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  Event Safety Takes On New Urgency for Attendees of Event Live Expo 2013
Municipalities hosting large-scale indoor and outdoor live events have often required event organizers to prepare comprehensive Event Safety Plans that include specific engineering drawings that address the riggings of stages and roof ...
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Theatre in Review: I'll Eat You Last (Booth Theatre)
Warning to all attending I'll East You Last: Prisoners are not being taken at the Booth Theatre. John Logan has decided that what we all need is a little chat with the late superagent Sue Mengers -- chat being a ...
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PLASA AGM Unveils Strategic Aims
PLASA returns to 195 Piccadilly -- the iconic home of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts -- on Thursday, May 30, for its 2013 European annual general meeting (AGM). Over 200 members and guests are anticipated at the ...
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Stage Technologies Supplies Automation Course for USITT Elite Training Weekend 2013
Stage Technologies is once again supplying a hands-on Automation course for the 2013 USITT Elite Training Weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 9 to 11. The Automation course will cover an introduction to automation, introduction ...
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ABTT Theatre Show's Seminar Program announced
Following the success of the theatre-related seminars at the ABTT Theatre Show last year, a key element in the expansion of the Association of British Theatre Technicians' event this year will be extra seminar space to ...
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Sew What? Expands Online Presence to LinkedIn
Continuing to build Sew What?'s exposure across the Internet, custom theatrical drapery manufacturer Sew What? Inc. has created a new company page on the hugely popular business network, LinkedIn. ...
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OPTI Announces New Ownership
In partnership since 1970, one of the longest in the industry, Phil Brunker and Neil Rice, founding directors and shareholders of Optikinetics Ltd, have recently passed ownership of this UK-based manufacturer to Rob ...
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Theatre in Review: Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance) (The Public Theater)
The set is cluttered with all sorts of paraphernalia -- pillows, bouquets of flowers, gilded picture frames, newspaper pages pasted to the wall. Also affixed to the wall are hundreds of letters, carefully arranged not to spell any words. ...
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Theatre in Review: Mariquitas (Theatre for the New City)
In the course of his long career, Eduardo Machado has examined modern Cuban history from a stunning variety of perspectives. In his latest work, Mariquitas, he comes up with an especially novel premise, examining the ...
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New Products at New Regional Event for Orlando
With less than ten days until the doors open at PLASA Focus: Orlando 2013, taking place at the Wyndham Orlando Resort, May 15-16, 2013, exhibitors have been busy releasing details about the products they will have on display at ...
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Gelpe, Pabst, Ramos, Zielinski Take Lucille Lortel Design Awards
Actors Aasif Mandvi and Maura Tierney hosted the Lucille Lortel Awards the evening of May 5, honoring work from the 2012 - 2013 season.
The Piano Lesson revival earned the most awards with four: Outstanding ...
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US Product Debuts for Martin at PLASA Focus: Orlando
Visitors to PLASA Focus: Orlando will be the first in the US to get an up-close look at the newest members of Martin Professional's award-winning MAC Viper Family, as well as the first fixtures in Martin's all-new range of ...
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Chauvet Professional Gears Up for Showlight
Chauvet, a manufacturer of professional lighting, will display various fixtures at the Showlight international trade show, set for May 18-21 in the Czech Republic. In addition to a selection of new luminaires, highlighted in ...
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KOI Video Hub Goes Live on LSi Online
The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) now has a dedicated video hub on the Lighting&Sound International (LSi) website.
KOI's new LSi portal, which launched this week, is designed to provide a one-stop-shop for news, ...
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Symetrix Expands Global CTS Certification Both on Site and Online
Symetrix, manufacturer of professional audio solutions, specializing in DSP hardware and software, announces the global expansion of its InfoComm accredited training. The announcement parallels the growth of Symetrix' international ...
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FiberPlex Appoints Sales Force & Associates to Represent its Fiber Optic Line
With copper cabling now giving way to fiber optic strands to solve the high-bandwidth issues of today's AV systems, fiber optic technology manufacturer FiberPlex Technologies recently signed on manufacturing rep firm Sales Force & ...
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First Night Riders: It's Ignition Time for Sponsorship!
With only two months to go before the intrepid First Night Riders set off from London's iconic Roundhouse for a four-day motorbike and classic car tour of some of the UK's most fabulous theatres, organizers are inviting sponsors to ...
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Midas / Klark Teknik Appoint New Distributor for India
Professional audio manufacturers Midas and Klark Teknik (MKT) have appointed Dhanashree Electronics Ltd. as their distributor for India. As a subcontinent pro-audio wholesaler, Dhanashree's vast dealer network will ...
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Theatre in Review: Pippin (Music Box Theatre)
Some actors steal a show; Andrea Martin takes over Pippin the way Sherman took Georgia -- with ruthless efficiency and brooking no opposition. She turns up about halfway through the first act as Berthe, the supposedly ...
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Theatre in Review: Core Values (Ars Nova)
If you've ever been on a company retreat, you're virtually certain to find plenty of hilarity in the first half of Core Values. Steven Levenson's play is set in a small Manhattan travel agency that largely caters to corporate ...
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