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(11/23/2016)

-Theatre in Review: Notes from the Field (Second Stage)

Theatre in Review: Notes from the Field (Second Stage)

Anna Deavere Smith is the greatest vanishing act in show business. The way she disappears, in full audience view, into each character, capturing their affects, mannerisms, vocal tics -- anything that distinguishes them as ...More

(11/22/2016)

-ADJ to Hit the Road this Fall with Pop-Up Trade Show

ADJ to Hit the Road this Fall with Pop-Up Trade Show

Following a hugely successful launch at LDI in Las Vegas last month, the ADJ team will be hitting the road this fall to give customers across the US the opportunity to see the company's exciting new products firsthand. The ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Over 700 People Tell DPA Microphones a Story

Over 700 People Tell DPA Microphones a Story

From recording the sound of Antarctic winds, saving a Gibson True Vintage guitar from the drill, to making movie magic in Hollywood and capturing the sound of termites at dawn in Africa -- these were just some of the 700 plus stories ...More

(11/22/2016)

-IATSE Local One Donates $875,000 to The Actors Fund

IATSE Local One Donates $875,000 to The Actors Fund

The Actors Fund announces that the membership of Local One of the IATSE, Theatrical Stagehands of New York City and the oldest entertainment union in the United States, approved a five-year financial commitment of $875,000. ...More

(11/22/2016)

-L-Acoustics Is the Perfect Prescription for The Cure Tour 2016

L-Acoustics Is the Perfect Prescription for The Cure Tour 2016

Few bands are more immediately recognizable -- visually and sonically -- than The Cure, whose enduring career is now entering its fourth decade. London-based Britannia Row Productions has been with singer/guitarist Robert Smith and ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Earthworks FW730 FlexWand Delivers Major Sound Quality Improvements to Green Acres Baptist Church

Earthworks FW730 FlexWand Delivers Major Sound Quality Improvements to Green Acres Baptist Church

When Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas was looking to upgrade their sound system over the summer, they turned to Morris to design and install the system.
Mark Leonard, audio director for Green Acres Baptist ...
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(11/22/2016)

-Bandit Brings Lights to Widespread Panic's Halloween Bash

Bandit Brings Lights to Widespread Panic's Halloween Bash

Southern rock band Widespread Panic returned to the road for their annual Halloween extravaganza with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The ten-day tour treated the jam band's diehard fan base with both Widespread Panic's ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Glass Animals Make Headlines at London's Iconic Roundhouse with Jands Vista

Glass Animals Make Headlines at London's Iconic Roundhouse with Jands Vista

Lighting designer, Louisa Smurthwaite utilized the award-winning Jands Vista system to provide an elegant lighting design for hotly tipped Oxford indie rock band, Glass Animals' recent biggest UK headline show at London's ...More

(11/22/2016)

-4Wall NY Lights Opeth's Sorceress North American Tour

4Wall NY Lights Opeth's Sorceress North American Tour

Legendary Swedish metal band, Opeth, crossed the Atlantic once again to rock at some of the most prestigious venues in the country. In support of the band's 12th studio album, Sorceress, Opeth jammed their way across North America ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Anaheim Ducks Upgrade Lighting with HES SolaRange Luminaires

Anaheim Ducks Upgrade Lighting with HES SolaRange Luminaires

When the Anaheim Ducks revamped their entertainment system in the Honda Center, lighting designer Kevin Sorg specified new automated lighting from High End Systems, including a dozen SolaWash 37 and four SolaSpot Pro CMY ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Atlas Theater Shows the Way for Flexible Networking with Symetrix Radius

Atlas Theater Shows the Way for Flexible Networking with Symetrix Radius

Theatergoers in the Netherlands are now being treated to one of the world's most impressive examples of flexible audio networking. Located in the Northern city of Emmen, the newly-opened Atlas Theater has been equipped with a Dante ...More

(11/22/2016)

-dLive Manages Concert Series for Turkish Star

dLive Manages Concert Series for Turkish Star

Turkish popstar, Ajda Pekkan, completed a series of special concerts in prestigious venues across the country touring with a 30-strong band. Allen & Heath's dLive digital mixing systems, comprising two S7000 Surfaces and DM64 ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Theatre in Review: My Name is Gideon: I'm Probably Going to Die, Eventually (Rattlestick Theatre)

Theatre in Review: My Name is Gideon: I'm Probably Going to Die, Eventually (Rattlestick Theatre)

Reviewers covering My Name is Gideon: I'm Probably Going to Die, Eventually are given an envelope to open at the conclusion of the performance. It contains a note asking us not to give away any of the show's surprises. ...More

(11/22/2016)

-Theatre in Review: This Day Forward (Vineyard Theatre)

Theatre in Review: This Day Forward (Vineyard Theatre)

When Nicky Silver's plays, like The Lyons or Raised in Captivity, really work, they function as perfectly layered servings of hilarity and sadness. If the balance isn't precisely maintained, however, the whole thing is ...More

(11/21/2016)

-USITT Names 2017 Distinguished Achievement Winners

USITT Names 2017 Distinguished Achievement Winners

Professional rigger Rocky Paulson, lighting manufacturer Fred Foster, costume designer Liz Covey, sound designer Rick Thomas, scenic designer Santo Loquasto, production stage manager Joseph Drummond ...More

(11/21/2016)

-Hiring Lighting Industry Professionals Online Becomes Easy and Affordable with the Launch of LightPro

Hiring Lighting Industry Professionals Online Becomes Easy and Affordable with the Launch of LightPro

LightPro announces the launch of their new skills marketplace that has been designed to connect the lighting industry professionals to their prospective clients like never before. With tons of unique features, LightPro promises to ...More

(11/21/2016)

-Indie Pop Trio Wet Tour North America Using Elation ACL 360 Bars

Indie Pop Trio Wet Tour North America Using Elation ACL 360 Bars

Music fans across the country continue to discover the unique sounds of R&B-tinged indie band Wet, who played dates across North America this fall using effects from Elation Professional color-changing ACL 360 Bar battens as ...More

(11/21/2016)

-Music Inside Rimini -- Innovation, Technology, Light, Sound, and Video -- Show Business in the Spotlight

Music Inside Rimini -- Innovation, Technology, Light, Sound, and Video -- Show Business in the Spotlight

Following up on the success of the previous edition, which was attended by over 9,000 visitors, Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG), the new trade fair company resulting from the fusion of Rimini Fiera SpA and Fiera di ...More

(11/21/2016)

-Bandit Lites Brightens Austin City Limits Festival

Bandit Lites Brightens Austin City Limits Festival

Bandit Lites wrapped its final festival for the summer with two astounding weekends at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where beautiful weather under the big Texas sky in Zilker Park was the setting to more than 130 acts. ...More

(11/21/2016)

-A Hit for Yehuda Poliker and Shlomi Shabat with Robe

A Hit for Yehuda Poliker and Shlomi Shabat with Robe

When two of Israel's biggest singing stars -- Yehuda Poliker and Shlomi Shabat -- get together and play onstage live ... It's a big deal and a hugely exciting performance spectacle that's always well received. ...More

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