Interesting article about backstage in Las Vegas. It includes some backstage photos from [user]gafftaper[/user]'s favorite Vegas show.
Professor Joe Aldridge, coordinator of UNLV’s Entertainment, Engineering and Design program ... a stagehand in multiple Strip shows in the 1980s, says many of the behind-the-scenes job titles remain from past years: rigger, spotlight operator, soundboard controller. The need to think quickly and respond to the unexpected also remains. It’s the equipment that’s changed, as well as the education needed to understand and operate it.