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  This is Broadway Short Film Narrated by Oprah Winfrey Available Now; Historic Campaign Launches
The Broadway League launches THIS IS BROADWAY, a historic initiative to welcome theatre lovers back to Times Square following the industry's 18-month shut down.
THIS IS BROADWAY is the result of unprecedented partnerships ...
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Optocore Festival Boxes Prove a Winner for Sound Image at WE Fest
After a long period of hiatus and cancellations, concerts, productions, and performances are starting to ramp back up as both artists and patrons slowly venture back into the world.
As Sound Image was preparing to stage the weekend ...
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Chris Reade Adds Warm Touch to Dierks Bentley's Beers On Me Tour with Chauvet Professional
The bonds that join us are always precious and invaluable, never more so than during challenging times. Multi-platinum singer/song writer Dierks Bentley tapped into this very human emotion with his new hit "Beers On Me." ...
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Over 100 GLP Fixtures Light Up ILLENIUM Stadium Show in Las Vegas
A record-breaking concert by EDM artist ILLENIUM at the new Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, was brought to life recently, with over 100 fixtures from the GLP inventory.
ILLENIUM's long-serving LD and production designer, Chuc ...
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Platinum Tools Features ezEX RJ45 Starter Kit at InfoComm 2021
Platinum Tools announces it will feature its ezEX RJ45 Starter Kit (p/n 90188) during InfoComm 2021, held in Orlando, Florida. from Oct. 27 - 29 at the Orange County Convention Center, booth #4361. The kit is now available. ...
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Harman Expands JBL Offering for India Market with launch of JBL CSSM100 Studio Condenser Microphone
Harman Professional Solutions launches the JBL Commercial CSSM100 studio condenser microphone in India. The microphone is engineered to "Sound Your Best" while incorporating a handy design with JBL sound input technology at a ...
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Avolites Celebrates 45th Anniversary at PLASA Show
Avolites heads to PLASA Show in London Olympia (Stand: D17) celebrating 45 years at the forefront of the industry.
From humble beginnings underneath a Hammersmith railway arch in 1976, the company has been at the cutting edge of ...
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iHeartRadio Music Awards Return to a Live Setting for 2021 Show with Sound from JBL Professional
ATK Audiotek recently deployed a JBL Professional sound reinforcement system at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards, bringing dynamic, high-energy sound to one of the first indoor live award shows of the year. ...
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Keith Arsenault Creates Lighting Narrative for Pagliacci with Chauvet Professional
As stories on stage unfold, they are invariably carried on their journey by the ebb and flow of light. This is true of virtually every dramatic production, but there are some where lighting is so intricately woven into the story that it ...
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PK Sound Powers Bass-Heavy Eclipse Stage at Sunset Music Festival 2021
When the gates first opened for the 2021 edition of the Sunset Music Festival on May 29, eyes all over the world were seemingly locked on Tampa, Florida. After all, this year's event was one of the first major festivals to return on a full ...
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Riedel and Backstage Academy Partner to Prepare Next Generation of Live Event Professionals
In a strong move to support the next generation of live event professionals, Riedel Communications teamed up with Backstage Academy to provide hands-on training using the latest equipment. Students in the three-year Backstage ...
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Chimera Launches New Lantern and Lightbanks for Creamsource Vortex8
Chimera introduces two new Lightbanks plus a Lantern for the Creamsource Vortex8, available in September. All Chimera products are handcrafted in Colorado using field tested, proprietary textiles so a long service life can be ...
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Elation Helps Recreate Iconic Pink Floyd Looks on Brit Floyd World Tour 2021
Forced from the road in early 2020 due to the pandemic, Brit Floyd, "The World's Greatest Pink Floyd Tribute Show," is back after kicking off a world tour July 29th at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado beneath an all Elation ...
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Visual Technology Artist Elevates University of Virginia with Epson Laser Projectors
When the world shut down, students and educators had to adapt to new learning environments. Through these times, efforts to engage and bring students and communities together safely have resulted in more innovative forms of interactive art ...
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Chauvet's Rogue Outcast 1 BeamWash Opens New Creative Paths
Following the straight and narrow path rarely leads to bold innovations. More often, the most game-changing breakthroughs arise when convention is overturned, and new courses are charted. This has been the guiding philosophy behind the ...
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Antelope Audio Announces Galaxy 32 Synergy Core
Antelope Audio announces Galaxy 32 Synergy Core -- setting a new performance standard as a multi-channel audio interface and high-end AD/DA converter, by bringing Dante audio-over- IP networking, 64-bit AFC (Acoustically Focused ...
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Key Digital Adds TOA LENUBIO as Compass Control Pro Partner Alliance Product for Bi-Directional Integration
Key Digital announces the addition of the LENUBIO (AM-CF1) audio collaboration system from TOA, a Japan-based manufacturer of audio equipment, in the Compass Control Pro Partner Alliance program.
The LENUBIO professional ...
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TASCAM Introduces the Mixcast 4 Podcast Station
TASCAM introduces the Mixcast 4 Podcast Station. Designed for podcast creation, live streaming, event production, or voice over, the Mixcast 4 can mix and record mic inputs, internal sounds and music via the system's trigger pads, ...
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PLASA Show Launches Program of Industry Seminars and Practical Training
PLASA Show has recently launched its program ready for the 2021 edition of the show, running from September 5 - 7 at Olympia London. Sponsored by Vectorworks, the program of seminars and training sessions is set to deliver in-depth ...
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Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative Introduces Toolbox Talks One-Sheets
The Behind the Scenes Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Initiative announces a key addition to its Toolbox Talks program:
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NanoLumens Launches All-In-One Captivate Series for Hassle-Free Integration
NanoLumens, Inc., the award-winning creators of LED visualization solutions, launches its Captivate Series, an all-in-one LED display solution. Aimed at simplifying installation and easing user control, Captivate is billed as a ...
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Phish Tours with Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8 Preamps
After a long hiatus, Phish's Summer and Fall 2021 tours are now underway with some upgrades to their live sound rig. Their long-time FOH engineer Garry Brown is still running a Yamaha RIVAGE PM10 digital console, but with the new ...
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Robe Stands Proud at Embankment, London
Proud Embankment in London's West End is a venue defined by its world-class cabaret shows, embodying the spirit of true diversity with the sounds, styles, and vibes of a spectacular show-stopping mix including International circus and ...
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d&b Soundscape Provides the Answer for 12 Questions Live
As far as wide-ranging musical CVs go, Fraser T. Smith's takes some beating. For two decades he has moved between multi-instrumentalist and mix engineer, songwriter, and producer with artists from Craig David and Kano ...
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AES Educational Foundation Announces Awardees for the 2021/2022 Academic Year
The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation announces the awardees of AES Educational Scholarships and Grants for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Audio Engineering. "The AES Educational Foundation was established in ...
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Chris Lisle Brings Bandit Lites to Perry's Stage at Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza returned to immense fanfare, celebrating not only its 30-year anniversary, but the return of large-scale gatherings following the pandemic's shut down of live events. Nearly 400,000 fans made their way into the massive Grant' ...
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Obsidian Launches Affordable, Flexible NETRON DMX10 AB Splitters
Obsidian Control Systems announces the newest addition to its rapidly expanding NETRON product range of data distribution devices. With the introduction of the DMX10 splitters, it now offers a high-value solution for simpler ...
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Calibre Announces Second Webinar for LEDFusion Pro
Calibre UK announces their second webinar focused on the LEDFusion Pro series all-in-one direct-view LED display. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 13:00-14:00 PDT.
Featuring Calibre's next ...
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Chauvet Professional Features Bright and Quiet Theatre Fixtures at PLASA
Visitors to stand E-23 at PLASA won't believe their eyes or ears when they see (and don't hear!) Chauvet Professional's Maverick Silens 2 Profile and the Ovation Rêve fixtures.
Although quiet as a mouse, both "see all, hear ...
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L-Acoustics SB10i Subwoofer Delivers Big Low-End from Ultra-Compact Package
L-Acoustics announces the launch of its newest addition to the SB lineup, the SB10i. Delivering the same sonic signature of the company's much larger subs, but from a vastly scaled-down enclosure design, SB10i is not much larger ...
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Steve Nancarrow Joins Main Light as Rental Executive for Main Light West
Main Light, LLC has hired Steve Nancarrow to be the rental executive based at the new Main Light West in Las Vegas, NV. Nancarrow's responsibilities will include business development and client interfacing with professional ...
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NewTek Announces NC2 Studio I/O Module, Offering 12G-SDI Support and Connectivity with NDI 5
NewTek announces the NewTek NC2 Studio Input/Output Module, delivering connectivity solutions for media production professionals and broadcasters alike.
Supporting 12G-SDI and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections, the NC2 Studio I/O ...
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The Show Goes On: Staging Concepts Celebrates the Return of Broadway
Following more than a year of empty auditoriums, silent music halls and dark theatres, stage lights and sound systems are turning back on in performance spaces across the country. To celebrate the official return of Broadway this fall, ...
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Mobeon Equips Next-gen Studio with ETC's fos/4
The hosts of the popular YouTube channel "The Game Theorists" wanted to produce a record-setting and award-winning live-stream event to raise money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. To make sure it was a success, YouTube ...
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Martin Audio's Wavefront Precision Delivers Superior Acoustic Reinforcement at Red Wing Festival
The annual Red Wing Roots Music Festival in Mt. Solon, VA's picturesque Natural Chimneys Park, offers the best of roots, bluegrass, and string band music from Virginia and beyond.
Martin Audio rental partners, Southard ...
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LEA Professional Provides Essential Technology Solutions for the Emerging Resimerical Sector
As the Resimercial space within AV gains considerable momentum, LEA Professional recognizes the opportunity that this sector represents, and understands that their pioneering technologies can help integrators navigate this new space ...
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Showtools International and Chauvet Professional Add New Dimension to Melbourne Recital Centre
Walking down Sturt Street, it is all but impossible not to be intrigued by the three-story building at the corner of Southbank Boulevard. One look at the Melbourne Recital Hall, with its steel and glass lattice façade resembling a ...
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Clear-Com's Jay Wallace Adds Latin America to Sales Territory with Promotion to Senior Regional Sales Manager
Clear-Com announces the promotion of Jay Wallace to senior regional sales manager, Northwestern USA with the addition of Latin America to his sales territory. In his expanded role, Wallace will continue supporting partners ...
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Astera is the Best for Quay Light
Paul Bates from Quay Light feels Astera is the best, and his recent investments in the company underline his opinion. Quay Light now owns several hundred Astera LED fixtures with the largest stock in Scotland, and Bates, who ...
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DiGiCo is the Pearl at the Heart of the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
The $85 million Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, the brand new outdoor home of the San Diego Symphony, is an architectural wonder on the edge of San Diego Bay and in the heart of the city's downtown. Designed to complement the sails of the ...
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Jason Patsel Lights "moe.Morial" Show with Chauvet Professional
Since 2008, the Rooster Walk Festival at Pops Farm has been a Memorial Day tradition in this small hamlet tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In addition to providing a boost to the local economy, it has raised money ...
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Vari-Lite VL2600 Luminaires Land at TSL Lighting for Riot Games Tournament
British rental house TSL Lighting is now offering a range of VL2600 PROFILE and VL2600 WASH luminaires from Vari-Lite, a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand, to provide ...
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Theatre in Review: Walden (TheaterWorks Hartford)
Are we looking at a science fiction surge in the theatre? Just yesterday, I posted a review of Alma Baya, about three women fighting for survival on a hostile planet. Now comes Walden, in which three characters face dicey ...
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A Statement on Health and Safety Protocols for AES Las Vegas 2021
As the US continues to struggle with COVID, AES has issued a statement about its show, scheduled for October.
"This October, AES Las Vegas 2021 is co-located with The NAB Show. The health and safety of our members, guests and ...
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ESTA Bids Fond Farewell to Frances Thompson and Welcomes Laura Hoepker
After a storied career in the entertainment industry, ESTA's membership manager, Frances Thompson, will be retiring at the end of 2021. For over two decades, she has been a vital force in the growth of the association and a ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. Chief Human Resources Officer Wins Silver Stevie Award in 2021 International Business Awards
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces chief human resources officer Tania Salgado-Nealous, PHR, SHRM-CP was named the winner of a Silver Stevie Award in the Human Resources Executive of the Year ...
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Audio-Technica Updates Flagship Wireless ATH-M50x Model with ATH-M50xBT2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones
Audio-Technica announces the introduction of its new ATH-M50xBT2 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones, the next generation of the flagship wireless iteration of its ATH-M50x professional monitor headphones. When A-T brought the ATH-M50x ...
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Top-tier Corporate Presentations Brought to Life with Shure Microflex MX415 Dual Cartridge Microphone
High-profile corporate presentations and top-tier broadcasts require consistent audio for live events and broadcast recording feeds. Shure understands reliable audio is key and is launching its new Microflex MX415 Dual Cartridge ...
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Theatre in in Review: Alma Baya (Untitled Theatre Company No. 61)
There is this to be said for the intrepid folk at Untitled Theatre Company No. 61: You never know where they will take you next. In the case of Edward Einhorn's Alma Baya, we are on "a hostile planet" for an Arthur-C.-Clarke ...
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Mike Sumner Joins L-Acoustics Creations as Business Manager
L-Acoustics Creations, dedicated to bringing professional sound systems and immersive sound spaces to residential, marine, and architectural environments, has appointed Mike Sumner to the position of business manager, ...
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MAXHUB Debuts the Raptor Series LM220A18 Integrated LED Wall Display
MAXHUB introduces the LM220A18 Integrated LED Wall Display. The largest member of MAXHUB's recently announced Raptor Series, the LM220A18 was designed with dramatically simplified control and setting features -- enabling meeting ...
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Bandit Lights Up Flash of Nash in Downtown Nashville
Music City's most famous streets got in on the city's entertainment as a free, five-minute nightly light show encompassed Fifth + Broadway every thirty minutes for two hours. Bandit Lites supplied the lighting system for Flash ...
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175 ADJ LED Video Panels Provide Set for Televised PBA Super Slam Bowling Competition
The recent Professional Bowlers Association Super Slam was an invitational event featuring the five winners of the 2021 PBA Tour Majors. Offering a total prize purse of $200,000, this all-star tournament was broadcast live on FOX Sports. ...
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Zveri Lit by 75 GLP impression X4 Bar 20 at Moscow Megasport
Russian rock band, Zveri, recently celebrated their 20th anniversary, immersing both their fans and themselves in striations of light and bright effects from GLP fixtures.
Zveri is one of the phenomena of the Russian ...
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Theatre in Review: George M. Cohan Tonight! (Irish Repertory Theatre Online)
For its latest streamed presentation, the Irish Rep resurrects the life of Broadway's first great Irish-American star. The original multihyphenate, George M. Cohan took New York by storm in the early years of the preceding century, ...
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Industry Veteran Cyd Knight Joins VLS Team
Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) announces that industry veteran Cyd Knight has joined its product and expendables sales team. As a very welcome addition to Production Advantage powered by VLS, Knight will provide the ...
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Hosa Introduces New Cable Organizers
Hosa Technology, Inc.introduces two new highly adaptable cable organizers fit for any setup. With such a variety of solutions needed to accommodate ever-changing setups, these cable wraps offer the kind of customization customers ...
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64 Audio's Nio IEM Named as a NAMM TEC Award Finalist
64 Audio announces that Nio, 64 Audio's audiophile-grade, universal-fit, hybrid high-driver in-ear monitor, has been announced as a finalist for the 37th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards in the category ...
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PAMA Invites Industry to Join August XR Event
As part of its ongoing commitment to sharing perspectives from knowledgeable and respected industry voices, the Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA) is extending an invitation to the audio community to join its August ...
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Allen & Heath AHM-64 "Mothership" Powers Finger Lakes Opera's The Barber of Seville
Based in Rochester, NY and serving the greater Monroe County area, Finger Lakes Opera (FLO) recently staged Rossini's popular opera buffa The Barber of Seville with an Allen & Heath AHM-64 audio matrix providing the audio ...
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TechDataPS Showroom Lets Consumers Experience the Latest Harman Professional Audio Solutions
To create a world-class experience center, TechDataPS Co., Ltd. installed audio systems from Harman Professional Solutions to showcase the latest in audio technology to customers and visitors.
TechDataPS is a leading provider of ...
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Behind the Scenes Announces Autumn Schedule for Mental Health First Aid Training
The Behind the Scenes Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Initiative has posted the Autumn schedule for online Mental Health First Aid training for entertainment industry workers in the US at btshel ...
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LED Matrix Panel Discussion on August 19 Elation Coffee Break
LED matrix panels may be the most flexible visual design tool there is. Floods of colored or white light, eye candy looks, pixel-mapped effects, running text, high-intensity blinder flares, strobe bursts, or just cool scenic filler -- ...
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Gerry Dintelman Immerses with Chauvet Professional At Revival BBQ Blues and Soul Festival
Gerry Dintelman likes creating gobo patterns. He's quite adept at it too, working magic with swirling forms on the walls, floors, and ceilings at an array of venues indoor and out. But never before in his career as a lighting ...
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L-Acoustics Allows Resorts World Las Vegas Venues to Go From Morning to Night Without Skipping a Beat
Resorts World Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Strip's first new hotel-casino in a decade, is doubling down on the city and Solotech, a Certified Provider integrator (CPi) for L-Acoustics, is making sure they won't be gambling with the ...
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MLA Receives Universal Thumbs up From Lollapalooza Sound Engineers
Martin Audio PA rigs dominated three of the eight stages that made up this year's four-day annual Lollapalooza Festival at Chicago's Grant Park.
The premier event -- staged by C3 Presents, which dates back to 1991 -- ...
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FiFi Sound Invests in More Robe
Based in the beautiful, ancient, and famous city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, FiFi Sound is a technical production and rental company specializing in live events which has made a solid commitment to investing in the best brands across all ...
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Introducing IRiS ICON LED Video Wall Products
Blizzard Lighting announces its newest family of products, the IRiS ICON LED video wall series. The ICON series consists of four different video panels, with a combination of indoor and outdoor IP65-rated models: ...
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Wenger Corporation Introduces New J.R. Clancy PowerLift and PowerLite Hoists
Wenger Corporation announces the new J.R. Clancy PowerLift Hoist with significantly more capability, and the PowerLite hoist, a cost-effective solution with robust flexibility and options. ...
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ProSource Raises Over $180K for Make-A-Wish Central and South Texas
ProSource announces that over $180,000 was raised by the organization for Make-A-Wish Central and South Texas during a team-building event held at the ProSource Summer Conference last week. The unprecedented amount represents a 55% ...
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Germany's Stadttheater Ingolstadt Illuminates Outdoor Venues with Elation Proteus
The Ingolstadt Theater in Bavaria, Germany, is a classic playhouse that -- like so many other theatres -- had to adapt during the pandemic in order to stage plays during the summer. The prerequisites were good though; after all, the ...
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CM Srl and Audiosales Bring New Technology to Luxury Liner with 34 Chauvet Professional NET-X II Nodes
In May of this year, MSC Cruises launched the Virtuosa, the fourth in its acclaimed Meraviglia class of ships. Like its predecessors, the new 331.43m long luxury liner is outfitted with a host of amenities from its 13 gourmet restaurants, ...
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Equipson's WORK PRO Loudspeakers Deliver a Great Atmosphere at the Purple Rain Lounge
Equipson and its loudspeaker products were tasked by Spanish company TecnoSonido with installing a new audio system at the SH Villa Gadea, a five star hotel on the Costa Blanca.
With a customer profile that includes both ...
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Listen Technologies Announces Leadership Transition
Listen Technologies announces that its board of directors has appointed Maile Keone as president and chief executive officer. Russ Gentner, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer, will transition to chairman ...
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Key Digital Releases New HDMI Splitter with 4K to 1080p Down-Convert Option
Key Digital, an award-winning developer and manufacturer of digital video processing and video signal distribution solutions, introduces the new KD-DA1x2DC 4K 18G HDMI splitter with audio de-embed and 4K to 1080p down-convert. KD ...
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Genelec Sustains Award-winning Nordic Hotel Brand with Premium Audio
Founded in 1963, Scandic is the Nordic region's largest hotel operator with a network of some 280 hotels across six countries. With 70% of its revenues coming from the business travel and conference sector, Scandic is a pioneer in CSR (Corp ...
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Meyer Sound Back on Broadway for Tony Awards and Returning Hit Shows
Broadway, the global theatrical hub, will celebrate its reopening in September with the 74th Tony Awards in New York. Two nominees for Best Musical, Jagged Little Pill and Moulin Rouge! The Musical, are powered by Meyer ...
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Keyteq Live Events Accents Imagery of Manchester Art Exhibit With Chauvet Professional
There is a liberation that arises when reality is turned on its head; and the familiar is cast in new forms to become something strange and uncertain. Great artists like Picasso and Dali tapped into this powerful force, ...
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Les Misérables Revived into West End Staged Concert with disguise at the Heart
When the newly refurbished Sondheim Theatre reopened its doors in December 2019 to welcome back the West End's longest-running musical, Les Misérables, the excitement was unfortunately cut short following the swift and unexpected ...
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CODA Audio Shoots Straight for Schallwerk at Tellspielhaus
The Uri Theatre in the historic Swiss town of Altdorf was built in 1865 and served as a community hall until 1924, after which it was expanded to its present size as the Tellspielhaus. The town is most famous for being the place, ...
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PreSonus Revelator io24 is Your Partner from Studio to Stream
PreSonus is shipping the new Revelator io24 USB-C™ audio interface, which integrates high-headroom mic preamps, a two-channel loopback mixer, and extensive processing to deliver polished, professional-sounding results for streaming, ...
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Elite Multimedia and Elation to Showcase New Lighting Gear at August 31 Open House in Nashville
Nashville-based Elite Multimedia Productions has added Elation Artiste Monet, Artiste Mondrian and
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Allen & Heath dLive CTi1500 Named as a Finalist for NAMM TEC Award
Allen & Heath has been announced as a finalist for the 37th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement in Small Format Technology. Presented at The NAMM Show, The ...
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Epson Laser Projectors Illuminate Immersive Journey in Multimodal Audiovisual Aurora Project
Growing up hard-of-hearing, Ethan Castro, co-founder of EDGE Sound Research, focused his doctoral degree research on recreating audio leveraging tactile dimensions. This ultimately led to the invention of ResonX, an experiential ...
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Midland Brings Bandit Lites on Tour
American country band Midland is back on the road bringing their steel guitar-driven country-rock sound on a headlining tour with a lighting system provided by Bandit Lites. The trio, consisting of Mark Wystrach, Jess ...
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Kinesys Makes Some Moves for American Idiot Production
Copenhagen's fabulous Østre Gasværk Theatre is staging a revival of the hugely successful 2017 Danish production of Green Day's iconic American Idiot sung-through drama directed and choreographed by Tim Zimmerman, which is ...
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Charles Montoya Joins MAXHUB as Director of Sales for UC Products
MAXHUB, provider of collaborative communication and interactive class delivery solutions, announces the appointment of Charles Montoya to the newly created position of director of sales for UC Products. In this position, ...
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Acclaim Lighting Announces Flex Tube Gen 2 Series
Acclaim Lighting introduces its Flex Tube Gen 2 Series, a line of flexible direct view LED strips that features single color, dynamic white, multiple colors and color control for indoor and outdoor applications. The flexible, direct ...
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Robe's RoboSpots for Cruising Odyssey
Robe ESPRITE luminaires and RoboSpot remote follow spotting systems -- the first installed on an ocean-going liner -- are providing a neat and flexible solution for the Two70 Theatre space aboard the brand-new 1,138' long, 169 ...
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Pharos is a Permanent Guest at Brisbane's Hotel X
Striking a pose on the skyline of the hip city of Brisbane, Australia, the new Hotel X is the ultimate in chic destinations. Located in the center of the city's Fortitude Valley, also known as the "Valley," this new five-star offering has ...
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Unlimited Studios Get Prolights EclPanel TWCJr
Unlimited studios, a production and rental company based in The Netherlands with over 25 years of experience, has recently built a second virtual production studio in Rosmalen, out of their headquarters, and fitted with professional studio ...
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Theatre in Review: Merry Wives (New York Shakespeare Festival/Delacorte Theater)
Merriment reigns again in Central Park with New York Shakespeare Festival making its long-awaited return to the Delacorte. Wisely choosing to keep it light for pandemic-weary audiences, the company has opted to revive The Merry Wives of ...
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Explains Simulation and Testing for Speakers and Microphones in Webinar
The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI), created to promote methodologies, practices, and technologies involved in developing and bringing audio products to market, will promote a new free webinar on its Modeling and ...
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World Outreach Church Becomes First House of Worship to Install L-Acoustics K3i
Since its very first service on Easter Sunday in 1980, Murfreesboro's World Outreach Church (WOC) has steadily grown into the full scope of its name. Not only does the Christian house of worship welcome nearly 7,000 regional visitors to ...
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Robert John Baker Captures Complexity in Addams Family Musical with Chauvet Professional
"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly." So wrote the American humorist Charles Addams, whose penchant for poking fun at all things conventional, inspired him to create a series of cartoons that ...
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Brompton Technology Delivers Video Content for NZ's SIX60 Tour and Eden Park's Inaugural Concert
After more than a year of lockdown, the wait was finally over when the multi-platinum selling band, Six60, embarked on a massive tour across New Zealand. The Six60 Saturdays Tour culminated with a historic "first" when they became ...
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Mainline Show Productions Join Martin Audio's Wavefront Precision Family
Mainline Show Productions have invested in both Martin Audio's Wavefront Precision WPS and WPM rigs -- the advanced platform that was recently recognized with the Queen's Award for Innovation.
The Manchester-based event ...
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Point Source Audio Mics for Roman Tosca Opera; Sound Design Transports Audience Back to June 1800
Sound engineers chose Point Source Audio's CO-8WL omnidirectional waterproof lavalier microphones for the immersive production of Puccini's Tosca, staged in the courtyard of Palazzo Farnese in Northern Italy's city of ...
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Urgent Action Needed to Support The MUSIC Act
Senate Amendment 2412 by Senator Marsha Blackburn was put forth August 3. It is known as The MUSIC Act (Music Under Severe Income Crisis) This amendment will allow service and support companies as well as showcase performers ...
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Meyer Sound Announces New Leadership for Midwest Sales and Cinema/Residential Market
Meyer Sound has appointed Kent Margraves as sales manager, midwest and Jay Wyatt as program manager, cinema and residential.
Effective immediately, Margraves assumes responsibility for sales and client relations in ...
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Elation Pixel Tape 16IP and 40IP Flexible and Efficient Decorative Lighting Solutions
LED pixel tape's flexibility as an easy-to-use, versatile, and inexpensive dynamic light source make it an indispensable element in any lighting toolbox. Elation offers two new rugged outdoor-rated LED pixel tape solutions useful ...
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Keith Hoagland Thinks Big with Chauvet for Jason Aldean's Faster Horses Festival Appearance
Automotive pioneer Henry Ford hated market research. When explaining why, he supposedly said, "if I asked customers what they wanted when I started, they would have said 'a faster horse.'"
More than a century after Ford ...
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Audio-Technica Appoints LVX Marketing as Manufacturer's Rep Firm for California, Nevada and Hawaii
Audio-Technica announces the appointment of system solutions provider LVX Marketing Inc. as its new manufacturer's representative firm for the states of California, Nevada, and Hawaii, effective July 1, 2021. ...
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German Live Events Companies Deploy Clear-Com for Virtual Event Productions
Germany's cultural venues, live performance spaces, and rental companies were largely impacted by the restrictions of COVID-19, but many found alternate ways of surviving the tumultuous year. After the cancellation of several live events, ...
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The Shepherd's Church Brings its Flock into the DiGiCo Ecosystem
While The Shepherd's Church's faith is based squarely on the Bible, it also understands that some things do change. For instance, the Cary, NC-based church, founded in 1986 as Colonial Baptist Church, took on its current name on January 1 ...
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Crossroads Christian Church Relies on Solid State Logic L200 and L500 Consoles
During the pandemic, sound engineers at Crossroads Christian Church turned off the P.A. and moved the Solid State Logic Live L500 digital audio mixing console at front-of-house into another room, where they mixed monitors for ...
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Wainhouse Research Gives Yamaha ADECIA Conferencing Solution a Positive Review
Yamaha Unified Communications announces the Wainhouse Research's positive assessment of the Yamaha ADECIA solution, a complete and intelligent microphone and line array speaker system designed to remove all barriers for equipping ...
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Renkus-Heinz Brings Flexibility and Interoperability to Iconyx Compact Series with Audinate's Dante
Renkus-Heinz announces the latest products in its new Iconyx Compact Series: the ICC 12/3-RD1, 24/3-RD1, 36/3-RD1, and 48/3-RD1.
The new -RD1 lineup completes the Iconyx Compact Series portfolio -- a line that first launched in ...
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Austrian Audio Releases Hi-X15 & Hi-X25BT Headphones
Austrian Audio quality is shipping now at an unbeatable price, the company says, with the new Hi-X15 closed-back headphones and the Hi-X25BT. These headphones are the workhorses of the award-winning Austrian Audio Hi-X series, ...
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Fred Gallo and More to Receive The 2020 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announces that they will present the 2020 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry -- Fred Gallo, president of PRG Scenic ...
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Just Add Power Raises the AV-Over-IP Bar at CEDIA Expo 2021
Just Add Power announces its technology lineup for CEDIA Expo 2021, September 1 - 3 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. At Booth 2504, the company will present its award-winning 2GO/3G ST1 Sound Transceiver along with ...
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ChamSys QuickQ 20 Helps Kyle Bell Adapt for Warrant and Firehouse Show
Do you have to love a band's music to do a great job lighting it? There probably is no definitive answer to this question but having a strong affinity for a group's sound certainly helps -- especially when you're called in at the last ...
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Columbus McKinnon Expands Hand Chain Hoist Portfolio in North America with Hurricane Mini 360°
Columbus McKinnon Corporation introduces the CM Hurricane Mini 360° Hand Chain Hoist. Small and lightweight, the CM Hurricane™ Mini 360° is the smallest hand chain hoist on the market with full 360-degree rotation, providing ...
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Lancaster Evangelical Church Clear on Sound of Their Service with d&b Y-Series Loudspeaker System
Lancaster Evangelical Church (LEFC) in Lititz, PA believes in the importance of being clear about its mission to "Love God, Love People, Live Truth, and Proclaim Jesus." They are vision driven and mission focused. ...
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Nymrod Comms Adds Pliant Technologies to its Intercom Line Up
Pliant Technologies recently expanded its reach in the UK with new distributor, Nymrod Comms. Founded in 2015, Nymrod Comms was established to provide the UK and European markets with high-quality, full-duplex communication ...
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LightFair Early Bird Registration Expires August 6
Attendee early bird registration rates for the 2021 LightFair Trade Show and Conference expires on August 6 with the Expo Only passes set to increase 25% and conference registration options increasing 7% to 15% as standard ...
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Tyler Truss Adds Fredric "Keegan" Bear to its Roster
Tyler Truss adds Fredric "Keegan" Bear as both an IT specialist and a designer. A graduate of Purdue University's School of Engineering and Technology, and Indiana University-Purdue University's CAD Design program, Bear ...
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Royer Labs Promotes Amalia Stephenson to General Manager
Royer Labs announces the promotion of Amalia Stephenson to the position of general manager. Having joined Royer Labs in 2000 as an administrative assistant to John Jennings, Royer's VP of sales and marketing shortly ...
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Cobalt Digital Takes its 9904-UDX Problem Solver Up Another Level
Cobalt Digital announces that its award-winning next generation 9904-UDX family of openGear advanced scaler/frame synchronizers has been enhanced with numerous features and functionalities. Referred to as the Company's Swiss Army ...
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NEP Launches New Virtual Production Business Segment, Acquires Prysm Collective, Lux Machina, and Halon
NEP Group announces the launch of a new virtual production business segment, to be called NEP Virtual Studios, bringing on board industry leaders in real-time production with the acquisition of Prysm Collective, Lux Machina, and ...
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CODA Audio's Ultra-compact TiRAY Shines at University of Siegen
The University of Siegen enjoys an excellent reputation as a center for the teaching of the sciences. Research in the fields of sensor technology and nano sciences are among the focal points of the education on offer, and a rising ...
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Mobile Chamber Opera Birds in the Moon Brings Back Live Theatre with DPA Microphones
Facing lockdowns and shuttered theatres in the wake of the pandemic, acclaimed composer Mark Grey, along with a creative team of visual artists, sought to create a traveling chamber opera that would bring back live theatre. While ...
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Goose Records, Streams and Tours with Telefunken
Popular jamband Goose didn't let the pandemic stop their electrifying live performances for legions of fans. While concert touring was forbidden, the inventive band livestreamed eight completely different sets of music from a converted ...
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Chauvet Professional Lights "Renaissance Concert" For Toluca Philharmonic's Return
"Renaissance" is a beautiful word, believes Gerardo Urbán y Fernández, not just for the promising future it represents, but also for the struggles that preceded it. The director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Toluca (Toluca ...
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Christie Lites Bolsters Their International Footprint with New Hires
Christie Lites, a global provider of stage lighting services, has made several key new Account Rep appointments from across various industry sectors over the last several months.
Starting in the UK, Christie Lites' announce ...
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Powersoft Appoints Akira Mochimaru as its New Global Marketing Director
Powersoft confirms the appointment of Akira Mochimaru to serve as its new global marketing director, effective immediately.
His duties in this role will be to connect dots between customers, technology, products, ...
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Roadies Create Non-profit Cookbook to Fund Mental Health First Aid on Tour
The Roadie Cookbook: Toured There, Ate That is a new charity publication created by live music crew members with the mission of funding Mental Health First Aid training for every tour bus in the UK. ...
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Kelly Clarkson Show is Wrapped in Robe
Multiple Grammy award winning Kelly Clarkson has rocked the foundations and redefined daytime talk show television with her award-winning, high impact The Kelly Clarkson Show (TKCS). The one hour syndicated daytime show ...
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Integrated Production Solutions Selects LynTec Power Control for Grace Community Church
LynTec announces Integrated Production Solutions (IPS) successfully met the distributed AVL power control and sequencing challenges of Grace Community Church in Brentwood, Tennessee, using its RPC Remote Control Breaker Panels, RPCR ...
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Green Screen Studios Lit with Prolights
Podimatas Group, a leading group of production companies in Greece, has recently chosen to work with Prolights to light up their green screen studios. With more than 37 years of experience, the Greek company has offices in Athens, ...
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Baidu Live House Installed with NEXT-proaudio in China
The Teacher Wu Rongzong was invited to upgrade the system for the famous Baidu Live House. The owner requested to create a top-notch sound field effect on an international scale, and Mr. Wu immediately thought about the NEXT ...
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Crystal Group Introduces First Military- and IEC-Compliant Video Encoder and IP KVM
Crystal Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic hardware, announces it will offer the industry's first ruggedized video appliances (RVA) that combine critical, real-time 4K video streaming, recording, ...
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Xilica Launches Gio Networked AV Interfaces
Xilica, a global AV technology provider focused on driving authentic interaction, launches Xilica Gio, a range of three networked endpoints for bridging personal devices to installed AV systems. The initial Xilica Gio series ...
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JBL Professional Introduces the PRX ONE All-in-One Portable PA System and Pro Connect Control App
Harman Professional Solutions unveils its latest addition to the JBL Professional PRX Column Portable PA family, the PRX ONE all-in-one portable PA. JBL Professional also introduced the all new, universal JBL Pro Connect app ...
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Broadway Theatres in New York City Announce Vaccination and Mask Requirement for Audiences
The Broadway League announces that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theatres in New York City will require vaccinations for audience members, as well as performers, backstage crew, and theatre staff, for all performances ...
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Dylan Goerner Joins Chimera Lighting as Marketing Product Coordinator
Chimera Lighting announces that Dylan Goerner has joined the Chimera Team as marketing product coordinator.
Goerner will work closely with customers online and in person as an integral part of the company's trade show ...
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Atlona CEO and Co-Founder Ilya Khayn Departs Company; Jamey Swigert Assumes Executive Director Role
Atlona announces that CEO and co-founder Ilya Khayn will depart on September 15, nearly three years after Panduit's acquisition of the company. Jamey Swigert, Atlona's director of AV Sales and business development, ...
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API Announces Limited Edition "API Select" Range of Products
Automated Processes Inc. (API) unveils a new line of pro audio gear, called API Select. Designed, built, and tested at the API factory in Jessup, Maryland, API Select is specifically engineered to complement API's classic mix of mic ...
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AES Launches Redesigned AES.org Website and Branding
The Audio Engineering Society has been busy improving the member experience and accessibility of its online portal, AES.org. Earlier this year, phase one debuted with a new and more user-friendly ...
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Renkus-Heinz Partners with Seapower Technology to Strengthen Presence in Taiwan
Seapower Technology has partnered with Renkus-Heinz to strengthen the company's array of loudspeaker offerings in the Taiwan market.
"We are very happy about this Strategic Partnership with Seapower, a highly recognized company ...
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Classic Martin Audio Modular Rig Supports The Misery Portal at the ICA
Vintage Martin Audio modular stacks have helped support an experimental work at the acclaimed Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in central London.
It is fitting that as the manufacturer celebrates its 50th year, Alex ...
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Christie Laser Projection and Content Management Solutions Deliver Wonder at Shanghai Astronomy Museum
Christie announces that its laser projection and content management solutions are delivering awe-inspiring visuals that transport visitors across time and space in the new Shanghai Astronomy Museum. ...
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ChamSys and Crt Birsa Power Legacy of Looks for Dubioza Kolektiv
The past lives in the present. Although the experiences that shaped earlier years may fade with time, their echoes can still be heard in the current moment, endowing it with a new sense of depth and meaning. Crt Birsa of Blackout ...
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Theatre in Review: Vs. (Mabou Mines Online)
The characters in Vs., a kind of existential courtroom drama, dwell in an epistemological deadlock. The simplest question -- "Would you like water?" -- causes a hopeless breakdown in communication. To be sure, this is ...
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