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Counterfeit Shure Products Seized in Peru and Paraguay

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Thousands of counterfeit Shure microphones were recently confiscated by customs officials in Peru and Paraguay. The actions were the result of ongoing investigations by Shure representatives in both countries, in cooperation with local ...

Monty McWilliams Joins iWeiss

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

iWeiss Theatrical Solutions, a leading provider of drapery, rigging, and installation to a wide range of clients in theatre, education, construction, retail, and special events, has named Monty McWilliams as its new director of ...

Jason Roscher Joins the Rose Brand Technical Department

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Jason Roscher joins Rose Brand as a project manager in the technicalsServices department in Secaucus, New Jersey. He will serve as a representative of Rose Brand in the field, managing installation of track and rigging systems in ...

Reed Rigging Provides Production Rigging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Super Bowl Broadcast

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Reed Rigging provided production rigging support for a uniquely designed and constructed set for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon television show broadcast from Indianapolis's Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Indianapolis-based broadcasts ...

Middle Atlantic and Extron Electronics Initiate New Half Rack Standard for AV Integration

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Middle Atlantic Products, in conjunction with Extron Electronics, is initiating and supporting the establishment of a new standard for half-width rack systems for AV integration.
Working in cooperation with the Electronic ...

Stagetec NEXUS Makes a Guest Appearance on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Show during Super Bowl Week

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
As the fight for the NFL's most sought after title heats up, the teams, press, and fans are not the only ones descending on Indianapolis, the host city of Super Bowl XLVI. This year, television late night host Jimmy Fallon will be broadcasting four ...

MDG Appointed Exclusive Canadian Distributor of Robe Lighting

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Effective 1 January 2012, MDG joins the Robe Lighting family of partners. MDG assumes responsibility for Robe sales activity across Canada, promoting and supporting the full range of Robe products including its HMI, tungsten and ...

Robe Lights Up David Guetta Show in Hungary

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
When dance guru David Guetta rocked Budapest's Hungexpo in front of 8000 enthusiastic fans, he was illuminated by a rig of Robe moving lights supplied by locally based lighting rental company, Colossal Rental. ...

Theatre in Review: Ionescopade (York Theatre)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Can the Theatre of the Absurd be set to music? That's the proposition Ionescopade sets out to test by paying tribute to the works of Eugène Ionesco, who helped get the absurdist ball rolling with such works as The Bald ...

Theatre in Revue: Russian Transport (The New Group/Theatre Row)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Erika Sheffer is relatively new to the playwriting game, but already she has a nice way of faking out the audience. For the first half hour or so of Russian Transport, about a family of Russian emigrants living in New York (Brig ...