![Broadway musical <em>Illinoise</em>’s sound mixer and designer Garth MacAleavy does his preparation for the evening show at the St. James Theatre in New York, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2000x3000+0+0/resize/2000x3000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2Ff2%2F040effc2498d8c73acd300897975%2F2024-06-12-soundmixer-mps-538-final.jpg)
They sit behind a console that looks like the bridge of a spaceship and use complicated technology to bring words from the actors mouth to the audience’s ears.
(Image credit: Marco Postigo Storel for NPR)
They sit behind a console that looks like the bridge of a spaceship and use complicated technology to bring words from the actors mouth to the audience’s ears.
(Image credit: Marco Postigo Storel for NPR)