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  Theatre in Review: The White Devil (Red Bull Theater/Lucille Lortel Theatre)
The knives come out along with guns, power drills, and various baroque forms of poisoning, in Louisa Proske's production of John Webster's Jacobean shocker. Webster was a wild one, spinning elaborate intrigues and revenge ...
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USITT Sets Records at Louisville Conference and Expo
USITT, the association for performing arts and entertainment professionals, broke its all-time attendance records last week during the 59th Annual Conference & Stage Expo held in the Kentucky International Convention Center in ...
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Theatre in Review: Ain't Too Proud (Imperial Theatre)
Ain't Too Proud, the latest biomusical to roll off the Broadway assembly line, does little to distinguish itself from its predecessors, all of which follow the same general scenario: Young, ambitious, and naïve musical talents ...
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Applications Now Open for Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program
With a commitment to building up the next generation of lighting professionals, ETC has sponsored students at LDI for nearly 20 years. Fred Foster, who founded ETC with a group of university students in 1975, played a key ...
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Vectorworks, Inc. Announces GDTF 1.0 Availability
On its first anniversary, the entertainment industry's open file format, General Device Type Format (GDTF) version 1.0 is here. Through collective feedback from the GDTF founders, MA Lighting, Robe lighting, and Vectorworks, Inc., ...
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Many Exhibitors Set to Attend Prolight+Sound Shanghai 2019
The 17th edition of Prolight + Sound Shanghai (PLSS) will take place in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from October 10 - 13, 2019. Many exhibitors are already taking progressive steps in the early application stages, with the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (Theatre for a New Audience)
If you stare -- very, very hard -- at Shana Cooper's production of Shakespeare's political thriller, you can see the outlines of a vision that seems all too relevant to today's America. It begins in organized chaos, with a crowd of ...
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USITT Funds Second Round of Innovation Grants, Encouraging Development of New Technology for Performing Arts
The USITT Board of Directors awarded three Innovation Grants totaling nearly $80,000 at its March 19 meeting. This is the second round of funding in this program, designed to foster new technologies for use in the theatre and ...
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Newtown High Stretches Out in Renovated Auditorium
Newtown High School's performing arts community was undismayed by the challenge of producing three plays in temporary venues during the year-long renovation of their 13,700 square-foot auditorium. Since the completion of the $3.75 million ...
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Theatre in Review: The Lehman Trilogy (Park Avenue Armory)
Plays don't come more monumental than The Lehman Trilogy, and director Sam Mendes and his design team have provided a production to match it. This is theatre that breaks any number of rules, neatly getting away with every ...
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L-Acoustics Debuts L-ISA Training Program
In the days leading up to the Prolight + Sound trade show, L-Acoustics announces the availability of training programs for systems and mixing engineers seeking to implement L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, the market ...
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Theatre in Review: Smart Blonde (59E59)
Well into Willy Holtzman's new play with music, the one and only Judy Holliday, already a stage and film star, is hauled before the HUAC. It is the height of the Red Scare and, never a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, ...
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PLASA Focus Leeds Program Launch
PLASA Focus Leeds announces its first line-up of seminar sessions and speakers for this year's event on May 14 - 15 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Free registration is open for show which has already seen over a thousand ...
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LEDucation 2019 Sets Record Attendance for 13th Consecutive Year
LEDucation 2019 Trade Show and Conference celebrated its 13th year in New York City at the New York Midtown Hilton on March 12-13, with over 6,000 attendees from regions throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The event ...
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Annual Hemsley Portfolio Review Design Exhibit and Reception
The Hemsley Lighting Programs invites industry members to its annual Lighting Portfolio Review Exhibit and Reception, which will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2019, from 5:30-8:00 pm at the Ballet Hispanico Studios, 167 W.89th St. (b ...
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Robe Celebrates 25 at Prolight+Sound 2019
Robe celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and will be attending Prolight+Sound 2019, Hall 12 Booth D10.
There will be another unique live show, which will feature the concluding chapter in Robe's "Lost Worlds" trilogy, which began ...
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Milan Workgroup to Hold Public Presentations, Demonstrations at Prolight+Sound 2019
Members of the Milan workgroup within the Avnu Alliance announce two public events to be held at Prolight+Sound 2019.
With an ambitious roadmap planned for 2019, the Milan workgroup members will present on the technical ...
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ADJ Announces Four New Road Tour Dates For Spring 2019
ADJ Lighting have announced four spring Road Tour dates to demonstrate their latest lighting, video, and audio technologies. The companies will highlight the latest lighting technologies that were on display at NAMM 2019, plus new ...
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Scott Light Goes Rogue To Create Multi-Level Reality Looks For TAUK
An ethereal science fiction vibe emanates from the music of progressive rockers TAUK just as surely as extended guitar riffs and pulsating bass comping. This is plain to see (and hear) in the New York band's sixth studio album Shapeshift ...
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Theatre in Review: Vilna (Theatre at St. Clement's)
Vilna tells a story of such historical importance, bearing a message of such timeless relevance, that it is a great pity it hasn't been told more forcefully. The playwright, Ira Fuchs, who was inspired by a New York ...
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