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(4/27/2026)

-Elation '26 Roadshow Heads to Minneapolis on May 6

Elation '26 Roadshow Heads to Minneapolis on May 6

The Elation '26 Roadshow now heads to Minnesota for an open house event in Minneapolis on May 6.
The event offers attendees the chance to explore Elation's award-winning More

(4/27/2026)

-Vineyard Theatre Ratifies First Collective Bargaining Agreement With IATSE

Vineyard Theatre Ratifies First Collective Bargaining Agreement With IATSE

Vineyard Theatre has ratified its first collective bargaining agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), formally recognizing the union as the representative for its covered backstage and ...More

(4/27/2026)

-Robe Gear on Hans Zimmer's Next Level Tour

Robe Gear on Hans Zimmer's Next Level Tour

John Featherstone and his daughter Hailey Featherstone, both of Lightswitch, created the lighting design for film composer Hans Zimmer's current The Next Level World Tour. Hailey is out on the road as lighting ...More

(4/27/2026)

-San Antonio Alamodome Ups its Game with Additional L-Acoustics Systems

San Antonio Alamodome Ups its Game with Additional L-Acoustics Systems

The Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas' municipally owned venue that can hold as many as 72,000 fans and host anything from a football match to basketball games, such as the ones it once accommodated for the NBA San Antonio Spurs for a decade. ...More

(4/27/2026)

-Renkus-Heinz Opens Experience Center in Bangkok

Renkus-Heinz Opens Experience Center in Bangkok

Renkus-Heinz has inaugurated a new Experience Center in Bangkok, serving as a strategic regional hub to foster innovation, demonstration and collaboration. The modern facility offers partners, consultants, and end-users an immersive ...More

(4/27/2026)

-Theatre in Review: Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Ethel Barrymore Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Ethel Barrymore Theatre)

Joe Turner's Come and Gone was the third August Wilson play to be seen on Broadway, but it was the first to reveal the full scope of his ambition. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, his debut work, centers around a ...More

(4/27/2026)

-Theatre in Review: KENREX (Lucille Lortel Theatre)

Theatre in Review: KENREX (Lucille Lortel Theatre)

KENREX is a weird hybrid, a British take on a venerable American true crime saga, the kind of thing that used to rouse Nancy Grace's carnivorous instincts. Go online to find Morley Safer's 60 Minutes report from 1981; ...More

(4/24/2026)

-EXPO-SCENE Delivers Strong Turnout

EXPO-SCENE Delivers Strong Turnout

EXPO-SCENE 2026 wrapped up on a high note, maintaining its steady momentum with solid attendance, a packed show floor, and the addition of several new exhibiting companies. Produced by the Canadian Institute for Theatre ...More

(4/24/2026)

-Studio RRD Expands at Union Square with Sales Counter, Gear Showcase, and Previz Suite

Studio RRD Expands at Union Square with Sales Counter, Gear Showcase, and Previz Suite

Studio RRD, the New York-based lighting design and production studio, is opening a new retail and rental hub at 41 Union Square West, New York City, along with the launch of a professional previsualization suite. ...More

(4/24/2026)

-NYU Tisch School of the Arts to Showcase Graduating MFA Designers

NYU Tisch School of the Arts to Showcase Graduating MFA Designers

The Department of Design for Stage and Film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts will feature the work of 14 designers from its MFA graduating class of 2025 in a week-long exhibition. The annual event attracts hundreds ...More

(4/24/2026)

-Show Control Geekout 2026 to Feature Meow Wolf Facility Tour

Show Control Geekout 2026 to Feature Meow Wolf Facility Tour

Show control expert John Huntington reports that he and Jim Jannick, president of TimberSpring Design + Engineering, will host the 15th edition of the Show Control Geekout at Meow Wolf's Omega Mart, at Area 15 ...More

(4/24/2026)

-NAMM Board Convenes for 2026 Annual Meeting

NAMM Board Convenes for 2026 Annual Meeting

NAMM concluded its annual board of directors meeting, highlighting a year of growth, execution, and strategic clarity - while setting a future course centered on data-driven ROI, advanced technology, and industry leadership. Twenty ...More

(4/24/2026)

-Gearhouse Splitbeam Invests in Robe iFORTES

Gearhouse Splitbeam Invests in Robe iFORTES

South African theatrical technical production specialist, Gearhouse Splitbeam, has invested in 16 new Robe iFORTE moving lights, which are out on a new GWB Entertainment production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats.

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(4/24/2026)

-Theatre in Review: Fallen Angels (Roundabout Theatre Company/Todd Haimes Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Fallen Angels (Roundabout Theatre Company/Todd Haimes Theatre)

Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara are holidaying this spring, not in Nice or Capri, where surely they would be a sensation, but onstage at the Todd Haimes Theatre, where they are making short work of a minor, rarely seen Noel ...More

(4/23/2026)

-DAS Audio Expands US Sales Rep Network with AVL Alliance, Luxsonix Group

DAS Audio Expands US Sales Rep Network with AVL Alliance, Luxsonix Group

DAS Audio of America is expanding its US sales rep network with two new partners: AVL Alliance and Luxsonix Group.
AVL Alliance, led by principal Nick Dressler, will represent DAS Audio across Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado ...
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(4/23/2026)

-New Report from NSCA and Armada Delivers Economic Insights for Integrators

New Report from NSCA and Armada Delivers Economic Insights for Integrators

NSCA announces a new, members-only report that offers economic insights for integrators, developed in partnership with economist Dr. Chris Kuehl and his firm, Armada Corporate Intelligence. ...More

(4/23/2026)

-Follow-Me Powers Counting Crows' The Complete Sweets! Tour Across North America

Follow-Me Powers Counting Crows' The Complete Sweets! Tour Across North America

Counting Crows brought their highly anticipated The Complete Sweets! Tour to audiences across North America during the summer months of 2025, in support of their album Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets!, taking in major ...More

(4/23/2026)

-Ayrton Veloce Support Magician Shin Lim's Limitless in New Lighting Rig in Las Vegas

Ayrton Veloce Support Magician Shin Lim's Limitless in New Lighting Rig in Las Vegas

Sleight of hand magician Shin Lim's Limitless show is more intriguing than ever thanks to the Ayrton Veloce Profile fixtures recently installed in the Palazzo Theatre at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. ACT Entertainment ...More

(4/23/2026)

-Roaring Success for Look Solutions USA on Dinosaur World Live

Roaring Success for Look Solutions USA on Dinosaur World Live

British Olivier Award winning family show, Dinosaur World Live, has just completed (April) a tour of the US. Full of pre-historic wonder, this show includes a host of impressive creatures, from dino-babies right up to everyone's ...More

(4/23/2026)

-Will Thomas Lights Alessandro Cortini with ChamSys at London Church

Will Thomas Lights Alessandro Cortini with ChamSys at London Church

Will Thomas, a lighting designer who was "lucky -- or old -- enough" to be taught how to draw plans and elevations to scale at art college back in the early '90s. Thomas puts this talent to good use, often sketching designs by ...More

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