[Video] Bass Hall Virtual Backstage Tour
Ever wondered what’s above the dome? How exactly do we lower the orchestra pit and where do the front chairs go? And where exactly do those spotlights come from? Join Technical Director Charles McCormick as he walks us through some of the lesser seen parts of Bass Hall.
[Video] Mark’s Top Ten: The Bradley Symphony Center
President and Executive Director Mark Niehaus walks through his top 10 favorite things about the new home of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Bradley Symphony Center.
CI TO EYE Podcast With Joshua Dachs

In this episode, Joshua and Erik lift the curtain on the mysteries of theater design. They discuss how seat layout impacts the way comedy is received, why some roadhouses have “absurd capacities,” and why Broadway theaters are so uncomfortable.
Read More[ VIDEO ] Fundación Teatro a Mil’s Sixth National Programmers Meeting – TeatroHoy: Rethinking space
Our very own Joshua Dachs weighs in on the conversation “Repensar el espacio. Cómo imaginamos los teatros del futuro” – Rethinking space. How we imagine the theaters of the future. Presented by Fundación Teatro a Mil and HowlRound Theatre Commons
End Structural Racism In America
Here at FDA we’re committed to working toward ending structural racism in America. We certainly don’t have all the solutions, but we can listen, we can learn, and we can act. FDA commits to the following actions:
Read MoreCoronavirus Resources
As you’re aware, there’s a lot of discussion and emotion swirling around the spread of the Coronavirus. We’re relying on information provided by the CDC, the WHO, the U.S. State Department, and state and local health departments to keep informed. We’d like to share the resources we’ve found helpful, as well as industry-related news. We’ll update this list on an ongoing basis.
Read MoreNew Rice University music building to be named Brockman Hall for Opera
Rice University’s new music building will be named Brockman Hall for Opera and the 84,000-square-foot structure, along with Alice Pratt Brown Hall and its adjoining plaza, will be christened the Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center.
The lead donor for the project is the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust.
Slated to open in late 2020, the Shepherd School of Music’s new building will house the Lucian and Nancy Morrison Theater, a three-tiered, 600-seat, European-style theater with an orchestra pit for 70 musicians. It will be the first theater with this particular configuration among U.S. universities and conservatories.
MSO announces new venue will be called the Bradley Symphony Center
After saying goodbye to one Bradley Center, it’s time to say hello to another.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announced Thursday afternoon that the former Warner Grand Theater — which the orchestra has been working to renovate into its new home for a couple years now — will be named the Bradley Symphony Center, in honor of Harry and Peg Bradley, after receiving a $52 million naming rights gift.
Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall to Get Long-Awaited Revamp
On Monday, Lincoln Center officials revealed a new $550 million plan to remake the New York Philharmonic’s home, David Geffen Hall. The revamp, with Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects focusing on the performance space and the New York firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designing the public areas, will leave the stately but modern exterior of the 1962 Max Abramovitz-designed building virtually untouched. It is the latest in a series of proposals meant to address the hall’s long-criticized acoustics, lack of intimacy, and its drab interior ambiance. Among these earlier efforts was a 2015 scheme by Diamond Schmitt and London’s Heatherwick Studio, chosen after an invited competition but then abandoned two years ago.