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News Archive - May 2023

(5/30/2023)

-In Memoriam: Robin Wagner

In Memoriam: Robin Wagner

Robin Wagner, arguably the most successful and influential Broadway set designer of his generation, died May 29. He was 89 and died in his sleep.
Born in 1933, Wagner, a native of San Francisco, attended Balboa High School ...
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(5/30/2023)

-Custom Painted MA301fet Microphone to Raise Funds for Turkish Recovery Fund

Custom Painted MA301fet Microphone to Raise Funds for Turkish Recovery Fund

Mojave Audio, a manufacturer of high-quality microphones for the recording industry, has partnered with the Help In Harmony movement in a fundraising event aimed at supporting Turkish earthquake survivor recovery efforts. Close to ...More

(5/30/2023)

-Lotus Blooms with Robe

Lotus Blooms with Robe

Popular Philadelphia-based jam band Lotus evolved their own distinctive "jambatronica" sound and style and brought this to the instrumental bedrock of the jam genre. In an exhilarating rave-tastic collage of electronica, hip hop, ...More

(5/30/2023)

-Amy D Lux Joins 3LR Design, Part of 3LR Group

Amy D Lux Joins 3LR Design, Part of 3LR Group

3LR Design, a global design and consultancy firm with a focus on creating meaningful user experiences for unique projects, announces the arrival of Amy D Lux, who joins the consulting team.
"Amy has designed and ...
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(5/30/2023)

-Cinewav Adds Sound to Vivid Sydney

Cinewav Adds Sound to Vivid Sydney

On an unprecedented scale at Vivid Sydney 2023, May 26 to June 17, visitors will be able to discover a whole new way of experiencing immersive, super-sized light and animations with their own personalized cinematic quality audio. Vivid ...More

(5/30/2023)

-Alfalite Appoints Vitech US Inc Master Distributor in Latin America

Alfalite Appoints Vitech US Inc Master Distributor in Latin America

Alfalite, the only European manufacturer of LED screens according to the company, announces a distribution agreement signed with Vitech US Inc. for this Miami-based company to be the master distributor of the manufacturer in ...More

(5/30/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Bees & Honey (MCC Theater/The Sol Project)

Theatre in Review: Bees & Honey (MCC Theater/The Sol Project)

Bees & Honey begins charmingly and ends in well-earned sorrow; in the middle, however, this collection of scenes from a Dominican-American marriage dawdles rather noticeably. Playwright Guadalís Del Carmen has a fine ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/26/2023)

-Check Out the InfoComm Mobile App

Check Out the InfoComm Mobile App

Attendees of this year's InfoComm are invited to download the InfoComm 2023 mobile app, to manage their show experience.
Find exhibitors, search sessions, browse new products, explore events, and more. ...
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(5/26/2023)

-Introducing InfoComm Sports Live

Introducing InfoComm Sports Live

Experience esports in action at InfoComm 2023! InfoComm Esports Live will showcase a collegiate esports venue right on the show floor. Features include live match play competitions, esports expert presenters and tech at the coach's stage, ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Over 600 Robe Moving Lights Help Dazzle at 2023 Eurovision Sing Contest

Over 600 Robe Moving Lights Help Dazzle at 2023 Eurovision Sing Contest

Award-winning lighting designer Tim Routledge and a hugely talented team of creatives and technical specialists -- working across multiple disciplines -- helped deliver a dazzling, slick, streamlined, and highly emotional 2023 ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Hoopty Lights and ETC's Halcyons Hit the Highway with Parker McCollum

Hoopty Lights and ETC's Halcyons Hit the Highway with Parker McCollum

While there is some debate over the precise spelling of "hoopty" (some have it as hooptie), there is no argument over its definition. The Cambridge dictionary primly calls it "an old vehicle in bad condition," while the Urban dictionary ...More

(5/26/2023)

-AV Stumpfl Screens are the Gold Standard for Greta Van Fleet

AV Stumpfl Screens are the Gold Standard for Greta Van Fleet

AV Stumpfl's industry-standard Monoblox projection screens helped deliver visual impact for Dreams in Gold, the latest, critically acclaimed world tour by Grammy-winning rock revivalists Greta Van Fleet. ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Light Artist Christopher Bauder and KiNK Present AXION at TRANSFIX in Las Vegas

Light Artist Christopher Bauder and KiNK Present AXION at TRANSFIX in Las Vegas

Christopher Bauder, a light artist from the design and art studio WHITEvoid, and KiNK, an electronic music producer, have collaborated to create AXION, a large-scale outdoor art installation and unique multi-sensory experience. ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Gateway Theater Revamps Its Performance Spaces with JBL Professional

Gateway Theater Revamps Its Performance Spaces with JBL Professional

To equip Gateway Theater with impactful sound, Electronics & Engineering Pte Ltd (E&E) and Harman Professional Solutions selected and installed next-generation JBL Professional loudspeakers and Crown amplification. ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Paramore Takes This Is Why Worldwide with L-Acoustics K2

Paramore Takes This Is Why Worldwide with L-Acoustics K2

Following the February release of their sixth studio album, This Is Why, Paramore traveled to South America in March and the United Kingdom in April for brief tours supporting the group's highly-anticipated follow-up to 2017's Aft ...More

(5/26/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Primary Trust (Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Primary Trust (Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre)

Is there anything sadder than William Jackson Harper's smile in Primary Trust? To be sure, its wattage is considerable; every time it appears, the stage becomes a brighter place. But it is a piece of defensive armor, a ...More

(5/25/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/25/2023)

-Listen Technologies to Exhibit at InfoComm 2023

Listen Technologies to Exhibit at InfoComm 2023

Listen Technologies Corporation is headed to InfoComm 2023 in Orlando, June 10-16. Listen Technologies will celebrate a milestone anniversary, debut a new assistive listening system, and demonstrate its full suite of assistive ...More

(5/25/2023)

-Introducing the Atellio Family at InfoComm

Introducing the Atellio Family at InfoComm

AUDAC introduces the award-winning Atellio family during InfoComm, June 14-16, 2023, in Orlando, Florida.
The new product family consists of four central pillars:
• The Luna series Audio matrix processors
• The NCP ...
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(5/25/2023)

-New Sessions and Sponsors Announced for Upcoming AES Audio Archiving, Preservation and Restoration Conference

New Sessions and Sponsors Announced for Upcoming AES Audio Archiving, Preservation and Restoration Conference

Organizers of the upcoming AES 2023 Audio Archiving, Preservation and Restoration Conference (AAP&R), taking place June 1 - 3 at the U.S. Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia, have ...More

(5/25/2023)

-Atlanta's House of Music Productions Increases Claypaky Rental Inventory and Becomes Partner for Resale, Etc.

Atlanta's House of Music Productions Increases Claypaky Rental Inventory and Becomes Partner for Resale, Etc.

Atlanta's House of Music Productions, an event production services company offering lighting, staging, AV production, broadcast streaming and product rentals to a wide array of markets, has expanded its rental inventory of Claypaky ...More

(5/25/2023)

-Christ Community Church Elevates Worship Experience with Elation Fuze Lighting Upgrade

Christ Community Church Elevates Worship Experience with Elation Fuze Lighting Upgrade

One of five Christ Community campuses in the greater Chicago area, Christ Community's St. Charles/South Elgin location recently received a key lighting and house lighting upgrade of Elation Professional More

(5/25/2023)

-JBL Professional VTX Series Powers Two Days of Live Electronic Dance Music at CRSSD Festival

JBL Professional VTX Series Powers Two Days of Live Electronic Dance Music at CRSSD Festival

JBL Professional collaborated with Show Imaging and FNGRS CRSSD to power a weekend of high-energy musical performances with a distributed live sound reinforcement solution consisting of JBL VTX Series line array speakers and ...More

(5/25/2023)

-Meyer Sound PANTHER Spreads the Jams at Daze Between New Orleans Festival

Meyer Sound PANTHER Spreads the Jams at Daze Between New Orleans Festival

For two days in early May, Daze Between New Orleans offered up a piquant musical jambalaya with headliners Goose joined on the main stage by Melt, Lawrence, David Shaw and George Porter Jr. and Runnin' Pardners. The ...More

(5/25/2023)

-Theatre in Review: King James (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)

Theatre in Review: King James (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)

Sports fandom as a vehicle for friendship -- or, maybe, a substitute for it -- is the subject of Rajiv Joseph's new comedy; it's an especially pressing question when the characters hail from Cleveland, a town where the fans' hopes ...More

(5/24/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/24/2023)

-LightFair Names Best Overall Winner of IALD-curated Immersive Lighting Installations

LightFair Names Best Overall Winner of IALD-curated Immersive Lighting Installations

"Immersive Lighting Installations program and recognizes the exceptional vision and outstanding presentation of the winning manufacturer-designer team," says Dan Darby, show director. "These collaborative lighting installations ...More

(5/24/2023)

-ROE Visual Launches Dubai Office and Demonstration Center to Strengthen Presence in the MEA Region

ROE Visual Launches Dubai Office and Demonstration Center to Strengthen Presence in the MEA Region

ROE Visual announces the launch of its subsidiary office in Dubai, UAE. This occasion marks another milestone in the company's ongoing international expansion and will enable ROE Visual to serve its ever-expanding customer base and ...More

(5/24/2023)

-PK Sound Welcomes Pulse Production Group to PK Alliance

PK Sound Welcomes Pulse Production Group to PK Alliance

PK Sound has welcomed Pulse Production Group from Frisco, TX, to the PK Alliance partner network following the firm's investment in a T10 robotic line source system. As an Alliance Member, Pulse can augment its T10 system with ...More

(5/24/2023)

-SDG Expands its Lighting Rental Inventory with the Acquisition of Ayrton Diablo-S Fixtures

SDG Expands its Lighting Rental Inventory with the Acquisition of Ayrton Diablo-S Fixtures

Las Vegas-based Show & Design Group (SDG) has made its first investment in Ayrton lighting fixtures with the purchase of 24 Diablo-S units. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America. ...More

(5/24/2023)

-Winnipeg Jets Score With ADJ's Vizi Beam 12RX

Winnipeg Jets Score With ADJ's Vizi Beam 12RX

The Winnipeg Jets ice hockey team is utilizing 12 of ADJ's high output Vizi Beam 12RX moving heads to create impact as players make their entrance into the rink for home games. Arranged in a tight circle around the entrance tunnel, ...More

(5/24/2023)

-Ayrton Fixtures Feature in Tim Routledge's Eurovision Dream

Ayrton Fixtures Feature in Tim Routledge's Eurovision Dream

In a unique collaboration, the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, that annual extravaganza of music and lighting, was hosted in Liverpool by the UK, on behalf of last year's winners, Ukraine -- the first time two countries have co-hosted the ...More

(5/24/2023)

-Tom Jones Takes Bandit Lites on the Road

Tom Jones Takes Bandit Lites on the Road

Legendary performer Tom Jones kicked off his international tour with 16 North American performances lit by Bandit Lites. The "What's New, Pussy Cat?" and "She's a Lady" singer performed two shows at the Hollywood Bowl before ...More

(5/24/2023)

-Renkus-Heinz Brings Clarity to Historic St. Mark's Church

Renkus-Heinz Brings Clarity to Historic St. Mark's Church

Deep in the heart of Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood lies St. Mark's Church. Considered one of the best concert venues in the city, the church nave is quite large, with seating for more than 450 people. Parishioners ...More

(5/24/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Bernarda's Daughters (The New Group/National Black Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Bernarda's Daughters (The New Group/National Black Theatre)

For whatever reason, The House of Bernarda Alba has become attractive to contemporary playwrights. What do they see in Federico García Lorca's 1936 drama about an all-female household oppressed by rural traditions and Roman ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/23/2023)

-L-Acoustics Launches L-ISA 3.0; will be at InfoComm

L-Acoustics Launches L-ISA 3.0; will be at InfoComm

L-Acoustics announces the launch of L-ISA 3.0, an immersive audio software platform for the live sound and music creation markets. Serving the live immersive audio community since 2016 with the L-ISA platform and the immersive ...More

(5/23/2023)

-May 31 Deadline Approaches as PAMA and Shure Seek Submissions for Mark Brunner Professional Audio Scholarship

May 31 Deadline Approaches as PAMA and Shure Seek Submissions for Mark Brunner Professional Audio Scholarship

The application deadline is quickly approaching for the 3rd-annual Mark Brunner Professional Audio Scholarship, offered by the Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA) in partnership with Shure Incorporated. ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Helen Hayes Award Winners Announced

Helen Hayes Award Winners Announced

The winners have been announced for the Helen Hayes Awards, which honor achievement in the Washington, DC metro-area theatre scene. Awards are given out in two categories. Performances with a majority non-Union cast are considered ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Vectorworks, Inc. Congratulates the 2023 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Winners

Vectorworks, Inc. Congratulates the 2023 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Winners

As a continued supporter of student designers, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. honors the winners of this year's Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) regional awards. KCACTF is a ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Atlona Advances Networked AV Quality and Performance with OmniStream 2.0 Upgrade

Atlona Advances Networked AV Quality and Performance with OmniStream 2.0 Upgrade

Atlona is launching a free upgrade for its OmniStream AV over IP platform. The new award-winning OmniStream 2.0 firmware adds support for 4K/60 video with 4:4:4 color sampling alongside significantly i¬mproved bitrate efficiency and ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Metinteractive Completes Three University Sports Projects in its Home State of Connecticut

Metinteractive Completes Three University Sports Projects in its Home State of Connecticut

Oxford, Connecticut-based Metinteractive, which provides strategic solutions for architecture, communication, and technology, was recently inundated with projects on the home front, having completed major new builds for a trio of ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Monsoon Wedding (St. Ann's Warehouse)

Theatre in Review: Monsoon Wedding (St. Ann's Warehouse)

Near the end of its first act, Monsoon Wedding -- which has been working hard for nearly an hour and a half to establish a raison d'être -- starts to find its musical theatre footing. As it happens, there are two weddings in ...More

(5/23/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Evelyn Brown (A Diary) (La MaMa)

Theatre in Review: Evelyn Brown (A Diary) (La MaMa)

Is it possible to be bored and gripped at the same time? The question came to mind when seeing Evelyn Brown (A Diary), a strange footnote to the career of María Irene Fornés. Produced exactly once, in 1980, and not ...More

(5/22/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/22/2023)

-ARRI's CPO Program Under New Management

ARRI's CPO Program Under New Management

Under the umbrella of the Approved Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Program, ARRI offers technically refurbished products with the same warranty as new models. This globally oriented program is now headed by Arne Stadler as ...More

(5/22/2023)

-HOLOPLOT Helps Shift Industry Gender Disparity by Championing Next Generation of Females at Girls Day

HOLOPLOT Helps Shift Industry Gender Disparity by Championing Next Generation of Females at Girls Day

The end of April saw HOLOPLOT welcome 22 school girls aged 10-16 to its HQ in Berlin to spend the day with the team as part of Girls Day, an initiative that encourages girls to consider careers in the tech industry. It is funded and ...More

(5/22/2023)

-Visual Productions and ACT Entertainment Join Forces in the US

Visual Productions and ACT Entertainment Join Forces in the US

Visual Productions (VP) announces that it has entered into a new distribution agreement with ACT Entertainment in the US.
Visual Productions, the Dutch lighting control system manufacturer, has developed a modular range ...
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(5/22/2023)

-Shure Axient Digital Triumphs at 58th Academy of Country Music Awards

Shure Axient Digital Triumphs at 58th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards was held May 11 in Frisco, Texas, with artists such as Lainey Wilson, Keith Urban, and Miranda Lambert performing with various Shure products. ...More

(5/22/2023)

-Country Superstar Tours with SES And Outline GTO

Country Superstar Tours with SES And Outline GTO

Winner of six Country Music Association Awards (including their 2021 & 2022 Entertainer of the Year award), four Academy of Country Music Awards and three Grammy nominations, 33 year-old Luke Combs is one of country music's ...More

(5/22/2023)

-Upstaging Lights Chicago's Salt Shed with Elation

Upstaging Lights Chicago's Salt Shed with Elation

The Morton Salt complex in Chicago had been in operation for nearly a century before it was closed down in 2015. Today, the complex has been transformed into a multi-purpose venue for live music and other events named The Salt Shed. ...More

(5/22/2023)

-Claypaky Xtylos Deliver Post-Apocalyptic Look for Muse's Will of the People

Claypaky Xtylos Deliver Post-Apocalyptic Look for Muse's Will of the People

British rock band Muse has hit the road with its North American tour, Will of the People, on which more than 150 Claypaky Xtylos enhance the band's post-apocalyptic staging non-stop.
The tour is named for the band's most ...
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(5/19/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/19/2023)

-QSC Pro Audio Promotes Linda Lee to VP Operations and Supply Chain

QSC Pro Audio Promotes Linda Lee to VP Operations and Supply Chain

QSC announces the promotion of Linda Lee to vice president operations and supply chain. Rejoining the company in 2022, Lee worked at HID Global, Lantronix, and most recently Indentiv where she served as senior director of ...More

(5/19/2023)

-Ramat Gan Theatre Lights Up with Robe

Ramat Gan Theatre Lights Up with Robe

Beit Zvi School for the Performing Arts is an acting school with an associated Theatre located in Ramat Gan city, Tel-Aviv, Israel. All the School's production shows are staged in the 350-capacity venue, together with other performances ...More

(5/19/2023)

-Building dBS Solutions on a Bedrock of Martin Audio

Building dBS Solutions on a Bedrock of Martin Audio

As Chris Bogg woke up to photos of his sound equipment across social media, it occurred to him that more than 20 years had elapsed since he set up his fledgling pro-audio business from scratch, in his dad's garage. This would duly ...More

(5/19/2023)

-The New Landetxe Kultur Aretoa Theatre in Spain lights up its Stage with Prolights

The New Landetxe Kultur Aretoa Theatre in Spain lights up its Stage with Prolights

The new theatre Landetxe Kultur Aretoa in the city of Oiartzun (Guipuzcoa) in Spain, was inaugurated on April 10, 2023. A cultural building, designed to improve the social and cultural welfare of the city, consisting of a recreation ...More

(5/19/2023)

-Theatre in Review: The Fears (Pershing Square Signature Center)

Theatre in Review: The Fears (Pershing Square Signature Center)

As it happens, Buddhism is easy to spoof; maybe too easy. That's the takeaway from The Fears, which assembles a support group of adults, all of them traumatized in childhood, for weekly sessions at an Eastern religion center ...More

(5/18/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
jackie.tien@lsamedia ...
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(5/18/2023)

-LightFair Offers More Industry Education and Top Exhibitors for 2023 Edition

LightFair Offers More Industry Education and Top Exhibitors for 2023 Edition

The 2023 LightFair Trade Show and Conference will connect the lighting industry with top-of-the-line innovations, eye-opening education and career-defining connections across 300+ exhibits, and 120+ Conference sessions, networking ...More

(5/18/2023)

-L-Acoustics Reveals Exciting InfoComm Plans

L-Acoustics Reveals Exciting InfoComm Plans

L-Acoustics continues to deepen its commitment to the commercial and residential installation markets with new integration tools that build upon the company's heritage of designing powerful and pristine sound systems for the world's ...More

(5/18/2023)

-Griff Hits the Corporate Event Circuit with Solid State Logic Live L650 Mixing Console

Griff Hits the Corporate Event Circuit with Solid State Logic Live L650 Mixing Console

Steve "Griff" Griffin is constantly working the corporate show circuit, shuttling between Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and every major city with a conference center or ballroom to help his clients in the pharmaceutical, tech ...More

(5/18/2023)

-3G Productions Invests in Kinesys

3G Productions Invests in Kinesys

Las Vegas and Los Angeles based full production and rental specialist, 3G Productions LLC ("3G"), has invested in a substantial amount of Kinesys automation kit, adding to its already robust inventory. ...More

(5/18/2023)

-Sherry Wells Joins Bandit Lites

Sherry Wells Joins Bandit Lites

Bandit Lites announces the hiring of Sherry Wells to its Nashville office. Wells will serve as a purchasing assistant, aiding the purchasing department with receiving, inventory, and sales for the entire company. ...More

(5/18/2023)

-Atlona Welcomes Heinrich Mester as Regional Sales Manager for German and Austrian Markets

Atlona Welcomes Heinrich Mester as Regional Sales Manager for German and Austrian Markets

Atlona, a Panduit company, has bolstered its EMEA sales team to support an increasingly busy DACH region. Effective immediately, Heinrich Mester will serve as regional sales manager role for Austria and the south of Germany. ...More

(5/18/2023)

-Robe's NRG in the Spotlight at Eurovision

Robe's NRG in the Spotlight at Eurovision

Five NRG members had the time of their life at this years' Eurovision as Robe RoboSpot operators!
NRG manager Jane Monk says: "Lighting designer Tim Routledge created this exclusive opportunity for local students ...
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(5/18/2023)

-Meyer Sound Systems Power Tony-Nominated Broadway Productions

Meyer Sound Systems Power Tony-Nominated Broadway Productions

The 76th annual Tony Awards celebration, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, will be held on June 11 at the historic United Palace in the Washington Heights district of New York. Two productions nominated for ...More

(5/18/2023)

-Ashly Audio Lifts Up Renowned Organ Company Church Organ Works, Inc.

Ashly Audio Lifts Up Renowned Organ Company Church Organ Works, Inc.

The sounds of an organ can make an inspiring, emotional impact on congregations during church services, especially in spaces where all the acoustics have been factored in and optimized. Church Organ Works has perfected this. Its mission is ...More

(5/17/2023)

-1 SOUND to Debut SUB215 at InfoComm

1 SOUND to Debut SUB215 at InfoComm

New Jersey-based audio manufacturer 1 SOUND will debut the SUB215 at InfoComm, June 14 - 16 in Orlando, Florida.
The SUB 215 is, the company says, a fast-responding, deep-bass subwoofer capable of producing a maximum SPL of 140dB ...
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(5/17/2023)

-Q-SYS Introduces PL Series Performance Installation Loudspeakers; Will Be at InfoComm

Q-SYS Introduces PL Series Performance Installation Loudspeakers; Will Be at InfoComm

Q-SYS announces the PL Series, a portfolio of performance installation loudspeakers designed to enhance any Q-SYS system in a broad range of entertainment applications, including auditoriums, houses of worship, theatres, small ...More

(5/17/2023)

-Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced

Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced

The winners of the Outer Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The awards are given by the organization of journalists covering the New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers.
In the design categories, the winners are: ...
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(5/17/2023)

-Claypaky Names Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) as Exclusive US Distributor and Service Network Partner

Claypaky Names Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) as Exclusive US Distributor and Service Network Partner

Claypaky and Inner Circle Distribution (ICD), a respected distributor within the film, production, and entertainment sectors, announces a strategic partnership effective June 15, 2023. This alliance melds Claypaky's cutting-edge ...More

(5/17/2023)

-Lighting Veteran Koy Neminathan Joins Elation as New Director of Business Development

Lighting Veteran Koy Neminathan Joins Elation as New Director of Business Development

Elation Professional announces that Koy Neminathan has joined the company as director of business development. The accomplished industry veteran comes to Elation from lighting console manufacturer Avolites, where he worked ...More

(5/17/2023)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Announces the Debut of Fulcrum Immersive

Fulcrum Acoustic Announces the Debut of Fulcrum Immersive

Fulcrum Acoustic announces the formation of Fulcrum Immersive. Fulcrum Immersive is the result of Fulcrum Acoustic's acquisition of Concord, NC-based Venueflex. The goal of the acquisition is to provide a complete set of hardware ...More

(5/17/2023)

-Pioneer PRO AUDIO Partners with DJ Mag

Pioneer PRO AUDIO Partners with DJ Mag

Pioneer PRO AUDIO announces that it has partnered with DJ Mag for a two-year deal as its official audio partner. The iconic magazine streams regular DJ sets which are filmed in front of a live audience at its Hoxton HQ, and was ...More

(5/17/2023)

-DPA Microphones are a Match Made in Heaven for Broadway's &Juliet

DPA Microphones are a Match Made in Heaven for Broadway's &Juliet

Known for crafting flawless audio for musicals such as Bat Out Of Hell, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, and Sister Act, sound designer Gareth Owen recently worked his magic on the Broadway ...More

(5/16/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

May 16, 2023, New York. Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
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(5/16/2023)

-Listen Technologies Celebrates 25 Years and Will Attend InfoComm

Listen Technologies Celebrates 25 Years and Will Attend InfoComm

Listen Technologies Corporation will mark a milestone anniversary on June 4, celebrating 25 years of helping people hear clearly. Listen Technologies offers assistive listening and communication solutions. ...More

(5/16/2023)

-PLASA Focus Leeds 2023 Brings Business and Buzz to the North

PLASA Focus Leeds 2023 Brings Business and Buzz to the North

With record attendance, PLASA Focus Leeds 2023 proved itself yet again as the go-to trade event for the UK entertainment technology industry as it returned to Royal Armouries from May 9 - 10.
This year's show saw a strong 20% ...
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(5/16/2023)

-Audinate Announces New Flexible Licensing for Dante Virtual Soundcard

Audinate Announces New Flexible Licensing for Dante Virtual Soundcard

Audinate, developer of the Dante AV over IP solution, announces the availability of transferrable licenses for the Dante Virtual Soundcard audio interface software. This new license type allows users to easily move a license from ...More

(5/16/2023)

-New grandMA3 Consoles (from ACT) at PCE are Off to a Busy Start with a Wide Range of Music Events

New grandMA3 Consoles (from ACT) at PCE are Off to a Busy Start with a Wide Range of Music Events

PCE (formerly known as Pacific Coast Entertainment), a live event production company with a broad array of equipment and services for concerts, corporate events, galas, tours, theatrical productions, and more, has kept its new grandMA3 ...More

(5/16/2023)

-ADJ Fixtures Chosen Exclusively For Seasons Showroom At New Hampshire's Brook Casino

ADJ Fixtures Chosen Exclusively For Seasons Showroom At New Hampshire's Brook Casino

As part of an extensive remodeling and expansion project, The Brook casino in Seabrook, New Hampshire has added a 300-seater showroom. This luxurious and versatile lounge theatre will host regular headline concerts and tribute band ...More

(5/16/2023)

-Robe Helps TAPFS Reach Dark Side of the Moon

Robe Helps TAPFS Reach Dark Side of the Moon

Ever popular, The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS) continues touring year-round entertaining audiences of all ages, from original Pink Floyd fans to new ones not even born when the massively influential rock legends enjoyed their heyday ...More

(5/16/2023)

-Theatre in Review: shadow/land (Public Theater)

Theatre in Review: shadow/land (Public Theater)

Erika Dickerson-Despenza is, to my mind, the most interesting new playwright to come out of the Public Theater since Suzan-Lori Parks. An artist of real ambition, she has a kind of double vision, placing intimate stories inside ...More

(5/15/2023)

-Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

Effective Immediately: Lighting&Sound America Magazine and LSA Online Announces New LSA Email Addresses

May 16, 2023, New York. Jackie Tien, Publisher, Director; and David Barbour, Editor in-chief have announced new email addresses for the Lighting&Sound America team.
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(5/15/2023)

-Unusual Rigging Takes to the Eurovision Stage

Unusual Rigging Takes to the Eurovision Stage

Gary Beestone Associates made Unusual Rigging their contractor of choice to supply the rigging and automation for Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. The event, held at Liverpool's M&S arena, was hosted on behalf of last year's winner's ...More

(5/15/2023)

-Mixhalo Strikes Major Global Distribution Deal with Partner L-Acoustics

Mixhalo Strikes Major Global Distribution Deal with Partner L-Acoustics

Mixhalo announces L-Acoustics' comprehensive spatial audio ecosystem, the L-ISA 3.0. will now come pre-loaded with Mixhalo's proprietary wireless networking technology as part of L-ISA 3.0 release. ...More

(5/15/2023)

-Interview with Baby J DP Cameron Barnett

Interview with Baby J DP Cameron Barnett

Director of photography Cameron Barnett is a pioneer in cinematic multi-camera shooting. Using the some of the first ever ARRI Alexas, he helped capture one of the first Super 35 sensor live broadcasts on the 2010 Victoria Secret ...More

(5/15/2023)

-Ayrton Cobra Beams for VNV Nation's Electric Sun European Tour

Ayrton Cobra Beams for VNV Nation's Electric Sun European Tour

VNV Nation, the Irish alternative electronic project led by singer, songwriter, and producer, Ronan Harris, is currently on tour throughout Europe, promoting its new album, Electric Sun.
With music and lyrics ranging ...
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(5/15/2023)

-LD Seth Bernstein Illuminates H&M and Mugler Collaboration Celebration in NYC with 4Wall Gear

LD Seth Bernstein Illuminates H&M and Mugler Collaboration Celebration in NYC with 4Wall Gear

4Wall Entertainment recently provided a lighting rental package to KCD Worldwide for a unique hybrid event at Manhattan's Park Avenue Armory, celebrating the H&M and Mugler collaboration. The event combined various elements, ...More

(5/15/2023)

-Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde Open Color Box for Mt. Joy with Chauvet Professional and 4Wall

Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde Open Color Box for Mt. Joy with Chauvet Professional and 4Wall

Artistic inspiration often finds its most fertile ground outside the gates of convention. Such was the case with the lighting and production design that Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde created for Mt. Joy on the band's current ...More

(5/15/2023)

-B/SPOKE Cycling and Fitness Classes Powered to the Sound of Martin Audio CDD

B/SPOKE Cycling and Fitness Classes Powered to the Sound of Martin Audio CDD

When audio-visual specialists ITI Systems installed a sound system at the new B/SPOKE Studio in South Boston, MA recently it was their fourth such integration for founder Mark Partin's cycling concept -- and all four feature Marti ...More

(5/15/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Romeo and Juliet (NAATCO)

Theatre in Review: Romeo and Juliet (NAATCO)

This new take on Romeo and Juliet immediately draws a line between Elizabethan and contemporary language, but it is a muddled and constantly shifting one. The Chorus enters and offers Shakespeare's opening speech about "star ...More

(5/12/2023)

-GLP's X5 Family Focus at Prolight+Sound Results in Resounding Success

GLP's X5 Family Focus at Prolight+Sound Results in Resounding Success

GLP (German Light Products) can reflect with complete satisfaction on the recent Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt. Both the quality and quantity of visitors -- as was the case last year -- were impressive, and despite prophecies ...More

(5/12/2023)

-ArKaos Launches KlingNet 3

ArKaos Launches KlingNet 3

KlingNet3 is a new hugely flexible, cloud-compatible, lighting, and visual control protocol for the future developed by InMusic Brand's ArKaos for the entertainment industry. It takes flexibility, user-friendliness, feedback, and ...More

(5/12/2023)

-LMG Touring Delivers Ultimate Rock Concert Feel for Maggie Rogers

LMG Touring Delivers Ultimate Rock Concert Feel for Maggie Rogers

Easton, Maryland folk-pop artist Maggie Rogers has wrapped up the first leg of her The Feral Joy Tour. The tour promoted her latest album Surrender and featured special guest Del Water Gap as an opener for the show. ...More

(5/12/2023)

-Bandit Lights Up Easter Celebration at Bristol Motor Speedway Food City Dirt Race

Bandit Lights Up Easter Celebration at Bristol Motor Speedway Food City Dirt Race

Bandit Lites recently illuminated the stage at the Bristol Motor Speedway live Easter celebration service. American sports icon and evangelist Tim Tebow and highly acclaimed and award-winning Christian musicians Phil ...More

(5/12/2023)

-Hale Centre Theatre Invests in zactrack

Hale Centre Theatre Invests in zactrack

Hale Centre Theatre is a family company headquartered in Sandy, Utah, US, and dedicated to enriching lives through its world-class productions, which include a range of traditional Broadway and off Broadway plays and musical theatre shows ...More

(5/12/2023)

-Christie Set to Showcase its Range of Visual Solutions at Inaugural Integrate Middle East

Christie Set to Showcase its Range of Visual Solutions at Inaugural Integrate Middle East

Christie announces that it is exhibiting at the inaugural Integrate Middle East show, May 16 - 18 at Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arab Emirates. At booth #AR-F20, Christie will demonstrate how its technologies form end-to-end ...More

(5/12/2023)

-L-Acoustics Ambiance Acoustic System at JK Tyl Theatre in Pilsen Presents Breakthrough in Acoustic Technology

L-Acoustics Ambiance Acoustic System at JK Tyl Theatre in Pilsen Presents Breakthrough in Acoustic Technology

The Czech Republic's fourth largest city, Pilsen, is a bustling region renowned for its Pilsner Urquell Brewery and for being the birthplace of the Škoda automobile company. It was named 2015 European Capital of Culture, a testament to ...More

(5/12/2023)

-Epsom Clock Tower Gets LED Upgrade with Prolights

Epsom Clock Tower Gets LED Upgrade with Prolights

The Epsom Clock Tower is a significant landmark in the community and has been a part of the town's heritage since it was built in 1847. A well-known landmark loved by locals and visitors alike, it was lit in 2020, during the pandemic, to ...More

(5/11/2023)

-InfoComm Partners with AVI Systems to Present InfoComm Esports Live on the Trade Show Floor

InfoComm Partners with AVI Systems to Present InfoComm Esports Live on the Trade Show Floor

InfoComm and AVI Systems are partnering to present InfoComm Esports Live, the show's first live, collegiate esports venue on the trade show floor on June 14-16 at the Orange County Convention Center. Attendees will experience ...More

(5/11/2023)

-Amara McNeil Named Howell Binkley Fellow

Amara McNeil Named Howell Binkley Fellow

The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program announces third fellow for 2023: Amara McNeil is a New York-based, Hartford-raised theatrical lighting designer and filmmaker.
The fellowship, named for the lighting designer, a ...
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(5/11/2023)

-PAMA Members Speak Out on the Implications of 5G on Professional Audio

PAMA Members Speak Out on the Implications of 5G on Professional Audio

In a recent survey, professional audio companies ranked 5G capabilities as offering "good potential" in terms of enabling high-resolution audio content for streaming and cloud-based storage, with "some potential" indicated for cloud-based ...More

(5/11/2023)

-Eliminator Lighting (ADJ)'s New Stryker Wash Moving Head Wash Has It All

Eliminator Lighting (ADJ)'s New Stryker Wash Moving Head Wash Has It All

ADJ's Eliminator Lighting announce the expansion of its range of entertainment lighting fixtures with the release of the new Stryker Wash. Packing in 19 potent quad color LEDs, this versatile fixture incorporates a motorized zoom ...More

(5/11/2023)

-4Wall and Elation's Proteus All the Fashion at Versace FW23 Show in Los Angeles

4Wall and Elation's Proteus All the Fashion at Versace FW23 Show in Los Angeles

A runway filled with fashion, a guest list filled with stars, and a lighting rig filled with Elation Proteus. That was the successful recipe for Italian luxury fashion company Versace at its recent FW23 Fashion Show in Los Angeles ...More

(5/11/2023)

-Events United Shines for Flo Rida Marathon Monday Show with Chauvet Professional

Events United Shines for Flo Rida Marathon Monday Show with Chauvet Professional

Sunlight! Everyone loves it. Even life itself depends on it. But anyone trying to generate lighting excitement on an outdoor stage during daylight hours would rather it go away.
Most often, festival LDs can take solace knowing that ...
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(5/11/2023)

-4Wall Entertainment Provides Lighting for Tom Kenny Lighting Design at the 2023 CMT Music Awards

4Wall Entertainment Provides Lighting for Tom Kenny Lighting Design at the 2023 CMT Music Awards

4Wall Entertainment provided the gear to lighting designer Tom Kenny for the 2023 CMT Music Awards, held at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, this April. The event delivered a breathtaking visual experience, reflecting the ...More

(5/11/2023)

-GLP Flies High with Florence and the Machine

GLP Flies High with Florence and the Machine

Florence and the Machine's grand world tour, which began late last summer in North America and subsequently spanned shows as far afield as Melbourne and London, will again prove that distance is no barrier as the festival season looms, ...More

(5/11/2023)

-Robe Goes for Gold at Stage of Tomorrow Conference

Robe Goes for Gold at Stage of Tomorrow Conference

Robe was a gold sponsor of the 5th Scena Jutra (Stage of Tomorrow) conference, a high profile 2-day industry symposium taking place at the Teatr Wielki Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Poland, organized by the Stage of Tomorrow ...More

(5/11/2023)

-Theatre in Review: The Comedy of Errors (Public Theater Mobile Unit)

Theatre in Review: The Comedy of Errors (Public Theater Mobile Unit)

This unique company, a good deed in a naughty world, hits a new high with its musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's knockabout farce. The Mobile Unit travels the five boroughs, presenting tab versions of the Bard's canon to ...More

(5/10/2023)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Promotes Todd Foster to VP of Sales

Fulcrum Acoustic Promotes Todd Foster to VP of Sales

Fulcrum Acoustic announces the promotion of Todd Foster to vice president sales. Since 2013, Foster has spearheaded the development of the company's North American market. Under his leadership, Fulcrum Acoustic has ...More

(5/10/2023)

-Anita Martin Joins REVOLT as Vice President of Events and Experiential

Anita Martin Joins REVOLT as Vice President of Events and Experiential

Black-owned multimedia network REVOLT announces that Anita Martin has joined the team as vice president of events and experiential.
As VP of events and experiential, Martin is responsible for leading the new Events ...
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(5/10/2023)

-Education Technology Specialist, Flynn Kelly Joins Hall for Business Development

Education Technology Specialist, Flynn Kelly Joins Hall for Business Development

Hall Technologies recently added thirty-year AV veteran, Flynn Kelly, to its team to build its education sector business. Kelly hails from a long career on the system integration and engineering side of designing audio-visual ...More

(5/10/2023)

-DiGiCo Reveals Codename Stingray - Quantum852

DiGiCo Reveals Codename Stingray - Quantum852

DiGiCo announces the launch of the next generation of large-format live audio production mixing consoles. As one would expect from a brand-new console from DiGiCo, it has been designed from the ground up. Familiar, yet different, ...More

(5/10/2023)

-Mike Marcario Creates Array of Looks for Rend Collective with Versatile Chauvet Professional Rig

Mike Marcario Creates Array of Looks for Rend Collective with Versatile Chauvet Professional Rig

Ingenuity, that distinctly human quality, often shines most brightly when one must figure out how to get around an obstacle or deal with a limitation. Mike Marcario faced the latter challenge when creating the lighting rig for Rend ...More

(5/10/2023)

-Allen & Heath's dLive C1500 Powers Death Metal Band Dying Fetus

Allen & Heath's dLive C1500 Powers Death Metal Band Dying Fetus

Front of house engineer and tour manager Rhys Welchman was doing sound at some local venues in the Washington, DC and Baltimore area when he was approached by Trey Williams of death metal band Dying Fetus, who was in ...More

(5/10/2023)

-Christie Crimson Series Laser Projectors Illuminate Mumbai's Gateway of India

Christie Crimson Series Laser Projectors Illuminate Mumbai's Gateway of India

Christie announces that its high-brightness Crimson Series 3DLP laser projectors are delivering big, bright visuals for a new light and sound show at the Gateway of India, an iconic arch-monument built in the early 20th century. ...More

(5/10/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Robin and Me: My Little Spark of Madness (Abingdon Theatre Company)

Theatre in Review: Robin and Me: My Little Spark of Madness (Abingdon Theatre Company)

Lots of kids have imaginary friends...but Robin Williams? That, apparently, was the case with Dave Droxler, author and star of this coming-of-age solo piece. Having lost his beloved grandpop -- a kooky, but endearing, character who ...More

(5/9/2023)

-AVIXA Will Champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at InfoComm 2023

AVIXA Will Champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at InfoComm 2023

AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, will continue to demonstrate its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at InfoComm 2023 this June 10-16 (exhibits 14-16) in Orlando, Florida. At the show, ...More

(5/9/2023)

-New York Drama Critics' Circle Names Downstate Best Play 2022-23

New York Drama Critics' Circle Names Downstate Best Play 2022-23

The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Bruce Norris' Downstate best play of the 2022-23 season. The award for best foreign play went to Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt. No award was given for best ...More

(5/9/2023)

-Elliot Norton Award Winners Announced

Elliot Norton Award Winners Announced

The winners are in for the Elliot Norton Awards, which honor achievement in the Boston professional Theatre. They are given by the members of the Boston Theater Critics Association. In the design categories, the winners are: ...More

(5/9/2023)

-Robert Juliat Appoints PSI Production as New Exclusive Distributor for Ireland and Northern Ireland

Robert Juliat Appoints PSI Production as New Exclusive Distributor for Ireland and Northern Ireland

Robert Juliat announces the appointment of PSI Production as its new exclusive distributor for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with effect from April 2023.
PSI Production was established in 1996 to provide high ...
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(5/9/2023)

-Renkus-Heinz Strengthens Technical Support Team with Addition of Dan Housel as Applications Engineer

Renkus-Heinz Strengthens Technical Support Team with Addition of Dan Housel as Applications Engineer

Renkus-Heinz announces the appointment of Dan Housel as applications engineer.
Housel has extensive music and professional audio experience, most recently working in pro audio sales at Group One Limited. Before that, Housel ...
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(5/9/2023)

-City Theatrical Launches Two Standard Top Hats for High End Systems Halcyon Fixtures

City Theatrical Launches Two Standard Top Hats for High End Systems Halcyon Fixtures

City Theatrical now offers two standard Top Hats as beam control accessories designed to fit ETC High End Systems Halcyon Gold and Titanium lighting fixtures. These Top Hats were developed based on City Theatrical's understanding ...More

(5/9/2023)

-Julien Reux and Aaron Sweatt Pump Up All Time High Tour with Chauvet Professional

Julien Reux and Aaron Sweatt Pump Up All Time High Tour with Chauvet Professional

First time visitors to an Epik High show can be forgiven if they think they stumbled upon a family reunion, or an annual gathering of old friends, such is the easy, natural, and very personal back and forth between this legendary award ...More

(5/9/2023)

-Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

Ayrton Provides the Magic for PepsiCo in Barcelona

We all need a bit of magic in our lives, and lighting designer and technical director of PepsiCo Worldwide Events, Steve Nield, brought plenty of magic to the Ballroom of The Hotel Sofia in Barcelona for the PepsiCo International ...More

(5/9/2023)

-Theatre in Review: The Habit of Art (Original Theatre/59E59)

Theatre in Review: The Habit of Art (Original Theatre/59E59)

Perhaps the most fruitful way of thinking about The Habit of Art is to characterize it as a series of interruptions. The poet W. H. Auden, ensconced in a cottage at Christ Church, Oxford, can't manage to complete his ...More

(5/8/2023)

-Sally Hattori Named SMPTE Standards Vice President

Sally Hattori Named SMPTE Standards Vice President

SMPTE announces that SMPTE Fellow Sally Hattori has accepted the position of SMPTE standards vice president, a role in which she is directing and supervising the standards projects of the Society. She previously served as ...More

(5/8/2023)

-Lucille Lortel Award Winners Announced

Lucille Lortel Award Winners Announced

The winners of the Lucille Lortel Awards for the 2022 -- 2023 season were announced on May 7 at a ceremony held at NYU's Skirball Center. The Lortels honor achievement in the Off Broadway theatre scene. ...More

(5/8/2023)

-Obsidian Offers Smart NETRON RP2 Power Relay for Increased System Protection

Obsidian Offers Smart NETRON RP2 Power Relay for Increased System Protection

Obsidian Control Systems announces the NETRON RP2, an intelligent 2-way DMX power relay that serves as a protective device for lighting fixtures. The RP2 helps to increase efficiency by ...More

(5/8/2023)

-BASSBOSS Announces MK3 Line Update

BASSBOSS Announces MK3 Line Update

BASSBOSS announces the MK3 line update, adding performance gains and user experience enhancements across the brand's entire line of products. Featuring an all-new 96kHz sampling rate DSP, weather-isolated inputs, waterproof power ...More

(5/8/2023)

-Roger Waters' Technical Team Choose Outline's Newton For Mega-Production

Roger Waters' Technical Team Choose Outline's Newton For Mega-Production

Every concert tour undertaken by the former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters extends his reputation for presenting rock-and-roll on a scale that few contemporary artists can emulate, while delivering his own unique take on politics, ...More

(5/8/2023)

-Seth Bernstein Creates Unique Looks for Mugler/H&M Show with 4Wall and Chauvet Professional

Seth Bernstein Creates Unique Looks for Mugler/H&M Show with 4Wall and Chauvet Professional

High fashion is constantly changing, evolving, and pushing boundaries in new directions. Now fashion runway shows are following the same bold, adventurous course, integrating headliner acts and outside-the-box design concepts into their ...More

(5/8/2023)

-Robe Lighting Strengthens Presence in North Africa

Robe Lighting Strengthens Presence in North Africa

Terry Di Isernia will take on a new role in the Robe France subsidiary, co-ordinating customer and commercial relations for the whole of French North Africa -- Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia -- in addition to continuing as a ...More

(5/5/2023)

-LightFair Features Best and Brightest Brands and Speakers at 2023 Edition

LightFair Features Best and Brightest Brands and Speakers at 2023 Edition

LightFair will present the industry's best and brightest at its Trade Show and Conference this May, with 300+ new and notable exhibitors in four product categories alongside notable educational speakers with expertise in eight ...More

(5/5/2023)

-1 Sound to Launch Contour CT212 at InfoComm 2023

1 Sound to Launch Contour CT212 at InfoComm 2023

New Jersey-based audio manufacturer 1 SOUND will launch the Contour CT212 loudspeaker at InfoComm, taking place at Orange Country Convention Center in Orlando, June 14 - 16.
The Contour CT212 is a horn-loaded three-way passive ...
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(5/5/2023)

-LightParts Welcomes Ryan Wichterich

LightParts Welcomes Ryan Wichterich

LightParts Inc. welcomes Ryan Wichterich to the team. Wichterich's role at LightParts is repair technician and IT support. He holds a BFA in Lighting Design and Production from CalArts, and is experienced with fixtures, ...More

(5/5/2023)

-ARRI Opens Office in Rome

ARRI Opens Office in Rome

ARRI opens a new office in Rome to further promote and support the film and audiovisual industry in Italy. To celebrate this important milestone, an opening ceremony took place on May 3, 2023. More than 100 guests from the Italian ...More

(5/5/2023)

-John Garberson and Creative BackStage Set Mood for Arizona Bike Week '23 with Chauvet Professional

John Garberson and Creative BackStage Set Mood for Arizona Bike Week '23 with Chauvet Professional

The big crowd oohed and aahed when they witnessed extreme rider Clint Ewing do his wheelie stands and rolling endos at Arizona Bike Week, just as they marveled at the 30-foot-high motorcycle acrobatics by the Brigade Freestyle ...More

(5/5/2023)

-Claypaky Xtylos Light Up Silicon Valley for a Futuristic, Cyber-Style Invitational Rave

Claypaky Xtylos Light Up Silicon Valley for a Futuristic, Cyber-Style Invitational Rave

Claypaky demonstrated the engineering of its Xtylos laser-source lighting fixtures at a dynamic invitational event held by another engineering innovator in Silicon Valley.
Bicoastal Studio RRD used a large complement of Claypaky ...
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(5/5/2023)

-Walker Hayes Brings Bandit Lites and The Darkroom Creative on Duck Buck Tour

Walker Hayes Brings Bandit Lites and The Darkroom Creative on Duck Buck Tour

Viral country superstar Walker Hayes is back on the road for The Duck Buck Tour with a lighting system from Bandit Lites. The "Fancy Like" singer songwriter is known for his warm, family-friendly shenanigans and ...More

(5/5/2023)

-Robert Juliat Followspots Provide Bright Solution for New Nantong Grand Theatre in China

Robert Juliat Followspots Provide Bright Solution for New Nantong Grand Theatre in China

Nantong Grand Theatre is a new cultural and arts centre at the center of the city of Nantong in China's Jiangsu Province. It is the last masterpiece to be designed by the late master architect Paul Andreu whose other designs include ...More

(5/4/2023)

-Astera Enjoys Busy & Successful Prolight+Sound Expo

Astera Enjoys Busy & Successful Prolight+Sound Expo

Wireless LED lighting specialist Astera enjoyed a busy and successful 2023 Prolight+Sound expo over four days at the Frankfurt Messe, complete with a brand-new booth design and lighting concept that highlighted their current range ...More

(5/4/2023)

-d&b to Focus on Soundscape and Host Milan Networking Seminar at InfoComm; Workflow and Systems at Booth

d&b to Focus on Soundscape and Host Milan Networking Seminar at InfoComm; Workflow and Systems at Booth

The d&b audiotechnik demo room W230D will feature a Soundscape experience and will also host a Milan networking seminar using the d&b DS100 network driven and Dante-enabled DSP platform for Soundscape. With the requirement for ...More

(5/4/2023)

-Constellation by Meyer Sound Billed as Star Attraction at InfoComm 2023

Constellation by Meyer Sound Billed as Star Attraction at InfoComm 2023

Constellation by Meyer Sound will be featured in one of the most extensive live demonstrations of the technology implemented at a trade show. Occupying the lion's share of a large exhibit room (W231ABC), a Constellation system will ...More

(5/4/2023)

-What to Expect at PLASA Focus Leeds 2023

What to Expect at PLASA Focus Leeds 2023

PLASA Focus Leeds lands back at the Royal Armouries next week, from May 9 - 10, for two packed days of all that's new in live entertainment technology. And Ambersphere return for another year as the headline sponsor. ...More

(5/4/2023)

-LEA Professional Continues Growth in APAC, Names Tech Sound as new Distribution Partner in Vietnam

LEA Professional Continues Growth in APAC, Names Tech Sound as new Distribution Partner in Vietnam

Further bolstering its position and growing business in the APAC region, LEA Professional announces a distribution partnership with Tech Sound of Hanoi, Vietnam. This partnership allows LEA Professional to increase support for ...More

(5/4/2023)

-Santana's Miraculous Supernatural Tour Features Austrian Audio Mics

Santana's Miraculous Supernatural Tour Features Austrian Audio Mics

Over the summer of 2022, Santana, together with Earth, Wind & Fire, got enthusiastic fans singing and dancing throughout North American arenas during their Miraculous Supernatural Tour. While the fans were thrilled to see and ...More

(5/4/2023)

-Vari-Lite VL2600 Fixtures Unleash Intense Colors for Sweeney Todd

Vari-Lite VL2600 Fixtures Unleash Intense Colors for Sweeney Todd

Austin Opera's world-class Long Center presented a production of the classic Sweeney Todd this spring, with an uncompromising series of lighting states created by LD James Sale using Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash luminaires ...More

(5/4/2023)

-Main Light Provides USC School of Dramatic Arts with Elation Lights for Theatrical Design Program

Main Light Provides USC School of Dramatic Arts with Elation Lights for Theatrical Design Program

Dry-hire rental house Main Light has partnered with the USC School of Dramatic Arts to supply Elation Professional Fuze MAX Spot LED moving head luminaires for use in ...More

(5/4/2023)

-The Art of Asymmetry at Connection Pointe Christian Church with Chauvet Professional

The Art of Asymmetry at Connection Pointe Christian Church with Chauvet Professional

"Seldom is asymmetry merely the absence of symmetry," wrote the German mathematician Herman Weyl. The famed theorist made this observation in relation to one of his landmark scientific and philosophical studies, but his words apply ...More

(5/4/2023)

-Theatre in Review: New York, New York (St. James Theatre)

Theatre in Review: New York, New York (St. James Theatre)

From its opening moment, when a dazzling electric sign fires up, announcing the show's title, New York, New York unrolls one sensational staging moment after another. A gang of construction workers taps out a routine on the ...More

(5/3/2023)

-RF Venue Extends Invisible Performance Series with CP Architectural Antenna

RF Venue Extends Invisible Performance Series with CP Architectural Antenna

RF Venue has launched its CP Architectural Antenna. Building on the CP Beam Antenna and housed in the same slim enclosure as the RF Venue Diversity Architectural Antenna for invisible performance, the CP Architectural Antenna ...More

(5/3/2023)

-Chauvet Professional and 4Wall Help Tom Kenny Blend Change and Consistency at Premio Lo Nuestro

Chauvet Professional and 4Wall Help Tom Kenny Blend Change and Consistency at Premio Lo Nuestro

Fans who expected to see a flowering of unfolding colorful looks during Premio Lo Nuestro weren't disappointed. Whether watching on Univision, or as part of the live audience, they were treated to a constant flow of captivating vistas in ...More

(5/3/2023)

-Wisycom Delivers Rock-Solid Audio on Tour with Journey

Wisycom Delivers Rock-Solid Audio on Tour with Journey

As monitor engineer for American rock band Journey and account executive at CLAIR Global, Josh Swart knows exactly what tools are needed to produce solid audio for live production. An early adopter of Wisycom SRL products, ...More

(5/3/2023)

-Genelec Provides Healing Sound for Gaia Nomaya's Wellness Womb

Genelec Provides Healing Sound for Gaia Nomaya's Wellness Womb

Gaia Nomaya Wellness Center is a 7,000-sq.-ft. music, wellness and arts space in Brooklyn, NY, dedicated to using music as medicine and art as therapy. A social wellness environment where visitors can have fun and hear music, yet also ...More

(5/3/2023)

-Moxy Hotel Williamsburg Opens with 1 SOUND Audio Systems

Moxy Hotel Williamsburg Opens with 1 SOUND Audio Systems

Anthem SSL Productions has installed gear from audio manufacturer 1 SOUND in another Marriott Moxy hotel.
Moxy Williamsburg is a 216-room, 11-story boutique property located in Brooklyn at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. 1 ...
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(5/3/2023)

-E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio Brings Regal Sound to Miami's Legendary Queen

E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio Brings Regal Sound to Miami's Legendary Queen

Miami's beloved Paris Theater has long ago left behind its checkered history, emerging as an iconic venue as timeless as its classic art deco design. Beginning life in the 1940s as a live theater and first-run movie house, the ...More

(5/3/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Summer, 1976 (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Summer, 1976 (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

If you've ever wondered why Broadway needs the presence of companies like Manhattan Theatre Club, look no further than Summer, 1976. Even the savviest commercial producer would be challenged to put on this quiet, yet ...More

(5/2/2023)

-Tony Awards Nominations Announced

Tony Awards Nominations Announced

The nominations are in for this year's Tony Awards. The design nominees are as follows:
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Rachel ...
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(5/2/2023)

-Elation Fuze Wash 500 LED Fresnel Moving Head Shipping Now

Elation Fuze Wash 500 LED Fresnel Moving Head Shipping Now

Elation Professional is pleased to be expanding its Fuze Series with the full-color-spectrum Fuze Wash 500, a compact yet powerful LED ...More

(5/2/2023)

-Christopher Jaynes Joins Q-SYS as Senior Vice President of Software Technologies

Christopher Jaynes Joins Q-SYS as Senior Vice President of Software Technologies

The Q-SYS division of QSC is pleased to welcome Christopher Jaynes as senior vice president of software technologies. In this role, Jaynes will lead Q-SYS software engineering as well as advanced research and ...More

(5/2/2023)

-Boulder Theater Rocks with L-Acoustics K3

Boulder Theater Rocks with L-Acoustics K3

When the Curran Opera House first opened its doors in 1906, it was a beacon of culture for downtown Boulder, Colorado, presenting operas, musicals, and the latest "modern" spectacle of silent movies. When the boom of films with spoken ...More

(5/2/2023)

-Robe Turns Up Heat for Prolight + Sound 2023

Robe Turns Up Heat for Prolight + Sound 2023

Czech Republic-based lighting manufacturer Robe turned up the heat, the spectacle and the topicality and importance of respecting the planet in presenting the finale of its "All Environments" live performance show trilogy. ...More

(5/2/2023)

-Integrated Acoustics Launches to Help AV Integrators Offer Acoustic Treatment, Solutions

Integrated Acoustics Launches to Help AV Integrators Offer Acoustic Treatment, Solutions

Harmony Studios, Inc. has announced the launch of its new division Integrated Accoustics a white-label, outsourced service that provides end-to-end acoustic consulting and solutions ...More

(5/2/2023)

-DiGiCo Consoles are at the Heart of Boston College's Atlantic Coast Conference Broadcast Operations

DiGiCo Consoles are at the Heart of Boston College's Atlantic Coast Conference Broadcast Operations

As part of its ongoing upgrade process Boston College recently installed two DiGiCo SD10B consoles. Situated in the college's central media suite located between the school's 8,600-seat Conte Forum basketball/hockey arena and 44 ...More

(5/1/2023)

-AES Europe Convention Workshops Program Offers Insights on Audio Production and Technologies

AES Europe Convention Workshops Program Offers Insights on Audio Production and Technologies

The run-up to this year's AES Europe 2023 Convention, being held at Aalto University, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland, May 13 - 15, continues to build momentum with a strong Technical Program featuring over 40 topical Workshops in addition ...More

(5/1/2023)

-Sam Craig and Kelly Fox Join Advanced Systems Group (ASG)

Sam Craig and Kelly Fox Join Advanced Systems Group (ASG)

Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG) announces that Sam Craig has joined the company as vice president of Cloud Production Engineering and Kelly Fox has joined ASG as a strategic account executive.
Craig will be part of ASG's cloud-based ...
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(5/1/2023)

-ARRI Opens Subsidiary in Singapore

ARRI Opens Subsidiary in Singapore

Established in 2008, ARRI Asia-Pacific initially operated from Hong Kong. Fifteen years later, the company has relocated to Singapore to further bolster the moving image industry in the region.
To mark this momentous occasion, ...
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(5/1/2023)

-Jimmy Olausson Creates Theatrics for Avatar Tour with Chauvet Professional

Jimmy Olausson Creates Theatrics for Avatar Tour with Chauvet Professional

Physicists tell us that light makes no sound. That may be technically true, but when a lighting design wraps itself around ferocious metal music and a theatrical stage show to the point where they all merge into one experience, it's easy ...More

(5/1/2023)

-Jacarandá Group Elevates its World-class Recordings and Live Events with DPA

Jacarandá Group Elevates its World-class Recordings and Live Events with DPA

From the moment engineers Julian J. Ludwig and Alberto Gebhard opened São Paulo's Jacarandá Group in 2008 with their colleague and video expert, Alberto Whyte, the three media professionals set out to provide world ...More

(5/1/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Prima Facie (Golden Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Prima Facie (Golden Theatre)

Prima Facie is an impassioned closing argument disguised as a play. It directly addresses the festering social issue of violence against women in a way that is guaranteed to bring spectators to their feet. And it features a ...More

(5/1/2023)

-Theatre in Review: Good Night, Oscar (Belasco Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Good Night, Oscar (Belasco Theatre)

Oscar Levant may have been one of show business' greatest schlubs -- at the Belasco, his own wife calls him "Eeyore in a cheap suit" -- but Goodnight, Oscar is as sleekly tailored a vehicle as any actor could wish. That would ...More

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