 Theatre in Review: Major Barbara (The Pearl Theatre Company/Gingold Theatrical Group)
We live in an era of theatrical provocateurs, yet I submit that the most troubling production in town is the Pearl/Gingold revival of Major Barbara. George Bernard Shaw's parable of religion, poverty, and war ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Straight White Men (The Public Theater)
Okay, Public Theater, out with it: Where is Young Jean Lee and what have you done with her? Clearly, she is being held hostage in an undisclosed location while an impostor is on the loose. The Young Jean Lee that we know and fear ... 
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 PLASA Events Announces Partnership with Show Ready Events
PLASA Events announces their partnership with Show Ready Events, an event planning and management organization, who will assist with the 2015 PLASA Focus shows in Orlando, Florida and Kansas City, Missouri. ... 
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 Application Deadline for the URTA National Unified Auditions and Interviews is November 21
The University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA)'s National Unified Auditions and Interviews (NUAIs) provides a unique and efficient approach to pursuing placement in top graduate programs. The deadline for candidates in acting ... 
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 Morpheus Lights Introduces New Ayrton Luminaires at LDI 2014
Morpheus Lights, the exclusive US distributor of Ayrton LED luminaires, says it will present a dynamic 140-fixture display of the new Radical series of beam projectors at LDI2014, in booth 2759, at the Las Vegas ... 
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 'Tis the Season to Donate to Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes UK, the newly launched charity that aims to provide financial support to entertainment technology professionals when they are ill or injured, is calling on companies and individuals to send their annual Christmas ... 
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 Usher gets Radical with Ayrton on the UR Experience Tour
Eric Wade, of FOHShow LLC, is the first US lighting designer to put Ayrton's Radical new MagicPanel-R out on a major tour -- that of American R&B/Hip-Hop artist Usher as he embarks on a 50-date tour across America and ... 
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 Robe is Mutually Beneficial for Kilowatt AV
Cape Town, South Africa-headquartered event production specialists Kilowatt AV recently specified 36 Robe LEDWash 600s and 12 LEDBeam 100s for a nationwide five-city FLS (Financial Lifestyle Solutions) roadshow by South ... 
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 Renkus-Heinz and First Baptist Church of Shawnee -- Keeping Tradition Alive
Shawnee, Oklahoma's First Baptist Church was founded in 1892, 15 years before Oklahoma gained statehood. After their main sanctuary was damaged by a tornado in the 1930s, the church rebuilt, and that structure serves as the main sanctuary ... 
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 Classic Rock Hits the High Seas with L-Acoustics
Classic-rock artists, elder statesmen of the genre, have certainly seen sound reinforcement systems emerge over the decades, and many have become accustomed to enjoying the very best in modern stadium concert sound. In recent years, those ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II (Theatre for a New Audience/Polonsky Shakespeare Center)
Drums pound, armies assemble, and blood comes raining down -- quite literally -- in Michael Boyd's staging of Tamburlaine, Christopher Marlowe's epic melodrama of conquest and revenge. It has been nearly 60 ... 
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 Theatre in Review: The River (Circle in the Square Theatre)
The producers of The River have asked that we not reveal anything about the last few minutes of The River. That's fine with me; it's the other 85 minutes I'm worried about. Jez Butterworth's play is loaded ... 
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 Tony Awards Committee to Review Sound Design Award Ban
Having received a petition with 32,495 signatures, including strong comments from dozens of Broadway luminaries, the Tony Awards administration committee says it will review the decision to drop the sound design category, The New ... 
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 Clear-Com Brings New Communications, Connectivity, and Transport Solutions to LDI2014
At the upcoming LDI2014 exhibition in Las Vegas, Clear-Com will demonstrate its continued commitment in linking communication groups together with its latest intercom, signal transport, and intercom connectivity (ICON) ... 
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 Comedy of Errors Ties in Design at Theatre Bay Area Awards
The winners of the Theatre Bay Area Awards honoring the San Francisco Bay Area theatre community, were announced November 10, 2014 at American Conservatory Theater's Geary Theater. The Comedy of Errors took two awards in ... 
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 Empire PRO to Host QSC, Shure, and Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Day
On Thursday, December 4th, QSC, Shure, and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., will present a powerful day of live-sound training at Empire PRO, 5675 Mansfield Way, Bell, California. A professional production of the ... 
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 Elation Sniper Makes German Debut on Comedian Marc Metzger's Televised Anniversary Show
LichtUnit GmbH was commissioned to design the stage and lighting concept for German comedian Marc Metzger's recent 25th anniversary show and incorporated Elation Professional's award-winning Sniper multi-effect and laser ... 
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 Clay Paky Sharpys and grandMA2s Help Deliver Stand Up to Cancer Special
When the fourth biennial Stand Up to Cancer special aired in the US and Canada on September 5 it raised more than $109 million for its groundbreaking collaborative research efforts. Some 60 Clay Paky Sharpy luminaires were ... 
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 Church of the Highlands Delivers High-Energy Worship Experience for 20,000 Members with Martin Professional
With ten campuses and more than 30,000 active members throughout Alabama, the Church of the Highlands delivers a unique style of prayer that utilizes professional production elements to create a high-energy, high-worship atmosphere. Now in ... 
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 Route 91 Harvest Reaps Bountiful Sound with L-Acoustics
MGM Resorts International and Live Nation teamed up this fall to produce the inaugural Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip over October's first weekend. Staged on a huge lot across the famed boulevard from ... 
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