals as Wicked and The Lion King on Broadway and around the world, dissecting such issues as changes in technology over the course of his 30 year career, whether the theatre has lost something with the rise of the amplified voice, microphone placement at the hairline vs. the jawline, and why its hard to have two performers singing a romantic song face to face, only inches apart, on stage. He also describes his own growth as a designer, from his earliest days on the electrics crew at The Public Theater on a new show called A Chorus Line to his "big break" thanks to Jerry Zaks on the 1987 revival of Anything Goes to the nuances of sound in his design of the recent revival of The Ritz to what factors he uses to decide whether to sign on to design a production.
Original air date - August 8, 2008
Running Time - 55:52
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