March 7, 2010
AT “The Orphans’ Home Cycle” titles and dates move across the screen
like “Star Wars” credits taking a detour. At “Fela!” newspaper
headlines like “Fela Declares Self ‘Black Power Man’ ” pop up on a
screen. Even at “Safe Home,” a low-budget, bare-bones production that
opened Off Broadway this year, scene changes were announced with 1950s
newsreel footage.
Lately, it seems, going to the theater is a lot like going to the
movies. There’s often a screen upstage, and either film footage, photo
stills or a combination of the two — collectively known as projections
— are part of the show. So much so that the Yale School of Drama is
going to offer a full-fledged projection design program starting this
fall. Now you can major in it. Click www.nytimes.com for the whole story.
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