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  Convergent Technologies Designs New Audio System at Chesapeake College
The Todd Performing Arts Center (TPAC) at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, Maryland recently upgraded its 903-seat theatre audio system thanks to the efforts of Convergent Technologies Design Group, Inc. of Baltimore, an audiovisual ...
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Theatre in Review: The Golden Bride (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene/Museum of Jewish Heritage)
Cheers to the good folks at the Folksbiene for disinterring this 1923 operetta, which proves to be charming in every respect. A hit in its day -- the program states that it was one of fourteen Yiddish productions available on the night ...
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Theatre in Review: The Color Purple (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre)
The Color Purple on Broadway -- again? Really? Honestly, it hasn't been gone long enough for us to miss it. However, John Doyle, the director who puts musicals on diets, slimming them down into intimate little soirees, ...
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50% More Exhibitors at PLASA Focus Glasgow
The second edition of PLASA Focus Glasgow 2016 held at the SECC will see 50% more exhibitors than the inaugural show in 2014. With new exhibitors recently announced including Bose, Hawthorn, Adlib, and UK Rigging, ...
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Columbus McKinnon Corporation Celebrates Its 140th Anniversary
Columbus McKinnon Corporation is celebrating its 140th anniversary as a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of material handling products, systems, and services. Designed to efficiently and ergonomically move, lift, ...
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Freeman Audio Visual Canada Achieves New Milestone in Sustainable Events Standards
In partnership with Tourism Whistler and the Whistler Conference Center, Freeman Audio Visual Canada has recently become the first AV company in the country to achieve Level 1 APEX/ASTM sustainability certification. ...
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PR Lighting Lights Up Lima with Layset
Moving heads from PR Lighting have been out in force at a number of high profile events in the Peruvian capital of Lima, reports Julio Vidal, general manager of Layset, the manufacturer's territorial distributor. ...
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Marc Anthony Returns to His Roots with L-Acoustics and Wichie Sound
Although singer / producer / actor Marc Anthony was born in New York City, his parents both originally hail from Puerto Rico. So, when the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time officially kicked off his recent UNIDO2 ...
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Tsai Performance Center Upgrades with EAW Anya
Canton, Massachusetts-based Communications Design Associates (CDA) recently designed a new sound reinforcement system for the Tsai Performance Center at Boston University. The upgraded system features Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW)< ...
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Martin Audio MLA Spreads the Papal Word to 50,000 in Florence
More than 50,000 people assembled in Florence's Artemio Franchi Municipal Stadium on November 10 to welcome Pope Francis on his short Italian tour, to mark the Fifth National Congress of the Italian Church. ...
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Shure Wireless Systems Dominate American Music Awards
The 43rd Annual American Music Awards were broadcast on ABC on Sunday night, November 22. Hosted by Jennifer Lopez at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the program presented the fan-voted honors along with a series of high ...
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ETC Gio Helps Nuremberg Theatre on Its Way to Beijing
Traveling to a foreign country can be daunting enough for a traveling show -- and even more so when it's thousands of miles away, when they need an interpreter all the time. But ETC and its Chinese dealer YiDaShi made sure ...
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Theatre in Review: China Doll (Gerald S. Schoenfeld Theatre)
Something very odd has begun to happen, just recently, with David Mamet's plays: People are getting lost inside them. It first happened in 2012's The Anarchist, when Debra Winger, playing an unspecified representative of the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Great Divorce/A Wilder Christmas)
It never occurred to me that people don't get into heaven not because God condemns them but because they can't stand the prospect of it. Oddly, I heard this point being made twice in two days, as I experienced a pair of back-to-back ...
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Draft Standard for Parade Float Fall Prevention Available for Review
BSR E1.57, Recommendations to prevent falls on or off movable parade floats, movable stages, and similar moving platforms, has been published for public review at http ...
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Behind the Scenes Happy Hour 2015 Another Huge Success
The Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, hosted by PLASA, took place on Thursday, October 22, from 6pm-8pm at the Westgate Las Vegas. Over 400 guests attended the event, and were able to network, relax, and let loose before the ...
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Avolites Titan and Ai Celebrate a "Fineline" Festivals Year
Bristol-based entertainment lighting hire and event production specialist Fineline Lighting is celebrating an amazing 2015 using Avolites Titan consoles, dimmers, Ai servers, and TitanNet Processors on some of Europe's ...
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D.A.S. Audio Injects Audible Excitement into Halloween
When the ghosts and goblins surfaced at two major Halloween events recently, the mood was scary fun. With all the partying, laughing, and other trick or treat activities, there was plenty of noise. What was crystal clear, however, were the ...
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Robe Helps Save Pigs in Goteborg
Spargrisarna kan rädda världen (Saving Pigs Can Save The World) is the newest revue style production being staged at the well-known Lorensbergsteatern in Goteborg, Sweden. Produced by Kulturtuben, four actors deliver ...
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SGM LED for Intimissimi on Ice
Award-winning lighting designer Bruno Poet felt privileged and inspired when offered to work in Verona Arena with the spectacular live show Intimissimi on Ice. At the same, this was his first opportunity to deploy SGM's LED ...
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