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The Difference Between Scrims, Cycloramas, and Backdrops
What exactly is the difference between a backdrop, scrim, and cyclorama? These terms are used at times as if they are interchangeable. That would be incorrect….and confusing to those...
Read MoreWhy Arts Programs Need to Be Saved
Most of us who keep up with world events know that as the national economy fluctuates so does funding for school arts programs. Music, drama, art, and band classes...
Read MoreElements of a Great Set Design
Set design has evolved from the once bare minimum of furniture and simple backdrops, to technological feats of massive proportion. As the technology evolves and advances, there are countless...
Read MoreScenic Design Ideas
Whether you are looking for a simple scenic design, or a complex, changeable stage design, Charles H. Stewart offers a wide variety of backdrops designed to accommodate most high...
Read MoreStage Lighting Mistakes
Stage lighting involves more than just lighting the stage and actors on it with varying degrees and hues of lights; it is about creating a mood, focusing the attention...
Read MoreA Little Early History of Stage Design
Today’s scenery and set design in theatrical productions can range from extremely simplistic to deliriously technical. Sometimes it is fun to look back at how far we have come...
Read MoreElements of Great Stage Design
Designing a set for a theater productions, whether it is large or small in scale, can be overwhelming. Professionals know that there are many parts of the performance that...
Read MoreFinding Scholarships for the Theater-bound Grads
So when you told your parents you were heading to college to study theater and hoped to make it on Broadway or in some other stage production city, did...
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