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(7/27/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts Series A (59E59)

Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts Series A (59E59)

The focus is on the ladies in the first entry in this valuable summer festival of one-acts. Two of the three offerings feature very tricky male-female encounters and in both cases the woman drives the agenda. The third is an elegant, and ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Early Registration Pricing Ends July 31 for AES139 International Convention in New York City

Early Registration Pricing Ends July 31 for AES139 International Convention in New York City

"If it's about audio, it's at AES," and the deadline for early registration is rapidly approaching for the biggest audio event of the year -- the 139th AES International Convention in New York City, this October 29 - November 1, at ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Elite Multimedia Invests in Robe

Elite Multimedia Invests in Robe

Nashville-based rental and production specialist Elite Multimedia has made its first Robe purchase. Twenty CycFX 8 fixtures are going out on country star Luke Bryan's new tour as specified by lighting designer Justin ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Christie Lites Reports Strong Chicago Office

Christie Lites Reports Strong Chicago Office

At the mid-year mark, Christie Lites reports a busy and successful 2015 for its new Chicago rental office, which officially opened in January. The full-service, 50,000-sq.-ft. warehouse, in the suburb of Woodridge, Illinois, marks ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Barco Brings Laser Projection Technology Beyond Cinema to Rental and Staging

Barco Brings Laser Projection Technology Beyond Cinema to Rental and Staging

Visualization technology provider Barco will be represented at the NewBay Media Rental Staging Roadshow by Bill Beck "The Laser Guy," who will discuss the role of laser-illuminated projection for large entertainment ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Morris Light & Sound Outfits CMA Music Festival Stages

Morris Light & Sound Outfits CMA Music Festival Stages

The CMA Music Festival in Nashville has become the city's premier tourism event and a critical artist development tool for the country music industry. Held over four days in mid-June, Morris Light & Sound of Nashville, supplied ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Harman Martin Professional's Lighting Fixtures Streamline the 2015 FIRST Championship Events and Concert

Harman Martin Professional's Lighting Fixtures Streamline the 2015 FIRST Championship Events and Concert

The 2015 FIRST Championship pitted 900 international youth teams against each other in an exciting, weekend-long event at the end of April. Using robots they had designed, built and programmed themselves, each team competed in a series of ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Avolites ART2000 Dimmers Control 792 Par Can Rig for Kanye West at Glastonbury

Avolites ART2000 Dimmers Control 792 Par Can Rig for Kanye West at Glastonbury

American rapper Kanye West's headline gig at this year's Glastonbury Festival has gone viral due to the 792-strong par can rig controlled by 16 Avolites ART2000 48 way 16A dimmers and two Avolites Power Cubes. ...More

(7/24/2015)

-SGM's X-5s and P-5s Add Vibrancy to Melodifestivalen (SE)

SGM's X-5s and P-5s Add Vibrancy to Melodifestivalen (SE)

Melodifestivalen is Sweden's national contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest, where their winner candidate is found. For the stage setup, lighting designer, Fredrik Jönsson implemented both SGM X-5 strobes and P-5 ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Kinetic Lighting Brightens LA's Independence Day Party with Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1

Kinetic Lighting Brightens LA's Independence Day Party with Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1

If Los Angeles had a town square it would be Grand Park, 12 beautifully manicured acres in the middle of America's second largest city, where Angelenos gather to celebrate festivals and special occasions. Not surprisingly, thousands of ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Acoutech Adds to Winning Formula at Billboard Latin Music Awards with Harman JBL and Crown

Acoutech Adds to Winning Formula at Billboard Latin Music Awards with Harman JBL and Crown

For the 14th consecutive year, Acoutech of Miami provided a sound reinforcement system featuring Harman's Soundcraft Vi3000 digital consoles, JBL VerTec line arrays, and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers for the Bill ...More

(7/24/2015)

-TMB "Pro" Products Enhance Glastonbury Headliner Show

TMB "Pro" Products Enhance Glastonbury Headliner Show

Florence + the Machine's "infectious enthusiasm" at Glastonbury 2015 was enhanced by an elegant stage set with powerful, tasty lighting by lighting designer Rob Sinclair. To complement Florence's dramatic and eccentric music (how ...More

(7/24/2015)

-Theatre in Review: Amazing Grace (Nederlander Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Amazing Grace (Nederlander Theatre)

The action of Amazing Grace includes slave auctions, abductions, espionage, whippings, murders, various betrayals, an ocean-going battle, an underwater rescue, and a storm at sea. The question is: How can all of it be so dull ...More

(7/23/2015)

-Pointman Lifting Products Announce Summer Road Trip

Pointman Lifting Products Announce Summer Road Trip

The newest name in the lifting world is hitting the road this summer, stopping at numerous locations around the US to give people a chance to get their hands on the full line of electric chain hoists and learn more about what they have to ...More

(7/23/2015)

-Rose Brand and IATSE Local One Pair Up Again for Annual Rigging and Products Seminar

Rose Brand and IATSE Local One Pair Up Again for Annual Rigging and Products Seminar

The Fourth Annual Rigging and Products Seminar was well received by attendees who gave positive reviews at the end of the day-long training seminar.
Born from the relationship between Rose Brand and IATSE Local One, the ...
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(7/23/2015)

-Robe BMFLs and Pointes Camp It Up for Summer

Robe BMFLs and Pointes Camp It Up for Summer

Lighting designer Preston Hoffman created a dynamic and flexible production lighting design for the 2015 Summer Camp Festival staged at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. His stage, the Moonshine Stage, was based primarily ...More

(7/23/2015)

-Vivid Festival in Sydney with Clay Paky Lights

Vivid Festival in Sydney with Clay Paky Lights

Vivid Sydney is the largest festival of light, music, and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere and this year, Pyrmont's harborside has been transformed into a buzzing multi-sensory, engaging zone where attendees control the entertainment. ...More

(7/23/2015)

-Chauvet Professional Nexus Aw 7x7 Creates LED Guitar Cabinets on Chase Rice Tour

Chauvet Professional Nexus Aw 7x7 Creates LED Guitar Cabinets on Chase Rice Tour

Lighting designers often like to talk about how they capture music in light, but Chris Lisle has taken this concept a step further on the Chase Rice tour. The well-known Nashville lighting designer, who has created standout work for ...More

(7/23/2015)

-iLive Manages FOH for Classic Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall

iLive Manages FOH for Classic Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall

Allen & Heath's modular iLive digital mixing system was employed to manage front-of-house for the recent production of Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia, taking place at the Royal Albert Hall in London. ...More

(7/23/2015)

-WorldStage Supplies Innovative Video Projection System for Broadway Comedy An Act of God

WorldStage Supplies Innovative Video Projection System for Broadway Comedy An Act of God

It's An Act of God when The Almighty revamps the Ten Commandments, and WorldStage helps set the celestial scene for the new Broadway comedy starring Jim Parsons at Studio 54 through August 2. ...More

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