This post is a kind of review of one of the most striking performances on Broadway in terms of sound design and the function of sound in a theatre performance. The play is The Encounter, currently ending a 16-week run at The Golden Theatre in NYC. The Broadway show is not the first run for…
THE UNUSUAL HISTORY OF THE AUDIOBOOK
Book review: The Untold Story of the Talking Book by Matthew Rubery Harvard University Press (November 14, 2016), 384 pages I thought I knew all about “talking books.” When I was a child my mother was hired by a blind attorney in our neighborhood to come over and read to him. Later I was aware…
FIVE MYTHS ABOUT MEDIA PRODUCTION USING VOICE
The human voice may be the most powerful tool of communication in existence. Even very ancient orators have been lauded throughout history. Until nearly the end of the 19th century it was impossible to preserve human speech. One had to be there to listen in person. With the invention of the phonograph (first cylinder then…