Theater on the Web

Theater consultants and architects are promoting themselves on the Web. Here are a few links to their sites.

How could these links be used as resources for designers? For audience members? For architects?

How do theater consultants contribute to planning the architecture of a theater space? What are some design problems inherent to the industry? What are some specific problems that architects have to solve when designing a performance space? How does the design of a temporary performance space differ from that of a permanent space?

American Society of Theatre Consultants
(http://www.theatreconsultants.org)

ASTC is a site that is focused on architectural services for performance spaces.

Robert Davis Inc. Theater Consulting Service
(http://www.rdavisinc.com)

A theater space architectural firm. See especially the links to articles on designing theater spaces.

ETEC, Entertainment Design
(http://www.etecnyc.net/ed.html)

The latest architectural projects for entertainment spaces.

There are also sites on the Web that have information about specific theater spaces.
Period and Style for Designers (http://www.tulane.edu/lester/text/lester.html) This site provides access to photographs of historical theater architecture from the ancients to the modernists.



Stagespecs (http://www.stagespecs.com) A database of technical specifications of theaters across the United States and Canada.

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