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(8/14/2014)

-LMG Show Technology Supports 2014 Discovery Upfront

LMG Show Technology Supports 2014 Discovery Upfront

LMG, a national provider of full service technology solutions, recently provided video, audio, LED, and lighting support for the 2014 Discovery Upfront in the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City. Working for ...More

(8/13/2014)

-Key Sessions Added to PLASA Rigging Conference 2014

Key Sessions Added to PLASA Rigging Conference 2014

Two important sessions have been announced for this year's PLASA Rigging Conference, adding further weight to the event's standing within the rigging community. The new one-day format will host a discussion from Michael AndersonMore

(8/13/2014)

-New Deadline Set for Metropolitan Opera Lockout: Negotiations Start up Again

New Deadline Set for Metropolitan Opera Lockout: Negotiations Start up Again

In the latest development of the ongoing labor crisis at the Metropolitan Opera, general manager Peter Gelb has set a new deadline for its lockout of unionized workers: August 17.
Gelb is negotiating with 15 separate unions ...
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(8/13/2014)

-Holland's Newest Rising Star Vocalist Chooses Lectrosonics

Holland's Newest Rising Star Vocalist Chooses Lectrosonics

Singer Barbara Straathof is enjoying unexpected success after her exposure in season three of the TV show The Voice Of Holland. It was the third season of the Dutch reality singing competition, created by media tycoon John de ...More

(8/13/2014)

-Clay Paky "Colors" the Marble Quarries of Val d'Ossola for the Tones on The Stones Festival

Clay Paky "Colors" the Marble Quarries of Val d'Ossola for the Tones on The Stones Festival

Spectacular environments, exclusive productions, and international artists: these are the elements that make the Tones on the Stones Festival an unparalleled project, unlike any other in the world. The festival's goal and challenge is to ...More

(8/13/2014)

-ETC Source Four LED Jazzes Up CROSSINGS 2014 at NAFA

ETC Source Four LED Jazzes Up CROSSINGS 2014 at NAFA

To light a show within budget and with a limited fixture inventory has always been one of the lighting designer's most common challenges. But when lighting designer Jonathan Sin knew he could use eight Source Four LED Lustr+ ...More

(8/13/2014)

-XL Video Sets the Scene for Pointless

XL Video Sets the Scene for Pointless

XL Video supplied video solutions for studio recordings of Series 12 and 13 of the popular Endemol UK/Remarkable Television show, Pointless.
The familiar Pointless set includes several video elements that are key to the ...
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(8/13/2014)

-Robe Has the Power at the Energiehuis Dordrecht

Robe Has the Power at the Energiehuis Dordrecht

It's been nearly a year since over 80 Robe lighting fixtures were supplied and installed at the charismatic Energiehuis, a former power station at the confluence of the Wantij and Beneden Merwede Rivers on the outskirts of Dordrecht ...More

(8/13/2014)

-Theatre in Review: Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter (Minetta Lane Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter (Minetta Lane Theatre)

Well, it's August: How else to explain the presence of Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter? As I've noted before, it's during August that a kind of cloud of unknowing often descends on producers, ...More

(8/12/2014)

-LiNK Opens to Theatre Students Seeking Grad School Interviews, November 14 - 15

LiNK Opens to Theatre Students Seeking Grad School Interviews, November 14 - 15

Online registration is open for LiNK, the new grad school interview weekend for aspiring theatre students presented by USITT and SETC November 14 - 15 at the Atlanta Airport Hilton Hotel. ...More

(8/12/2014)

-LEPAA Announces Diamond Schmitt as Design Architect, Development Team Now Complete

LEPAA Announces Diamond Schmitt as Design Architect, Development Team Now Complete

The final piece in the development team was announced when Lubbock Entertainment / Performing Arts Association (LEPAA) introduced Diamond Schmitt Architects as the design architect for The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and ...More

(8/12/2014)

-Masque Sound Gives Back to the Community with Donation to Industry Charity, Road Recovery

Masque Sound Gives Back to the Community with Donation to Industry Charity, Road Recovery

Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, recently presented a charitable contribution to ROAD RECOVERY, a non-profit organization devoted to helping today's youth overcome addiction and other ...More

(8/12/2014)

-Audio-Technica Sponsors Pensado's Place

Audio-Technica Sponsors Pensado's Place

Audio-Technica, a manufacturer of transducer technology for over 50 years, recently announced that they have become a title sponsor for Pensado's Place, the acclaimed hour-long weekly educational web series that celebrates ...More

(8/12/2014)

-"David Bowie Is" Makes Its US Debut in September at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art

"David Bowie Is" Makes Its US Debut in September at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art

On September 23rd, the "David Bowie Is" exhibition makes its US debut at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). The exhibition, meticulously curated by the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London, explores the incredibly diverse ...More

(8/12/2014)

-Wedding and Event DJs Feature Elation Gear

Wedding and Event DJs Feature Elation Gear

With so much competition to contend with, wedding and event DJs are finding it increasingly important to set themselves apart by providing that something extra to make an occasion especially memorable. Many DJ's and event companies are ...More

(8/12/2014)

-Clay Paky Shotlight Washes Rock at Back-to-Back Outdoor Concerts

Clay Paky Shotlight Washes Rock at Back-to-Back Outdoor Concerts

Clay Paky Shotlight Wash fixtures took to the stage for two back-to-back concerts in May: the MMR*B*Q, the annual show from Philadelphia rock radio station 93.3 WMMR where Rob Zombie headlined, and the WRFF-FM Seventh Birthday Show ...More

(8/12/2014)

-A Collaboration on Stage with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and d&b audiotechnik

A Collaboration on Stage with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and d&b audiotechnik

"At the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, we have always considered sound a key element in the performance itself," shares audio engineer Russell Cowans. Joining the company in 2011, Cowans quickly learned that almost every ...More

(8/12/2014)

-Mack Truck Uses 4Wall Gear for Launch of New Logo

Mack Truck Uses 4Wall Gear for Launch of New Logo

Mack Truck called upon 4Wall Las Vegas to provide gear for a launch event celebrating a new logo for the company. Production company Dauntless CreativeGlenn Wade and his team, which ...More

(8/11/2014)

-Kinesys Opens New USA Operation and Headquarters

Kinesys Opens New USA Operation and Headquarters

UK motion control specialist Kinesys is opening a new operation -- Kinesys USA Inc. headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and headed up by industry veteran David Martin.
The company says Kinesys and its products have ...
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(8/11/2014)

-Four New Technical Standards Program Projects Announced

Four New Technical Standards Program Projects Announced

The PLASA Technical Standards Program announces four new projects.
BSR E1.37-4 File Transfer Control to Provide Firmware Upload Capabilities -- The proposal sets out the minimum requirements for controllers and responders ...
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