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  Theatre in Review: The Columnist (Manhattan Theatre Club at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
At this time of year, producers, aiming for awards glory, roll out their big guns, unleashing stage-devouring performances and musicals top-heavy with digital visual thrills. At moments like these, it's important to remember the value of ...
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National Theatre of Scotland Embraces LED with Chroma-Q Color Force
The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has recently invested in seven Chroma-Q Color Force 48" / 1.2m LED battens to provide wash lighting effects for their various stage productions, including Knives in Hens and An ...
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Martin Audio's MLA Compact Debuts With Chris Rea
The first UK rental company to purchase Martin Audio's MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array), RG Jones Sound Engineering, also found themselves in the unique position of being the first to debut the scaled down version of ...
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RCF TT+ Supports Papal Visit to Havana
When Pope Benedict XVI recently visited the Cuban capital of Havana, the government of Cuba chose RCF TT+ (Touring & Theatre) series to broadcast the Papal Mass.
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans from the capital and neighboring ...
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Nominations Open for the Fifth Annual PLASA Rock Our World Awards
Nominations opened May 1, 2012 for PLASA's fifth annual Rock Our World Awards, which recognize groundbreaking achievement by PLASA members. Designed to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designers or ...
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First Exhibitors Sign Up for Showlight 2013
The next Showlight may still be a year away, but companies are already signing up to participate at the 2013 event, taking place May 18-21, 2013, in Ceský Krumlov. The latest exhibitors to sign up include ADB, Anolis, ARRI Lighting ...
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Enter to Win an Apple iPad from American Harlequin Floors
American Harlequin Corporation is sponsoring a Facebook sweepstakes from May 1-31, 2012. The company is having a drawing for an Apple Wi-Fi 4G 32GB iPad. Three lucky winners will be drawn.
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RE:BE Design Awarded Production Design Position for Debut H20 Music Festivals
Univision Radio, a radio network serving Hispanic America, will debut the H2O Music Festivals this summer with the help of production designer, Stefan Beese of RE:BE Design.
The series, kicking off on June 9 ...
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Theatre in Review: Ghost (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)
A sign outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre quotes a reviewer from The Faster Times, saying, "Ghost is the future of theatre!" If that's true, dystopia is imminent.
Here at Lighting&Sound America, we are usually ...
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Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadhurst Theatre)
If you're going to get on that streetcar named Desire, you've got to ride it to the end of the line. Half-measures simply won't do. There are a great many fine things about Emily Mann's production of the Tennessee Williams ...
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Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWO for Rock-Service
RS Rock-Service GmbH has just extended its range of lighting products with 24 Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWOs. The Italian company's 800W moving head was recently presented at ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt, where it met with ...
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Tony Award Nominations Announced
The nominations for this year's Tony Awards were announced this morning; the design nominations were spread over a wide variety of productions.
In the category of scenic design for a play, the nominees are John Lee ...
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Free Professional Development Program Announced
Free registration is now open for the PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Professional Development Program, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops, running alongside PLASA Focus: Nashville, on July 11-12. ...
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Registrations Rocket in Important Year for PLASA 2012
There has been a massive increase in visitor registration for PLASA 2012 at Earls Court Exhibition Center, September 9-12, 2012. Over 11,000 people have already signed up, representing a whopping 40% increase in registrations so far ...
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4Wall NY to Host Annual Vendor Showcase in May
Once again this May, manufacturers of the top lighting instruments in the industry will descend upon 4Wall New York for the annual 4Wall Vendor Showcase event. The event is planned for May 17 from 3-7pm at 4Wall New York at 2 Empire ...
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Theatre in Review: An Early History of Fire (The New Group at Theatre Row)
David Rabe has been absent from the theatre recently, devoting his time instead to writing novels. Possibly as a result of this experience, his new play, An Early History of Fire, has a digressive quality, a ...
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Theatre in Review: Pratfalls (Ground Up Productions at Abingdon Theatre Complex)
Every so often, I hear someone wonder why there are so few romantic comedies in the theatre anymore. The answer is a complicated one, but one simple answer is that such plays -- so airy and effortless-seeming when they work -- are much ...
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Mackie's DL1608 in the Field with Dierks Bentley and Brad
When Mackie launched the DL1608 Digital Live Mixer with iPad Control at NAMM earlier this year it turned more than a few heads in the industry. This full featured, 16-channel mixer introduced an entirely new take on live sound with ...
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InfoComm/LSA 2012 Staged Events Awards May 11th Submissions Deadline
Submissions are now being accepted for InfoComm's annual Staged Events Awards, sponsored by Lighting&Sound America at the URL below; please note the May 11, 2012 submissions deadline.
For the eight year, Lighting&Sound ...
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TC Furlong Inc. to Host Yamaha CL Chicagoland Launch Tour
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. and TC Furlong Inc. will host a mini-demo tour featuring the new Yamaha CL Digital Console Series, May 1-2, at three separate Chicago-area sites. Yamaha systems application engineer, Ke ...
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