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  Happy Holidays and Thank You from LSA!
Happy Holiday Season. Please note the Lighting&Sound America offices will be closed as of December 23rd for the holidays and reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Thank you all for your support and friendship this year and we ...
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Read Lighting&Sound America's December 2024 Issue
Check out LSA's December 2024 issue!
link.lsamedia.com/dec2024
Special LSA Features this month include:
Weezer's Voyage to the Blue Planet Tour ...
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Robe at LDI 2024
A busy LDI marked Robe's 30th birthday. The company entertained attendees with a new live performance stage production, The Fifth Dimension, which helped win the coveted Most Creative Use of Light Award at the show. ...
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AES Sets Dates and Locations for 2025 Conventions and Conferences
The Audio Engineering Society announces the dates and locations for its premier 2025 AES conventions and conferences in the US, Europe, and Latin America to showcase the newest in audio technologies, techniques, and research from ...
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Meyer Sound Wraps a Year of Global Growth and Innovation with Milestone Achievements in 2024
As Meyer Sound wraps up its 45th anniversary, the company celebrates a landmark year, from concert touring and festivals to cinema and immersive sound.
2024 saw the introduction of the ULTRA-X80 versatile point source ...
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Tom Kenny, Felix Peralta, and David Convertino Create Latin Grammy Looks with CHAUVET Professional and 4Wall
The Latin Grammy Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary in a big way on November 14. Every genre in the galaxy of Latin music shined at the Kaseya Center, which resonated with performances by Marc Anthony, Pitbull, Eladio ...
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A DiGiCo Double Play for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
The City of Cerritos, California is the owner and operator of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Using a series of moving seating towers and mobile chair wagons, multiple floor lifts, and moving ceiling panels, it offers touring ...
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Theatre in Review: Cult of Love (Second Stage Theater/Hayes Theater)
"We are in the middle of a meltdown," announces Ginny, the matriarch presiding over a houseful of psychological basket cases in Cult of Love. Not that this is anything new: In the last year or so, the Hayes Theater has become ...
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CHAUVET Professional at LDI 2024
CHAUVET Professional built its LDI exhibit around the theme of "Reveling Our True Colors." And true to form, evidence of the company's color rendering prowess was everywhere in its immersive booth, which featured a design by Gigi ...
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Elation's LDI Show 2024
Elation's experience at LDI included a showstopping light show that attracted crowds to the company's booth, as well as product debuts capped by a Best Debuting Product Award for PARAGON-the company's new class of LED profile ...
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ROE Visual at LDI 2024
ROE Visual's four-day build for LDI began with a team of union workers, whose dedication brought the booth to life. At the heart of it all was the centerpiece made from Topaz Cube and Topaz Curve panels, designed to demonstrate the ...
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Analog Way Aquilon RS6 and RS4 Make Their Oracle SuiteWorld 2024 Debut
Global production agency Space Created, Inc. utilized Analog Way Aquilon RS4 and RS6 systems to drive screens at the three-day Oracle SuiteWorld 2024 conference in Las Vegas. The RS4 and RS6 are, respectively, mission critical ...
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L-Acoustics Marks 40th Anniversary Year with Major Growth Milestone, Welcoming 1,000th Team Member
Capping off a year of marking the company's 40th anniversary, L-Acoustics announces another significant milestone with the addition of its 1,000th team member. Kevin Gouriou joins the company as a prototypist in research and ...
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Sommer Cable Announces New Management Team
Germany's Sommer cable GmbH, a 2025 TEC Award finalist, announces that Maximilian Blanck and Marie-Kathrin Huber will join the management of the company. They will succeed Friedhelm Sommer, co-founder and long ...
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ISE 2025 to Provide Summits and Track Sessions
ISE 2025 is offering participants the chance to reconnect with career development in ways that fit into their busy lives. For the first time, ISE 2025 introduces flexible ticketing options, including the new content day pass. This ...
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Meyer Sound Celebrates Decades of Partnership with Kennedy Center Honorees Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola
As The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are celebrated at the 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors and beyond, Meyer Sound reflects on its decades of collaboration with these icons of creativity and innovation. ...
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Bandit Lites Powers TobyMac, MercyMe, and Zach Williams with Lighting for Fall Tour
TobyMac, MercyMe and Zach Williams, three of Christian music's most popular acts, teamed up for a concert tour illuminated with Bandit Lites.
"When we had the dream of bringing these artists together, we knew it ...
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Powersoft Grows Footprint in Asia with New Distribution Deals
Powersoft is expanding its reach in Asia with the appointment of new distribution partners in three key territories. Qorsys AV Technologies is now the official distributor for Powersoft's pro-audio technology in the Philippines, ...
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Olly Suckling Animates Ultimate Fireworks Spectacular at Alton Towers Resort with Light and ChamSys
The first recorded official fireworks display in England is said to have taken place in 1486, celebrating the wedding of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Visitors to Alton Towers Resort are reminded of this every November when the ...
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Robe Power Lighting for Linz Bridge Opening
Eighty of Robe's most powerful moving light fixtures - iBOLT, iFORTE, and iFORTE LTX -- were used for a visually stunning lighting scheme designed by Thomas Maier from event production company NoiseGate Eventtechnik GmbH to ...
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Deadline for Showlight Sponsored Student Scheme Applications, January 31
Showlight announces the deadline for its student sponsorship is near; applications close on Friday, January 31, 2025. The sponsorship scheme is open to students and recent graduates of lighting for the performing arts, events, ...
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SDVoE Alliance Introduces the Power of 10+ Initiative
The SDVoE Alliance, a nonprofit consortium of technology providers collaborating to standardize the adoption of Ethernet to transport AV signals in professional AV environments, announces the launch of its new branding initiative, ...
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Adam Hall Group Presents its Portfolio on Two Exclusive Stands at ISE 2025
On February 4 - 7, 2025, the Adam Hall Group will be presenting its diverse product portfolio across two stands at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Barcelona. In addition to the latest lighting technology highlights from ...
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TiMax Showcases TiMax panLab at ISE 2025
TiMax will showcase the recently launched TiMax panLab on Stand 7A300 at ISE 2025 (Integrated Systems Europe -- Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via -- February 4 - 7). For the first time since its launch, the macOS application will be ...
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L-Acoustics A Series is Key to Keys, West Hollywood's Newest Nightlife Hotspot
The Keys is a newly-opened venue, debuted by Los Angeles-based hospitality and lifestyle marketing company The h.wood Group in August. Years before it became the latest dance club on the famed boulevard, the space was known as Gazzarri's ...
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PK Sound and Logic Systems Optimize Sound Coverage for Bass Canyon
St. Louis-based Logic Systems Sound & Lighting utilized a wide array of PK Sound solutions for the annual Bass Canyon EDM festival, three days of non-stop bass music featuring Excision and friends at the Gorge Amphitheatre in ...
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Elation FUZE Lighting Upgrades at Det Musiske Hus in Denmark
In the autumn of 2023, Det Musiske Hus, a notable cultural venue in the northern Danish city of Frederikshavn, initiated a project to improve its conventional front and house lighting systems. Seeking to enhance both the technical ...
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Theatre in Review: Eureka Day (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
In Eureka Day's funniest scene -- which is to say the funniest scene in town -- the eminent cast of Jonathan Spector's play is upstaged by David Bengali's projection design. It's intentional, of course, and the ...
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Multimedia Artist Quayola to Attend ISE 2025
Italian digital artist Quayola's creative keynote presentation on February 5 at 15.30 will give ISE visitors insights into his projects, including the Arborescent projection mapping experience on Casa Batllo, which ...
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Epson at ISE 2025
Epson will once again participate in Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Barcelona from February 4 - 7, 2025. Under the theme "World Digitalisation - Inspired by Nature," Epson invites visitors to stand J100 in Hall 3, to explore the ...
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Registration Now Open for LEDucation 2025
LEDucation announces that registration is now open for its 2025 trade show and conference being held at the New York Hilton Midtown, March 18 - 19, 2025.
With over 400 exhibitors gathered across four expansive trade show halls ...
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MA Lighting Announces Partnership with Procom Middle East
MA Lighting International, announces its partnership with Procom Middle East as its exclusive distributor in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and Lebanon. This collaboration will officially commence on January 1. ...
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Datum Creative and Elation PULSE BAR Pay Tribute to NYC Skyline at We Belong Here
We Belong Here has been uniting EDM lovers on Miami's beautiful Virginia Key Beach for the past three years and has now hosted their first-ever festival experience in New York City amid Central Park's lush greenery and panoramic ...
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80six Combines ROE Visual and Brompton Technology for Garbage UK Tour Visual Display
The Scottish-American rock band Garbage, on its first headline tour in five years, saw the dynamic shifts in its music matched by intense stage lighting and graphics displayed on large-scale, high-resolution LED screens, delivered by ...
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Theatre in Review: Pen Pals (Theatre at St. Clement's)
At first glance, Pen Pals looks alarmingly conventional: Drawing on the model of A. R. Gurney's Love Letters, it uses a reader's theatre format and revolving cast to delve into the decades-long correspondence of two ...
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Sensaphonics dB Check Pro Sound Level Analyzer Selected as Finalist for NAMM TEC Awards
Sensaphonics announces that its new dB Check Pro sound level analyzer has been named a finalist at the 40th annual NAMM Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards in the headphone / earpiece technology category. ...
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Successful Audit for HK Audio, According to EN54
In October, the installation loudspeakers of the HK Audio SI Series and VORTIS 2 were once again subjected to the annual audit for the EN54-24 standard. Not only was the compliance of the product quality of the certified loudspeaker ...
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Robe Middle East to Distribute Avolites
Avolites announces a change in partnership in the Middle East, which will see the UK-based lighting and visual control manufacturer distributed and serviced by Robe Middle East as of January 1, 2025. ...
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Kygo Takes DiGiCo on the Go
Norway's Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll -- best known as Kygo -- has long made his mark on the international dance music circuit. This fall, the popular DJ/pianist/producer embarked on 26-date North America, Europe, and UK-crossing ...
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Avril Lavigne Relies on Sennheiser EW-DX for Greatest Hits Tour
It has been more than two decades since Canadian pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne burst onto the scene singing through a Sennheiser Evolution Wireless 565 microphone as she toured the world in support of her chart-topping, ...
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Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 Drives Video for World Stage Headliners at Brazil's Rock in Rio 2024
Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Apple Producoes, which offers audio, lighting, and imaging solutions from design to execution to the live events market, used Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 to drive video content on the World Stage at the tenth ...
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LDI Award Winners Announced
The LDI 2024 Booth and Product Awards were presented at a breakfast event on the Battle of the Busk Stage on the show floor.
New this year, LDI gave an architectural lighting award to the CLP1 from APOLLO MFG, a small ...
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GLP Celebrates 30 Years at LDI with More than 2,000 Guests at Venetian Resort Party
GLP reduced the footprint of its booth at this year's LDI to free up its budget, which was reinvested in a 30th-anniversary party at the luxury Venetian Resort, with over 2,000 guests attending.
The Venetian's Atomic Saloon ...
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Robe HCF Engine is The People's Choice
For lighting designer Emanuel (Manny) Treeson, Robe moving lights fitted with the HCF (high color fidelity) TRANSFERABLE ENGINE LED light source are currently unbeatable for the perfect key lighting of people with all skin ...
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The Country Music Association Announces Bandit Lites as Nominee for 2024 CMA Touring Awards
When the Country Music Association (CMA) announced the nominees for country music's top touring professionals to be honored at the 19th annual CMA Touring Awards, only one lighting company was among the list: Bandit Lites. ...
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LEA Professional Amplifiers Help Revitalize Goldsboro's Historic Paramount Theatre
Goldsboro, North Carolina, is home to the historic Paramount Theatre. Built in 1882 as an office building, its high Victorian Italianate style was noted for its ornamental features such as quoins, arched windows, and cornices. In 1993, the ...
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Justin Casey and Helms Projects Create Underground Magic for LSDream with CHAUVET Professional
At The Caverns, part of an 8,000-linear-foot underground cave passage located a little over 80 miles south of Nashville, designers like Justin Casey have to contend with a lack of level surfaces.
"Nothing there is level," Casey, ...
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L-Acoustics' L Series Concert Sound System Serves Sarah McLachlan Tour
Earlier this year, Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan embarked on a North American tour to mark the 30th anniversary of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, her breakout third album. The 12-song collection sold over three ...
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Meyer Sound PANTHER Elevates the Game Day Experience at Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Arena, one of Canada's leading sports and entertainment venues, has unveiled a major upgrade to its audio experience with a Meyer Sound PANTHER system, designed to offer exceptional clarity and immersive sound. ...
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Theatre in Review: A Guide for the Homesick (DR2 Theatre)
A pickup in an Amsterdam hotel becomes a powerful reckoning in this cunningly plotted two-hander with psychological thriller undertones. Teddy, a Black American financier ostensibly on holiday, gets together with Jeremy, a young Bostonian ...
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Adam Hall Group to Target Pro Audio Sector of NAMM 2025
The Adam Hall Group is coming to the 2025 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. From January 21 - 25, it will present a multitude of new products and highlights from its LD Systems, Gravity, Palmer, and Adam Hall cables brands. The US ...
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Elation PARAGON Wins Product Innovation Award at LDI 2024
Elation capped off its appearance at the 2024 LDI Show by winning the coveted Product Innovation Award for PARAGON, the company's new flagship series of intelligent lights for entertainment.
Toby Velazquez, ADJ Group ...
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RF Venue Appoints Ahren Hartman as Chief Technology Officer
RF Venue announces the appointment of Ahren Hartman as chief technology officer. Hartman will spearhead RF Venue's technology strategy, overseeing engineering and driving the creation of cutting-edge wireless audio products. < ...
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3G Productions Names Jennifer Moore National Director of Business Development
West Coast-based live event production and systems integration services provider 3G Productions LLC announces the appointment of Jennifer Moore to the newly created post of national director of business development. In her ...
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IPS Contributes to Setting for Joker: Folie a Deux Premiere with CHAUVET Professional
Lady Gaga can always be counted on to set a high fashion bar, and didn't disappoint when she appeared with co-star Joaquin Phoenix at the London premiere of the Warner Bros. film Joker: Folie a Deux. ...
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Unusual Rigging Supports Arena Tour of Les Miserables
Unusual Rigging has played a pivotal role in the technical setup for Cameron Mackintosh and Nick Grace's Les Miserables: The Arena Spectacular World Tour.
Unusual took on the full design of the rigging infrastructure for ...
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New Vectorworks Report Highlights AI, VR, and Sustainability Trends
Vectorworks, Inc. has released the findings of its recent report on the use of design technology in entertainment and live event production. The Insights Tech Report, prepared exclusively for Vectorworks by Entourage Pro, ...
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L-Acoustics to Open Future Americas Operations Headquarters at Nashville Yards
Southwest Value Partners, AEG, and L-Acoustics today announce that L-Acoustics will open new office space at Nashville Yards, in Nashville, Tennessee. Expected to launch in the summer of 2025, it will become the company's major ...
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Focusrite and Berklee NYC Join Forces to Equip Students with Live Production Technology
Berklee NYC has expanded its relationship with Focusrite to integrate high-performance audio equipment into its programs. Through this collaboration, Berklee NYC is offering students access to industry-standard tools used in ...
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Sennheiser Launches Spectera Pioneer Program
Following the unveiling of Spectera at IBC, and numerous showcases of the solution at various international tradeshows since, Sennheiser takes the first step for market introduction with the Spectera Pioneer program. The program ...
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NEUTRIK Launches New powerCON TRUE1 TOP Cable Connectors
NEUTRIK's new powerCON TRUE1 TOP heavy-duty sealed single-phase power connector is specifically designed and specified for outdoor applications. The product will be on display at NAMM, January 21-25, Anaheim Convention Center, ...
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Georgia's Largest Undergraduate Dance Program Enhances Theatre Experience with Epson Laser Projector
Kennesaw State University's Dance Theater had a desire to enhance its theatric atmosphere while creating depth and dimension on stage. The state-of-the-art theatre, located on the Marietta campus, houses Georgia's largest undergraduate ...
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Bandit Lights Up Billy Strings Halloween Party with Roger Gant
Acclaimed bluegrass musician Billy Strings channeled the Coen Brothers' cult classic film O Brother, Where Art Thou? for his epic Halloween show at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. Entitled O Billy, Where Art Thou? the ...
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Clear-Com Powers TED Conferences with Seamless On-Site and Remote Communication Upgrades
Clear-Com recently teamed up with TED Conferences LLCs to upgrade their live production capabilities with a custom intercom solution centered around the Arcadia central station. This solution is tailored to TED's high-stakes live ...
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Vari-Lite Debuts VLHive 151 Digital FX at LDI
Vari-Lite a Signify entertainment lighting brand, announces the VLHive 151 digital FX, billed as the world's first all-digital entertainment lighting fixture. This next-generation luminaire, designed and manufactured at Vari-Lite's ...
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Antari Lighting and Special Effects Showcases New Tech at LDI
Antari Lighting and Special Effects is showcasing the latest advancements in atmospheric and effect technology at this year's LDI Show, Booth #1803. Antari will introduce three products focusing on large venue applications and its ...
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Green Hippo Previews Hippotizer MX Series with ACT Entertainment at LDI 2024
Green Hippo is previewing its new Hippotizer MX Series on ACT Entertainment Booth #2808 at LDI 2024. The series offers five new customizable media server solutions designed to enhance workflow efficiency with the best in high ...
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Elation Launches Immersive Digital Campaign Experience at LDI 2024
As part of Elation's "Experience Tomorrow" campaign at LDI 2024, Elation introduces a new immersive digital campaign experience at www.elation.global. The interactive experience showcases the ...
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Cameo's ORON H2 IP65 Hybrid Phosphor-Laser Moving Head Available on the US Market; at LDI 2024
Adam Hall's Cameo announces the upcoming availability of the ORON H2 on the US market. With the official approval from the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) for radiation-emitting devices, the IP65 hybrid moving head ...
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Avolites Announces Prism "Early Access" Edition Release of its Media Software
Avolites announces the release of Prism "Early Access," the latest edition of its media software. Prism "Early Access" (E.A.) edition can be downloaded for free via the Avolites website and becomes operational when used in ...
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Ed Warren Takes Ayrton to The Last Dinner Party
The Last Dinner Party is a British indie rock band formed in 2021 and fronted by lead singer Abigail Morris. Promoting its new album, Prelude to Ecstasy, the band has just completed a two-month UK and EU tour with a ...
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HOLOPLOT Implements Intelligible Yet Invisible Sound System for St Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin
St. Hedwig's is a beautiful cathedral in the heart of Berlin. Modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, construction work began in 1747, finally opening its doors to worshipers in 1773. To preserve its rich history, it has just undergone an ...
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ChamSys Unleashes New MagicQ Compact Wing and GeNetix TouchScene at LDI
ChamSys's MagicQ Compact Wing and GeNetix TouchScene will be debuting at LDI (Booth #1653).
The MagicQ Compact Wing, with its extended playback surface, does this in myriad ways providing more faders and more playbacks. A ...
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GLP Celebrates 30 with Five New Models at LDI 2024
GLP will use this year's LDI Expo (Las Vegas Convention Center, December 8 - 10, 2024) as an opportunity to celebrate 30 years in lighting, with a lavish party at The Venetian at the end of the opening day. ...
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Christie to Showcase the Evolution of Multi-screen Windowing and Gateway Technology at LDI
Christie will unveil two new products at LDI: Spyder-S series, with five variants for multi-screen windowing processing for live events, broadcast, and sports venues, and Mastering Gateway for seamless HD, 4K, and 8K video ...
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LEA Professional Partners with Fielder Marketing to Expand North American Reach in the Residential Market
LEA Professional announces its partnership with Fielder Marketing. The Reno, Nevada-based manufacturer's representative will bring LEA's technology catalog to customers in the Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Hawaii ...
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Barbizon Lighting Introduces Adam Donnelly as Northeast Sales Manager
Barbizon Lighting welcomes Adam Donnelly as its northeast regional sales manager. Based at the company's flagship New York headquarters, Donnelly will oversee the products and expendables divisions for our New York, Boston, ...
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Robe's iBOLT Approved + Available in North America
Robe's award-winning iBOLT has been approved by authorities for use in the US and is now available for the North American market.
iBOLT utilizes a potent laser light source and is action-packed with Robe as the result of six new ...
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Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, and Post Malone Rely on Sennheiser at the 2024 CMA Awards
The 58th annual CMA Awards took place on November 20, airing live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Lainey Wilson, it was a successful night celebrating country music and its ...
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Bandit Lites Get Lucky Lighting up Midland with LD Paolo Alfaro
Country music group Midland has taken to the road for the Get Lucky Tour with a lighting system provided by long time vendor, Bandit Lites. The Grammy-nominated group (comprised of Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson, ...
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Claypaky to Debut New Products at LDI
Claypaky will roll out a number of new products at LDI, at the Las Vegas Convention Center December 8 - 10.
Making its world premiere, Ultimo Hybrid combines a high IP66 rating and extended lamp life in a compact, lightweight ...
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Martin Professional Introduces VDO Sceptron XB High-Output Pixel-Batten
HARMAN Professional Solutions, announces the launch of its Martin VDO Sceptron XB -- a compact LED pixel-batten, designed for both lighting and creative video applications. Descending from the Martin VDO Sceptron family, the ...
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ACT Entertainment Announces Strategic Partnership Posts
ACT Entertainment announces that Philip Norfolk, sales director of Ambersphere, and Brian Dowd, designer relationship manager of Ayrton, will be stepping into new strategic partnership roles as, ...
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Environmental Lights Launches Eluxtra 5-in-1 LED Strip Light for Ultimate Color Control and Customization
Environmental Lights and City Theatrical announce the launch of Eluxtra five-in-one LED strip light. The five-color accent lighting solution represents the next phase of the Eluxtra product line.
The product provides lighting ...
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Shure Axient Digital Trusted for Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin GRAMMY Awards were back in Miami on November 15 to celebrate the 25th edition of the greatest night of Latin music. Artists, musicians, and producers gathered at the Kaseya Center to award the most successful hits of the year. ...
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Theatre in Review: Elf (Marquis Theatre)
This Christmas season, the people at the Marquis Theatre are giving us the gift of professionalism. Elf is that rare thing, a clever, unpretentious, strictly-for-fun entertainment that knows exactly how to win over an ...
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Countdown to InfoComm America Latina: AVIXA Announces the Latest Developments for the New AV Industry Event
AVIXA (the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association) shares the latest news regarding the exhibition floor and demo rooms, the program of activities, and the first list of confirmed exhibitors for InfoComm America Latina, ...
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Showlight 2025: First Speakers Announced
Showlight, to be held May 19 - 22 at Le Parc des Exposition et Congres de Dijon in Dijon, France, has announced its first speakers.
The selection draws from various lighting disciplines covering site-specific installations, ...
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Robe at LDI 2024
Robe heads back to Las Vegas for the 2024 LDI show, where the company will be launching two new products, the T.5 Profile -- a smaller version of the T1 -- and the LedPOINTE, the new LED member of the Pointe family. ...
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Elation to Showcase PARAGON at LDI
Elation will be showing its PARAGON at the LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. Designed for applications requiring superior output, powerful beams, ultra-quiet operation, and stunningly precise gobos, colors, and framing cuts, it features ...
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Erik Iversen Joins Analog Way as Market Strategy Manager - Rental and Staging
Analog Way announces that Erik Iversen has come aboard as market strategy manager - rental and staging for Analog Way's North American branch, assisting in market development for rental and staging and assisting R&D on ...
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Over 250 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures Support Advanced Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Design
Like the music it celebrates, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which just marked its 39th year, has drawn on its ability to embrace new ideas to remain vibrant and relevant. The 2024 ceremony provided a stunning example of ...
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Theatre in Review: The Blood Quilt (Lincoln Center Theatre/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
Katori Hall has given us so many different kinds of plays -- among them the historical drama The Mountaintop, the musical Tina, the religious investigation Our Lady of Kibeho, and the groundbreaking study of ...
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Vari-Lite Launches Higher Output VL600 Acclaim+ Series Theatrical Luminaires
Vari-Lite announces the new VL600 Acclaim+ Series of theatrical luminaires. The new luminaires, which include a Fresnel and an ellipsoidal profile light engine, offers the same core capabilities as Vari-Lite's VL600 Acclaim Series ...
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TechMDinc Adds Lighting System Design and Integration Services
Technical Multimedia Design, Inc (TechMDinc), an engineering and design firm specializing in audio, video, control, and networking systems for the themed entertainment and attractions industry, is adding lighting and rigging systems ...
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Spazio Takes Nightlife to the Next Level with K-array Sound System
Located above the renowned Italian restaurant Lynora's in West Palm Beach, Spazio has long been a haven for house music enthusiasts. Over the years, it evolved from a speakeasy-style lounge into a full-fledged nightclub, attracting DJs and ...
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Brian Courchine Colorizes Pink Talking Fish with CHAUVET Professional
New Hampshire-based LD, Brian Courchine, who is the designer at the Northland Music and Arts Festival, has made a career out of studying the inexorable connection between music and color.
Courchine dove deeply into this knowledge ...
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Sceno Plus is Back at it Again with Upcoming Hard Rock Live Bristol
Sceno Plus announces the unveiling of its latest design, at the grand opening of Hard Rock Live inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol. The venue officially open its doors on November 14, featuring a performance by award-winning ...
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Toca Madera's New Houston Location Opens with 1 SOUND Loudspeakers
Toca Madera, a modern Mexican steakhouse by international hospitality group Noble 33, has opened a location in Houston, Texas. Toca Madera Houston offers a distributed 1 SOUND audio system supplied by Global AV Group. To support ...
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Ayrton Expands its Headquarters with New Showroom and Immersive Museum
Ayrton, which has recently undergone a major expansion of its headquarters in Villebon-Sur-Yvette, south of Paris, showcased its brand-new showroom and immersive museum with a series of events in November. Over a two-week period, ...
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Theatre in Review: This is My Favorite Song (Playwrights Horizons)
I am grateful to Francesca D'Uva for introducing the concept of "loud smiling." At the top of her deceptively casual evening of comic confessions. she says, "I used to have this teacher in high school who used to smile so hard that ...
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Hive to Debut at LDI 2024 with Nucleus Product Launch
Hive, a specialist media control manufacturer, is making its debut at Live Design International (LDI 2024), December 8 - 10 in Las Vegas. LDI 2024 will serve as the stage for Hive's lates product, Nucleus, a compact, rack-mountable ...
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ESTA Honored as Event Safety Trailblazer at Event Safety Summit
The Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) has been recognized with the very first Event Safety Trailblazer award at this year's Event Safety Summit. "This honor celebrates ESTA's outstanding leadership and ...
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Look Solutions USA Donates Fog Fluid to Fireline, Winner of HollyShorts Best VFX 2024
Indeed's Rising Voices Festival is a program that focuses on providing new opportunities to discover, invest in, and amplify stories created by global majority filmmakers. In 2024, the program ran its fourth season and ten film-makers were ...
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TAF Announces GS500N Medium-Duty Square Truss Line
TAF introduces the new GS500N medium-duty square (19.69" by 19.69", 500mm by 500mm) truss line, with all straights and corners coming with a connection kit as standard. The GS500N line has the highest vertical loading capacity ...
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Lemon Event Support has a Zing for Robe
Lemon Event Support is an event production company based in Luxembourg. The company started as a sound and lighting rental company in 2009 and in 2014 joined forces, skills and resources with video content production specialist Moast ...
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Martin Dudley Connects UB40 to Fans on Red, Red Wine Tour with Help from CHAUVET Professional
It was just past 9pm when UB40 took the stage at OVO's Wembley arena on November 1. A short time later, the walls of the sold-out arena reverberated with music, not just from the band, but also from the 12,000 or so fans who joined them ...
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Theatre in Review: Welcome to the Big Dipper (York Theatre Company/Theatre at St. Jean)
Banish all thoughts of outer space: The Big Dipper is a hotel and nightclub on the verge of closing forever until it gets a surge in business thanks to a monster blizzard. The extreme weather afflicting the greater Buffalo area forces Joan ...
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Theatre in Review: Babe (The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center)
Babe wastes no time setting up its generational conflict: Gus, a recording industry legend of several decades standing, is interviewing the bubbly, twentysomething Katherine for a starter position at his company. A true ...
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