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(3/29/2019)

-Applications Now Open for Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

Applications Now Open for Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

With a commitment to building up the next generation of lighting professionals, ETC has sponsored students at LDI for nearly 20 years. Fred Foster, who founded ETC with a group of university students in 1975, played a key ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Vectorworks, Inc. Announces GDTF 1.0 Availability

Vectorworks, Inc. Announces GDTF 1.0 Availability

On its first anniversary, the entertainment industry's open file format, General Device Type Format (GDTF) version 1.0 is here. Through collective feedback from the GDTF founders, MA Lighting, Robe lighting, and Vectorworks, Inc., ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Obsidian Control Systems to Show Powerful NX 4 and Preview DYLOS Pixel Composer at 2019 Prolight+Sound

Obsidian Control Systems to Show Powerful NX 4 and Preview DYLOS Pixel Composer at 2019 Prolight+Sound

Obsidian Control Systems will be showcasing April 2-5 at the Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt the NX 4 lighting controller, and will be providing a first look at the new DYLOS pixel composition engine. Designers, programmers, and ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Gravity Presents New Stand Solutions Exclusively Designed for Rental & Touring Companies

Gravity Presents New Stand Solutions Exclusively Designed for Rental & Touring Companies

At this year's Prolight+Sound 2019 in Frankfurt, the Adam Hall Group brand Gravity presents the new Touring Series: the first ever stand series specifically developed for the professional rental market. The impressively rugged all ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Eilon Engineering to Launch New Ron StageMaster 8000 Hoist Load Cell at Prolight+Sound

Eilon Engineering to Launch New Ron StageMaster 8000 Hoist Load Cell at Prolight+Sound

Eilon Engineering invites visitors of the Prolight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt to Stand C44, Hall 12.0 to see the new Ron StageMaster 8000 Hoist Load Cell. This patent-pending load cell turns any hoist into a smart hoist, the ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Zero 88 at Prolight+Sound 2019

Zero 88 at Prolight+Sound 2019

UK lighting control manufacturer and specialist Zero 88 highlights four new multifunctional products at Prolight 2019, on Stand E52 in Hall 12, alongside its German distributor, Ultralite.
These are Betapack 4 -- one product ...
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(3/29/2019)

-Yamaha TF Series V4.0 Takes TouchFlow Operation to New Heights

Yamaha TF Series V4.0 Takes TouchFlow Operation to New Heights

Yamaha TF Series Digital Mixers with intuitive touch-panel operation gain enhanced control and versatility with firmware update version 4.0. The new update will be shown at the NAB Show in Las Vegas at the Yamaha Professional Audio ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Many Exhibitors Set to Attend Prolight+Sound Shanghai 2019

Many Exhibitors Set to Attend Prolight+Sound Shanghai 2019

The 17th edition of Prolight + Sound Shanghai (PLSS) will take place in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from October 10 - 13, 2019. Many exhibitors are already taking progressive steps in the early application stages, with the ...More

(3/29/2019)

-PR Lighting's Guru Somayaji Lights Rising Star Prateek Kuhad with PR AQUA 480 BWS

PR Lighting's Guru Somayaji Lights Rising Star Prateek Kuhad with PR AQUA 480 BWS

Bangalore-based freelance lighting engineer, Guru Somayaji, recently worked on a production designing shows for premier local live music venue and festival / events production company, The Humming Tree. ...More

(3/29/2019)

-Massive Productions Creates Vivid Colors with Chauvet Professional At Tumba Festival

Massive Productions Creates Vivid Colors with Chauvet Professional At Tumba Festival

From the infectious rhythmic sounds of Caribbean music that fill the air (along with the mouthwatering scent of local delicacies like keshi yena), to the exhilarated movement of dancers that ripple across the stage and through the crowd, ...More

(3/29/2019)

-McLaren Engineering Group Announces New President

McLaren Engineering Group Announces New President

McLaren Engineering Group announces that Jeremy Billig, P.E., has been named president. Billig, most recently the firm's vice president and New York City regional director, will lead McLaren along with Malcolm McLaren, P.E ...More

(3/29/2019)

-DiNET DAN-TX2 & DAN-RX2 Now Shipping

DiNET DAN-TX2 & DAN-RX2 Now Shipping

Radial Engineering announces that the DiNET DAN-TX2 and DAN-RX2, 2-channel Dante-enabled network interfaces, are now shipping.
The DAN-TX2 transmitter and the DAN-RX2 receiver are designed for use with any Dante or AES67 ...
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(3/29/2019)

-Theatre in Review: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (Theatre for a New Audience)

Theatre in Review: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (Theatre for a New Audience)

If you stare -- very, very hard -- at Shana Cooper's production of Shakespeare's political thriller, you can see the outlines of a vision that seems all too relevant to today's America. It begins in organized chaos, with a crowd of ...More

(3/28/2019)

-USITT Funds Second Round of Innovation Grants, Encouraging Development of New Technology for Performing Arts

USITT Funds Second Round of Innovation Grants, Encouraging Development of New Technology for Performing Arts

The USITT Board of Directors awarded three Innovation Grants totaling nearly $80,000 at its March 19 meeting. This is the second round of funding in this program, designed to foster new technologies for use in the theatre and ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Christie Brings Powerful Tools for the Live Event Industry to Prolight+Sound

Christie Brings Powerful Tools for the Live Event Industry to Prolight+Sound

Prolight + Sound attendees will see the tools to create powerful experiences first hand on the Christie stand C30, Hall 4.0, from April 2-5 at Messe Frankfurt, including the Christie MicroTiles LED, Christie Pandoras Box media ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Rosco Laboratories Announces Winner of the Rosco Gobo Design Contest

Rosco Laboratories Announces Winner of the Rosco Gobo Design Contest

After receiving entries from around the world for The Rosco Gobo Design Contest, Rosco Laboratories announces the contest's winner - "Square Radiant" by Philip Treviño. This "dot grid gobo" was originally conceived by Treviño ...More

(3/28/2019)

-LD Systems will Present the U500 In-Ear Monitoring Systems at Prolight+Sound as Part of Their Repositioning

LD Systems will Present the U500 In-Ear Monitoring Systems at Prolight+Sound as Part of Their Repositioning

Perfect sound is an illusion -- the freedom to be able to flexibly implement individual ideas of sound, however, is not. Atthis year's Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt am Main the Adam Hall Group brand LD Systems will demonstrate as ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Penn Elcom at Prolight+Sound 2019

Penn Elcom at Prolight+Sound 2019

Global flightcase hardware manufacture and innovator Penn Elcom highlights four new products at the Prolight+Sound 2019 expo in Frankfurt next week on stand C43 in Hall 4.
The company says it will maximize opportunities and the ...
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(3/28/2019)

-Unilumin Unano Design Awarded "Best of the Best"

Unilumin Unano Design Awarded "Best of the Best"

Unano -- Unilumin's premium 1mm rental & fine pitch LED display -- has just won the top design award "Red Dot Award 2019: best of the best." With its aesthetic and practical design, Unano's visual effect, highly protective features ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Allen & Heath Brings the Music at SXSW 2019

Allen & Heath Brings the Music at SXSW 2019

From bar band performances to the "hot-ticket" sets, Allen & Heath was once again all over this year's South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.
Mixers from across the whole range were in attendance, ...
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(3/28/2019)

-Guitar Hero Doug Aldrich Goes Wireless with Lectrosonics

Guitar Hero Doug Aldrich Goes Wireless with Lectrosonics

Doug Aldrich is a veteran journeyman of heavy metal. Since 1983 he has slung the six-string in some of the world's hardest-rocking bands including Dio and Whitesnake, and currently plays in supergroup The Dead Daisies as well as his ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Countryman Microphones at the Forefront of Audio Production Endeavors

Countryman Microphones at the Forefront of Audio Production Endeavors

Serving primarily throughout Central Maryland and Washington DC, but ranging as far as Northern Virginia and the Philadelphia, PA areas, Anne Brooker-Grogan and her husband Ed are a freelance audio - video production team ...More

(3/28/2019)

-DiGiCo Lifts Off on Travis Scott's "Astroworld -- Wish You Were Here Tour"

DiGiCo Lifts Off on Travis Scott's "Astroworld -- Wish You Were Here Tour"

LOS ANGELES, California - March 2019 -- "Mixing just four inputs in an arena show is one of the greatest challenges of my career," shares Ken "Pooch" Van Druten about his gig with rapper Travis Scott, who is currently touring in support ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Newtown High Stretches Out in Renovated Auditorium

Newtown High Stretches Out in Renovated Auditorium

Newtown High School's performing arts community was undismayed by the challenge of producing three plays in temporary venues during the year-long renovation of their 13,700 square-foot auditorium. Since the completion of the $3.75 million ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Masque Sound Equips Falsettos Tour With Shure Axient

Masque Sound Equips Falsettos Tour With Shure Axient

Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Falsettos, which played Broadway in fall 2016 and was subsequently nominated for five Tony Awards, is currently out on tour with a Shure Axient Digital wireless microphone system provide by New ...More

(3/28/2019)

-Theatre in Review: The Lehman Trilogy (Park Avenue Armory)

Theatre in Review: The Lehman Trilogy (Park Avenue Armory)

Plays don't come more monumental than The Lehman Trilogy, and director Sam Mendes and his design team have provided a production to match it. This is theatre that breaks any number of rules, neatly getting away with every ...More

(3/27/2019)

-New Claypaky Products at Prolight+Sound 2019

New Claypaky Products at Prolight+Sound 2019

Many surprising new Claypaky products are debuting at ProLight+Sound 2019, Hall 12.0, Stand E60. Xtylos is an innovative, compact beam moving light making use of a tailor-made laser source (Patent Application filed). It ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Green Hippo's Hippotizer V4.5 Comes Alive at Prolight+Sound 2019

Green Hippo's Hippotizer V4.5 Comes Alive at Prolight+Sound 2019

The latest version of Green Hippo's Hippotizer software will be on display at Prolight+Sound 2019, with two widely requested features: Object to Output and BeatBridge, as well as a host of smaller fixes and improvements. ...More

(3/27/2019)

-L-Acoustics Debuts L-ISA Training Program

L-Acoustics Debuts L-ISA Training Program

In the days leading up to the Prolight + Sound trade show, L-Acoustics announces the availability of training programs for systems and mixing engineers seeking to implement L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, the market ...More

(3/27/2019)

-AV Stumpfl to Present Extended Line of PIXERA Media Servers and Projection Screen Systems at PL+S 2019

AV Stumpfl to Present Extended Line of PIXERA Media Servers and Projection Screen Systems at PL+S 2019

AV Stumpfl, the Austrian AV technology manufacturer, will present their latest products and solutions at Prolight + Sound 2019 (April 2 -5, 2019, Frankfurt am Main), including PIXERA mini, a flexible and ultra-compact version of its ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Allen & Heath Showcases Fly Pack Systems at Prolight + Sound 2019

Allen & Heath Showcases Fly Pack Systems at Prolight + Sound 2019

Allen & Heath will be highlighting some of its ultra-compact dLive touring systems at Prolight + Sound, Hall 8.0, Booth #G50.
Central to the dLive Wings concept is the compact C1500 surface, which allows engineers to manage ...
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(3/27/2019)

-LD Systems U300 Series and Cameo ZENIT B200Receive Red Dot Award for Quality in Product Design

LD Systems U300 Series and Cameo ZENIT B200Receive Red Dot Award for Quality in Product Design

The Adam Hall Group received the Red Dot Award 2019 in the category of Product Design. Both the UHF wireless systems from the LD Systems U300 Series and the LED washlight Cameo ZENIT B200 received the Red Dot, which is awarded by a ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Kaitlin Rider Promoted to WHOCO's Director of Outside Sales Position

Kaitlin Rider Promoted to WHOCO's Director of Outside Sales Position

WHOCO Lighting & Controls announces the promotion of Kaitlin Rider to the director of outside sales position. "These are exciting times for WHOCO," says agency owner, Josh Allen. "We've experienced tremendous growth ...More

(3/27/2019)

-PayPal Team Enjoys the Great Outdoors with Renkus-Heinz

PayPal Team Enjoys the Great Outdoors with Renkus-Heinz

PayPal recently added an outdoor meeting space with full AV capabilities to its company headquarters in San Jose, California. Conference Technologies, Inc., is the contractor and installer for the new system. Headquartered in St. Louis, ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Creative Technology US Goes on North American Auto Show Tour with ROE Visual Products

Creative Technology US Goes on North American Auto Show Tour with ROE Visual Products

2019 kicked off another year of auto shows that Creative Technology, a supplier of specialist audio visual equipment, supported throughout North America. One of the trusted pieces of equipment they're bringing along for the auto shows is More

(3/27/2019)

-PreSonus Ships FLEX DSP-powered StudioLive 64S and Series III S Mixers

PreSonus Ships FLEX DSP-powered StudioLive 64S and Series III S Mixers

PreSonus is now shipping its new StudioLive 64S, which brings the power of a large production console to small-format digital mixing, with 76 mixing channels, 43 buses, and 526 simultaneous effects thanks to the all-new quad-core ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Working Musically To Create Big Sound, Scottie Baldwin Uses Yamaha CL5 On Wang Leehom Tour

Working Musically To Create Big Sound, Scottie Baldwin Uses Yamaha CL5 On Wang Leehom Tour

Musical artist Leehom Wang, aka Wang Leehom, is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Born in Rochester, NY, he was formally trained at the Eastman School of Music, Williams College and ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Glenn Ottenbacher Reflects Spirit Of Hmong Band with Chauvet Professional Rogue Fixtures

Glenn Ottenbacher Reflects Spirit Of Hmong Band with Chauvet Professional Rogue Fixtures

Glenn Ottenbacher couldn't understand many of the words Sudden Rush was singing when the rock band performed before a sold-out crowd at the Muse Event Center. But the lighting designer and owner of AGS Event Productions felt the ...More

(3/27/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Smart Blonde (59E59)

Theatre in Review: Smart Blonde (59E59)

Well into Willy Holtzman's new play with music, the one and only Judy Holliday, already a stage and film star, is hauled before the HUAC. It is the height of the Red Scare and, never a card-carrying member of the Communist Party, ...More

(3/26/2019)

-PLASA Focus Leeds Program Launch

PLASA Focus Leeds Program Launch

PLASA Focus Leeds announces its first line-up of seminar sessions and speakers for this year's event on May 14 - 15 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Free registration is open for show which has already seen over a thousand ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Martin Audio Demo Tour Showcases New WPL System in Chicago

Martin Audio Demo Tour Showcases New WPL System in Chicago

Following successful stops in New York, California, Milwaukee, and Washington, DC, the Martin Audio North American Demo Tour heads to the Tinley Park Convention Center in Chicago on April 8, 2019 from 3:00 to 5:00pm for demos of ...More

(3/26/2019)

-ETC's iRFR and aRFR Apps -- Continuing Fred Foster's Legacy of Caring

ETC's iRFR and aRFR Apps -- Continuing Fred Foster's Legacy of Caring

Continuing Fred Foster's legacy of caring for entertainment technology professionals in need, ETC presented Behind the Scenes with a check during USITT for $14,937.81, representing the most recent proceeds from the ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Elation Innovation to the Maximus at Prolight+Sound 2019

Elation Innovation to the Maximus at Prolight+Sound 2019

Making its world debut in Hall 12.1, D56-58 will be Elation Professional's 50,000-lumen Proteus Maximus, a Wash/Beam and Profile LED luminaire with a top-of-the-line design package that premieres as the brightest LED profile on the ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Astera at Prolight+Sound 2019

Astera at Prolight+Sound 2019

Wireless LED lighting manufacturer Astera will use the strategic importance of the Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt as a vibrant meeting place and European entertainment technology hotspot to launch new products and showcase ...More

(3/26/2019)

-TiMax new spatial management developments at PL&S

TiMax new spatial management developments at PL&S

UK spatial audio specialists, Out Board, are showcasing the latest evolutions of their TiMax immersive audio and showcontrol systems at Prolight+Show, Hall 8.0, Stand A55.
Demos will feature the intuitive TiMax 500S ...
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(3/26/2019)

-ISE Best in Show LED Display Makes Prolight+Sound Debut

ISE Best in Show LED Display Makes Prolight+Sound Debut

Prolight + Sound sees Calibre (Hall 4.0, Booth B35) demonstrating its innovative AiO (All-in-One) LED display on April 2 - 5 in Messe Frankfurt. The first fruits of its relationship with sister company Optoma -- also part of ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Solotech Appoints Stéphane Laverdure as Director of Operations

Solotech Appoints Stéphane Laverdure as Director of Operations

Philip Giffard, president, sales and systems integration division, announces the appointment of Stéphane Laverdure as director of operations for the Division's Quebec City office, effective immediately. ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Meyer Sound LINA and LEOPARD Return for Good to London's National Theatre as Part of Sound Partnership

Meyer Sound LINA and LEOPARD Return for Good to London's National Theatre as Part of Sound Partnership

Lavished with exuberant praise by critics, a 2017 production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies as a complete sellout for the Olivier Theatre -- the largest stage of London's esteemed National Theatre complex. Since ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Red Dot Honors DPA Microphones with Prestigious Design Award

Red Dot Honors DPA Microphones with Prestigious Design Award

DPA Microphones' d:fine CORE 6066 Subminiature Headset Microphone has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Award in the Product Design 2019 category. Presented annually to designers and companies whose products represent the very ...More

(3/26/2019)

-LEDucation 2019 Sets Record Attendance for 13th Consecutive Year

LEDucation 2019 Sets Record Attendance for 13th Consecutive Year

LEDucation 2019 Trade Show and Conference celebrated its 13th year in New York City at the New York Midtown Hilton on March 12-13, with over 6,000 attendees from regions throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The event ...More

(3/26/2019)

-Robe SuperSpikies for Triggerfinger Shows

Robe SuperSpikies for Triggerfinger Shows

Belgian rock band Triggerfinger played four highly energized, sold-out shows at the beautiful Roma concert hall in Antwerp ... marking the European live performance debut of Robe's new SuperSpikie moving light. ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Annual Hemsley Portfolio Review Design Exhibit and Reception

Annual Hemsley Portfolio Review Design Exhibit and Reception

The Hemsley Lighting Programs invites industry members to its annual Lighting Portfolio Review Exhibit and Reception, which will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2019, from 5:30-8:00 pm at the Ballet Hispanico Studios, 167 W.89th St. (b ...More

(3/25/2019)

-In Memoriam: Zeb Cochran

In Memoriam: Zeb Cochran

The Entertainment Lighting Industry lost another of its pioneers, with the passing of Zeb Cochran on March 18, after a brief illness. Cochran began his career with Vari-Lite in 1983 and was an early innovator in the programming of ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Elation Professional's Announces the Artiste Monet

Elation Professional's Announces the Artiste Monet

Elation Professional's latest innovation in its award-winning Artiste series is a 45,000-lumen strong LED Profile light, billed as being capable of projecting some of the most gorgeous colors ever produced by an automated LED ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Robert Juliat at Prolight + Sound 2019 Preview

Robert Juliat at Prolight + Sound 2019 Preview

Robert Juliat celebrates its centenary in 2019. The company will take its place at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in the Lightpower Village in the new, purpose-built Hall 12.0 on Booth C62, where it will present its range of recently ...More

(3/25/2019)

-MDG at Prolight+Sound 2019 Preview

MDG at Prolight+Sound 2019 Preview

MDG will be exhibiting at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in the new Hall 12.0 Stand D44 beside its exclusive German distributor, cast C. Adolph & RST Distribution.
MDG will present a selection of its range of atmospheric effects ...
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(3/25/2019)

-Robe Celebrates 25 at Prolight+Sound 2019

Robe Celebrates 25 at Prolight+Sound 2019

Robe celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and will be attending Prolight+Sound 2019, Hall 12 Booth D10.
There will be another unique live show, which will feature the concluding chapter in Robe's "Lost Worlds" trilogy, which began ...
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(3/25/2019)

-Kinesys at Prolight+Sound 2019

Kinesys at Prolight+Sound 2019

UK-based automation manufacturer Kinesys will show its latest technologies in this specialist entertainment field on Stand C98 in Hall 12.0 at the 2019 Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Brompton Technology Partners with ROE Visual to Give Sneak Peak of HDR at Prolight+Sound 2019

Brompton Technology Partners with ROE Visual to Give Sneak Peak of HDR at Prolight+Sound 2019

Ahead of its official launch this summer, Brompton Technology is giving existing and potential customers another chance to get a sneak peak of its new HDR solution by combining the power of its Tessera SX40 LED processor with ROE's ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Milan Workgroup to Hold Public Presentations, Demonstrations at Prolight+Sound 2019

Milan Workgroup to Hold Public Presentations, Demonstrations at Prolight+Sound 2019

Members of the Milan workgroup within the Avnu Alliance announce two public events to be held at Prolight+Sound 2019.
With an ambitious roadmap planned for 2019, the Milan workgroup members will present on the technical ...
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(3/25/2019)

-ADJ Announces Four New Road Tour Dates For Spring 2019

ADJ Announces Four New Road Tour Dates For Spring 2019

ADJ Lighting have announced four spring Road Tour dates to demonstrate their latest lighting, video, and audio technologies. The companies will highlight the latest lighting technologies that were on display at NAMM 2019, plus new ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Scott Light Goes Rogue To Create Multi-Level Reality Looks For TAUK

Scott Light Goes Rogue To Create Multi-Level Reality Looks For TAUK

An ethereal science fiction vibe emanates from the music of progressive rockers TAUK just as surely as extended guitar riffs and pulsating bass comping. This is plain to see (and hear) in the New York band's sixth studio album Shapeshift ...More

(3/25/2019)

-Beatboxing Gets a Formidable Ally in the Shape of DPA Microphones

Beatboxing Gets a Formidable Ally in the Shape of DPA Microphones

DPA Microphones is making big noise in the world of beatboxing by officially partnering with Swissbeatbox, the world's largest Beatbox platform with over 1.6 million YouTube subscribers.
The award-winning d:facto Vocal ...
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(3/25/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Vilna (Theatre at St. Clement's)

Theatre in Review: Vilna (Theatre at St. Clement's)

Vilna tells a story of such historical importance, bearing a message of such timeless relevance, that it is a great pity it hasn't been told more forcefully. The playwright, Ira Fuchs, who was inspired by a New York ...More

(3/22/2019)

-GLP Celebrates 25 Years with Largest PL+S Booth and More Product Innovations

GLP Celebrates 25 Years with Largest PL+S Booth and More Product Innovations

2019 is a landmark year for GLP, as 25 years ago the company was founded by Udo Künzler in a 200 sq. m. workshop in Karlsbad, in southern Germany.
Since then, the operation has developed into a leading stage / event ...
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(3/22/2019)

-Alcons Audio at Prolight + Sound 2019: It's All About Live

Alcons Audio at Prolight + Sound 2019: It's All About Live

Alcons Audio comes to Prolight + Sound 2019 with a number of new pro-ribbon loudspeaker developments, bringing enhanced benefits to small, medium, and large scale live productions.
Exhibiting at Hall 8.0, Stand G71, Alcons is ...
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(3/22/2019)

-Ayrton Launches New Products at Prolight + Sound 2019

Ayrton Launches New Products at Prolight + Sound 2019

Ayrton announces that its new ultra-compact Levante and Diablo 300W LED wash and profile luminaires are ready to ship and will be celebrated in full force at Prolight+Sound 2019.
Levante is a dramatically miniaturized version ...
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(3/22/2019)

-Sound:Check XPO 2019, 17 Years as the Music and Show Industry's Most Important Event in Mexico

Sound:Check XPO 2019, 17 Years as the Music and Show Industry's Most Important Event in Mexico

The sound:check Xpo trade show in Mexico City will take place on April 28, 29, and 30 at Mexico City's World Trade Center. More than 13,000 m2 of exhibition space contains the newest in audio (recording, installation, and live), ...More

(3/22/2019)

-LDI, TSDCA, and USITT Invite Applications For The Pat MacKay Scholarships, Funded by LDI

LDI, TSDCA, and USITT Invite Applications For The Pat MacKay Scholarships, Funded by LDI

To encourage diversity in the live event design community, LDI, in partnership with TSDCA, and USITT, announces three $5,000 Pat MacKay Scholarships for undergraduate students. This scholarship is to support the underrepresented and ...More

(3/22/2019)

-WorldStage Appointed as disguise CSP

WorldStage Appointed as disguise CSP

disguise welcomes WorldStage to the disguise Certified Solution Provider (CSP) worldwide network.
The disguise Certified Solution Provider Program is designed for systems integration partners, to resell disguise products ...
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(3/22/2019)

-Antari Lighting and Effects USA Appoints Image Marketing New Sales Rep

Antari Lighting and Effects USA Appoints Image Marketing New Sales Rep

Antari Lighting and Effects USA, a manufacturer of entertainment products, has recently appointed Image Marketing as their new sales representatives for Southern California and Southern Nevada.
Image Marketing will be ...
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(3/22/2019)

-Allen & Heath Delivers Feature Thrills and MCA Spills with dLive V1.8

Allen & Heath Delivers Feature Thrills and MCA Spills with dLive V1.8

Allen & Heath continues to advance its flagship dLive mixing system with the release of the latest firmware update, V1.8, adding a huge raft of power-features that engineers will love, the company says, from MCAs and Talkback Groups ...More

(3/22/2019)

-Alteros, an Audio-Technica Company, Appoints Jonathan Novick Director of Sales & Marketing

Alteros, an Audio-Technica Company, Appoints Jonathan Novick Director of Sales & Marketing

Alteros, an Audio-Technica company, announces the appointment of Jonathan Novick to the position of director of sales and marketing. As a longtime veteran of the audio industry, Novick is uniquely qualified to help propel ...More

(3/22/2019)

-San Antonio's Mission City Church Overcomes the Elements with L-Acoustics

San Antonio's Mission City Church Overcomes the Elements with L-Acoustics

Easter is a time of rebirth, and that's what Easter 2018 was for Castle Hills Church, which reopened its sanctuary after two years of renovation and repair work in the wake of massive flooding and hail damage in 2016. At that time, San ...More

(3/22/2019)

-Country Star Logan Mize Uses Bose Professional L1 Model 1S Portable Loudspeaker System at CRS Showcase

Country Star Logan Mize Uses Bose Professional L1 Model 1S Portable Loudspeaker System at CRS Showcase

CRS (Country Radio Seminar) week in Nashville annually draws together key players from the radio and music industries. As such, it's a prime opportunity to showcase artists and their music and to promote their accomplishments before an ...More

(3/22/2019)

-VUE PA Enhances Worship Night for Nashville-Area Church

VUE PA Enhances Worship Night for Nashville-Area Church

Equal parts spirit-filled worship and community gathering, the "Here Again" worship night at Experience Community Church, just south of Nashville, brought prayer and worship to more than 2,000 attendees in late February. VUE ...More

(3/21/2019)

-USITT Announces New Fund-Raising Campaign

USITT Announces New Fund-Raising Campaign

This morning at the Annual Meeting of the USITT membership, a major fund-raising initiative was announced that will culminate with the Institute's 60th anniversary in 2020. The campaign, Setting the Next Stage, was announced by ...More

(3/21/2019)

-ISE Issues Clarification on AV Integrated Systems India Expo

ISE Issues Clarification on AV Integrated Systems India Expo

Integrated Systems Europe has issued the following statement:
"Last month, Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 -- organized by Integrated Systems Events -- drew over 81,000 registered attendees and 1,300 exhibitors to 15 halls ...
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(3/21/2019)

-Meyer Sound Brings Sonic Lounge and More to PL+S in Frankfurt

Meyer Sound Brings Sonic Lounge and More to PL+S in Frankfurt

Meyer Sound's Sonic Lounge will be reassembled on site at the Frankfurt Messe for the 2019 Prolight + Sound (PL+S) show from April 2 through 5. The Sonic Lounge provides a comfortable, convivial environment conveniently located at ...More

(3/21/2019)

-Chauvet Professional To Showcase Brightest Ever Maverick Profile And Spot Fixtures At Prolight + Sound

Chauvet Professional To Showcase Brightest Ever Maverick Profile And Spot Fixtures At Prolight + Sound

In 2016, Chauvet Professional made major waves at Prolight + Sound when it introduced its breakthrough line of Maverick fixtures. This year, the company will be celebrating the anniversary of its moving lights at the Frankfurt show ...More

(3/21/2019)

-Penn Elcom Provides Perfect Fit with New WeatherSeal Flightcase Latches

Penn Elcom Provides Perfect Fit with New WeatherSeal Flightcase Latches

Penn Elcom launches a new range of its MOL automatic positioning latches, and lid-stay hinges utilizing the innovative WeatherSeal technology.
This helps create seamless flightcase latches and hinges that help close the lids ...
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(3/21/2019)

-Successful Start to the Adam Hall Academy

Successful Start to the Adam Hall Academy

The Adam Hall Academy opened its doors in mid June 2018. Since its successful beginning, numerous seminars and workshop participants have made use of the extensive and constantly growing training program of the Adam Hall Group in ...More

(3/21/2019)

-AV Manufacturer Chooses SDVoE Platform to Deliver Solutions for Large-venue Entertainment

AV Manufacturer Chooses SDVoE Platform to Deliver Solutions for Large-venue Entertainment

The SDVoE Alliance announces that RGBlink, a manufacturer of pro AV solutions, has joined the alliance as an adopting member.
"The mission of the SDVoE Alliance aligns beautifully with our philosophy of a standards-based ...
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(3/21/2019)

-WorldStage Makes Major Investment in Brompton Technology's Tessera LED Processors

WorldStage Makes Major Investment in Brompton Technology's Tessera LED Processors

Established almost four decades ago, event technology specialist WorldStage makes a practice of investing in equipment that matches its goal of supplying top of the line technology to its clients. With that in mind, WorldStage has ...More

(3/21/2019)

-The Chapel Grows with Allen & Heath

The Chapel Grows with Allen & Heath

With seven locations across Chicagoland, The Chapel has given new direction to its worship services with dLive Digital Mixing Systems from Allen & Heath. Now outfitted with a dLive S7000 control surface at front of house and a ...More

(3/21/2019)

-Martin Audio WPM Installed in Schmallenberg's City Hall

Martin Audio WPM Installed in Schmallenberg's City Hall

Since the laying of the foundation stone in 1953, Stadthalle Schmallenberg in Germany has been able to accommodate various events such as concerts, readings, shooting festivals (popular in that part of the country), and more, with up to 1 ...More

(3/21/2019)

-Christie Spyder Image Processors Drive LED Displays at Agua Caliente's New 360 Sports Bar/Restaurant

Christie Spyder Image Processors Drive LED Displays at Agua Caliente's New 360 Sports Bar/Restaurant

The Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, California has opened 360 Sports, the ultimate sports bar and restaurant offering more than 1,200 square feet of live sports action viewed on a multitude of large-scale LED displays (vid ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Compact NX 2 from Obsidian Control Systems Now Shipping

Compact NX 2 from Obsidian Control Systems Now Shipping

Obsidian Control Systems is pleased to be shipping both the NX 2 and NX Wing, the first lighting control products available under the ONYX lighting control platform. Both consoles ship with new ONYX software. ...More

(3/20/2019)

-SSL Launches SiX -- the Ultimate Desktop Mixer

SSL Launches SiX -- the Ultimate Desktop Mixer

Solid State Logic announces the launch of SiX -- The Ultimate Desktop Mixer. SiX is a classic SSL design, with a carefully considered feature set that is driven by an obsessive desire for total flexibility, to encompass every ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Fohhn Presents New Concert Sound Products and Acoustic Simulation Software at Prolight + Sound 2019

Fohhn Presents New Concert Sound Products and Acoustic Simulation Software at Prolight + Sound 2019

At this year's Prolight + Sound, South German audio manufacturer Fohhn introduces new additions to its comprehensive concert sound system. These include a full range of accessories for the Focus Venue line array system, new ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Vectorworks, Inc. Announces Lumion Live-Sync Rendering, Linked Panoramas, and My Virtual Rig Advancements

Vectorworks, Inc. Announces Lumion Live-Sync Rendering, Linked Panoramas, and My Virtual Rig Advancements

With the release of Vectorworks 2019 Service Pack 3 (SP3), global design and BIM software solutions provider Vectorworks, Inc. is continuing its commitment to quality and performance improvements, and introducing three new ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Art Meets Technology: Mics on Bodies -- USITT19 Tech Talk Hosted by Christopher Spahr of DPA Microphones

Art Meets Technology: Mics on Bodies -- USITT19 Tech Talk Hosted by Christopher Spahr of DPA Microphones

The United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) aims to advance the skills and knowledge of design, production, and technology professionals in the industry. Each year the organization hosts its annual USITT ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Adam Hall Group Premieres New Products and Visionary Campaigns at Prolight + Sound 2019

Adam Hall Group Premieres New Products and Visionary Campaigns at Prolight + Sound 2019

At this year's Prolight + Sound, April 2 - 5, 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany, the Adam Hall Group will present a number of new product innovations in its comprehensive event technology portfolio. In addition to introducing new ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Calibre Sets Focus at Prolight + Sound

Calibre Sets Focus at Prolight + Sound

At Prolight + Sound, April 2 - 5 at Messe Frankfurt, in Hall 4, stand B35, Calibre will be presenting two compelling new products for the first time in a global launch.
"Over the coming months, the industry will see a ...
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(3/20/2019)

-Boston University's New Building Offers Promising Future for Performing Arts Studies

Boston University's New Building Offers Promising Future for Performing Arts Studies

Located in the heart of Boston University's Charles River campus, the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center integrates the School of Theatre's design and production facilities with the campus community ...More

(3/20/2019)

-L-ISA Rises to the Opera Challenge

L-ISA Rises to the Opera Challenge

Dionysos Rising is a new opera by Roberto David Rusconi, and part of the vibrant OPER.A 20.21 program from the Haydn Foundation of Bolzano and Trento, Italy. The production brings modern context to the myth of Dionysos, the ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Additional Member Appointed to the Executive Board of the ARRI Group

Additional Member Appointed to the Executive Board of the ARRI Group

The supervisory board of the ARRI Group, at its meeting yesterday, decided to appoint a new member to the executive board of the ARRI Group which currently consists of Dr. Joerg Pohlman and Dr. Michael Neuhaeuser. ...More

(3/20/2019)

-PR Lighting Phantom 440 Hybrids and LED Wash Star at Miami Street Festival

PR Lighting Phantom 440 Hybrids and LED Wash Star at Miami Street Festival

When the annual Calle Ocho Street Festival took place recently in Miami's Little Venice it was headlined by Colombian singer, songwriter and producer, Fonseca.
For the past six years the Grammy nominated artist has been given full ...
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(3/20/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Alice by Heart (MCC Theater)

Theatre in Review: Alice by Heart (MCC Theater)

The fetishization of teen agony -- a major driver of contemporary musical theatre -- reaches its apex in Alice by Heart. Everyone involved has labored to present the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice in Wonderland, ...More

(3/20/2019)

-Theatre in Review: White Noise (The Public Theater)

Theatre in Review: White Noise (The Public Theater)

We're well into the twenty-first century and Suzan-Lori Parks wants you to know that, here in these United States, we're still living in the shadow of the plantation. Nearly one hundred and forty-five years after Grant and Lee faced ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Foundation Makes 27th Annual $7,500 Contribution to the Los Angeles Opera Wally Russell Lighting Intern

Foundation Makes 27th Annual $7,500 Contribution to the Los Angeles Opera Wally Russell Lighting Intern

The Wally Russell Foundation has now provided annual funding to the Los Angeles Opera totaling over $200,000 since the foundation was formed following the untimely death of visionary Wally Russell in 1992. ...More

(3/19/2019)

-The 25th Anniversary of the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards

The 25th Anniversary of the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards

Award-winning costume designer Susan Hilferty and legendary scenic designer John Lee Beatty are among the 25th anniversary TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients which were just announced by TDF, the not-for-profit service ...More

(3/19/2019)

-The 2019 Martin Lighting Roadshow

The 2019 Martin Lighting Roadshow

The 2019 Martin Roadshow is the best opportunity to experience Martin by Harman's latest products focused on supporting live entertainment, performing arts, and creative LED lighting. Sign up now for an exclusive, ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Robe Pointes Help Mirror BMW 7 Launch in Shanghai

Robe Pointes Help Mirror BMW 7 Launch in Shanghai

Lighting / visual artist Christopher Bauder from Berlin-based WHITEvoid was asked to reimagine his ground-breaking "Mirror Mirror" kinetic lighting installation for the 2019 world premiere of the new BMW 7 series which ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Year-Long Celebration for Westview's 15th Anniversary

Year-Long Celebration for Westview's 15th Anniversary

Westview Productions entertainment, energy, and immersive technology solutions firm, announces its 15th year in business and will mark the occasion with a new logo and promotions throughout the year. ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Powersoft Continues Its Growth and Investment in North American Market

Powersoft Continues Its Growth and Investment in North American Market

Powersoft, a provider of lightweight and energy efficient amplifier platforms, announces that it has fortified its sales rep and bolstered its service center network in North America. The announcement follows the opening of ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Factory Raid in China Results in Seizure of Counterfeit Shure, Sennheiser, Yamaha, and Harman Audio Products

Factory Raid in China Results in Seizure of Counterfeit Shure, Sennheiser, Yamaha, and Harman Audio Products

Shure Incorporated announces that a police raid on a factory in China manufacturing counterfeit products, Enping Soundpu Electronics Equipment (also doing business as Voxpu Electronics Equipment), was conducted in ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Wenger Corporation Debuts New and Improved Lieto

Wenger Corporation Debuts New and Improved Lieto

Wenger Corporation announces a new and improved Lieto lighting product at this year's USITT Conference and Stage Expo. Wenger continues to provide a single stop for acoustical, lighting, staging, rigging, and motion ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Ayrton MagicBlade-R Key to Haywyre's Discovery + Form Tour

Ayrton MagicBlade-R Key to Haywyre's Discovery + Form Tour

American musician, music producer, composer and DJ, Martin Vogt -- known by his stage name of Haywyre -- hit the road this February with his Discovery + Form tour to mark the release of his latest series of Eps, Panorama, in ...More

(3/19/2019)

-The Shoreline Project -- Illuminating Art in Motion

The Shoreline Project -- Illuminating Art in Motion

Blessed with a border that includes the majesty of the Pacific Ocean, Orange County's Laguna Art Museum would always look to include marine based-art for its annual Art & Nature Festival. This is a series of events that features films, ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Gladys Knight and Crew Enjoy the VUE at Star of the Desert Arena

Gladys Knight and Crew Enjoy the VUE at Star of the Desert Arena

Few artists enjoy the same iconic reverence as Gladys Knight. A seven-time Grammy Award winner with seemingly boundless talent spanning music, film, and television, her effortless and soulful style first broke through as the frontwoman ...More

(3/19/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Fleabag (Soho Playhouse)

Theatre in Review: Fleabag (Soho Playhouse)

I'm late to the Phoebe Waller-Bridge party, but now that I'm here, I'm inclined to stay and stay. If, like me, you haven't become attached to Fleabag, the hit video series, this solo show would be an excellent place ...More

(3/18/2019)

-ETC's Long-Awaited Relevé Spot Now Shipping

ETC's Long-Awaited Relevé Spot Now Shipping

ETC's first automated fixture in over a decade hit the trade shows late 2018. After winning an award at the PLASA Show in London in September, and getting rave reviews at LDI in October, the Relevé Spot is now shipping. ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Robe's NRG Crew Take on the TPI Awards 2019

Robe's NRG Crew Take on the TPI Awards 2019

Demonstrating the creativity and enthusiasm of the next generation, for the third year running, a number of NRG (Next Robe Generation) crew members made a significant contribution to the production of the highest profile ...More

(3/18/2019)

-New Elation Lighting System for Prestigious Folk Music Venue The Ark

New Elation Lighting System for Prestigious Folk Music Venue The Ark

When nationally renowned folk music venue The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently upgraded their audio system to create a state-of-the-art listening space, they also decided to provide the best possible lighting for artists by ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Show #WhatMatters -- Zero 88's Great Photo Opportunities

Show #WhatMatters -- Zero 88's Great Photo Opportunities

Throughout 2019, UK lighting control manufacturer Zero 88 is running a photo competition, #WhatMatters, which is open to anyone working on a production, project, event, or installation which involves Zero 88 products. ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Alcons Audio Helps to PAC in Canadian Movie Audiences

Alcons Audio Helps to PAC in Canadian Movie Audiences

Opened in 2015, FirstOntario Performing Arts Center (PAC) is a 95,000-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art cultural and education facility, located in the Canadian city of St Catharines. It includes the Film House Screen & Stage, a 199-seat ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Martin Audio MLA Compact Installed at Norwich's Epic Studios

Martin Audio MLA Compact Installed at Norwich's Epic Studios

Epic Studios, a leading TV and entertainment center in Norwich, England, has become one of the elite venues to boast a permanent installation of Martin Audio's MLA PA system following a £250,000 investment in the state-of-the ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Erik Morra Adds Rogue Touch to Newsies

Erik Morra Adds Rogue Touch to Newsies

Founded in 1789, Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Maryland, is one of the oldest preparatory schools in the US. The halls of its leafy campus outside Washington DC resonate with tradition, as Erik Morra discovered when he ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Emily King and Flare Rayzrs -- Making Clubs Large

Emily King and Flare Rayzrs -- Making Clubs Large

Supporting her new album release, Scenery, Emily King toured a string of clubs this winter. An intimate club environment is the perfect setting for the New York artist's soulful blend of '80s pop, contemporary R&B, and a hint of ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Minsk's Prime Hall Turns on Its PR Lighting Rig for J:Mors

Minsk's Prime Hall Turns on Its PR Lighting Rig for J:Mors

Since the mid-2000s, J:Mors has been one of the most enduring Belarusian rock bands, with a long list of hits, tours, and awards behind it. The band plays melodic rock songs with romantic lyrics in Russian and Belarusian, written mainly ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Portman Lights Gets Investment Boost from The French Team

Portman Lights Gets Investment Boost from The French Team

Portman Lights, the young, dynamic Polish manufacturer of unique, decorative stage lighting fixtures, has received new investment from The French Team (Xavier Drouet, Jérôme Bréhard, and Alain-René Lantelme) the ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Renkus-Heinz a Clear Solution for URI's Higgins Welcome Center

Renkus-Heinz a Clear Solution for URI's Higgins Welcome Center

Like many great universities, the University of Rhode Island began as an agricultural school. Now a major research university with a beautiful campus near the Atlantic Ocean, the university celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2017. In ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Superhero (Second Stage)

Theatre in Review: Superhero (Second Stage)

Superhero, a new musical, reserves its store of originality for the second act; before that, John Logan's book circles around its sad, small central situation, which feels both oddly familiar and lacking in color. ...More

(3/18/2019)

-Theatre in Review: After (Penguin Rep/59E59)

Theatre in Review: After (Penguin Rep/59E59)

After is divided into three scenes, each of which has a distinct tone -- a major reason why Michael McKeever's sometimes penetrating drama never quite coalesces. The first, titled "Before," assembles two married ...More

(3/15/2019)

-RCF Issued RDNet Release 3.1 -- Packed with New Features that Further Improve Usability of RCF Systems

RCF Issued RDNet Release 3.1 -- Packed with New Features that Further Improve Usability of RCF Systems

RCF recently issued Release 3.1 of the monitoring and control software RDNet. Version 3.1 makes handling and control of RCF systems more comfortable and intuitive plus adding further essential features, the company says. Release 3 ...More

(3/15/2019)

-PixelFLEX Redefines LED Video Durability with FLEXUltra PixelShield

PixelFLEX Redefines LED Video Durability with FLEXUltra PixelShield

Created to overcome the challenges associated with the protection and performance longevity of ultra fine pixel pitch LED displays, the award-winning LED video manufacturer PixelFLEX introduces the new FLEXUltra with PixelShield. A ...More

(3/15/2019)

-MEGA-Lite Announces Colorlite Q120

MEGA-Lite Announces Colorlite Q120

MEGA-Lite introduces the new theatrical Colorlite Q120. With an IP65 rugged housing, this unit is designed for indoor and outdoor applications. Featuring a 120W RGB,WW COB LED, it can create rich saturated colors that add a ...More

(3/15/2019)

-Bose Professional PowerShare Amps with Dante Connectivity Now Available

Bose Professional PowerShare Amps with Dante Connectivity Now Available

Bose Professional is now shipping the two newest models in its line of PowerShare adaptable power amplifiers: the PS604D (600W divisible into four channels) and PS404D (400W divisible into four channels) featuring Dante networking ...More

(3/15/2019)

-Robe Gets Traditional for Noc Modrijanov 2018

Robe Gets Traditional for Noc Modrijanov 2018

Nearly 300 Robe moving lights were utilized by lighting designer Žiga Krajnc for the 2018 Noc Modrijanov event, a major televised Slovenian folk festival staged biennially, and this time around at the Dvorana Zlatorog Arena ...More

(3/15/2019)

-d&b audiotechnik Talks Lineage and Lifetime Value at Prolight + Sound 2019

d&b audiotechnik Talks Lineage and Lifetime Value at Prolight + Sound 2019

d&b audiotechnik heads full steam to this year's Prolight +Sound in Frankfurt featuring both their SL Series -- GSL and KSL Systems -- and the d&b Soundscape. To join in the fun, d&b is also bringing with them new products and ...More

(3/15/2019)

-Sound Designer Ken Travis Continues to Dazzle Broadway Audiences with Big, Cinematic Sound

Sound Designer Ken Travis Continues to Dazzle Broadway Audiences with Big, Cinematic Sound

For the past 15 years, Ken Travis has been impressing theatre audiences with his innovative sound designs for some of Broadway's biggest productions and national tours. With a distinguished Broadway resume that includes NewsiesMore

(3/15/2019)

-L-Acoustics Tops the Rider Lists for DCR Nashville's Clients

L-Acoustics Tops the Rider Lists for DCR Nashville's Clients

Founded in 2004, Digital Console Rental Inc. was rebranded in 2017 as DCR Nashville to reflect the company's evolution from a source for high-end digital audio consoles to the AVL solutions provider it is today. DCR Nashville now supports ...More

(3/15/2019)

-Liberty University Chooses Ayrton MISTRAL and GHIBLI Spot Luminaires for Lighting Flexibility on Campus

Liberty University Chooses Ayrton MISTRAL and GHIBLI Spot Luminaires for Lighting Flexibility on Campus

Liberty University has invested in a complement of Ayrton MISTRAL and GHIBLI LED spot luminaires for a variety of uses on the Lynchburg, Virginia campus. ACT Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton fixtures in North ...More

(3/15/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Surely Goodness and Mercy (Keen Company/Theatre Row)

Theatre in Review: Surely Goodness and Mercy (Keen Company/Theatre Row)

As plays go, Surely Goodness and Mercy is just a slip of a thing, but at least it gives us the chance to make the acquaintance of Jay Mazyck, a nineteen-year-old actor with an uncanny way of laying bare the soul of the ...More

(3/14/2019)

-ETC and High End Systems Light Up USITT 2019

ETC and High End Systems Light Up USITT 2019

ETC and High End Systems will join forces at USITT Conference & Stage Expo 2019 to demo products, host training sessions, and more. USITT attendees are invited to visit combined booths 1518, 1519, and 1718 to get a ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Alcons Expands Its Commitment to the Theater Market at USITT 2019

Alcons Expands Its Commitment to the Theater Market at USITT 2019

The 2019 USITT Conference & Stage Expo sees Alcons Audio demonstrating its expanded commitment to the theatre and live entertainment market by having a bigger presence at the event than ever before. ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Gary Douglas Joins Interactive Technologies

Gary Douglas Joins Interactive Technologies

Interactive Technologies announces that industry veteran, Gary Douglas, has joined its team.
Douglas comes to Interactive with over 26 years of experience in the lighting industry from his tenures at Acuity Brands, Horizon ...
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(3/14/2019)

-ADJ Hires New Director of Finance to Join European Management Team

ADJ Hires New Director of Finance to Join European Management Team

The ADJ Group of Companies announces the recruitment of Laurent Paulussen as the new director of finance for the company's European division. With a strong background in both finance and strategic leadership, Paulussen will ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Meyer Sound Continues Expansion with New Hires and Promotions

Meyer Sound Continues Expansion with New Hires and Promotions

Reflecting a rising global demand for the company's products and services, Meyer Sound has announced four new hires and a key promotion.
Rob Cowles has been appointed to the newly created position of director, product ...
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(3/14/2019)

-Allen & Heath Appoints Jamie Ward as Sales Director APAC

Allen & Heath Appoints Jamie Ward as Sales Director APAC

Allen & Heath announces the appointment of Jamie Ward as sales director APAC. Reporting to the company's recently appointed sales director, Markus Sinsel, Ward will be travelling extensively to support and develop ...More

(3/14/2019)

-ENLUMEN and Artiste Picasso Shine at New York Fashion Week - The Shows

ENLUMEN and Artiste Picasso Shine at New York Fashion Week - The Shows

In early February, lighting design firm ENLUMEN utilized 62 Elation Professional Artiste Picasso LED profile luminaires for New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Industria Super Studio, owned, operated, and produced by IMG ...More

(3/14/2019)

-New Location for ARRI Inc. and ARRI Rental in Los Angeles

New Location for ARRI Inc. and ARRI Rental in Los Angeles

ARRI Inc. and ARRI Rental announce the relocation of their West Coast facilities to a new, purpose-designed building in the Burbank area of Los Angeles.
The move to 3700 Vanowen Street, Burbank, California 91505, which ...
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(3/14/2019)

-Professional Wireless Systems Continues Growth with New York Office

Professional Wireless Systems Continues Growth with New York Office

Orlando, Florida-headquartered Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) has opened an office in New York to support their expanding customer base in the region. The announcement was made by general manager Jim Van Winkle. ...More

(3/14/2019)

-ROE Visual Supports Creative Design at Prolight + Sound 2019

ROE Visual Supports Creative Design at Prolight + Sound 2019

ROE Visual will present new and existing products in an inspirational setting at the Prolight + Sound exhibition, aiming to showcase its products creative capabilities. The stand will offer some awesome eye-candy for the AV ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Follow-Me Tracks Justin Timberlake

Follow-Me Tracks Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake is currently on a world tour promoting his most recent hit album Man of the Woods. Lighting is an extremely important element in Justin's live show, and the way that he is key-lit is of utmost importance. ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Steve Lieberman Uses Over 330 Chauvet Professional ÉPIX Fixtures to Define Stage at EDC Mexico

Steve Lieberman Uses Over 330 Chauvet Professional ÉPIX Fixtures to Define Stage at EDC Mexico

"Who did you see?" Pose that question to a random sampling of the 230,000 who attended Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico Saturday and Sunday, February 23 - 24, and you likely won't get the same answer. That's not surprising, ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Richmond, Virginia's Lite-Tek is First in the US with Claypaky Sharpy Plus Hybrid Fixtures

Richmond, Virginia's Lite-Tek is First in the US with Claypaky Sharpy Plus Hybrid Fixtures

Lite-Tek Entertainment in Richmond, Virginia has become the first company in the US to take delivery of Claypaky's Sharpy Plus fixtures. Lite-Tek quickly dispatched the new lights to a sports competition and on Gary Clark, ...More

(3/14/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Kiss Me, Kate (Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54)

Theatre in Review: Kiss Me, Kate (Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54)

I have good news for those of you who are weary of musicals about mean girls, proms, and the need to be more chill: Roundabout has whipped up a fizzy champagne cocktail in its revival of Kiss Me, Kate, an adult entertainment firmly ...More

(3/13/2019)

-disguise's Award-Winning vx 4 Media Server Is Now Shipping

disguise's Award-Winning vx 4 Media Server Is Now Shipping

disguise announces the launch of the new vx 4 server which has been engineered to play back video at higher quality and resolution than ever before. Previewed at Integrated Systems Europe 2019, where it won the Installation ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Claypaky Enters the New Frontier in LED Wash Lights

Claypaky Enters the New Frontier in LED Wash Lights

The B-EYE has revolutionized the way lighting designers think of LED show lighting. Its innovative optical unit enhances the uniformity and efficiency of the light output. The rotating front lens and the possibility to control each ...More

(3/13/2019)

-backup Announces BikeFest 2019

backup Announces BikeFest 2019

May 18th will see backup's first event of 2019, the inaugural Bike-Fest, pedal off around the Surrey and Sussex hills for a day of two wheeled action and fun for all levels of rider to raise funds for the industry's favorite ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Cultural Clubbing in Kunming with Robe

Cultural Clubbing in Kunming with Robe

Creative director Daan Oomen and his team from Netherlands-based visual specialists Live Legends have delivered another outstanding club project in China -- OT Kun in Kunming -- following up their stunning work at One ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Immersive Audio for an Immersive Festival: L-ISA Tastes the Wonderfruit

Immersive Audio for an Immersive Festival: L-ISA Tastes the Wonderfruit

Two years ago, Hugo Heathcote, one of three directors of Polygon Live, and his Polygon co-visionaries Archie Keswick and Nico Elliot entered into discussions about a new immersive audio concept to be delivered for a festival ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Ayrton Ghibli Lights Up Spanish Film Industry's Goya Awards

Ayrton Ghibli Lights Up Spanish Film Industry's Goya Awards

A glittering array of national and international movie stars gathered at the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones in Sevilla on February 2, 2019 to celebrate the 33rd edition of the Goya Awards, the most important celebration in the ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Sound Speeds Founder Chykeria Thompson Crafts a High Frequency Career with Lectrosonics

Sound Speeds Founder Chykeria Thompson Crafts a High Frequency Career with Lectrosonics

Sound mixer Chykeria Thompson is a power-house of skill, heart, and drive bringing her brand of positive personality and professionalism to each of her projects. Founder of Sound Speeds, Thompson's list of credits include ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico 2019 Moves to the Beat of PK Sound

Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival Mexico 2019 Moves to the Beat of PK Sound

Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Mexico 2019 took over Mexico City's Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack on February 23 - 24 for two days of electronic dance music, multi-media art, and a charged carnival atmosphere. The flagship event ...More

(3/13/2019)

-MEPTIK Powers Audio-Visual Experience Design for Super Bowl LIII Party

MEPTIK Powers Audio-Visual Experience Design for Super Bowl LIII Party

MEPTIK, an Atlanta, Georgia-based experience design agency specializing in custom designs for live environments, leveraged the commercial AV industry's most powerful content creation and media playback technologies to deliver a ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Gig Gear Debuts New Health and Safety Training Initiative "Safe and Sound" at USITT

Gig Gear Debuts New Health and Safety Training Initiative "Safe and Sound" at USITT

Gig Gear LLC -- manufacturer of accessories designed for theatre techs and live entertainment production professionals -- will officially announce its new personal health and safety awareness initiative "Safe and Sound" at next ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Universal Pixels Supplies Snow Patrol's Triumphant Comeback tour

Universal Pixels Supplies Snow Patrol's Triumphant Comeback tour

Snow Patrol returned to packed arena shows between December and February, as fans flocked to hear material from its first album in seven years. The band pulled no punches with a unique stage design, including a video package from award ...More

(3/13/2019)

-Theatre in Review: The Cake (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)

Theatre in Review: The Cake (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)

The tastiest thing by far in The Cake is Debra Jo Rupp, so much so that you'll hunger for extra servings. She is Della, proprietor of a Winston, North Carolina, bakery -- cakes are her specialty; no, they're her ...More

(3/12/2019)

-Adamson to Expand Tour-Proven S-Series at Prolight + Sound 2019

Adamson to Expand Tour-Proven S-Series at Prolight + Sound 2019

Adamson Systems Engineering is set to expand its popular S-Series, a line of sub-compact, tour-proven loudspeakers, with several new solutions at this year's edition of Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, April 2 - 5. ...More

(3/12/2019)

-LeRoy Bennett Uses Elation DARTZ on Lady Gaga Enigma Vegas Residency

LeRoy Bennett Uses Elation DARTZ on Lady Gaga Enigma Vegas Residency

Lady Gaga launched her Las Vegas residency Enigma show at MGM's Park Theater on December 28th with Elation Professional DARTZ 360 beam/spot effects playing an integral role in LeRoy Bennett's lighting design. ...More

(3/12/2019)

-City Theatrical to Exhibit at USITT 2019

City Theatrical to Exhibit at USITT 2019

City Theatrical will be demonstrating new technology in booth 1413 at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky from March 20 - 23, 2019. ...More

(3/12/2019)

-MFI Productions Holds Yamaha and NEXO Dealer Expo

MFI Productions Holds Yamaha and NEXO Dealer Expo

MFI Productions of Hooksett, New Hampshire, a Yamaha/NEXO dealer, AV rental and systems design/install firm, will hold its first Yamaha and NEXO Professional Audio Expo on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at Capitol Center ...More

(3/12/2019)

-Dante AV Networking Debuts at Enterprise Connect

Dante AV Networking Debuts at Enterprise Connect

Dante, the industry AV networking technology, will be demonstrating how networked audio can revolutionize conferencing and collaboration at Enterprise Connect 2019. The inaugural Dante AV Networking Pavilion will showcase ...More

(3/12/2019)

-Matt "Jonezy" Jones and ChamSys Give Evanoff New Look

Matt "Jonezy" Jones and ChamSys Give Evanoff New Look

Popular Colorado dream rockers Evanoff have their moments of dark bass-driven jams, but for the most part their ethereal psychedelic-tinged music doesn't travel on the same sound waves as the thumbing traps that EDM star G. Jones swims ...More

(3/12/2019)

-Bandit Adds Large Ayrton Purchase to Inventory

Bandit Adds Large Ayrton Purchase to Inventory

Bandit Lites, a provider of concert lighting, has made another substantial investment in new gear with a large purchase of Ayrton fixtures, including Ghibli and Mistrals. Both fixtures will initially be utilized on the road ...More

(3/12/2019)

-Theatre in Review: The Mother (Atlantic Theater Company)

Theatre in Review: The Mother (Atlantic Theater Company)

As one enters the Atlantic Theater's auditorium, Isabelle Huppert is already onstage, seated on a couch on Mark Wendland's attractively minimal set, chicly costumed by Anita Yavich, her red locks carefully disarrayed, ...More

(3/12/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Boesman and Lena (Signature Theatre Company)

Theatre in Review: Boesman and Lena (Signature Theatre Company)

It's hard to think of anything in world drama more influenced by Samuel Beckett than Boesman and Lena. The difference is that Waiting for Godot unfolds in an arid wasteland that existed only in Beckett's mind, while More

(3/12/2019)

-Cultural Clubbing in Kunming with Robe

Cultural Clubbing in Kunming with Robe

Creative director Daan Oomen and his team from Netherlands-based visual specialists Live Legends have delivered another outstanding club project in China -- OT Kun in Kunming -- following up their stunning work at One ...More

(3/12/2019)

-backup Announces BikeFest 2019

backup Announces BikeFest 2019

May 18th will see backup's first event of 2019, the inaugural Bike-Fest, pedal off around the Surrey and Sussex hills for a day of two wheeled action and fun for all levels of rider to raise funds for the industry's favorite ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Eaton Announces Intent to Spin Off Its Lighting Business

Eaton Announces Intent to Spin Off Its Lighting Business

On March 1, 2019, Eaton announced its intent to pursue a spin-off of its lighting business, creating an independent, publicly traded company -- a transaction expected to be completed by the end of this year. ...More

(3/11/2019)

-City Theatrical Introduces Projector Hanger

City Theatrical Introduces Projector Hanger

City Theatrical has expanded its brand of hardware for professional lighting to include Projector Hanger, a device that enables easy removal and replacement of professional projection equipment from vertical pipes. ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Vista 3 by Chroma-Q Software Release 2 Is Now Live

Vista 3 by Chroma-Q Software Release 2 Is Now Live

Following its successful launch last September, Vista by Chroma-Q announces "Release 2" (R2) of its Vista 3 lighting and media control software.
Since its launch last year, Vista 3's intuitive, powerful approach to lighting and ...
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(3/11/2019)

-Four New Products in PR Lighting's Prolight + Sound Presentation

Four New Products in PR Lighting's Prolight + Sound Presentation

PR Lighting will present its high-caliber portfolio, including four new products, at Prolight + Sound in a dedicated open demo theatre (booth #12.0, E75) adjacent to their German distributors, Focon Showtechnic, ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Neal Preston's Iconic Rock'n'Roll Photography Comes to the USITT Show to Benefit Behind the Scenes

Neal Preston's Iconic Rock'n'Roll Photography Comes to the USITT Show to Benefit Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes announces that the work of famed Rock'n'Roll photographer and author Neal Preston is coming to the USITT Conference and Stage Expo, March 21 - 23 at the Kentucky International Convention Center ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Matt Lloyd Leaves GDS

Matt Lloyd Leaves GDS

Well-known industry figure, Matt Lloyd, is to leave his role at Bristol, UK-based technology company GDS after 14 years service. Following a restructuring of the company, the popular co-founder and former managing ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Voice-Acoustic Launches Paveosub-115 with Only 36cm Height

Voice-Acoustic Launches Paveosub-115 with Only 36cm Height

The German loudspeaker and power amplifier manufacturer Voice-Acoustic presents the Paveosub-115/115sp, according to the company's statements "it is the world's lowest 15" subwoofer." With its low overall height of only 36cm and a ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Advance Registration Extended through Monday, March 18 for AES Dublin

Advance Registration Extended through Monday, March 18 for AES Dublin

There's now more time to save up to 20% on all access and product showcase badges for the AES Dublin International Pro Audio Convention, with advance registration pricing extended through March 18. Whether planning on a single ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Safety in Action Stage: "Up in the Air" -- Stage|Set|Scenery Features a Wide Range of Safety Exhibits

Safety in Action Stage: "Up in the Air" -- Stage|Set|Scenery Features a Wide Range of Safety Exhibits

Working under suspended loads, stage rigging equipment, and trapeze acts -- at Stage|Set|Scenery the slogan of this year's Safety in Action stage is "Up in the air." From June 20 - 22 the focus at the show will be on safety during ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Martin Audio MLA Helps Ministry of Sound Orchestrate Dance Classics in World Premiere

Martin Audio MLA Helps Ministry of Sound Orchestrate Dance Classics in World Premiere

Ministry of Sound The Annual Classical is a newly-created orchestral tour that received its world premiere at London's Royal Festival Hall recently.
The event sets out to celebrate the famous club's legendary dance music ...
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(3/11/2019)

-Outline Shines at the Bright Festival in Florence

Outline Shines at the Bright Festival in Florence

On February 21 - 23, Stazione Leopolda and The Student Hotel in Florence (Italy) hosted the first edition of the Bright Festival, an event dedicated to digital art, lighting design, and electronic music, organized in collaboration with ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Earthworks Debuts Three-Part Video Series with FOH Greg Price

Earthworks Debuts Three-Part Video Series with FOH Greg Price

Earthworks is pleased to debut a three-part video series with veteran front-of-house engineer, Greg Price.
For Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tours II, Price turned to Earthworks to capture the drum kit and guitar amp. ...
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(3/11/2019)

-Theatre in Review: If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka (Playwrights Horizons)

Theatre in Review: If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka (Playwrights Horizons)

I'm beginning to worry about some of our young playwrights, for whom childhood seems to be an inescapable web. Only a few days ago, I saw Jeremy O. Harris' "Daddy," in which a twentysomething artist hooks up with a sixtyish ...More

(3/11/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Dying in Boulder (La MaMa)

Theatre in Review: Dying in Boulder (La MaMa)

Dying in Boulder (or the perfect place to die if you have good karma!), as per the full title, has a bit of a karma problem -- to go along with a plot problem, a character problem, and, most of all, a credibility problem. ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Houston Grand Opera Announces Contract Extension with Local 51 Union Members

Houston Grand Opera Announces Contract Extension with Local 51 Union Members

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announces an agreement with the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 51, extending the union's contract through July 31, 2022. This new multiyear collective bargaining ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Dataton Reveals New Series of High-Performance Media Servers

Dataton Reveals New Series of High-Performance Media Servers

Dataton, the renowned AV technology manufacturer, will unveil the WATCHPAX 60 series of high-performance media servers at ISE, booth 12 E90. The new rack-friendly series is designed for demanding applications such as live events, ...More

(3/8/2019)

-House of Dancing Water Show Spectacular

House of Dancing Water Show Spectacular

The world's largest water-based show -- The House of Dancing Water directed by Franco Dragone and staged in the purpose-built House of Dancing Water Theatre in Macau -- has just added 63 new Robe moving lights to the ...More

(3/8/2019)

-CMY Color Mixing Enhances ADJ's Popular Hybrid Moving Head

CMY Color Mixing Enhances ADJ's Popular Hybrid Moving Head

Expanding the ADJ Vizi Series of moving heads, the new Vizi CMY 16RX builds on the success of the original Vizi Hybrid 16RX with the addition of full CMY color mixing, which gives lighting designers an almost unlimited choice of ...More

(3/8/2019)

-L-Acoustics Prolight + Sound 2019 Preview

L-Acoustics Prolight + Sound 2019 Preview

L-Acoustics returns to Prolight + Sound in 2019 with an exhibition space in a new area and a host of product-related announcements, demonstrations, and contributions to events throughout the global entertainment technology ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Large Elation Lighting Package for Mexico's "Abrazos"

Large Elation Lighting Package for Mexico's "Abrazos"

Renowned performance company Finzi Pasca recently used a large number of Elation Professional luminaires on the interactive show "Abrazos" at the 2019 State Fair of León in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. More than 100 Elation ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Sound & Light UK Ensures Varied Visuals for Piece Hall Spiegeltent With Chauvet Professional

Sound & Light UK Ensures Varied Visuals for Piece Hall Spiegeltent With Chauvet Professional

With its magnificent period sandstone construction and impressive 8,000 square meter courtyard, The Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, is one of the UK's best-preserved examples of Industrial Revolution-era architecture. Although the ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Sound Designer/Engineer Chris Sannino Captivates Live Theater Audiences with Sound Amplification

Sound Designer/Engineer Chris Sannino Captivates Live Theater Audiences with Sound Amplification

Sound designer/engineer Chris Sannino recently relied on DPA Microphones when he was looking for a discreet wireless source that would produce outstanding and pure sound amplification for a production of Romeo and JulietMore

(3/8/2019)

-SGM Excites NBA Arenas

SGM Excites NBA Arenas

SGM's G-Spot Turbos brought excitement and theatricality to the newly renovated State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. "We chose to utilize SGM fixtures for StateFarm Arena, because of the dependability SGM products bring and the ...More

(3/8/2019)

-C3 Church Upgrades Audio with the Assistance of Morris Integration

C3 Church Upgrades Audio with the Assistance of Morris Integration

Like much of the music world, C3 Church in Clayton, NC wanted to leave analog behind and enter the digital realm. It was clear to Troy Payne, production manager at C3 Church, there was no better guide than Morris Integration, ...More

(3/8/2019)

-PixelFLEX Makes the Grade at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

PixelFLEX Makes the Grade at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

With the opening of a $37.5 million state-of-the-art facility, the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently unveiled the new home of the Collat School of Business and the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Foo Fighters Spectacular for Super Saturday Night

Foo Fighters Spectacular for Super Saturday Night

A Designing an audio system for a live arena show or the installation of a multi-zone distributed PA are commonplace activities these days; combining the two in a single venue for a one-off concert is a consideration of an entirely ...More

(3/8/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Chick Flick: The Musical (Westside Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Chick Flick: The Musical (Westside Theatre)

Chick Flick: The Musical -- with that title, this is a show that knows its target audience and how to woo it. A girls'-night-out entertainment about a girls' night out, it is almost indecently poised to cater to fun-seeking females ...More

(3/7/2019)

-JBL Professional Issues PRX800 V2 Firmware

JBL Professional Issues PRX800 V2 Firmware

Harman Professional Solutions, a provider of audio, video, lighting, and control systems, announces JBL Professional's free update to the PRX800 series of powered portable loudspeakers designed to help customers have a ...More

(3/7/2019)

-Four Times The Flexibility -- CueServer 2 DIN Gets an Upgrade

Four Times The Flexibility -- CueServer 2 DIN Gets an Upgrade

Interactive Technologies Inc. announces the release of a new-and-improved CueServer 2 DIN model, the CS-950. This latest generation CueServer 2 model features four completely configurable bi-directional DMX ports for enhanced ...More

(3/7/2019)

-Only Complete Production Event in North America, USITT Brings All Facets of Technical Production to Louisville

Only Complete Production Event in North America, USITT Brings All Facets of Technical Production to Louisville

Only Complete Production Event in North America Brings All Facets of Technical Production to Louisville USITT's 59th Annual Conference & Stage Expo will bring more than 5,000 members of the technical production and live ...More

(3/7/2019)

-Antelope Audio Announces Availability of First Bus-Powered Modeling Microphone as Edge Go Globally Ships

Antelope Audio Announces Availability of First Bus-Powered Modeling Microphone as Edge Go Globally Ships

Having turned heads and opened ears with a show-stopping showcase at The 2019 NAMM Show in Southern California, January 24 - 27, pro audio manufacturer Antelope Audio announces availability of Edge Go. As the world's first ...More

(3/7/2019)

-LEDucation Announces 2020 Show Dates March 17 - 18 and Exhibition Expansion

LEDucation Announces 2020 Show Dates March 17 - 18 and Exhibition Expansion

Celebrating fourteen years, LEDucation 2020 will return to New York City and kick off on Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, 2020. The two-day trade show and conference will be held in the heart of the city, at the New York Hilton ...More

(3/7/2019)

-Riedel North America Promotes Justin McClellan and Stephen Remich

Riedel North America Promotes Justin McClellan and Stephen Remich

To address continued momentum and growth in North America, Riedel Communications today announced that Justin McClellan has been promoted from his previous role as system consultant to business development manager for the ...More

(3/7/2019)

-OCUBO Wows Lyon's Fête des Lumières with AV Stumpfl PIXERA Debut

OCUBO Wows Lyon's Fête des Lumières with AV Stumpfl PIXERA Debut

The world-renowned Fête des Lumières in Lyon is an event not to be missed in the vibrant French city's calendar in early December. The reference name in light festivals, all eyes are on the innovative program of spectaculars and those ...More

(3/7/2019)

-PixMob Partners Up with Shawn Mendes The Tour

PixMob Partners Up with Shawn Mendes The Tour

PixMob, a wireless wearable LED lighting company specialized in creating immersive experiences and performances, announces that it will be collaborating with Shawn Mendes The Tour. Each fan in attendance will receive ...More

(3/7/2019)

-Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash Delivers Perfect Performance for Circus 1903

Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash Delivers Perfect Performance for Circus 1903

When Circus 1903 -- the Golden Age of Circus visited London's Royal Festival Hall over the Christmas season, its world-class performers and life-size puppet elephants were beautifully lit by lighting designer Paul Smith, ...More

(3/7/2019)

-A Flare for Astera!

A Flare for Astera!

Flare is a busy and successful UK-based event lighting, visuals, and technical specialist which was established by designers Ben Cash and David Amos in 2008 to facilitate their penchant and imagination for designing ...More

(3/7/2019)

-DiGiCo SD12 Backs Cash Campbell Tour with Sterling Feature Set

DiGiCo SD12 Backs Cash Campbell Tour with Sterling Feature Set

Described by CMT as a "true representation of current country for the next generation," newcomer Cash Campbell burst onto the music scene in 2017 with his debut song, "Cannonball," and has already racked up 20 million streams and views ...More

(3/7/2019)

-4Wall Provides Lighting and Video for Insomniac's Crush SF

4Wall Provides Lighting and Video for Insomniac's Crush SF

Electronic music event promoter, Insomniac, produces an annual Valentine's Day themed event in various cities around the United States called Crush. Lighting designer Allan Nathan was commissioned to light the San Francisco ...More

(3/7/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Imagining Madoff (New Light Theater Project)

Theatre in Review: Imagining Madoff (New Light Theater Project)

If you're going to call a play Imagining Madoff, you're going to have to do a little, well, imagining. Deb Margolin's play delves into the mind of a notorious criminal -- a king of fraud whose Ponzi scheme left ...More

(3/6/2019)

-DAS Audio Launches Action 500 Series at Upcoming European Trade Shows

DAS Audio Launches Action 500 Series at Upcoming European Trade Shows

Prolight + Sound, the international fair of technologies and services for events and entertainment, will be the ideal showcase for the European premiere of DAS Audio's new Action 500 series. The event will take place ...More

(3/6/2019)

-AES Dublin Champions Audio Industry Diversity and Inclusion

AES Dublin Champions Audio Industry Diversity and Inclusion

Highlighting the successful initiatives of the Audio Engineering Society and partner organizations, the AES Dublin International Pro Audio Convention will feature the AES's first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Committee Town ...More

(3/6/2019)

-Solotech Implements Its New Brand Image

Solotech Implements Its New Brand Image

Solotech, a supplier of audiovisual and entertainment technologies for over 40 years, recently unveiled its new brand image. Playing with contrasts, the new identity showcases both the artists and the technicians, the onstage and ...More

(3/6/2019)

-PixelFLEX Recognized for "Best Retail Technology" by design:retail Magazine

PixelFLEX Recognized for "Best Retail Technology" by design:retail Magazine

The Nashville, Tennessee-based LED video manufacturer PixelFLEX announces the FLEXClear transparent LED video technology has been recognized by design:retail Magazine for the "Best Retail Technology" in the inaugural ...More

(3/6/2019)

-USITT Partners with Clear-Com for Main Stage Communications System at Annual Conference

USITT Partners with Clear-Com for Main Stage Communications System at Annual Conference

Clear-Com, a provider of critical voice communications systems, has partnered with the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) to provide the communications system for all main stage events during the USITT ...More

(3/6/2019)

-SES Redesigns Zac Brown Band Touring Rig with Versatile Claypaky Scenius Unicos

SES Redesigns Zac Brown Band Touring Rig with Versatile Claypaky Scenius Unicos

Special Event Services (SES), headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has sent a large complement of Scenius Unicos and other Claypaky lighting fixtures, MA Lighting grandMA2 consoles, and MDG foggers ...More

(3/6/2019)

-Bandit Lites Helps Bring the Lighting to the Polar Express

Bandit Lites Helps Bring the Lighting to the Polar Express

In 2018, The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad and its winter attraction -- THE POLAR EXPRESS hoped to increase their production value and add additional safety lighting to the Bryson City, North Carolina train depot. With the help of local ...More

(3/6/2019)

-L-Acoustics Names Josh Maichele House of Worship Specialist

L-Acoustics Names Josh Maichele House of Worship Specialist

Underscoring its ongoing initiative to deliver the best customer service and support to its expanding roster of vertical market segments, L-Acoustics has named install application engineer Joshua Maichele as its house of ...More

(3/6/2019)

-PK Sound Rings in New Year with Return of Bassnectar NYE360 Celebration

PK Sound Rings in New Year with Return of Bassnectar NYE360 Celebration

DJ Lorin Ashton, better known by his stage name Bassnectar, upped the ante for electronic music shows in 2019 with the Return of NYE360, his annual New Years performance. Hosted at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, ...More

(3/6/2019)

-Graceland Soundstage Keeps the Music Alive with Adamson

Graceland Soundstage Keeps the Music Alive with Adamson

As the longtime home of Elvis Presley, Graceland is the most famous rock 'n' roll residence in the world, welcoming well over a half-million visitors to Memphis, Tennessee every year. While there's certainly no shortage of onsite ...More

(3/6/2019)

-Christie Lites UK Supplies Full Lighting Solution for Cisco Live

Christie Lites UK Supplies Full Lighting Solution for Cisco Live

The mammoth Cisco Live EMEA tech conference landed in Barcelona in January for an action-packed week of digital-future discussion, education, and debate. Every year, 16,000 people attend, with some dubbing it "space camp for adults." ...More

(3/6/2019)

-Theatre in Review: "Daddy" (The New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center)

Theatre in Review: "Daddy" (The New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center)

Jeremy O. Harris has the kind of problem colleagues his age might envy -- but it's a problem, nevertheless. Having arrived in a funnel cloud of controversy while still a student at Yale Drama School, he is, arguably, facing demands ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Grant Smith Joins Robe UK

Grant Smith Joins Robe UK

Grant Smith joins the Robe UK team as sales manager for the north east of England, a territory covering from Manchester to the East coast and from the Scottish borders down to the midlands, a large and diverse area in ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Olivier Award Nominations Announced

Olivier Award Nominations Announced

The Olivier Awards, which honor achievement in London's West End theatre scene, have been announced.
Nominees for the White Light Award for Best Lighting Design, the nominees include Neil Austin, for the acclaimed (and ...
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(3/5/2019)

-Christophe Anet Appointed Product Marketing Manager for QSC Live Sound

Christophe Anet Appointed Product Marketing Manager for QSC Live Sound

QSC, LLC announces that Christophe Anet has been appointed product marketing manager for the company's live sound division. In his new role, Anet will be responsible for the creation, presentation, curation, and refinement ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Tim Murray to Lead Visionary Solutions' US Sales

Tim Murray to Lead Visionary Solutions' US Sales

Visionary Solutions, Inc., a provider of innovative high-quality video networking solutions, announces that Tim Murray has joined the company as national sales manager. A 30-year veteran of the professional audio industry, ...More

(3/5/2019)

-GLP Launches Track-Mount Version of impression FR1

GLP Launches Track-Mount Version of impression FR1

GLP made a positive start to the exhibition year at ISE 2019 in Amsterdam last month. ISE marked the official release of the impression FR1 Track-Mount version. The compact LED moving head offers a soft pencil beam, super ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Chauvet Professional Helps Chris Lisle Lighting Design Add Laughs and Color to Kaaboo Cayman Festival

Chauvet Professional Helps Chris Lisle Lighting Design Add Laughs and Color to Kaaboo Cayman Festival

A beautiful crescent-shaped stretch of glimmering white coral sand bordering shimmering blue Caribbean water, Seven Mile Beach gives visitors plenty of reason to smile. On February 15 and 16, the famous landmark on the western edge of ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Ayrton Mistral-S and Bora-S Ideal for The Rubens in Australia

Ayrton Mistral-S and Bora-S Ideal for The Rubens in Australia

In celebration of their third studio album, Lo La Ru, five-piece Australian band, The Rubens, from Menangle, New South Wales, performed for audiences across the country last November and December. The tour saw the alt-rock ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Claypaky Hits the Right Notes for The X Factor Malta

Claypaky Hits the Right Notes for The X Factor Malta

International singing competition The X Factor made its debut in Malta and quickly broke a longstanding record to become the most viewed programme on Television Malta.
Lighting for the series was entrusted to Nexos Lighting & ...
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(3/5/2019)

-Avolites Brings New Tech to an Old Soul at the Big Easy's Fillmore

Avolites Brings New Tech to an Old Soul at the Big Easy's Fillmore

Even after this year's Mardi Gras festivities have come and gone, Harrah's Casino in the famous French Quarter will still be drawing in the droves to its latest dazzling spectacle: Fillmore New Orleans, Live Nation's Crescent City take ...More

(3/5/2019)

-PreSonus Loudspeakers and StudioLive Series III Ecosystem Redefine Audio Excellence at Harvest House Church

PreSonus Loudspeakers and StudioLive Series III Ecosystem Redefine Audio Excellence at Harvest House Church

Established in 1977 in Boone, North Carolina, Harvest House Church is dedicated to experiencing God through the performing arts. In 2008, they transformed their facility into a performing arts venue that includes a recording studio, ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Washington Middle School Student Musicians Shine with Mackie Mixers and Loudspeakers

Washington Middle School Student Musicians Shine with Mackie Mixers and Loudspeakers

Nestled between Seattle's Atlantic and Judkins Park neighborhoods, Washington Middle School is renowned for its music programs. Over half of the student population participates in one or more of the school's 13 ensembles, which run the ...More

(3/5/2019)

-Theatre in Review: The B-Side (Wooster Group/St. Ann's Warehouse)

Theatre in Review: The B-Side (Wooster Group/St. Ann's Warehouse)

The full title is almost longer than the show: The B-Side: "Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons": A Record Album Interpretation -- all this for a piece running a mere sixty minutes. And yet, what a haunting hour in the ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Trevor Ahlstrand Design for Kane Brown Tour Includes Smarty Hybrid

Trevor Ahlstrand Design for Kane Brown Tour Includes Smarty Hybrid

When lighting designer Trevor Ahlstrand was in search of a powerful yet compact lighting fixture to form the bulk of the floor package on Kane Brown's current Live Forever tour, Elation Professional Smarty Hybrid ...More

(3/4/2019)

-DPA Microphones Kicks off 2019 House of Worship Tour in Grapevine, Texas

DPA Microphones Kicks off 2019 House of Worship Tour in Grapevine, Texas

Building on the success of its 2018 House of Worship Tour events, DPA Microphones announces the kick off of its 2019 House of Worship Tour on March 5 at the Church at the Cross in Grapevine, Texas. The DPA team will be ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Sight & Sound Services and Chauvet Professional Cap Off New Zealand Summer Tour for UB40

Sight & Sound Services and Chauvet Professional Cap Off New Zealand Summer Tour for UB40

Maybe it's their easy rhythm. Or the way its mellow sound just seems to make stress dissipate like the morning mist. Whatever the reason, the multi-platinum British reggae band UB40 is going as strong now as they were when they started ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Group One Limited Appoints Trevor Waite to Post of Technical Support

Group One Limited Appoints Trevor Waite to Post of Technical Support

Long Island, New York-based Group One Limited -- the US distributor for DiGiCo, Calrec, KLANG:technologies, and Avolites, among other professional audio and lighting brands -- has added Trevor Waite as its ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Ludwig Marketing Adds Industry Veteran Mark Fuchs

Ludwig Marketing Adds Industry Veteran Mark Fuchs

Midwest professional audio industry manufacturer rep firm Ludwig Marketing announces the addition of industry veteran Mark Fuchs to its sales support staff.
With Ludwig Marketing covering the Midwest states, Fuchs will ...
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(3/4/2019)

-Environmental Lights Introduces ProFlex LED Strip Light

Environmental Lights Introduces ProFlex LED Strip Light

Environmental Lights announces the launch of the new ProFlex LED Strip Light.
ProFlex LED Strip Light is a rugged strip light that gives the user all the flexibility of LED strip light, with the added benefit of being housed in ...
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(3/4/2019)

-Stage Sound Services Invests in Clear-Com Digital Solutions for High-Profile Theatre Productions

Stage Sound Services Invests in Clear-Com Digital Solutions for High-Profile Theatre Productions

Stage Sound Services, a UK audio and video rental company specializing in theatre and live events, recently expanded its existing Clear-Com inventory with a significant investment in HelixNet digital network ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Music Box San Diego Unveils an All-VUE System

Music Box San Diego Unveils an All-VUE System

In the heart of San Diego's Little Italy sits an upscale music venue that has quickly become a popular stop for a growing roster of national performing acts and A-list corporate clientele. Opened in 2015, Music Box has hosted such ...More

(3/4/2019)

-TruPixel Provides Analog Way Solution for Telemundo's Premiere Nights and NATPE Miami Screening

TruPixel Provides Analog Way Solution for Telemundo's Premiere Nights and NATPE Miami Screening

Miami, Florida-based TruPixel, a provider of AV solutions for broadcast entertainment and corporate clients, uses Analog Way technology to facilitate Telemundo Network's premiere nights for the press and invited guests. ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Adlib in the Wildness with Snow Patrol

Adlib in the Wildness with Snow Patrol

Northern Irish rockers Snow Patrol was back on the road after a seven-year break, reaching out to fans with their new 2018 album Wildness and a sold-out UK arena tour, getting their enthusiasm and talent for delivering dynamic ...More

(3/4/2019)

-CODA Audio Delivers Swashbuckling Sound Solution for Pirates Paradise

CODA Audio Delivers Swashbuckling Sound Solution for Pirates Paradise

The recently completed Pirates Paradise is a unique, multi-sensory, gastronomic and entertainment combination near Lille in France, that takes the concept of a themed restaurant to another level. With a wide range of great food, a ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop/WP Theater)

Theatre in Review: Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop/WP Theater)

The playwright Madeleine George apparently subscribes to the old saw about capturing more flies with honey than with vinegar, at least if Hurricane Diane, now whipping up gales of hilarity at New York Theatre Workshop ...More

(3/4/2019)

-Theatre in Review: Recent Alien Abductions (The Play Company/Walkerspace)

Theatre in Review: Recent Alien Abductions (The Play Company/Walkerspace)

We're used to plays -- especially family dramas -- beginning with a character entering and, using direct address, setting the stage for us. Such speeches tend to be on the brief side and are usually loaded with essential information about ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Hog Factor USA 2019 Competition Starts March 1st

Hog Factor USA 2019 Competition Starts March 1st

The High End Systems' Hog Factor 2019 National Collegiate Lighting Show Programming Competition LDI finals will be held during the 2019 LDI show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The contest will take place on Friday, ...
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(3/1/2019)

-GLP's Custom Lighting Solution for Detroit Art Extravaganza

GLP's Custom Lighting Solution for Detroit Art Extravaganza

Renowned production lighting designer Andi Watson recently undertook one of his most challenging projects ever -- this time in the art world, thanks to a collaboration with Los Angeles, California-based mixed media artist Doug ...More

(3/1/2019)

-A Brief Inquiry into Kinesys for The 1975

A Brief Inquiry into Kinesys for The 1975

Everyone is talking about the incredible live performance and stunning visual and stage design of the recent arena tour by UK rockers The 1975, following the release of their much acclaimed third album A Brief Inquiry into Online ...More

(3/1/2019)

-L-Acoustics Sings with the Strings Under Conner Prairie's Evening Skies

L-Acoustics Sings with the Strings Under Conner Prairie's Evening Skies

Each summer since 1982, countless music lovers in Central Indiana have flocked to historic Conner Prairie to hear the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) perform its annual Kroger Symphony on the Prairie outdoor concert ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Meyer Sound Constellation System Turns a Historic Barn in Norway into a World Class Concert Venue

Meyer Sound Constellation System Turns a Historic Barn in Norway into a World Class Concert Venue

Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and a group of acclaimed musicians will focus on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich for the fourth annual Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, presented August 8 - 11, 2019. Organized by the Barionet Rosendal, the ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Network of 211 d&b Boxes Create a Hogmanay to Remember in Edinburgh

Network of 211 d&b Boxes Create a Hogmanay to Remember in Edinburgh

Edinburgh's majestic Castle and medieval Old Town offered a magnificent backdrop to Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebration for thousands of revellers who welcomed the new year immersed in a city center-wide d&b audiotechnik installation.< ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Bandit Lites Brings LED Upgrades to FedExForum

Bandit Lites Brings LED Upgrades to FedExForum

FedExForum, known as one of the nation's premier arenas in the NBA and North America, recently updated its arena lighting with a lighting package designed and installed by Bandit Lites. Home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and the ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Alcons Audio Chosen by France's Prestigious Sciences Po

Alcons Audio Chosen by France's Prestigious Sciences Po

Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (often referred to as Sciences Po) is a highly selective French university with seven campuses across the country. The new Grand Auditorium at its Reims site continues the theme of excellence by ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Clair Brothers Rocks World's Largest Nightclub, Spain's Privilege Ibiza, at Its End of Season Blowout Event

Clair Brothers Rocks World's Largest Nightclub, Spain's Privilege Ibiza, at Its End of Season Blowout Event

When the largest nightclub puts on a special season-end event, its magnitude is difficult to ignore. Open since 1993 on the Spanish island of Ibiza, this mammoth club can host up to 10,000 guests at one time, each invited to be ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Adamson Welcomes Hungary's For Event as New E-Series Partner

Adamson Welcomes Hungary's For Event as New E-Series Partner

Having earned a reputation as one of Hungary's top production technologies and event services companies, Budapest-based firm For Event Kft. has bolstered its audio inventory with a sizeable investment in E-Series and S-Series ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Combat Sports with Colour Sound Experiment for The Vaccines

Combat Sports with Colour Sound Experiment for The Vaccines

Popular award-winning UK indie rockers The Vaccines, are back on the road in the UK continuing their worldwide Combat Sports album tour with lighting designed by Dan Williams and equipment supplied by Colour Sound ...More

(3/1/2019)

-Theatre in Review: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Signature Theatre Company)

Theatre in Review: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Signature Theatre Company)

"Welcome to the hall of mirrors, honey." This remark, made by the title character of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, comments on a Hollywood party where practically everyone -- hostess, guests, and staff -- has assumed a false ...More

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