L&S America Online   Subscribe
Advertise
Home Lighting Sound AmericaIndustry News Contacts
NewsNews
NewsNews

-Today's News

-Last 7 Days

-Theatre in Review

-Business News + Industry Support

-People News

-Product News

-Subscribe to News

-Subscribe to LSA Mag

-News Archive

-Media Kit

News Archive - November 2024

(11/20/2024)

-Pro Audio Unites Around Expanded Brands, Opportunities at the NAMM Show

Pro Audio Unites Around Expanded Brands, Opportunities at the NAMM Show

Anaheim, California, will be the home of the global pro audio community when it gathers at the 2025 NAMM Show, held January 21-25. NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants) says the company the show has maximized its ...More

(11/20/2024)

-Techni-Lux Lighting and DVT Light Partner to Illuminate North America

Techni-Lux Lighting and DVT Light Partner to Illuminate North America

Techni-Lux Lighting announces its strategic partnership with DVT Light. "This collaboration marks a monumental step forward in the LED lighting industry, promising cutting-edge solutions for customers across North America. ...More

(11/20/2024)

-Pharos Returns to LDI Show

Pharos Returns to LDI Show

Pharos Architectural Controls is returning to the LDI Show in Las Vegas this December to showcase some of its newest products, including live demonstrations of the new Pharos Designer Rio G4.
Delegates to the stand will also be ...
More

(11/20/2024)

-Fohhn Achieves Certifications for Quality and Environmental Management According to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

Fohhn Achieves Certifications for Quality and Environmental Management According to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

Fohhn Audio AG announces its successful certification to the internationally recognized ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards for quality and environmental management.
The ISO 9001 certification confirms that Fohhn meets globally ...
More

(11/20/2024)

-CHAUVET Professional Helps The Playground Build Narrative for Megan Thee Stallion Tour

CHAUVET Professional Helps The Playground Build Narrative for Megan Thee Stallion Tour

Wanting to share the story of her creative and personal journeys with fans, Megan Thee Stallion envisioned a tour that would recount the different stages of her evolving career in three distinct sections. Acting on this vision, The ...More

(11/20/2024)

-From Rock to Opera at Saaremaa 2024 with Robe

From Rock to Opera at Saaremaa 2024 with Robe

Kuressaare Castle on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia, provided a magical backdrop and a beautiful setting for the 2024 Saaremaa Opera Festival, staged in a 68m-long, 29m-wide 2,000-capacity temporary arena elegantly butted up to the ...More

(11/20/2024)

-Claypaky Skylos Light the Riyadh Sky for the Saudi Games 2024

Claypaky Skylos Light the Riyadh Sky for the Saudi Games 2024

When lighting and stage designer Steve Wary was charged with creating the look for the opening ceremony of the Saudi Games 2024, he chose 50 Claypaky Skylos fixtures to help the event get off to a dynamic start. ...More

(11/19/2024)

-NAMM to Lead Annual Delegation to Capitol Hill in May 2025

NAMM to Lead Annual Delegation to Capitol Hill in May 2025

NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), and more than 100 music industry leaders and professionals from more than 40 states, will arrive on Capital Hill next May for the annual NAMM Advocacy D.C. Fly-In. Delegates will ...More

(11/19/2024)

-tvONE Appoints Nick Spencer as Technical Product Manager for Green Hippo's Hippotizer Media Servers

tvONE Appoints Nick Spencer as Technical Product Manager for Green Hippo's Hippotizer Media Servers

tvONE announces the appointment of Nick Spencer as technical product manager for Green Hippo's Hippotizer media servers.
"We are thrilled to appoint Nick as our new technical product manager. With a deep ...
More

(11/19/2024)

-Tony Perez is Global Sales Director for Robe Maritime Division

Tony Perez is Global Sales Director for Robe Maritime Division

Lighting, entertainment, and cruise ship specialist Tony Perez takes on a new position as global sales director in Robe's Maritime division, stepping up from the business development manager role that he has held since 2022. ...More

(11/19/2024)

-Listen Technologies Promotes Shawnee Bond to Regional Sales Manager, Western US

Listen Technologies Promotes Shawnee Bond to Regional Sales Manager, Western US

Listen Technologies Corporation has promoted Shawnee Bond to regional sales manager. Bond will manage Listen Technologies' team of manufacturer representative firms in the Western US. She will also work directly with the ...More

(11/19/2024)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Releases One Software Version 1.3

Fulcrum Acoustic Releases One Software Version 1.3

Fulcrum Acoustic announces Version 1.3 of its One software, offering improvements and new features to expand its control and design capabilities. "We are continually improving our One software based on user feedback and the growing ...More

(11/19/2024)

-XG Takes Two DiGiCo Quantum338 Consoles on the Road for First World Tour

XG Takes Two DiGiCo Quantum338 Consoles on the Road for First World Tour

The words "Sold Out" appear next to every single date on the schedule of The first HOWL tour for Japanese-born/South Korea-based girl group XG. From Osaka and Seoul to Las Vegas and New York City, the seven vocalists have filled ...More

(11/19/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Sh*T. Meet. Fan. (MCC Theater)

Theatre in Review: Sh*T. Meet. Fan. (MCC Theater)

In his latest effort, Robert O'Hara is out to shock -- the title might offer a hint about that - but, despite a predictable premise, it takes some time to figure out what kind of play this is. Clint Ramos' swanky set design - ...More

(11/18/2024)

-NAMM Announces Schedule of Events and Industry Sessions for 2025 Show

NAMM Announces Schedule of Events and Industry Sessions for 2025 Show

NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants) will kick off its 2025 platform of events beginning with The NAMM Show, held January 21-25 in Anaheim, California. The show will feature more than 250 educational sessions for NAMM ...More

(11/18/2024)

-Chameleon Touring Systems Gears Up for Tours and Events with Elation PROTEUS

Chameleon Touring Systems Gears Up for Tours and Events with Elation PROTEUS

Australian production company Chameleon Touring Systems has made a significant investment in Elation's PROTEUS MAXIMUS and More

(11/18/2024)

-Megan Thee Stallion Event Calls on Showtime and Sommer Cable

Megan Thee Stallion Event Calls on Showtime and Sommer Cable

Event production specialists Showtime Sound LLC recently supported the debut concert at the new Audi Field in Washington, DC. Featuring Megan Thee Stallion, the event utilized SC-Mercator QUAD 4 x CAT.7 cable from Sommer Cable ...More

(11/18/2024)

-Artists Push Diorama Boundaries at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Using Epson

Artists Push Diorama Boundaries at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Using Epson

The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County has restored and reopened a diorama hall that has been closed for decades at NHM in Exposition Park. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the diorama halls, the museum invited ...More

(11/18/2024)

-CHAUVET Professional Adds to Chris Reade's Evocative Looks on Dierks Bentley's Gravel and Gold Tour

CHAUVET Professional Adds to Chris Reade's Evocative Looks on Dierks Bentley's Gravel and Gold Tour

Multi-platinum artist Dierks Bentley, spent a great deal of time thinking about his Gravel and Gold Tour, which concluded with its September 21 show at the American Family Insurance Amphitheatre in Milwaukee. ...More

(11/18/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Music City (BEDLAM/West End Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Music City (BEDLAM/West End Theatre)

For so many years, jukebox musicals have merely been a trial that must be borne, leaving one devoutly praying each season that this too might pass. I won't hear a word against Mamma Mia!, although its creators will surely face a ...More

(11/18/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Sex Variants of 1941: A Study of Homosexual Patterns (The Civilians/NYU Skirball)

Theatre in Review: Sex Variants of 1941: A Study of Homosexual Patterns (The Civilians/NYU Skirball)

The title of this new entertainment sounds like a Broadway revue series from the between-the-war years, say Earl Caroll Vanities or George White's Scandals. (One instinctively conjures images of Sex Variants of 1942 or ...More

(11/15/2024)

-Meyer Sound Welcomes John Owens as Business Development Manager, Constellation

Meyer Sound Welcomes John Owens as Business Development Manager, Constellation

Meyer Sound announces the appointment of John Owens as business development manager for the Constellation acoustic system, which lets venues transform acoustics with a finger tap.
Owens will focus on driving Constellation' ...
More

(11/15/2024)

-Clear-Com and MTC Strengthen Bonds in Carlsbad Visit

Clear-Com and MTC Strengthen Bonds in Carlsbad Visit

Clear-Com recently welcomed a delegation from MTC to its Carlsbad, California factory on April 17, 2024. This visit marks another milestone in the enduring partnership between Clear-Com and MTC, a provider of broadcasting and audio ...More

(11/15/2024)

-Alford Media Aquires Ayrton Rivale and Puts Them to Work on The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Alford Media Aquires Ayrton Rivale and Puts Them to Work on The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Coppell, Texas-based Alford Media, an event services company with more than 220 corporate events worldwide to its credit annually, has invested in a large complement of Ayrton Rivale fixtures for use on their busy roster of projects ...More

(11/15/2024)

-TT+ Audio Announces GTS 19G

TT+ Audio Announces GTS 19G

TT+ Audio announces its GTS 19G, a single 19" subwoofer module for the low-frequency extension in demanding touring and install applications, indoors and outdoors. "Equipped with one high-excursion best-in-class transducer, it ...More

(11/15/2024)

-CODA Audio Launches HOPS10-Pro in Touring and Installation Versions

CODA Audio Launches HOPS10-Pro in Touring and Installation Versions

CODA Audio announces the completion of its HOPS-Pro range with the launch of the new HOPS10-Pro. The HOPS10-Pro has been designed in two versions -- HOPS10T-Pro for touring and HOPS10i-Pro for installation. ...More

(11/15/2024)

-The Vine Theater Upgrades to a 1 SOUND Audio System

The Vine Theater Upgrades to a 1 SOUND Audio System

The Vine Theater, a premier 1,600-seat live performance venue located within the Del Lago Resort and Casino, which serves both Rochester and Syracuse, New York has upgraded its concert system to a completely installed 1 SOUND ...More

(11/15/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Maybe Happy Ending (Belasco Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Maybe Happy Ending (Belasco Theatre)

It tells you something about this theatre season that possibly the most touching relationship on a Broadway stage just now is between two machines. In Maybe Happy Ending, composers/librettists Will Aronson and Hue ...More

(11/15/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Burnout Paradise (St. Ann's Warehouse)

Theatre in Review: Burnout Paradise (St. Ann's Warehouse)

Uncharacteristically, I beg for your pity: There's no rational way to describe the barely controlled chaos of Burnout Paradise, which instantly takes the title of maddest entertainment in town. The five utterly committed, if ...More

(11/14/2024)

-LightParts Celebrates Surviving 20 Years in the Entertainment Lighting Biz

LightParts Celebrates Surviving 20 Years in the Entertainment Lighting Biz

LightParts Inc. is celebrating surviving for 20 years in the entertainment lighting business (and a pandemic too!).
"LightParts was founded in 2004 by Don Pugh and Robert Mokry as the worldwide support center for High End ...
More

(11/14/2024)

-AVIXA Announces 2025 Board of Directors, Leadership Search Committee Members

AVIXA Announces 2025 Board of Directors, Leadership Search Committee Members

AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, announce the election results for the 2025 AVIXA board of directors and leadership search committee.
Mradul Sharma, founder and managing director, 3CDN ...
More

(11/14/2024)

-EAW Named as Finalist for Three NAMM TEC Awards

EAW Named as Finalist for Three NAMM TEC Awards

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has been chosen as a finalist for three outstanding technical achievements in the 40th Annual NAMM TEC Awards. The brand's UXA4416 amplifier is named in the amplification hardware / studio and sound ...More

(11/14/2024)

-Chroma-Q Introduces The Force

Chroma-Q Introduces The Force

Chroma-Q introduces The Force, billed as a versatile multi-tool. This device was designed with the lighting professional in mind to streamline the firmware update process across a wide range of Chroma-Q products, including the ...More

(11/14/2024)

-Spotrack Release Evolution V4

Spotrack Release Evolution V4

Evolution V4 is the latest "humancentric" followspot control platform from the Irish manufacturer Spotrack. The company says its solutions provide safe and comfortable alternatives to high, hot, and dangerous technician/operator ...More

(11/14/2024)

-BlackTrax Used in Regent and Oceania Cruises

BlackTrax Used in Regent and Oceania Cruises

As entertainment on cruise ships becomes ever more sophisticated, lighting designers Alex Taylor and Travis McHale, from Q-L Lighting, have increasingly turned to BlackTrax, the advanced tracking software solution, ...More

(11/14/2024)

-L-Acoustics and Hans Zimmer Live: Delivering Arena-Scale Sound and Exclusive L-ISA Immersive Experience

L-Acoustics and Hans Zimmer Live: Delivering Arena-Scale Sound and Exclusive L-ISA Immersive Experience

Award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer brought his smash-hit tour, Hans Zimmer Live, to North America this fall with 20 arena dates across the US and Canada, including a birthday show at the iconic Madison Square Garden and ...More

(11/14/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now! (New World Stages)

Theatre in Review: Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now! (New World Stages)

The Hairspray ladies are receiving guests nightly at New World Stages, and if you have any affection for them or the show that launched their careers, you might want to drop into Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now! ...More

(11/14/2024)

-Theatre in Review: King Lear (The Shed)

Theatre in Review: King Lear (The Shed)

This may be the most lucid and fast-moving King Lear you will ever see; this sounds like praise, and it is, up to a point. Thanks in part to the adoption of a Dolby Atmos system (a theatre first) by the sound designers Ben< ...More

(11/13/2024)

-Tickets on Sale for Showlight 2025

Tickets on Sale for Showlight 2025

Tickets are now on sale for Showlight 2025, the international lighting conclave, to be held May 19 - 22 at Le Parc des Exposition et Congres de Dijon. Robert Juliat is the headline sponsor. Tickets for this unique networking ...More

(11/13/2024)

-Bandit Lites Nominated for Pollstar's Concert Visuals Company of the Year

Bandit Lites Nominated for Pollstar's Concert Visuals Company of the Year

Bandit Lites is celebrating another Pollstar Awards nomination for Concert Visuals Company of the Year. The Pollstar Awards celebrate the entertainment industry's best tours, venues, live music executives, agencies, ...More

(11/13/2024)

-Ushio Announces Appointment of Michael Phipps as New President and Chief Operating Officer at Christie

Ushio Announces Appointment of Michael Phipps as New President and Chief Operating Officer at Christie

Ushio Inc, parent company to Christie, announces the appointment of Michael Phipps as president and chief operating officer of Christie Digital Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Effective immediately, Phipps assumes the ...
More

(11/13/2024)

-Crypto.com Arena Upgrades JBL Sound System for Venue's Renovation

Crypto.com Arena Upgrades JBL Sound System for Venue's Renovation

Crypto.com Arena is not simply one of the top sports and entertainment venues in the US, it is one of the best known throughout the world. As the home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, NHL's LA Kings, and WNBA LA Sparks, sporting events ...More

(11/13/2024)

-Claypaky Skylos Make Romanian Debut at Beach, Please Music Festival

Claypaky Skylos Make Romanian Debut at Beach, Please Music Festival

In just three years, Constanta, Romania's Beach, Please has become the largest urban music festival in Europe drawing hip-hop, pop, and electronic headliners. The 2024 show, held July 10-14, featured a stage spanning 82m by 26m with a ...More

(11/13/2024)

-Shakespeare Theatre Gdansk Invests in Robe T1 Profiles

Shakespeare Theatre Gdansk Invests in Robe T1 Profiles

The Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre (Gdanski Teatr Szekspirowski) is a Shakespearean theatre in the middle of the thriving industrial port city of Gdansk in Poland. Designed by Italian architect Renato Rizzi, it opened in 2014 and ...More

(11/13/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Communion (the cell)

Theatre in Review: Communion (the cell)

If you follow New York City's local news, you may be familiar with the case of Matthew LaBanca, who was fired from his positions as a music teacher in a Queens Catholic school and choir director at a nearby parish. It got plenty of ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Applications Accepted for The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program

Applications Accepted for The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program

Applications for the Howell Binkley Fellowship will be accepted December 15, 2024 to January 1, 2025. The fellowship offers an individual exposure to New York City-based lighting designers and the theatrical lighting community. The ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Internship Applications Accepted for the Hemsley Lighting Programs

Internship Applications Accepted for the Hemsley Lighting Programs

The Hemsley Lighting Programs have opened the application period for the annual Hemsley Internship Program. "This will be the 41th year of the internship and we are excited to be offering this opportunity again to support young ...More

(11/12/2024)

-FPOV's Understory Brings the South Bank Rainforest to Life

FPOV's Understory Brings the South Bank Rainforest to Life

South Bank's latest magical experience, Understory, is set to open on November 15, 2024, bringing a world-first lighting spectacular show to Brisbane. This immersive installation features 11 unique stages throughout the Rainforest ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Kille Knobel Design Works with Elation for Pearl Jam's Dark Matter Tour

Kille Knobel Design Works with Elation for Pearl Jam's Dark Matter Tour

Legendary band Pearl Jam embarked on their highly anticipated Dark Matter world tour in May, sharing their introspective brand of rock with audiences across North America and Europe before heading to New Zealand and Australia in ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Bobby Grey Creates Elegant Vibe for We Can Survive Concert with 115 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

Bobby Grey Creates Elegant Vibe for We Can Survive Concert with 115 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

With its iconic bandshell set against the majestic backdrop of its namesake hills, the more-than-a-century-old Hollywood Bowl casts a uniquely captivating spell. Replicating this kind of splendor at a modern indoor arena is a tall order, ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Nationwide Video Purchases Analog Way Aquilon RS6 Systems

Nationwide Video Purchases Analog Way Aquilon RS6 Systems

Nationwide Video has invested in the Analog Way Aquilon RS6 mission critical 4K/8K/16K multi-screen presentation systems and videowall processors for its inventory. Nationwide Video is headquartered in Wixom, Michigan and has nine ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Theatre in Review: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Studio 54)

Theatre in Review: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Studio 54)

A Wonderful World opens with jazz great Louis Armstrong caught in a shaft of stark white light, his horn raised and ready to rip. It's a striking image, a carefully arranged bit of pop idolatry, and it tips us off that the ...More

(11/12/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Give Me Carmelita Tropicana (Soho Rep)

Theatre in Review: Give Me Carmelita Tropicana (Soho Rep)

Give Me Carmelita Tropicana is both a farce and a requiem and if that sounds like a tall order, I suggest you drop in at Soho Rep's Walker Street venue and see for yourself. It will be your last opportunity to do so, as the ...More

(11/8/2024)

-ASTC New Members, Fall 2024

ASTC New Members, Fall 2024

The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) announces two new members and one associate member. The Board of Directors determined that the new members met the professional qualifications for membership in the ASTC. The new ...More

(11/8/2024)

-It's Freshers' Week as Optimal Audio Academy Opens its Virtual Doors

It's Freshers' Week as Optimal Audio Academy Opens its Virtual Doors

On its quest for "Commercial Audio, Done Differently," Optimal Audio has opened the virtual doors to its training academy. Open 24/7, the Optimal Audio Academy has certification-based courses conveniently available to the world and ...More

(11/8/2024)

-4Wall Entertainment Invests in Vari-Lite FLX S Series Consoles

4Wall Entertainment Invests in Vari-Lite FLX S Series Consoles

When looking for a small-form-factor console for their rental stock, 4Wall Entertainment invested in FLX S Series consoles by Vari-Lite. "We are using the Vari-Lite FLX S Series consoles on rentals and events where budget and space are a ...More

(11/8/2024)

-Mextly Couzin Reflects Complex Web of Human Emotions in Broadway Show Job with CHAUVET Professional

Mextly Couzin Reflects Complex Web of Human Emotions in Broadway Show Job with CHAUVET Professional

Playwright Max Wolf Friedlich explores two hearts in the play Job, which recently made its Broadway debut at The Helen Hayes Theatre after a critically acclaimed off Broadway run.
In the play, Jane, a former high tech ...
More

(11/8/2024)

-Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music Chooses L-Acoustics to Teach and Enjoy

Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music Chooses L-Acoustics to Teach and Enjoy

Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music announces the installation of L-Acoustics L-ISA Hyperreal Sound Technology at its 1,460-seat Musical Arts Center (MAC). The new system provides students hands-on experience with the ...More

(11/8/2024)

-Robe at Lollapalooza Berlin 2024

Robe at Lollapalooza Berlin 2024

Over 500 Robe moving lights were supplied by three top German rental and technical production companies to four main stages at the 2024 Lollapalooza Berlin festival, organized by Live Nation and staged over two days at the ...More

(11/8/2024)

-Theatre in Review: The Devil's Disciple (Gingold Theatrical Group/Theatre Row)

Theatre in Review: The Devil's Disciple (Gingold Theatrical Group/Theatre Row)

David Staller, who directed this revival of George Bernard Shaw's comedy of the American Revolution, is also listed as the production's adaptor but, really, he is being too modest: He is all but the co-author of this version ...More

(11/7/2024)

-MEGA-LITE to Sponsor and Exhibit at AVL Expo 2024

MEGA-LITE to Sponsor and Exhibit at AVL Expo 2024

MEGA-LITE announces its participation as a sponsor and exhibitor at the AVL Expo, which will take place on November 13-14 at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona. MEGA-LITE will showcase its latest products and technologies ...More

(11/7/2024)

-ADJ and Moonbears Announce Strategic Partnership

ADJ and Moonbears Announce Strategic Partnership

Moonbears and ADJ have made a distribution agreement for ADJ products in the Netherlands. "This collaboration is part of ADJ's strategy to strengthen its market position in Europe and will provide a new route to market for ADJ ...More

(11/7/2024)

-Introducing Highlite's New IP65-rated Showtec Octostrip FLEX

Introducing Highlite's New IP65-rated Showtec Octostrip FLEX

Designed for creating immersive atmospheres and mesmerizing visuals at all sorts of events, Highlite's Octostrip FLEX allows light designers to FLEX their creativity. The IP65 rated Octostrip FLEX is well suited for outdoor events ...More

(11/7/2024)

-RCF Announces NXL 14-A

RCF Announces NXL 14-A

RCF's NXL 14-A is billed as the most compact active speaker in the professional NXL series. Designed for vocal reproduction, it excels in compact live systems paired with SUB Series subwoofers, immersive setups, or as a reliable ...More

(11/7/2024)

-Bandit Lites Powers the 55th Annual Dove Awards with Mark Carver and Go Live Productions

Bandit Lites Powers the 55th Annual Dove Awards with Mark Carver and Go Live Productions

Bandit Lites provided lighting design for the Annual Dove Awards, a night showcasing the power of live performance. This year's production, led by lighting designer Mark Carver, featured a carefully crafted system from ...More

(11/7/2024)

-DPA Microphones Hit Every Beat for Spirit of Atlanta Drum Corps

DPA Microphones Hit Every Beat for Spirit of Atlanta Drum Corps

Spirit of Atlanta is a non-profit youth organization that provides musicians and performers aged 16 to 21 with opportunities to develop skills in music, marching, and performing arts through an intensive tour. With a strong emphasis on ...More

(11/7/2024)

-Meyer Sound PANTHER Delivers Precision Audio at Arena Vienna

Meyer Sound PANTHER Delivers Precision Audio at Arena Vienna

Arena Vienna, an iconic cultural institution with roots in the 1970s counterculture movement, continues to be a vital hub for music and art. To meet contemporary acoustic challenges, the complex recently upgraded its outdoor sound system ...More

(11/7/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Walden (Second Stage/Tony Kiser Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Walden (Second Stage/Tony Kiser Theatre)

The climate crisis has arrived -- witness this awful hurricane season, paired with balmy, seventy-eight-degree weather in New York this November week -- making it the topic of the moment in the New York theatre. It's an enormous issue, not ...More

(11/6/2024)

-LEA Professional Strengthens EMEA Team with Jeff Gorton as Sales Director

LEA Professional Strengthens EMEA Team with Jeff Gorton as Sales Director

LEA Professional announces the appointment of Jeff Gorton as sales director in EMEA. Gorton will support the sales of LEA's technology catalog, featuring advancements in intelligent IT solutions, DSP, and smart power ...More

(11/6/2024)

-Elation Reimagines Blinder Potential with New SOL II and SOL IV

Elation Reimagines Blinder Potential with New SOL II and SOL IV

Blinders have long needed a creative overhaul, and Elation has delivered with two additions to the SOL BLINDER series: the SOL II and More

(11/6/2024)

-ADJ Fixtures Shine On Main Stage of Welsh SV Arena Festival for Second Consecutive Year

ADJ Fixtures Shine On Main Stage of Welsh SV Arena Festival for Second Consecutive Year

This summer, ADJ fixtures were once again used almost exclusively to illuminate the main stage at the SV Arena festival in Powys, Wales. Figure of Eight Events Ltd again took responsibility for the technical production of the stage ...More

(11/6/2024)

-Two Spatial Audio Worlds Collide as TiMax Launches TiMax panLab

Two Spatial Audio Worlds Collide as TiMax Launches TiMax panLab

TiMax announces the launch of TiMax panLab. Continuing its mission to democratize access to spatial audio, the new macOS application packs a vastly augmented feature set to enable users to take spatialized audio designs further in ...More

(11/6/2024)

-DAS Audio Brings the Tailgate Party to Texas Live

DAS Audio Brings the Tailgate Party to Texas Live

Texas Live!, a partnership between the Cordish Company and the Texas Rangers, is an elaborate $250 million dining, entertainment, and hospitality district located directly between the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium and the Texas Rangers' ...More

(11/6/2024)

-IPS Sets Mood at The Day of the Jackal Premiere with CHAUVET Professional REM 3IP Panels

IPS Sets Mood at The Day of the Jackal Premiere with CHAUVET Professional REM 3IP Panels

Critics who have seen previews of the upcoming remake of Alfred Zinnemann's classic 1973 political thriller Day of the Jackal have praised it for its suspenseful tautness. The team at Milton Keynes-based Impact Productions ...More

(11/6/2024)

-Robe a SMART Choice for Ice Hockey World Championship Finale

Robe a SMART Choice for Ice Hockey World Championship Finale

SMART Productions, headed by Josef "Pepa" Zenisek, supplied all the technical elements required for the two venues -- Prague's O2 Arena and Ostrava Arena -- involved in hosting the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)'s ...More

(11/4/2024)

-Minnesota Timberwolves/Lynx In-House Crew Files to Unionize with IATSE Local 745

Minnesota Timberwolves/Lynx In-House Crew Files to Unionize with IATSE Local 745

The in-house audio and video crew for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx at the Target Center has filed for union recognition under the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 745. The crew, ...More

(11/4/2024)

-Broadweigh Set to Showcase at LDI Show

Broadweigh Set to Showcase at LDI Show

Broadweigh announces its presence at this year's LDI Show in Las Vegas this December.
Visitors to the show can find Broadweigh at Booth #2019 where the 9-tonne load cell will get its North American debut. The team will also be ...
More

(11/4/2024)

-Audio-Technica Hosts "Ask Me Anything" Panels with Top Audio Professionals at TECHNICA HOUSE - New York

Audio-Technica Hosts &quot;Ask Me Anything&quot; Panels with Top Audio Professionals at TECHNICA HOUSE - New York

Audio-Technica recently held two in-person "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) panels at its new facility located in the heart of New York City's SoHo district, TECHNICA HOUSE - New York, a unique marketing salon dedicated to connecting the ...More

(11/4/2024)

-Pharos to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Year at LiGHT 24

Pharos to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Year at LiGHT 24

Pharos Architectural Controls announces it will be marking the end of its 20th anniversary year of celebrations by exhibiting at LiGHT 2024 in November.
The Pharos team will return to Stand U40 at the Business Design Centre in ...
More

(11/4/2024)

-Chauvet Family at Light24

Chauvet Family at Light24

Chauvet and its family of brands will be at Light24 (Light Expo, London). The entire family of brands will be on display at Booth #45, with much of the emphasis being placed on the latest lighting and control innovations from ...More

(11/4/2024)

-Matt Pitman Chooses Ayrton Rig as Dua Lipa Headlines Glastonbury Pyramid Stage

Matt Pitman Chooses Ayrton Rig as Dua Lipa Headlines Glastonbury Pyramid Stage

Matt Pitman, founder of design studio, Pixelmappers, and long-time production and lighting designer for Dua Lipa, employed a rig of Ayrton fixtures for the singer/songwriter's headline appearance on Glastonbury's ...More

(11/4/2024)

-Theatre in Review: We Live in Cairo (New York Theatre Workshop)

Theatre in Review: We Live in Cairo (New York Theatre Workshop)

In a season so far starved for ambitious musical theatre, We Live in Cairo is a welcome blast of excitement and intelligence. It showcases The Lazours, the two brothers responsible for the book, music, and lyrics of ...More

(11/4/2024)

-Theatre in Review: The Christine Jorgensen Show (HERE)

Theatre in Review: The Christine Jorgensen Show (HERE)

At a time when transgender issues have become a hot topic on the left and a hot potato on the right, now is surely the time to recall Christine Jorgensen. Born George Jorgensen, an Army veteran, she was, in 1952, an early visitor to ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Sound Devices Investing in Wireless Audio with New Hires

Sound Devices Investing in Wireless Audio with New Hires

When Sound Devices acquired stories British wireless microphone manufacturer Audio Limited in 2017, the first product released together was the A10 digital transmitter and receiver - the first Sound Devices wireless. Since then, the ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Princess Cruises Chooses Robe for Groundbreaking Sun Princess Ship - First in New Sphere Class

Princess Cruises Chooses Robe for Groundbreaking Sun Princess Ship - First in New Sphere Class

Princess Cruises has chosen Robe Lighting for its brand-new Sun Princess, the latest addition to the Princess fleet.
With a capacity of 5,900, the Sun Princess boasts brand-new entertainment venues and innovative concepts. ...
More

(11/1/2024)

-Claypaky Xtylos Shine on Limp Bizkit's Loserville Tour

Claypaky Xtylos Shine on Limp Bizkit's Loserville Tour

Claypaky Xtylos played a key role in Limp Bizkit's 2024 Loserville Tour, the nu-metal band's 24-stop North American summer road show. Las Vegas-based OSA International, Inc. provided the full production package for the tour, ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Rodger Pugh and Craig Richter Fire Up Halestorm Tour with CHAUVET Professional

Rodger Pugh and Craig Richter Fire Up Halestorm Tour with CHAUVET Professional

When lighting designer Rodger Pugh, his co-designer Craig Richter, and production manager Joey Dileo began working on the lighting for Halestorm's current tour, they collectively developed a clear vision for the show's ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Hikaru Utada Embarks on 25th Anniversary Tour with Ayrton Classics

Hikaru Utada Embarks on 25th Anniversary Tour with Ayrton Classics

For the first time in six years, the acclaimed singer-songwriter and J-Pop sensation, Hikaru Utada, embarked on a tour of Japan and Asia, which lasted from July to September. The tour in support of their new album, Science ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Phoenix Rises with CODA Audio

Phoenix Rises with CODA Audio

In January 2024, disaster struck the Fabryka Lloyda venue in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz. The infrastructure of this unique cultural space which had been transformed from a shipyard hall into an exclusive events and concerts venue, was ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (Luna Stage/59E59)

Theatre in Review: Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library (Luna Stage/59E59)

For her new play, Jenny Lyn Bader has found a fascinating historical episode and I'm not sure she makes the most of it. The Mrs. Stern of the title would be Hannah Arendt, the philosopher, journalist, and thinker who gave us with ...More

(11/1/2024)

-Theatre in Review: In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot (Playwrights Horizons)

Theatre in Review: In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot (Playwrights Horizons)

The playwright Sarah Mantell wants us to contemplate life after climate disaster -- something we should all be thinking about -- but, in the case of In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot, their imagination is ...More

LSA Goes Digital - Check It Out!

  Follow us on Twitter  Follow us on Facebook

LSA PLASA Focus