 Theatre in Review: Sleeping Rough (Page 73 Productions/The Wild Project)
Sleeping Rough is a good chance to meet up with a talented new writer, Kara Manning, even if one has to wonder if she has chosen the right medium for her sorrowful story, about a fractured family's response to a tragic ... 
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 Harman and Martin Professional Share Center Stage at Prolight + Sound
Underscoring the synergies fundamental to Harman Professional's acquisition of Martin Professional earlier this year, both organizations will cooperate closely at Prolight + Sound, running April 10-13, to provide customers ... 
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 New Products Make UK Debut at PLASA Focus: Leeds
With just three weeks to go until the doors open at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013, taking place on Tuesday 30 April and Wednesday 1 May at the Royal Armouries, organizers PLASA Events is predicting the best show yet, with a sold ... 
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 CAST BlackTrax Named as Eurovision Technical Partner
CAST BlackTrax is ready to wow the crowd once again during the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden as one of the show's technical partners. The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is an annual competition held ... 
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 Helen Hayes Award Winners Announced
The 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards, honoring theatrical productions in the Washington, DC area, were held Monday, April 8 at the JW Marriot Hotel. Bobby Smith and Natascia Diaz won for their leading roles in Jacques Brel is ... 
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 Open Lighting Project Seeks Student Programmer for Summer Work
For the second consecutive year the Open Lighting Project has been accepted into the Google Summer of Code program. This provides one college student with the opportunity to write open source lighting control software for ... 
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 Powersoft Licenses Dante AV Networking from Audinate
Powersoft and Audinate announce that they have entered into a licensing agreement to incorporate Audinate's Dante media networking into Powersoft's amplifier products. Powersoft manufacturers light-weight, high power, ... 
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 Westbury National Revamps Web Presence
Westbury National, the Toronto-based show services and AV systems integration firm, has launched a fully redesigned company website. Accessible at www.westbury.com, the company's goal for the site is to better communicate its ... 
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 Mountain Productions Holds 28th Annual CM Hoist School
Last month, Mountain Productions held its 28th annual CM Hoist School, an intensive hoist and rigging seminar taught by leading industry professionals. The school has become a tradition of education, and attendees gain a ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Goldor $ Mythika: A Hero is Born (New Georges/New Ohio Theatre)
A true crime story is converted into a hard-sell theatrical extravaganza in Goldor $ Mythika: A Hero is Born. The title characters are a pair of Indiana losers who, thanks to their obsession with Dungeons and Dragons, ... 
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 Behringer X32 Receives Two MIPA Award Nominations
Behringer's X32 has been nominated as the "Best Mixing Desk" by the Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA) in both the pro audio and studio categories. Since the X32 debuted in 2012, it has not only garnered praise from ... 
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 Clay Paky and grandMA2 Light Up the Ultra Music Festival in Miami for Over a Quarter-Million Fans
Clay Paky lighting and grandMA got rave reviews at the 15th annual Ultra Music Festival (UMF) in Miami's Bayfront Park where they added to the pulsating excitement generated by fans, DJs, and electronic musicians under the ... 
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 City Theatrical Exhibits at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt
City Theatrical will be demonstrating their new technology at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 10-13, including new SHoW DMX wireless DMX products, and the new Cognito lighting controller from Pathway ... 
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 HES to Launch SolaWash and Master Wing at Prolight + Sound
Following the introduction of their successful HOG4 range of lighting consoles at LDI 2012, High End Systems has chosen the Prolight + Sound 2013 trade show, held in Frankfurt, Germany, to launch several innovative new ... 
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 Clearwing Productions Arizona is Now an Authorized Vari-Lite Service Center
Clearwing Productions Arizona is now an authorized Vari-Lite service center. Clearwing service technician, Andrew Witte is certified in the VLX, 500, 800, 1000, 2000, and 3000 series of fixtures from Vari-Lite. ... 
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 Russian Visual Artists Open First d3 Studio in Russia
Design group Russian Visual Artists has opened a d3 Studio in their offices. This dedicated d3 space is the first of its kind in Russia. Founded in 2009 in Moscow, Russian Visual Artists (RVA) is a creative team of young ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Lucky Guy (Broadhurst Theatre)
Lucky Guy was originally called Stories About McAlary, a title that is far more indicative of the event now taking place on the stage of the Broadhurst. In a rather bold move for 2013, the playwright, Nora Ephron ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Kinky Boots (Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
"Drag queens are mainstream," proudly asserts Lola (née Simon), the cross-dressing lead character of Kinky Boots -- and, really, who in the packed Al Hirschfeld Theatre is going to contradict her? From its first ... 
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 The Week in Review
Death in San Antonio: Another terrible death: Dean Williams, a stagehand working at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, died after a fall of nearly 100'. According to the Houston Chronicle, Williams "had been wearing a ... 
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 USITT Enjoys Successful Conference and Stage Expo in Milwaukee
The 2013 USITT Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attracted more people and products than ever in the event's 53-year history, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology announced. ... 
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