News Archive - March 2017

Altman Lighting Heads to Frankfurt for Prolight + Sound in Hall 3 Stand G69

At Prolight + Sound 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany, the New York-based lighting manufacturer Altman Lighting will showcase its line of theatrical and architectural lighting solutions in Hall 3 Stand G69, April 4 - 7. With a ...

Claypaky Launches New Products at Prolight + Sound 2017

With the Axcor Profile 900, Claypaky has launched a new course in its design research: it is the first Claypaky spotlight to use a LED light source, instead of a traditional discharge lamp. Claypaky has chosen to use a white ...

Powersoft to Launch Further Amp Modules at Prolight + Sound

In addition to its touring and multi-channel process controlled amplifiers, Powersoft has built an excellent reputation in the OEM market, providing the engines for many market-leading active loudspeaker systems and rack amplifiers ...

d&b audiotechnik Announces David Claringbold as New Chief Marketing Officer

d&b audiotechnik has appointed David Claringbold as chief marketing officer. The former director of Sydney Opera House, and member of the d&b audiotechnik advisory board, joins the management team effective March 29, ...

Harman Professional Solutions Introduces New and Refreshed RUSH Atmospheric Effects Fluids

Harman Professional Solutions announces the launch of RUSH Fog Fluid and RUSH Haze Fluid. Additionally, the popular RUSH Club Smoke Dual Fluid, a hybrid fog and haze fluid formula now have visually refreshed packaging and are now ...

Celestion to Feature Additions to their Line of Common Magnet Motor Coaxial Loudspeakers at Prolight + Sound

Celestion, a manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers and professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement applications, will show the latest additions to their FTX Series of common magnet motor coaxial loudspeakers, the 10" ...

Schertler Group Introduces ROY and TEDDY at Frankfurt Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound

This year's Frankfurt Musikmesse / Prolight + Sound provides a launchpad for the Schertler Group's latest products, as ROY and TEDDY are added to the company's regularly expanding portfolio.
ROY is Schertler's new top-of-the ...

ESTA's Technical Standards Program Full E1.6 Suite is Open for Revision

Two Rigging Working Group standards have been announced as open for revision: E1.6-3, Selection and Use of Serially Manufactured Chain Hoists in the Entertainment Industry, and E1.6-4, Portable Control of Fixed-Speed ...

Clear-Com FreeSpeak II to be Featured at StudioXperience Venue during NAB 2017

Clear-Com's FreeSpeak II wireless digital intercom system will be featured as hands-on technology for delegates to try at Waskul.TV's StudioXperience booth (SL2424) during NAB 2017.
"StudioXperience is Waskul.TV's 'travelli ...

TLS Productions Uses Elation Lighting on Award-Winning Toyota Booth at CES

In January, Toyota unveiled its futuristic Concept-i vehicle at the CES consumer electronics show at an award-winning booth lit using Elation Professional Platinum FLX hybrid moving heads and Colour Chorus series LED battens. ...

Najafi Design Group Lights Up Laughs with Chauvet Professional at Riot LA Festival

Everyone can use a good laugh nowadays, and for four days and nights earlier this year, the people of Southern California were treated to a bushel full of them at the fifth annual Riot LA Comedy Festival. Even a very un-SoCal-like ...

Point Source Audio Selected as Exclusive Comms Headset for Carolina Panthers' Panther Vision Production Team

The Carolina Panthers' critically acclaimed in-house production team known as Panther Vision will standardize on Point Source Audio's CM-i3 Comms Headset for its camera team to ensure consistency in audio levels between the ...

Prolyte Welcomes New Distribution Partner in Germany

Huss Licht & Ton has become a distribution partner for Prolyte in Germany. Starting to sell trussing and stage decks, the company aims to become a full-fledged Prolyte distributor, offering their customers the complete Prolyte ...

Theatre in Review: How to Transcend a Happy Marriage (Lincoln Center Theater/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)

Extramarital affairs can be very messy things -- you don't need me for nuggets of wisdom -- but must plays about them be so messy, too? Consider the case of How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, in which two couples suddenly ...

Philips Lighting Set to Rock Frankfurt at Europe's Biggest Entertainment Technology Expo

Philips Lighting, a provider of lighting technology, announces it is gearing up for Europe's biggest entertainment technology expo, Prolight + Sound, where it will launch new stage and studio lighting products as well as ...

Christie Lites Coventry Announces UK Team

Christie Lites Coventry has put its UK team in place at its newest -- and first overseas -- location for the North American stage lighting and rigging rental company.
The warehouse doors open earlier than previously announced to ...

Elation Lights to Feature on Musikmesse Center Stage at Prolight + Sound

After seeing the latest Elation Professional lighting products at stand F60/61 in Hall 4 at the April 4 - 7 Prolight + Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, visitors won't have far to go to see Elation lighting in action on a full ...

Ellen Douglas Schlaefer Receives Wally Russell Mentoring Award at USITT 2017

Director of opera studies and associate professor at University of South Carolina School of Music, Ellen Douglas Schlaefer received USITT's 2017 Wally Russell Professional Mentor Award at the 2017 USITT Conference and ...

Two ESTA Standards in Public Review

Two ESTA Technical Standards Program draft standards have been posted for public review at http://estalink.us/pr. Descriptions and deadlines for comments are as follows:
BSR E1.14 -- 2001 (R201x), Entertainment Technology -- ...

The Meyer Sound Tie-Dyed Ticket Contest

Meyer Sound is launching a special social media contest as part of the continued celebration of the meeting of founders John and Helen Meyer 50 years ago during San Francisco's famed "Summer of Love." ...

Morris Announces New Team Members for Production Division

Morris, a full-service production and integration company with over 30 years of experience, announces the addition of two team members, Luke Lowes and Tommy Smith.
Lowes joins Morris' production division as account ...

Alcons LR18 Nominated for 2017 PIPA Award

The technical and audio quality of Alcons Audio's LR18 mid-sized line array has been recognized by a nomination in the Concert Sound category of the annual Prolight + Sound International Press Awards (PIPAs). ...

First-Ever LED Ellipsoidal Shootout a Big Success

In mid-March, 50 lighting industry professionals pulled on their boots and overcame mounds of plowed snow to Boston to see the first ever Ellipsoidal Leko Shootout produced by USITT and hosted by High Output. Seven companies ...

Radial's LX-2, Passive Line Splitter and Attenuator, Is Now Shipping

Radial Engineering Ltd. announces the LX-2 passive line splitter is now shipping.
The Radial LX-2 allows the user to easily send a single source to two different destinations at once without noise, with the ability to attenuate ...

Wroclaw Olympic Stadium Redevelopment for World Games Includes Community Loudspeakers

The historical Olympic Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland has been sympathetically refurbished and modernized, under a redevelopment plan that included substantial new construction. The opportunity for the project came as a result of Wroclaw being ...

Pliant Technologies Announces Grupo Audio Diseño as Mexico Distributor

Pliant Technologies, the new professional division of CoachComm, has named Grupo Audio Diseño as its new distributor in Mexico. Grupo Audio Diseño will help Pliant increase regional support for its customers as well as ...

Claypaky and Illuminate Productions Shine at Kingdom Invasion 2017

Illuminate Productions provided creative and technical production once again for Kingdom Invasion 2017. Almost 10,000 people from 37 nations converged upon Singapore's Changi Expo, March 14 - 17, for the popular Christian conference ...

Theatre in Review: 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (St. Ann's Warehouse)

For this exercise in what might be called children's theatre for all, Emma Rice and her crew at the theatre company Kneehigh have teamed up with the author Michael Morpurgo, who also wrote the novel War Horse, the ...

Robe at Prolight + Sound 2017

Czech lighting manufacturer Robe presents another high-impact booth -- D80 in Hall 3 of the Frankfurt Messe for Prolight + Sound 2017 -- allowing hundreds of guests to enjoy a crowd-stopping live entertainment show in a ...

Automated Meets Affordable: ETC Introduces Prodigy P2 Rigging Hoist

Small budgets and building challenges often prevent access to automated rigging. ETC's new Prodigy P2 rigging hoist changes all of that. A feature-rich yet budget-friendly system, P2 brings the safety, convenience, and flexibility ...

Chauvet Professional to Debut New Fixtures at Frankfurt Prolight + Sound

Chauvet Professional announces the introduction of new fixtures at this year's Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, April 4 - 7, including the Maverick MK3 Wash, the Maverick MK1 Spot, ÉPIX Strip IP, and Ovation B1965-FC. True to ...

Harman Professional Solutions Introduces JBL 200 Series Two-Way ScreenArray Cinema Loudspeakers

Harman Professional Solutions today introduced JBL 200 Series two-way ScreenArray cinema loudspeakers, helping small and mid-sized cinemas upgrade to next generation JBL technologies for improved coverage and smooth sound ...

Defying Gravity -- Outline to Debut "Newton" Centralized Media Processor in Frankfurt

Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Outline announces the launch of the next generation in multi-function processing and control -- the all-new "Newton" will make its debut at the forthcoming Prolight + Sound expo in Frankfurt, April 4 ...

Kinesys Launches Apex Chain Hoist System at Prolight + Sound 2017

UK-based automation manufacturer Kinesys launches its brand new Apex chain hoist system on stand D15 in Hall 3, Level 0, at the expo in Frankfurt, April 4 - 7.
The Apex system incorporates the best of ...

Zero 88 to Exhibit Prolight + Sound 2017

Zero 88 is expecting a busy Prolight + Sound expo in Frankfurt, April 4 - 7, where the UK-based lighting control specialist will continue its roadmap of powerful, incremental updates for both hardware and software. ...

Shure Promotes Mark Brunner to VP Global Corporate and Government Relations

Shure Incorporated announces the formation of a new department, intended to centralize the company's efforts related to global public relations, government affairs, and corporate communications. Mark Brunner has been ...

4Wall Nashville Launches New Rehearsal Space

4Wall Nashville is expanding its services to clients with an all-new 29,000-sq.-ft. rehearsal space. The rehearsal space is connected to 4Wall Nashville's current facility providing easy access to lighting equipment as well as any ...

Audio Industry Pioneer Dr. Jörg Sennheiser to Deliver Heyser Memorial Lecture at AES Berlin Convention

The Audio Engineering Society announces that audio industry pioneer Dr. Jörg Sennheiser will deliver the presentation titled "A Historic Journey in Audio-Reality: From Mono to AMBEO" for the 142nd AES International ...

The Royal Shakespeare Company's Innovative Production of The Tempest Features d3 Video Mapping

As the finale to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) presented a dazzling new production of The Tempest in the Bard's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon. The innovative staging ...

Audix Microphones On-Stage at the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Oregon-based Audix Microphones, a manufacturer for the professional audio industry since 1984, announces that it will be providing microphones to the sound production companies serving the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. ...

Theatre in Review: The Emperor Jones (Irish Repertory Theatre)

It's curious how when a play is presented can alter one's perceptions of it; when the Irish Repertory first produced The Emperor Jones in 2009, one's attention was focused on the its savage, if dated, depiction of ...

Theatre in Review: Latin History for Morons (The Public Theater)

Class is now in session at the Public's Anspacher Theater, with John Leguizamo as our unlikely professor. It's certainly a surprise to see the star of Freak, Sexaholix, and Ghetto Klown adopting an academic ...

L-Acoustics Launches Its First Avnu-Certified Systems

Today, L-Acoustics announces that the LA12X amplified controller is the first L-Acoustics product to receive Avnu certification, the LA4X will also receive certification in the coming weeks. A member of the Avnu Alliance

Elation Artiste DaVinci Full-Featured LED Spot for the Creative Designer

Elation Professional announces the new Artiste DaVinci, a full-featured yet compact "theatrical grade" LED moving head spot luminaire and the first fixture in Elation's new Artiste series. Multi-talented, like the artistic icon it ...

Looking Beyond: d&b audiotechnik at Prolight + Sound 2017

Looking beyond the typical, to envisage all business, artistic, and social needs, is what inspires the team at d&b audiotechnik. To discover more about the company's "Sound Futures" program, and what it means in practice, visit the ...

Robert Juliat Comes to Frankfurt in Full Force for Prolight + Sound 2017

It's been a number of years since Robert Juliat brought the full force of its followspots to a trade show, but Prolight + Sound 2017 will see these specialists showcase an army of their followspots, old and new, that have ...

MDG Brings a Touch of the Outdoors to Prolight + Sound Frankfurt

MDG will bring new products to Prolight + Sound Frankfurt, which is especially good news for those who work in tough environments or with permanent and semi-permanent installations. Prolight + Sound runs April 4 - 7; MDG will ...

Visit Renkus-Heinz at Prolight + Sound 2017

With its miles of aisles and acres of floor space, Frankfurt's sprawling Messe-halle Complex is home to some of Europe's largest trade shows. Prolight + Sound, held in tandem with Frankfurt Musikmesse, fills the complex's multiple ...

AV Stumpfl Returns to Prolight + Sound 2017 with the New Stage Server and Monoclip

Austria's AV Stumpfl returns to the Prolight + Sound show, April 4 - 7, with a broad line-up of high-performance media server products and projection screens for the live entertainment space. ...

Bridge Technologies, Clear-Com, and Solid State Logic Join AIMS

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) announces that Bridge Technologies and Solid State Logic have joined AIMS as associate members. Clear-Com has joined AIMS as a full member. ...

VUE Europa to Exhibit at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt

Prolight + Sound is the international trade fair of technologies and services for entertainment, integrated systems, and creation. VUE Europa will be displaying the latest h-Class High Definition powered systems and al-Class ...

Elite Multimedia Joins Cole Swindell on the What the Hell World Tour

Quickly becoming on the of the hottest stars in country music today, Cole Swindell has recently set out on the What the Hell World tour with fellow country music superstar Dierks Bentley. Fresh off his very successful Down Home

iHeartRadio Music Awards Make Strong Visual Statement with Big Claypaky Lighting Package

The 2017 edition of the iHeartRadio Music Awards celebrated the most popular artists and music of the past year according to listeners of iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and the iHeartRadio digital music platform. Jon ...

Strictly Come Dancing -- Show Networking Made Easy with ProPlex IQ

The British TV show Strictly Come Dancing approaches its 15th season this year. The winning formula, featuring celebrities and hoi polloi competing head-to-head for the season title, is a smash hit in the UK. Renowned for its visual ...

Robe Spiiders and PATTs for Blue Rodeo

Lighting designer Al Paquette was looking for some new and exciting luminaires to incorporate into his design for the current 1000 Arms tour by Canadian country rockers Blue Rodeo ... and chose Robe Spiiders and PATT ...

DiGiCo At Large with Jack Whitehall

UK rental company Adlib continues its work with top comedians, having just supplied full production -- sound, lighting, and video -- for Jack Whitehall's sold-out, three-week At Large UK arena tour. The Liverpool-based ...

Rogue Rules on We The Kings Tour for Squeek Lights

Like a warm summer breeze, the music of pop punk pioneers We The Kings has always been reassuring, pleasing, and tinged with a sense of expectation. Beginning with their platinum breakthrough single "Check Yes Juliet," on through "We'll Be ...

Theatre in Review: Angry Young Man (Urban Stages)

The impact of a work can be drastically affected, for good or for ill, by the narrative method chosen -- a fact illustrated with remarkable clarity at Urban Stages these nights. Angry Young Man, produced in London in 2008, ...

Annual Hemsley Portfolio Review Design Exhibit and Reception April 2

Please join the Hemsley Lighting Programs for the annual Lighting Portfolio Design Exhibit and Reception on April 2 at Ballet Hispanico Studios. The exhibit features the work of 32 graduating lighting students from design ...

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards Announced

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announces the winners of the 48th annual awards for distinguished achievement in theatre. Several shows were represented in the design categories. Alexander Dodge took home the set design ...

Avolites to Showcase Trailblazing Lighting and Video Integration at Prolight + Sound 2017

Avolites will launch two software updates and showcase its trailblazing new developments in lighting and video integration at this year's Prolight + Sound 2017 in Frankfurt, April 4 - 7. The British manufacturer will launch ...

Adamson to Expand S-Series and Introduce New IS-Series at Prolight + Sound

Building on the international success of its S-Series, Adamson Systems Engineering will add the S10n line array cabinet to its offerings and introduce the integration-focused IS-Series family of loudspeakers at Prolight + Sound ...

Line 6's Spider V 240HC Is Now Available

The Line 6 Spider V 240HC amp head is now available in stores. It's the world's first head to include an integrated full-range stereo speaker system -- it can be used as a stand-alone 50W practice amp, or connected to the Spider 412 ...

Powersoft Puts Focus on Training at Prolight + Sound

Powersoft is furthering its commitment to providing training for users of its amplification technology with a series of three daily sessions at this year's Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, April 4 - 7, that will focus on ...

Tempo Appoints Bridget Cross Central Regional Sales Manager

Tempo, LLC (Tempo), an award-winning manufacturer of configurable linear LED lighting, announces the appointment of Bridget Cross as the company's central regional sales manager. Cross will help contribute to the organization' ...

Wenger Announces New Performing Arts Specialist Group

Mike Murphy of Wenger Corporation/J.R. Clancy made the following announcement:
"To our friends in the industry,"
"Wenger Corporation continues to build on the tradition of the Wenger and J.R. Clancy brands in performing ...

Robe Announces New Colombian Distributor

Czech moving light manufacturer Robe announces AV Com as its new Colombian distributor.
Based in Bogota the vibrant capital of Colombia, AV Com is well known in the world of professional broadcasting, video, and ...

Big House Sound Helps Round Rock Express Deliver Clear, Quality Sound

Austin's own Big House Sound has completed installation of a new audio system at Dell Diamond, home of the Round Rock Express, the Texas Rangers' Triple-A affiliate. With Round Rock promoting itself as the "Sports Capital of Texas," ...

Earthworks Mics Hit the Road with Kamasi Washington

Benjamin Adamson has toured the globe as a musician, production manager, front of house, and monitor engineer. Currently, Adamson is running front-of-house duties for Kamasi Washington. From Bonnaroo to Glastonbury to Walt Disney ...

The Hard Rock Café Rocks on in Tbilisi with a Complete QSC Sound System

The Hard Rock Café in the capital of the Republic of Georgia recently opened its doors in a former wine factory here in the historic Vera district. The newly designed multi-level venue features a restaurant, several indoor and outdoor bar ...

DiGiCo Gets Clean Sweep at 2017 Brit Awards

The Brit Awards is one of the UK music industry's most prestigious events and was broadcast live to around 5.4 million viewers on British television channel ITV1 alone this February. An event this important necessitates an audio ...

Theatre in Review: The Price (Roundabout Theatre Company)

There's a clearance sale going on at the American Airlines Theatre these days; the goods include an enormous job lot of vintage furniture plus an extensive consignment of shattered dreams and burning resentments. Once again we are visiting ...

Theatre in Review: Cry Havoc! (Bedlam at New Ohio Theatre)

Cry Havoc! is billed as a two-act, one-man show, but really it's a one-act show with the world's longest talkback. This is not a small distinction, and how you react to it will almost certainly determine your reaction to ...

Nashville Audio Community Gears Up for 20th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament

The audio community from Nashville and beyond is deep in preparation for the landmark 20th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament, once again returning to the scenic Harpeth Hills Golf Course for two days of networking, ...

Introducing the elektraLite Stingray Ellipsoidal

The new elektraLite Stingray Profile brings clean, warm white light in an incomparable level of intensity for its range.
At the heart of the Stingray Profile is a newly designed 300W COB LED. With a balanced 3,200K color ...

Alcons Previews New Products and Developments at Prolight + Sound 2017

Prolight + Sound sees Alcons Audio previewing two new products for the first time, as well hosting an off-side demonstration and observing its annual tradition of showing its latest development ideas and studies, marking the ...

WorldStage Debuts Sx3 AV Platform at Prestigious Industry Conference

WorldStage has launched its Sx3 AV platform, dubbed the Self-Contained Show System that is designed to significantly reduce set up time, deliver superior reliability, and transform the look and feel of presentation rooms with 50 to ...

Dante Audio Networking Sets the Stage for Live Wynton Marsalis Recording in Cuba

OKeventos, a professional audio rental and production company based in Havana, is finding value in Audinate's Dante audio over IP networking for a variety of projects ranging from live multitrack recording to television ...

Technical Program Unveiled for AES Berlin Convention

The Audio Engineering Society, in preparation for its return to Berlin for the 142nd International Convention, has announced details of the convention's Technical Program. Europe's premier pro audio education and networking event ...

L-Acoustics Adds Alex Soto to Support Latin American and Caribbean Market

L-Acoustics announces the appointment of Alex Soto as applications engineer, supporting the rental and install markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. Working in close collaboration with regional sales manager Tim ...

Harman Professional Solutions Delivers a Seamless Audio Experience at Montreal's Hotel William Gray

Systems integrator Moog Audio recently installed a complete audio system by Harman Professional Solutions at Hotel William Gray, a new boutique luxury hotel located in the heart of downtown Montreal. The building consists of ...

StoneBridge Church Fremont Campus Expands Coverage with Martin Audio

Martin Audio CDD-LIVE's exceptional coverage enabled Mike Sessler of CCI Solutions to design a sound system for StoneBridge Christian Church's Fremont campus sanctuary in Omaha, Nebraska, consisting of only two CDD ...

Claypaky Shines at Swarovski Crystal Worlds' Festival of Light

Lighting designer Björn Hermann employed 60 Claypaky Mythos2 and 20 Claypaky Supersharpy2 to deliver two titanic light sculptures as part of global crystal producer Swarovski's Festival of Light, hosted at their seven-hectare ...

New Partnership with Distributor CAD System Brings Clockaudio to Poland

Clockaudio, a pro AV microphone technologies provider, based in the UK and with offices in North America and Asia, has partnered with distributor, CAD System, to bring their products and expertise to Poland. ...

Clegg Sound Relies on NEXO for Audio Production Needs

Clegg Sound of Rochester, New Hampshire, system installer and sound rental company, recently provided production assistance and the rental of a NEXO audio system for a reception held by Lindt Chocolates, the worldwide ...

Theatre in Review: The Light Years (Playwrights Horizons)

Steele MacKaye, a prominent theatre figure of the nineteenth century, was what Variety likes to call a "multi-hyphenate," in his case, a writer, director, producer, theatre manager, and inventor. If he is remembered at all ...

Theatre in Review: Chess Match No. 5 (SITI Company/Abingdon Theatre Company)

If you're a fan of the composer and music theorist John Cage, or if you're curious about him and don't want to think too hard, Chess Match No. 5 may be just the thing for you. The latest in a series of pieces devised ...

Chauvet Grand Premiere Celebrates New Facility in Mexico

Chauvet Mexico had a lot to be happy about when it celebrated the grand premiere of its new office, warehouse, service center, and showroom facility recently. The company has been busy meeting the rapidly increasing demand for its ...

ARRI Rental Opens Boutique Offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver

ARRI Rental, a provider of camera, lighting, and grip equipment, has enlarged its ALEXA 65 network with the opening of boutique offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC.
The expansion, prompted by the ever-increasing popularity ...

Vectorworks, Inc. Introduces Service Pack 3 Release for Vectorworks and Vision 2017

Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. announces the Service Pack 3 (SP3) release for the 2017 line of products, which include Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer, and Vision. ...

Staging Concepts Uplift Stage Is Now 100% Drill Operated

Staging Concepts introduces its second generation Uplift Stage. Reconstructed with a completely new design, the product now requires no manual lifting, and is 100% drill operated. This revolutionary platform is a scissor stage that ...

CPL Launches New Technical Sales Division

Technical production and rental specialist Central Presentations Limited (CPL) has launched a new division -- CPL Technical Sales -- to focus on the sales of selected product lines, all of which CPL carries in its rental ...

15th Year of Prolight + Sound Guangzhou -- Largest Edition to Date

Held February 22 - 25, 2017 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, the 15th anniversary of Prolight + Sound Guangzhou surpassed industry expectations with a shattering attendance of 73,986 visitors, marking an 8.1% increase ...

Bandit Brings the Lights to Shaping Sound: After the Curtain

Shaping Sound, the phenomenal mash up of contemporary dancers, musical genres, and dancing styles has returned to the road with a brand new production with Shaping Sound: After the Curtain. Bandit Lites once again provided ...

District Tap House Taps Renkus-Heinz

What do the Empire State Building, UN headquarters, Times Square, Broadway, the Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Hall, and the District Tap House have in common? They're all in midtown Manhattan, the largest commercial, entertainment, and ...

DTS Lighting Takes Stratosphere Theatre to New Heights

With all of its dazzling sparkle and shine, it's a safe bet to say that few cities in the world can rival the demands that Las Vegas puts on its lighting systems. For example, the Stratosphere Theatre, located at the hotel and casino of ...

Symetrix Jupiter a Stellar Success for Worthy Brewing

Established in 2012, Worthy Brewing has been distinctive from the start, with the capacity to brew 60,000 barrels of craft beers and a beer garden-patio featuring live hops plants. (Worthy conducts hops breeding research on site.) Patrons ...

The Bose F1 Flexible Array Loudspeaker System Puts the Audience in the Middle at Live from the Divide

Live from the Divide (LFTD) is a "A Celebration of the American Songwriter" -- 60 minutes of some of the finest songwriters today performing in a 50-seat venue and recording facility in Bozeman, Montana. The show is broadcast on ...

d3 Performs Projection Mapping as Music! Scores a Big Hit on Italian TV

On the recent Italian TV special, Music!, a wide array of international celebrities shared the stories of the songs of their lives and gave their own live renditions of the tunes. STS Communication, d3 Technologies's ...

White Light Oversees Lighting Installation at Royal Albert Hall

The mushroom-shaped lighting domes are synonymous with the Royal Albert Hall's main space, having been in place for more than 12 years. With technology having advanced so rapidly during this time, the venue recently decided to replace the ...

Theatre in Review: Beneath the Gavel (Bated Breath Theatre Company)

In Beneath the Gavel, the members of Connecticut-based Bated Breath Theatre Company want to take you inside the glamorous, intrigue-filled, cutthroat world of art auctions. To do so, they have put a full inventory of ...

ETCP Launches Portable Power Distribution Technician Practice Exam

The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) will launch a practice exam for the Portable Power Distribution Technician certification examination on April 1, 2017. The web-based practice exam will consist of 50 ...

RC4 Wireless Launches RC5 EASS Wireless with Top DMX Range, Performance, and Data Security

Wireless lighting control in theme parks, ski resorts, arenas, convention centers, casinos, and other public areas requires special attention to many unique challenges. RC4 Wireless has served this market extensively for over a ...

Proteus Headlines Stellar Lineup for Elation at 2017 Prolight + Sound

The new Proteus line of IP-rated arc-source moving heads will headline an outstanding lineup of lighting innovations for Elation Professional at this year's Prolight + Sound exhibition. The Elation team invites lighting ...

GLP Announces Formal Release of GT-1

Following a number of successful field trials, GLP's GT-1 hybrid fixture is now ready for official release and has begun shipping.
Already proving hugely popular, the GT-1 is a true hybrid fixture, working as a beam, spot, and ...

QSC Introduces TouchMix DAW Utility Version 2.0 Software Application

QSC announces the release of the TouchMix DAW Utility Version 2.0. The TouchMix Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) utility is a free software application for TouchMix owners that enables and simplifies two-way migration of digital ...

NEXO NeMo Now Available for macOS

NEXO announces its latest release of NeMo system management software, now available for the first time on the macOS platform. NeMo V2.0 software also includes high-quality features and functionality that will change the operational ...

Visual Productions Synchronizes the Industry with New TimeCore at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt

Prolight + Sound Frankfurt, is the launch platform for Visual Productions' new product the TimeCore: a timecode toolbox that performs all tasks related to timecode. It even handles a number of non-timecode protocols such as ...

Le Mark's Magtape Rocks with Star from Ivy

In celebration of the launch of Le Mark's all new Magtape Xtreme the amazingly powerful all weather monster crossover tape, made for heavy duty applications, Le Mark chose to work with UK Midlands-based band "Star from Ivy" and ...

Robe for New Eesti Rahva Muuseum

The brand new Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian National Museum) in Tartu has recently opened in a new single-story state-of-the-art 350m-long architectural masterpiece resembling a portion of a runway lifting upwards ... built on the former ...

Sennheiser Wins Big at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards

The music industry's biggest names gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 13th for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. The evening was punctuated by command performances by Bruno Mars, Adele, Beyoncé, and Ed Sheeran, ...

HOG FACTOR 2017 Registration Is Now Open

High End Systems announces that the third annual HOG FACTOR National Collegiate Lighting Show Programming Competition has begun! Some great prizes are up for grabs this year:
First place
* Hog 4 console for university

A.C.T Lighting Supplies Ed Sector with Claypaky and MA Products for Photonapalooza and Stagecraft Institute

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. continues its support of the educational community by providing students with cutting-edge equipment used by lighting professionals worldwide. Most recently A.C.T Lighting supplied Claypaky luminaires and ...

Theatre in Review: Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with André the Giant (Custom Made Theatre Co./59E59)

It may be the oddest couple in twentieth-century culture: Samuel Beckett and André René Roussimoff, aka André the Giant -- the writer who stared into the mystery of human existence and found an uninhabited terrain, and the ...

Theatre in Review: When It's You (Keen Company/Theatre Row)

Each theatre season has its own identity, its own concerns and questions; as When It's You began, I wondered, could it really be that, in the same month, I was seeing the second solo play about a woman who is connected to a ...

Chauvet Acquires ChamSys

Chauvet & Sons LLC has announced that it completed the acquisition of ChamSys Ltd., the Southampton, UK-based designer and manufacturer of lighting controllers. ChamSys provides Chauvet a strong presence in the controller ...

Hugh Hardy Dies at 84

The architect Hugh Hardy, who played a key role in designing or renovating some of today's most celebrated performance spaces, died on Thursday. He was 84 and had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
According to the New York Times< ...

PLASA Focus Leeds Returns with a Top Seminar Schedule for 2017

PLASA Focus Leeds is back with a stellar line-up of seminar sessions and speakers for this year's event on May 9 - 10 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. The free-to-attend exhibition is a leading platform for the entertainment ...

Adamson Launches Load Library V4

Adamson Systems Engineering announces the release of Load Library V4, enhancing the user experience and elevating the sonic performance of Adamson products in the field to a whole new level.
Now, all Adamson loudspeakers are ...

Pointman Lifting Products Introduces the First Flex-Phase Electric Chain Hoist

Pointman Lifting Products introduces the Flex-Phase hoist. Initially available in the 1/4T capacity Model S unit, this new-to-market hoist gives users the flexibility of powering their hoist with either 115V single-phase power or ...

AES Berlin Convention Advance Registration Online Now

The Audio Engineering Society has begun online advance registration for the premier European pro audio education and networking event of the year -- the 142nd AES International Convention, which marks its return to Berlin, ...

Meyer Sound LEOPARD Reinforces Elite Events at Beverly Hilton's Famed International Ballroom

Encore Event Technologies has purchased a new Meyer Sound LEOPARD linear sound reinforcement system to serve as the sonic foundation for production services it provides in the world renowned International Ballroom of the ...

Altman Lighting Provides an Advantage for Success at the Hong Kong Science Museum

Since its opening, the Hong Kong Science Museum has captivated the public's curiosity through interactive and enlightening exhibitions. Housing over 500 exhibits in an area that spans over 65,000sqm, the museum recently opened a series of ...

Eurotek Signs Up for BlackTrax

Coinciding with the company's 50th anniversary, Irish broadcast, AV and video conferencing experts, Eurotek has taken delivery of BlackTrax real-time motion tracking system. The purchase meets the exponential requirement for ...

LD Justin Townsend Turns to Elation LED for David Byrne's Joan of Arc: Into the Fire

Multi award-winning and Tony-nominated lighting designer Justin Townsend (The Humans, American Psycho, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) finds that he is using Elation Professional lights more and more since his first ...

Spotlight on MILOS Roofs -- Fourth Video Released

MILOS has released the fourth and final video as part of its three-month spotlight on Milos roofs (1 January - 31 March).
In this final video of a four video series, Area Four Industries GmbH technical director dipl.-ing. < ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Brighten Venues Worldwide with Solaris Flare

In a bid for the title "The hardest working band in show biz," the Red Hot Chili Peppers have 52 dates booked for The Getaway tour across the US, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. Such a rigorous schedule requires rugged and ...

JBL by Harman Helps Kinnon Entertainment Expand Their Business

Colorado-based entertainment and event production company Kinnon Entertainment is reaping the benefits of their investment in JBL by Harman VTX Series loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers. Kinnon Entertainment, ...

Theatre in Review: Come From Away (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)

It's a cultural cliché -- an especially tiresome one -- that Broadway musicals are associated with spectacle, often for its own sake; whether expressed in spangled kick lines, hovering helicopters, or intimate Russian cabarets that seat 1 ...

Theatre in Review: The Gravedigger's Lullaby (The Actor's Company Theatre/Theatre Row)

Few playwrights, in my experience, have made such a head-swiveling change in approach between their debut and sophomore works as Jeff Talbott. He first turned up in 2011 with The Submission, an acid, wisecracking comedy about ...

Backup Charity Raises Awareness at Special Event

Supporters and trustees of Backup -- The Technical Entertainment Charity -- gathered in London on Monday evening to help raise the profile of the charity's new name and logo in entertainment industry. Around 80 guests attended the ...

Pulsar Becomes Luxeos Luminaires Ltd.

Pulsar announces it is making a few changes; its new name is Luxeos Luminaires Ltd. This reflects the passion and drive Pulsar has for the new Luxeos range of products and services, the company says. Pulsar recently won the largest ...

Five Theatre Projects Venues Win 2017 USITT Architecture Awards

Five Theatre Projects venues have won 2017 architecture awards from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT). The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University and the ...

Adamson Systems Engineering Holds Virtual Walk-Through Event

Please join Adamson Systems Engineering for a virtual walk-through of the Adamson factory expansion.
The event will also include the introduction of the new S10n and IS-SERIES.
Tuesday, April 4 @ 4:30pm
Hall 3.1 - Stand ...

Antelope Audio Introduces Robust Detailed Session Saving Functionality to its Best in Class Interfaces

Antelope Audio, an interface company specializing in Field Programmable Gate Array-based vintage FX modeling, announced an update for its desktop application that brings powerful new functionality to users of its popular recording ...

Gerriets Introduces ULTRABRITE Projection Fabric at USITT

Gerriets' new ULTRABRITE Projection Fabric debuted at this year's United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) conference in St. Louis. The seamless 140' wide by 13' high projection surface wowed attendees at the ...

Fishman Loudbox Acoustic Amplifiers Now Available in Select Hardwood Models

Fishman's line of acoustic amplifiers is now available in high-quality Solid African Mahogany, the company says.
Fishman's lightest and most portable amp, the Loudbox Mini Mahogany produces 60W of acoustic power and has two ...

Fohhn Showcases Latest Digital Technology Developments at Prolight + Sound

Fohhn Audio AG brings its next generation of Beam Steering systems and Class D amplifiers to this year's Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, along with audio solutions from its upcoming Media-Series. These new products will feature in "Th ...

Genelec Hosting Nashville Listening Event on March 20-21 at Addiction Sound Studios

Genelec, an active monitoring technology company, is holding a two-day listening showcase in Nashville, TN, at Addiction Sound Studios in the city's Berry Hill neighborhood (506 East Iris Drive, Nashville TN 37204). The event is ...

Theater Akzent Chooses Robe DL Series

Gerhard Scherer is a happy man since 24 x Robe DL7S Profiles and DL4S Profiles -- 12 of each fixture -- have been installed at the Theater Akzent Theatre in Vienna...a busy producing and receiving house located in the Wieden ...

Chauvet Professional Provides Larger Than Life Video Wall for King Kong Premier

Since the world's most famous oversized gorilla first appeared on cinema screens in 1933, King Kong has become one of the most renowned movie icons, with countless comics, video games, and theme park rides adding to a string of film ...

Famed Flutist in Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience Mics with Point Source Audio

The popular HBO series Game of Thrones has come off the screen and onto a live immersive stage concert experience featuring 807 linear feet of jumbotrons, and 3-D designs that rise from the stage floor. Pedro Eustache, the ...

Theatre in Review: Spill (Ensemble Studio Theatre)/Sundown, Yellow Moon (WP/Ars Nova)

Two very different new plays illustrate the challenges of dramatizing material that might work better in other formats.
Spill is a piece of documentary theatre about the Deepwater Horizon incident, in which an offshore oil rig ...

High Output Hires New Director to Expand Focus on Audio-Visual Systems Integration

High Output, Inc., New England's supplier of services and equipment for the entertainment industry, announces the appointment of Chad Pierce as director of systems integration for audio-visual environments. ...

SESCO Lighting Appoints Senior VP of Lighting Controls

SESCO Lighting has appointed Rhonda Viveney to senior VP of lighting controls. SESCO Lighting is among the largest manufacturer's representatives for lighting and lighting controls in the United States. ...

Vectorworks, Inc. Congratulates Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Regional Award Winners

Sponsoring awards at each of the eight regional festivals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), global design software developer Vectorworks, Inc. congratulates the up-and-coming entertainment ...

GLP X4 Atoms and X4 Bar 20s Star at Grammy Awards

This year's Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles proved to be another triumph for GLP.
The ceremony, which is produced by NARAS and AEG Ehrlich Ventures LLC, recognizes the best recordings, compositions, and artists, ...

Making the Amazing Beautiful: Philips Lighting Controls Spectacular New LED Illumination at Niagara Falls

Philips Lighting, a global provider of lighting technology, announces that its control systems are managing the new stunning color illumination of the landmark 167' (50.9m) high Niagara Falls, the world's most famous waterfalls ...

WorldStage Provides Audio Support for New York City Opera's New Production of Candide

The New York City Opera (NYCO) marked the second season in its new home, the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, with a new production of Bernstein's Candide directed by Harold Prince. WorldStage provided audio support ...

Chauvet Professional Attracts Record Crowds to USITT Booth

LED stage lighting is coming of age. One unmistakable sign of this development was the record crowds that gathered at the Chauvet Professional booth at the recently concluded USITT Conference and Stage Expo. Over the past ...

Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville Upgrades with Alcorn McBride Video Players

Located in the heart of historic downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the Muhammad Ali Center features three levels of award-winning exhibits, and galleries. The center, an international cultural center with a museum experience, shares Muhammad ...

Everlast Productions Invests in Power of Elation Platinum 1200 Wash

"This light blows everyone away!" says Washington Arias, CEO and president of Everlast Productions about the new Elation Professional Platinum 1200 Wash. "We have other wash fixtures that just weren't cutting it in an ...

Allen & Heath Supports Best of British at SXSW

Allen & Heath digital mixers are once again at the forefront of this year's South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) March 10 - 19 in Austin, Texas.
Mixers from across the dLive, GLD, and Qu ranges are employed in ...

Eiki Projectors Bring Outstanding Visual Presence to First Baptist Church Westlake Services

When designing their brand-new worship center, officials at First Baptist Church Westlake in Westlake, Louisiana, wanted to ensure their sanctuary had vivid presentation capabilities in order to fully engage the congregation during ...

Britannia Row Productions Brings a Tingle to the Brits

Not since Adele performed "Someone Like You" at the Brit Awards in 2011 has the O2 audience sat in such reverential hush. Chris Martin's tribute "duet" with George Michael at Brits 2017 was as spine tingling as it gets, and more authentic ...

Theatre in Review: Joan of Arc: Into the Fire (The Public Theater)

Promises, promises: Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, a new musical by David Byrne, promised to be as exciting as Here Lies Love, his disco pop opera about the rise and fall of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. (This isn't ...

Theatre in Review: Villa (The Play Company at The Wild Project)

There are dozens -- maybe hundreds -- of plays about history's worst episodes; plays about the Holocaust alone would fill several bookshelves. There are significantly fewer plays, I think, about the challenge of surviving such events: When ...

Christie Lites Opens Coventry UK Office

Christie Lites is "crossing the pond" with the opening of Christie Lites Coventry in the UK. This new office is Christie's first expansion outside of North America. The North American lighting and rigging rental company is ...

The LRLR Raise Funds for Behind the Scenes at USITT Raffle

The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) celebrated their upcoming ride through Southern California with a raffle and live auction to benefit Behind the Scenes during the USITT Conference and Stage Expo in St. Louis, Missouri, last ...

The ALD Shines a Light on The Right Light

The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), in conjunction with Royal Central Research, is hosting an afternoon of talks and panel discussions at Bankside (Central Bankside, Emerson St. SE1 9DU - Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 2 ...

Sennheiser / Pink Floyd Create Unique Immersive Live 8 Mix

Audio specialist Sennheiser has partnered with Pink Floyd to demonstrate its AMBEO 3D audio technology in action as part of the sound expert's work for The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, which opens to the ...

Clockaudio Expands and Moves to New UK Headquarters

Clockaudio, a provider of pro AV microphone technologies based in the UK and with offices in North America, announces the opening of its new and expanded headquarters based in the United Kingdom.
The company was founded in the UK ...

Hitachi Introduces their First 3,500 Lumen LED Projector

Hitachi America, Ltd. digital media division announces the LP-WU3500, 3,500 lumen LED projector. In addition to superior brightness and clarity, the LP-WU3500 offers low total cost and low-maintenance ownership, with an expected 20 ...

Calrec Audio's Brio Goes Under the Dome in Toronto

When Toronto's Dome Productions needed to upgrade its main studio audio console, the company says the choice was easy: Calrec Audio's Brio.
"We did evaluate other audio consoles, but one of the main reasons we chose the ...

Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Eliminates "Dead Zones" with Clear-Com

The Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (SAJA) in Calgary, Canada, has ended years of intercom coverage gaps and signal drop-outs by installing Clear-Com's FreeSpeak II (FSII) wireless intercom inside its 1950s-era facility. FreeSpeak II ...

Avolites Arena Is Making Headlines at Printworks London

An Avolites Arena console has been selected to control the custom designed, automated house rig on debut electronic dance music series "Issue 001" at London's new, experimental cultural hub Printworks. The 001 series sees some of ...

Historic Strand Theatre Upgrades with Fulcrum Acoustic Loudspeakers

The Strand Theatre has been entertaining audiences in Rockland, Maine since 1923. Listed on the National Historic Register, the multi-use theatre has evolved over time to host folk, rock, blues, jazz, and classical music performances, as ...

Renkus-Heinz Ushers In a New Era of Audio at Wroclaw's Polish Theater

The history of the Polish Theater in Wroclaw, the largest city in western Poland, has been eventful. Built in 1909 but suffering severe damage during World War II and then extensive devastation by fire in the mid 1990s, the venue has ...

Martin Audio Names Pro Active LATAM for Sales in Latin America and Caribbean

Martin Audio has appointed Pro Active Latin America as the company's sales representative for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Based in Mexico City and guided by owner/director Berenice Gutierrez, Pro Active LATAM ...

Progressive-Metal Band Haken is Rockin' with Behringer

Haken is a London-based progressive metal band formed in 2007. They have been a force in the prog-rock world since the release of their third album, The Mountain, in 2013, and were recently featured on the latest Cruise To The Edge, ...

Theatre in Review: White Guy on the Bus (Delaware Theatre Company/59E59)

Bruce Graham's new play is about the terrible effects of racism -- on white people. That's certainly a fresh slant. The white guy of the title is Ray, an investment counselor of a certain age, who has grown tired and ashamed of his ...

Shure Honored as One of 2016's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation

For the sixth year in a row, Shure Incorporated has been selected as one of the Best and Brightest Companies To Work For in the nation by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). An awards competition ...

Recording Academy P&E Wing and MusiCares Present "Listen Up: Why Protecting Your Hearing Really Does Matter"

On Friday, March, 17, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30pm at the Austin Convention Center (room 10A), as part of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival, MusiCares and The Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing will present "Li ...

Roland Professional and Audinate Offer Webinar on March 23

Roland Professional AV and Audinate, the creator of the Dante networking protocol, are holding a webinar event on March 23, 2017, at 11:00am PDT.
Join Brad Price of Audinate and Rob Read and Brian ...

LightConverse and High End Systems Lighting Challenge 2017

To mark the third year running of the LightConverse and High End systems Lighting Challenge, and to celebrate the past years' imaginative entries, the companies have decided to sweeten the pot by adding the brand-new LightConverse ...

Elation Partners with LMP to Distribute Elation Products in Germany

LMP Lichttechnik Vertriebs GmbH, a pioneer in the distribution of moving lights in Europe for more than 30 years, will begin to distribute Elation Professional products in Germany effective March 15th. With LMP as its ...

Revolabs to Unveil New Collaboration Product at Enterprise Connect 2017

Revolabs, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation, yesterday announced it will feature its new collaboration product with Yamaha in booth 306 at Enterprise Connect, March 27 - 30, at the Gaylord Palms ...

Ocean Way Audio Founder Allen Sides to Hold One-on-One Demo Sessions at Vintage King Nashville on March 30

Ocean Way Audio (OWA), a manufacturer of high-resolution reference monitors for the professional audio and audiophile market sectors, is hosting a special event on March 30, 2017, at Vintage King Nashville and House of ...

Matt Collier Makes Brothers Gow Glow with Rogues on Fall Tour

The good times never stop for Brothers Gow. The popular California jam band, which has been touring nonstop, doing close to 100 shows a year since 2007, shows no signs of slowing down. With each passing mile, this tightly woven quintet has ...

GLP GT-1 and X4 Bars Make Massive Statement at Super Bowl 51

Lady Gaga gave a scintillating, high-flying performance at the Pepsi Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Opening with "God Bless America" on the roof of the stadium she leapt to the stage before ...

Claypaky Sharpy Parties All Night at Complex Nightclub

Nearly 100 Claypaky Sharpys were exclusively selected to deliver an immersive eight-hour light show to 2,000 partygoers at an underground club night that was hosted by trailblazing Dutch techno music agency Claydrum at Complex ...

TiMax 3D Spatial Audio Revives Royal Ballet Woolf Works

Wayne McGregor's highly-acclaimed Woolf Works - his first full-length work for the Royal Ballet -- returned for a revival performance at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House. The ballet triptych is based on Virginia Woolf as viewed ...

Eurotruss Delivers Innovative Custom Truss Towers for Old Dominion's New Touring Show

When country music band Old Dominion approached Travis Shirley about upping the production value of their new touring show, he conceived an industrial-style structure whose custom truss towers serve as set pieces. Morris, A.C.T ...

Toledo's Mud Hens Play Ball with Symetrix

Currently an International League (Triple A) affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, the Toledo Mud Hens have been playing professional baseball since 1896. Baseball Hall of Famers Casey Stengel and Hack Wilson played with the Mud Hens, and M*A ...

Theatre in Review: The Outer Space (The Public Theater/Joe's Pub)

Do you ever dream of fleeing the pains of city life for something more salubrious -- say, to orbit around the planet Mercury? That's the fantastically fey premise of The Outer Space, the latest song cycle to emerge from the ...

Theatre in Review: The Moors (The Playwrights Realm/The Duke on 42nd Street)

The characters in Jen Silverman's new play, inhabitants of a mansion in a bleak corner of England, often wander off onto the surrounding moors, all but vanishing into the fog that appears to be a permanent fixture of life there. ...

Samsung Electronics Completes Acquisition of Harman

Samsung Electronics Saturday announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Harman International Industries, Incorporated ("Harman"). Under the terms of the merger agreement, Harman stockholders will ...

Applications Now Available for 2017 ETC LDI Student Sponsorship

For nearly two decades, ETC's LDI Student Sponsorship has given students a unique way to gain experience, make connections, and launch a career, and to attend the LDI trade show with all expenses paid. Applications for this year's ...

Le Maitre Invests in New Pyrotechnics Factory in Missouri

This year, Le Maitre is celebrating 40 years of manufacturing pyrotechnics and special effects. Up to now, all pyrotechnics have been manufactured at the company's pyrotechnics factory in Peterborough, UK. With sales continuing to ...

Ike Zimbel Joins Radio Active Designs as Manufacturer Rep for Canada

Radio Active Designs (RAD) has named Zimbel Audio Productions as their manufacturer rep for Canada. The announcement was made by James Stoffo, CTO, Radio Active Designs. Zimbel Audio Productions is based in Toronto, ...

Where Are They Now: Past Winners of the Vectorworks Design Scholarship