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  Elation Launches KL Profile Compact
Elation simplified ellipsoidal lighting with the all-in-one KL Profile FC; now, the company introduces a compact version that delivers the same studio-quality lighting. The KL PROFILE COMPACT is designed for any application where a ...
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DPA to Showchase Latest Technologies at NAB
DPA Microphones will present numerous product advancements at NAB 2025 (Booth #N767). Included is its patent-pending CORE+ by DPA technology that, the company says, sets a new standard for distortion-free microphone sound. The ...
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Introducing the Broadweigh Wireless Hand-Held Display Standard
Broadweigh has launched the Wireless Hand-Held Display Standard (BW-HK-S), a new tool for riggers and technicians working in the world of live production. Fully compatible with Broadweigh's wireless ecosystem, the BW-HK-S is said to ...
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Sensaphonics Founder and President Dr. Michael Santucci, Au.D., Honored with NHCA Lifetime Achievement Award
The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) has honored Dr. Michael Santucci, Au.D., Sensaphonics founder and president, with its Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to hearing conservation and music ...
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Jeremy Wahlers on Look Solutions Gear in Death Becomes Her and Other Broadway Shows
One of Broadway production electrician Jeremy Wahlers' recent productions is the hit musical Death Becomes Her, based on the film comedy, which features many bizarre special effects. "Death Becomes Her is amazing ...
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CHAUVET at Dreamstate SoCal
The design team for Dreamstate SoCal, billed as the world's biggest all-trance music festival, had a vision for the main stage: to deliver a production that took fans on an evolving journey across the universe. It was a big order: The ...
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Costa Cruises Rocks Sanremo with Huge iBOLT Show with Robe
Aligning a special seven-night cruise with the finale of the Sanremo Music Festival -- which chooses Italy's Eurovision pick each year -- Costa Cruises and Carnival Maritime commissioned a massive lighting installation aboard the Costa ...
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Theatre in Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Music Box Theatre)
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a stunningly imaginative piece of stagecraft, brilliantly realized and meticulous in almost every detail. It should be of great interest to every LSA reader. And it is, I think, a mistake, ...
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CHAUVET Professional Launches Maverick Storm 1 Flex
The latest addition to CHAUVET Professional's Maverick Storm family, the Maverick Storm 1 Flex is an IP65-rated spot/beam/wash that, the company says, projects a flat, even field of light from its LED engine. The latter is used ...
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Obsidian to Launch New ONYX Products at Prolight+Sound 2025
The Obsidian Control Systems team will be at Prolight+Sound 2025 in Frankfurt, April 8-11, where they will highlight the latest ONYX lighting control innovations, ...
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TAF Launches PA Vertical Tower 1
TAF's new PA Vertical Tower 1 (PAV1) features a specially designed top section with hanging points and utilizes the company's heavy-duty HT44 truss segments in its construction. It supports loads up to 1,000kg at heights up to 8m. ...
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Fourier Audio Announces New Hires and Management Changes
Fourier Audio is expanding with the addition of two new employees: Ben Evans, who has been appointed to the post of operations manager, and Ross Paterson, who now serves as product specialist. The announcement comes as ...
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Pliant Technologies' Latest Wireless Intercom Solutions Now Shipping
Pliant Technologies announces the immediate availability of its latest wireless intercom solutions, which are now available for shipping. This includes the brand's new PHS-IEHU miniature in-ear style headset, the updated ...
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San Francisco's Historic Regency Ballroom Improves Sightlines and Stage Sound with L-Acoustics
Anchoring the corner of Van Ness Avenue and Sutter Street in the upscale San Francisco, California neighborhood of Lower Nob Hill, The Regency Center has long been one of the city's treasured cultural landmarks. The gravitational center of ...
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Shure at Grand Ole Opry Centennial
The Grand Ole Opry 100th Celebration, broadcast live on NBC and streamed on Peacock, featured a procession of artists who relied on Shure audio technology as they honored the legacy of the iconic country music institution. Both ...
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grandMA3 Provides Lighting Control for Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
A complement of MA Lighting's grandMA3 consoles was chosen to provide lighting control for the recent Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show produced by Roc Nation, DPS, and Jesse Collins Productions. Provided by PRG, three grandMA3 full ...
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PWS Delivers Seamless Audio Support at Latin Music Awards Show, Premio Lo Nuestro
When Univision presented the 37th annual Premio Lo Nuestro at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was onsite to handle frequency coordination and supply all wireless microphones, IFBs, IEMs and ...
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CITT/ICTS Announces Sold-Out Show Floor for EXPO-SCENE 2025
CITT/ICTS reports this year's EXPO-SCENE show floor is officially sold out, thanks to returning exhibitors and many new exhibitors. The event takes place. April 16-17.
"EXPO-SCENE provides Canadians access to the latest ...
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CHAUVET to Show New Products at Prolight+Sound
This year's Prolight+Sound -- April 8-11 in Frankfurt, Germany -- will mark the first major showing of three CHAUVET Professional products.
Heading the list is the very new Maverick Storm 1 Flex. Unveiled in late March, this ...
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MEGA-LITE Introduces the Teclight BVW150
MEGA-LITE introduces the Teclight BVW150, a multipurpose LED fixture designed for applications that require flexible color temperature control. Featuring a tunable LED light source, the Teclight BVW150 allows users to manually ...
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Vaino Gennaro Joins DirectOut as Business Development Manager North America
DirectOut announces the appointment of pro audio veteran Vaino Gennaro as the first point of contact for North American customers. With his extensive experience in the pro audio industry and expertise in sales, business ...
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Last Call for Robe on Alan Jackson Tour
Mason Felps, with 46 Entertainment. has created an eye-catching lighting design including 68 Robe iFORTE and 16 iSpiider moving lights, supplied by Backstage Productions, for the 2025 leg of country music superstar Alan ...
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The Dwelling Place Church in Houston with TiMax
Houston house of worship, The Dwelling Place, opted for TiMax SoundHub-S32 object-based spatialization to complement a Meyer Sound loudspeaker system upgrade within its sanctuary space. Sound designer, John Hettinger, wanted ...
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Urban Dog Bar Elevates Play Time Using LEA Professional Amplifiers
Opened in 2024, Urban Dog Bar in Nashville, Tennessee, is an off-leash dog park and bar combo, with a pet-friendly patio and a doggy play area. They also offer dog-centric events throughout the year, including their New Year's Eve Ball ...
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TobyMac Takes Bandit Lites on the Road for Hits Deep Tour
When TobyMac launched his headlining Hits Deep Tour in 2025, Bandit Lites was there to deliver a system that matched the energy that has been inspiring fans for three decades. With more than 25 Dove Awards and seven ...
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Glyndebourne Opera House Upgrades its Sound System with Support from EM Acoustics
Glyndebourne Opera House's decision to upgrade the sound system in its auditorium marked a milestone moment for opera enthusiasts. EM Acoustics' flagship Reference Series is at the heart of the story. ...
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Theatre in Review: Operation Mincemeat (Golden Theatre)
Late in the first act, Operation Mincemeat abandons its frantically cartooned, herky-jerky ways and quietly takes one's breath away. The new musical is about a famous British counterespionage maneuver in World War II, and, ...
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Showlight Introduces New Workshops for 2025
Fresh for 2025, Showlight is introducing a new attraction, a program of informative, interactive workshops. These will take place on May 21 and will be open to all delegates on a first-come, first-served basis, with a strong ...
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RCF, TT+ Audio to Hold In-Person Events in April
RCF and TT+ Audio, in collaboration with Quest Marketing, will present an exclusive audio demonstration of RCF's flagship TT+ Audio GTX concert system during two in-person events this April. These full-day sessions will ...
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Ayrton Launches Veloce Wash
Following the launch of the Veloce Profile, Ayrton unveils Veloce Wash, the fourth luminaire in the Ultimate family.
Like all Ultimate series luminaires, Veloce Wash is designed to perform in all conditions -- indoors, ...
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Elation Unveils KL CORE IP
Elation announces the release of the KL CORE IP, the newest addition to its KL "Key Light" Series of LED luminaires. The KL CORE IP is a configurable, broadcast-quality LED ...
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Robert Juliat to Exhibit at Prolight+Sound 2025 Hall 12.0, Stand C60
Robert Juliat returns to Prolight+Sound Frankfurt in the Lightpower Village (Hall 12.0, Stand C60) to showcase its latest LED followspots, profiles, and Fresnels.
The very latest addition to the Robert Juliat LED range of ...
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4Wall Announces Three New Hires
4Wall Entertainment announces strategic promotions aimed at strengthening its leadership across the southern US and the company's national corporate events team.
Tyler Bevel, the company's new director of business ...
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Bandit Lites Invests in New Claypaky Gear
Bandit Lites has invested in expanding their touring inventory with a significant purchase of Claypaky lighting fixtures. Working with Inner Circle Distribution (ICD), Claypaky's exclusive US distributor and service network ...
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BASSBOSS Partners with Hi Tech Audio to Expand into Mexico, Joins Soundcheck Expo 2025
BASSBOSS is officially available in Mexico, in partnership with local distributor Hi Tech Audio. To celebrate, BASSBOSS and Hi Tech Audio will be at Soundcheck Expo 2025 in Mexico City from March 30 - April 1. The show will be held ...
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Rhino Staging Acquires ROC Rigging
Rhino Staging (Rhino), a provider of stagecraft and rigging crews nationwide and a member of Program Productions' family of companies, has acquired ROC Rigging.
Based in La Quinta, California, ROC Rigging is a provider of ...
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Theatre in Review: Amm(i)gone (The Flea Theatre)
In Amm(i)gone, the Pakistani-American teacher and theatre artist Adil Mansoor tries to get closer to his mother by collaborating on an Urdu translation of a classic Greek tragedy. Please note that it is not Medea ...
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Theatre in Review: Purpose (Helen Hayes Theater)
With recent tenants like Between Riverside and Crazy, Appropriate, Mother Play, and Cult of Love, the Hayes Theater has become Broadway's official House of Family Dysfunctions. Purpose continues ...
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Theatre in Review: Wine in the Wilderness (Classic Stage Company)
The strange case of Alice Childress continues to be a scandal of major proportions. Not nearly celebrated enough in her own time, she was promptly forgotten after her 1984 death. Yet, since 2021, each new Childress revival has ...
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GearSource Announces Strategic Investment
GearSource has secured an investment and partnership from entrepreneur and strategic advisor James Brett. This partnership is designed to bring strategic resources to expand GearSource's global reach and tackle key challenges ...
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Canto USA's New cWORK Worklight and cRUN Running Light
Canto USA announces its newest lighting solutions, the cWORK Worklight and cRUN Running Light. Designed as a cost-effective, fully dimmable, high-impact LED worklight and running light solution, it is billed as an optimal option for ...
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Elation to Bring "Experience Tomorrow" to Prolight+Sound 2025
Elation invites lighting professionals to Hall 12.1, Stand B49/C49 at the Prolight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt (April 8-11), where visitors can discover the company's latest products.
Elation will showcase brand-new product ...
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ADJ Fixtures Elevate The Maine's 8123 Fest 2025 with Immersive Lighting Design
The 2025 edition of The Maine's 8123 Fest, at the Mesa Amphitheatre in Arizona, featured ADJ Lighting's Jolt Panel FX, Jolt Bar FX, and 32 HEX Panel IP fixtures. Utilized to extend the show's video across the entire stage, these ...
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Regina Spektor Live with MEGA-LITE
Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor held a series of concerts in Brooklyn December 8-10 and at Thalia Hall in Chicago March 2-4. Spektor's performances were enhanced by the use of six Circa Scoop LED fixtures, a MEGA-LITE fixture ...
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DirectOut Announces Two License Upgrades at NAB 2025
DirectOut announces the RAV.IO and RAV.SRC.IO 256 channel-mode upgrade and the NMOS Out-of-Band (NMOS OOB) network functionality upgrade at NAB 2025. For the first time in the US, DirectOut will also offer visitors the opportunity ...
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Robe Gear on Brazilian Edition of The Masked Singer
Lighting designer and director of photography Alexandre Augusto created the lighting scheme for the latest series of The Masked Singer in Brazil, with his rental company, Spectrun Design e Iluminacao, supplying the lighting ...
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Ayrton on Luke Combs' Fourth Australian Tour
Kevin Northrup, lighting designer for Luke Combs, chose an array of Ayrton fixtures, MDG theONE and Atmosphere HO foggers/hazers, and MA Lighting's grandMA3 consoles for the singer-songwriter's recent stadium tour of Australia and ...
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Theatre in Review: Maybe Tomorrow (Abingdon Theatre Company at ART/New York Theatres)
Maybe Tomorrow is the first play I've seen set entirely in a bathroom; this is not likely the birth of a genre. It's a rather luxurious bathroom, surprisingly so, since it is attached to a mobile home. (A "deluxe" one, we are ...
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Read Lighting&Sound America's March 2025 Issue
Check out LSA's March 2025 issue!
link.lsamedia.com/mar2025
Special LSA Features this month include:
LSA Cover Feature: Super Bowl Halftime Show. ...
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GLP Launches JDC Burst 1
Inspired by the technology of the new JDC2 IP, and building on the JDC1, the JDC Burst 1, from GLP, is billed as delivering an impressive blend of power, color intensity, and flexibility.
With its segmented, controllable white ...
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Martin Professional Introduces Its Exterior Projection Pro Compact Outdoor Configurable Image Projector
HARMAN Professional Solutions announces the launch of its Martin Exterior Projection Pro Compact, an outdoor image projector designed to inspire versatility across a diverse range of architectural, façade, and landscape applications ...
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Allen & Heath USA Expands Live Sound and Touring Team
Allen & Heath USA announces the appointment of mixing engineer and touring professional Jake Hartsfield as their new live sound and touring manager. Hartsfield is known for his work with artists such as Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben ...
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Inner Circle Distribution Announces Volt Lites' Purchase of ROXX NEO Fixtures
Inner Circle Distribution announces that Volt Lites, award winning Los Angeles-based entertainment lighting company, has purchased a large quantity ROXX NEO fixtures with the goal of enhancing their inventory for both their LA ...
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2025 ASTC-USITT Venue Renovation Challenge
At the USITT Conference in Columbus, Ohio, four teams of students presented their designs for the ASTC-USITT Venue Renovation Challenge. For the challenge, participants representing a variety of academic backgrounds including ...
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Recap of LEDucation 2025
The LEDucation Trade Show and Conference, organized by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), concluded another event at the New York Hilton Midtown on March 18-19. This year's event saw 475 exhibitors showcasing their ...
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ROE Visual's ROE Connect Draws Global Visitors
ROE Visual's ROE Connect event brought together partners and collaborators from around the world. Over two days, attendees explored the company's journey, witnessed its technological advancements, and forged relationships. ...
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Theatre in Review: Vanya (Lucille Lortel Theatre)
It's the pauses that are so telling in Andrew Scott's solo version of the Anton Chekhov classic. To be sure, the actor does many things spectacularly in Sam Yates' production: He crosses behind the freestanding door ...
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Creative Day Technologies Invests in EXE Ace Hoists from TOMCAT USA
Troy, Michigan-based Creative Day Technologies, a leading provider of cutting-edge production solutions, has announced a significant investment in EXE Ace hoists from TOMCAT USA.
"We chose EXE Ace hoists because of ...
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Brompton Technology Expands Customer Services Team
Brompton Technology is expanding its customer services team, creating a newly restricted entity to oversee the entire process, from order processing and delivery coordination to training, technical guidance, and long-term product ...
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GLP's JDC2 Ips Help 50 Cent Create Vegas-style New Year Party
When 50 Cent set a six-date residency at Planet Hollywood's PH Live auditorium in Las Vegas during the festive season -- including a New Year's Eve show that ended at midnight -- he set out to create a retro party atmosphere under the ...
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Redwood Embarks on Broadway with PRG
Redwood, the new musical co-conceived by Tony Award Nominee, Tina Landau and Tony Award Winner Idina Menzel, opened at The Nederlander Theatre on February 13.
The production's creative team includes video designer Hana S. Kim
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JBL Professional Delivers at SXSW 2025 Music Venues
HARMAN Professional Solutions brand products made a major impact at SXSW 2025, powering some of the festival's top music venues with JBL Professional, Soundcraft, and AKG. This marked HARMAN's most significant presence at ...
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Theatre in Review: We Had a World (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage II)
In We Had a World, playwright Joshua Harmon acts as a cartographer, mapping out the complex landscape of love and resentment that shaped his youth. The play is founded on two indisputable facts, communicated by Harmon's ...
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L-Acoustics Makes Fast Company List of Innovative Companies
L-Acoustics has been named for the third time to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2025, reaching number two in the category of the events, concerts, and live experiences industry, ...
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d&b Soundscape Expands with New I/O Sizes for DS100 Signal Engine
d&b audiotechnik announces new scalable I/O sizes for the DS100 and DS100M signal engine, an extension to the d&b Soundscape ecosystem. This development enables users to tailor their Soundscape systems to better suit their specific ...
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TechMDinc Becomes an Authorized Dealer for ETC Lighting & Rigging Systems
TechMDinc is now an authorized dealer and service provider for ETC.
This partnership allows TechMDinc to offer its clients a wider range of lighting control, architectural lighting, and rigging systems for themed entertainment, ...
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Optimal Audio Academy Institutes its Highest Level of Accreditation
Optimal Audio has introduced a new advanced level online course in its Optimal Audio Academy, ringing the bell for installers to earn the highest stage of certification. "The Optimal Audio Academy's doors are always open for ...
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Kate Furst Promoted to Principal at Available Light
The design firm Available Light has promoted Kate Furst to principal.
"Bringing with her an already impressive resume, Kate joined our team three years ago. While we hadn't planned on expanding to Los Angeles, Kate's ...
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WAVIT Announces Mary Cook Empowerment Award
WAVIT (Women in AV/IT) has established the Mary Cook Empowerment Award: Designing the Future. This annual scholarship honors the late Mary Cook, a trailblazer in supporting women in AV/IT and a passionate advocate for advancing ...
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John Smart Promoted to Account Executive at Advanced Systems Group, LLC
Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG) recently named broadcast engineer and veteran event operations manager John Smart as account executive, Northern California region. Smart has been with ASG for eight years. ...
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HARMAN Becomes NASCAR Technology Partner to Enhance Audio Experience for Racing Fans
HARMAN International has become a NASCAR technology partner, aimed at delivering premium audio experiences for racing fans through future racetrack audio upgrades. This partnership enables NASCAR to design and implement high-quality ...
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Corbin Alvae Sets Fun Mood for Alexandra Kay on Cupid's A Cowgirl Tour with CHAUVET Professional
It was on a trip back home to Detroit for the holidays that Alexandra Kay's lighting designer, Corbin Alvae, saw a stylized heart in an advertisement, inspiring the name Cupid's A Cowgirl for his client's current 30 ...
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Theatre in Review: Amerikin (Primary Stages/59E59)
The playwright Chisa Hutchinson, who is Black, does a very nervy thing in Amerikin, imagining life in a Maryland town teeming with white supremacists. And, until she loses control of her material in the second act, she ...
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Trinity Consultants Acquires Jaffe Holden
Trinity Consultants, a global environmental consulting firm providing services and solutions in the built environment, EHS regulatory compliance, life sciences, and water and ecology markets, has acquired Jaffe Holden, the ...
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d&b Fine-Tunes Leadership Team
d&b audiotechnik is implementing key leadership transitions. The company has added Jaakko Kaivonen as the new CRO and Nicola Wagener as the new CPSO on board the management team as of March 17. d&b audiotechnik's COO, < ...
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Pliant Technologies Introduces Dual Listen to CrewCom CB2 with Latest Firmware Update
Pliant Technologies CrewCom CB2 professional wireless intercom system is billed as a full-duplex, install-friendly solution for small to mid-level applications requiring a reliable wireless intercom with excellent RF coverage and ...
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Lee Brice You, Me and My Guitar Tour Relies on TT+ Audio GTX for Sound in Mid-sized Venues
Lee Brice is currently on the road for a special solo tour titled You, Me and My Guitar, bringing fans a career-spanning journey through his music. With just a microphone, a guitar -- well, about 14 guitars -- and a deeply ...
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Latin Music's Premio Lo Nuestro Awards with Green Hippo's Hippotizer
Latin music artists turned out to perform at the Premio Lo Nuestro 2025 Awards for a night of celebration and recognition, with each act enveloped by a huge LED screen controlled by Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 media servers. < ...
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DataVisual Marketing Named Exclusive Distribution Partner for Fulcrum Acoustic in Canada
Fulcrum Acoustic has appointed DataVisual as exclusive distribution partner for Canada. DataVisual Marketing will carry the wide portfolio of products and solutions from Fulcrum Acoustic, from high-performance loudspeaker ranges, ...
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Nick Jevons Channels Power of One with CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL Bar 16
When drawing up plans for the 40m-long stage at Edinburgh's FLY Festival, lighting designer Nick Jevons opted to go with a single lighting fixture model: the CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL Bar 16 supplied by Liteup. The ...
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Theatre in Review: Ghosts (Lincoln Center Theatre/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
The acting in this revival of Henrik Ibsen's famously thorny play is often good enough to make one forget the fuzzy production concept framing it. Director Jack O'Brien is bent on pulling Ghosts -- its plot ...
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Squeek Lights Invests in Elation PARAGON
New Jersey-based Squeek Lights has expanded its inventory by adding Elation's PARAGON LED profile moving head, becoming one of the first rental companies in the US to stock the ...
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White Light Celebrates Bryan Raven's Industry Contributions
London-based lighting White Light is honoring the achievements of former managing director Bryan Raven, noting that his "dedication to theatre, sustainability, and industry development has left a lasting impact." Though ...
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Saturday Night Live Celebrates its 50th Anniversary with DiGiCo and L-Acoustics
Saturday Night Live celebrated its golden anniversary with SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, broadcast live on NBC, SNL's longtime network home, and streamed on Peacock from Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, as well as ...
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Shure Gear at the Academy Awards
From live performances to dialogue capture, Shure played a pivotal role at the 97th Academy Awards, with artists like Doja Cat and BlackPink's Lisa relying on Shure's Axient Digital wireless systems and TwinPlex lavaliers, and ...
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Everything Always Forever for GLP impression X5 IP Bars
When it came to lighting a recent one-off show for Everything Always Forever (the collaboration between DJs John Summit and Dom Dolla), designer Marcus Jessup needed to look little further than the GLP portfolio for his ...
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Mason Felps Creates Looks for Alan Jackson's Last Call Tour with CHAUVET Professional
Country star Alan Jackson is currently on the Last Call Tour, which concludes May 17 at Milwaukee's 17,000-seat Fiserv Forum.
Mason Felps, the tour's production manager and lighting designer, has created a new ...
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Robe Lights TPi Awards 2025
Robe stepped up the energy in the room for the 24th edition of the TPi Awards, supplying nearly 250 of its latest moving LED lights for the high-profile industry event produced by TPi magazine, part of Mondiale Technology ...
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Theatre in Review: Last Call (New World Stages)
If nothing else, Last Call is a chance to meet two outstanding women of the German theatre. The director Gil Mehmert opted to cast the male lead characters of Peter Danish's play with actresses, a gambit that, ...
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Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Almeida Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music)
Having seen Rebecca Frecknall's revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, two thoughts come to mind: 1) Patsy Ferran is a memorable (maybe even a great) Blanche DuBois, and 2) it's time for directors to turn off the ...
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L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik Launch Dedicated Milan Manager Website
Following the successful launch of Milan Manager at InfoComm 2024, d&b audiotechnik and L-Acoustics announce the launch of milanmanager.com, a dedicated website for accessing this ...
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Shure Scores Major Victory Against Product Counterfeiting Network
Shure Incorporated has collaborated with two other international audio equipment brands to address a network in China engaged in the large-scale manufacture and export of counterfeit products, including microphones, headphones, and ...
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PK Sound Launches Tx Series Intelligent Point Source Modules
PK Sound has formally released the Tx Series of intelligent multi-purpose point source modules, beginning with the Tx14 and Tx26. Configured and controlled via PK .dynamics software, the Tx Series complements PK Sound's Trinity ...
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RCF Appoints Brian Espinosa as Western Territory Manager
RCF announces the appointment of Brian Espinosa to the newly created position of western territory manager. In this role, Espinosa will oversee sales and marketing support activities across the western US. The announcement ...
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Antari USA Names Robert Louis Associates as Sales Rep in Midwest States
Antari Lighting and Effects USA announces the appointment of Robert Louis Associates (RLA) as their sales rep covering the Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania territory. The RLA team, managed by Robert ...
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ASTC Names New Board of Directors and New ASTC Member
The board of the American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) is composed of seven directors, each elected to a two-year term. This year, three positions were slated for election by the general membership. ...
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Avid Makes Key Additions to Executive Leadership Team
Avid announces the expansion of its executive leadership team (ELT) with three appointments: Tom Sharma as chief technology officer, Dominic Constandi as chief customer officer, and Kenna Hilburn as senior vice ...
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The Juilliard School Chooses 1 SOUND Speakers for Morse Hall
The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center has chosen 1 SOUND loudspeakers for its audio system upgrade in Morse Hall.
Adwar Video was contracted for the AV integration in Morse Hall, a versatile performance space that serves as a ...
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Pharos Opens Denver Office
Pharos Architectural Controls announces the opening of a new office in Denver, Colorado. This new location will operate as the primary base for the Pharos US team and the company's US support services and training operations. ...
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Theatre in Review: Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother? (Ensemble Studio Theatre)
By the end of Michael Walek's new play, I'm not sure we have met Jane Goodall, for the very good reason that she often is sidelined in the vehicle bearing her name. Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother? is ...
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Showlight Bursary/Scholarship Deadline Extended to March 31
The deadline for Showlight's new Emerging Professionals Bursary/Scholarship Scheme has been extended to Monday, March 31. Showlight takes place May 19-22 at Le Parc des Expositions et Contres de Dijon, in Dijon, France. ...
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ER Productions Launches "Safe Working with Stage Pyrotechnics" Training Course for the UK and US
Special Effects specialist firm ER Productions introduces its new IOSH Approved Safe Working With Stage Pyrotechnics course. Designed for the international live entertainment market to equip professionals with essential knowledge ...
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Registration Open for AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament, May 15/16
Registration is now open for the DiGiCo AudioMasters Live and API AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament. The two-day tournament is a must-attend event for the professional audio community, bringing together players and sponsors from ...
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MEGA-LITE Sponsored the Expo Stage at USITT 2025
Last weekend, MEGA-LITE had the opportunity to light up the Expo Stage at USITT 2025, where a series of conferences took place during the expo.
Starting with The Psychology of Stupidity, an interactive workshop where attendees ...
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Bandit Lites Hires Quinton Christian as Facilities Manager
Bandit Lites has hired Quinton Christian as facilities manager in its Nashville office. Christian will oversee the operations of Bandit's largest warehouse, emphasizing safety, vendor maintenance, and cost-effect measures ...
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Solid State Logic Live L550 Plus and L100 Plus on Ages & Stages Tour with Sir Tom Jones
Sixty years into his career, Sir Tom Jones is still going strong, recently wrapping a 74-show tour of the UK, Europe, and North America, covering 24 countries in all. The Ages & Stages Tour, showcasing a varied selection of Sir Tom's ...
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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland Turn to Epson
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) is a state-of-the-art facility with six performance venues, supporting over 1,200 events a year. As a hub for artistic innovation, projection plays ...
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DiGiCo Quantum225 Console Brings Award-Winning Sound to the DeMoss Center
Delaware County Christian School in southeastern Pennsylvania has undergone the initial phase of a major refresh of the production technologies at its Arthur and Nancy DeMoss Center for Worship and the Arts, including the installation ...
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Original Syndicate Turnkeys Technical Services for Futuristic LifeWave Welcome Center
Original Syndicate, the system design and integration company headquartered in Burbank and operating globally, drew on its technological expertise in system design and experience with event and entertainment projects to create the ...
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In Memoriam: Mark Conners
Lighting&Sound America has learned of the passing of Mark Conners, most recently a rental account manager at Main Light.
In a statement, the company says, "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our ...
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Introducing the ADJ Data Distro 6
ADJ announces the launch of the Data Distro 6, a DMX and RDM splitter designed to optimize lighting control systems. Built for touring productions, permanent installations, and temporary events, the Data Distro 6 ensures seamless ...
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Geoff Cormack Promoted to Service Manager at A.C. Americas
A.C. Americas, the parent company of North American distributors A.C. Lighting and A.C. ProMedia, announce the promotion of Geoff Cormack to service manager. In this role, Cormack will lead the service department in ...
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Image Marketing Pro New Elation Sales Rep for Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Hawaii
Elation announces that Image Marketing Pro, a division of the manufacturers' representative firm Image Marketing, has been appointed as the new sales representative for Elation products in Southern California, Southern Nevada, ...
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Jon Hole Joins Avolites as Product Manager
The Avolites team in London expands with the appointment of Jon Hole as product manager, bringing with him 15 years of industry experience.
Hole's passion for the industry began while working at the Northcott Theatre in ...
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PRG Promotes Production Veteran Matt Hohmann Plus Appointment of Five New Technical Directors
PRG announces promotions within its corporate events (CE) division, including production veteran Matt Hohmann to senior director of production services, alongside the addition of five technical directors. ...
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MEGA-LITE Experience at USITT Expo 2025
From March 5 to 8, MEGA-LITE participated in the USITT Expo 2025. This marks the fifth time the company has joined this premier event.
At the MEGA-LITE booth, attendees had the opportunity to experience the company's theatrical ...
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Onedot, CHAUVET Gear Generate STRIK-ing Looks at Lumen Festival
The Quebec-based design and production firm Onedot recently designed lighting for the three-day Lumen Festival produced by Produkt, the Montreal-based experiential marketing and lifestyle brand firm, at New City Gas, a local site that, ...
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Whitinsville Christian School Upgrades Auditorium Sound System with EAW
Whitinsville Christian School has partnered with Revelation, a local AV event production service and technology integrator company, to install a Eastern Acoustic Works' (EAW) ADAPTive Series sound system. ...
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Theatre in Review: Platinum Dreams (The York Theatre/The Theatre at St. Jean)
Platinum Dreams is part of York's New2NY series of debut works but, thanks to its long and checkered history, it could be part of the company's Musicals in Mufti series, which focuses on also-rans from the past. Indeed, ...
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CHAUVET Professional Announces STRIKE V
The STRIKE V is the latest addition to CHAUVET Professional's STRIKE family of fixtures; the company says this motorized hybrid strobe-wash creates multi-layered looks that have never been seen before. ...
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IATSE, Atlantic Theater Company Reach Agreement
Off Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company and The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) have reached a tentative agreement covering nearly 100 production workers employed by the company. This tentative agreement ...
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Cameo at Prolight+Sound 2025
At this year's Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt am Main (April 8-11), Cameo will not only be presenting its new lighting solutions, but also a new brand look. The new brand identity, including the new stand design, invites visitors to ...
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Theatrixx to Distribute ELC and Green-GO in Canada
ELC Lighting has appointed Theatrixx Technologies as the new exclusive distributor for both its product lines -- the ELC range of DMX-over-IP lighting control products and the Green-GO family of digital wireless intercom ...
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Sum 41 on Farewell Arena Tour Across Europe with Support from Cohesion
Alongside the release of their eighth and final album Heaven :x: Hell in March 2024, pop-punk icons Sum 41 announced Tour of the Setting Sum, an ambitious multi-continent arena tour that served as a fitting farewell to a ...
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L-Acoustics Powers the Future of Golf at TGL Presented by SoFi
TGL presented by SoFi has built a platform for prime time, team golf at the custom-built SoFi Center, through a fusion of technology and live competition. This first-of-its-kind league, backed by TMRW Sports Group, debuted in January on ...
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Theatre in Review: The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) (Soho Rep)
If you were worried that in moving to 42nd Street and sharing digs with Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep had gone "uptown," I offer the example of The Great Privation (How to flip tent cents into a dollar): It's a time ...
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Theatre in Review: The Jonathan Larson Project (Orpheum Theatre)
As the new entertainment at the Orpheum begins, it's impossible not to get choked up. First, we see a video montage of various companies of Rent singing "Seasons of Love," followed by footage of playwright/composer Jonathan ...
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In Memoriam: Rachelle Curran
Lighting&Sound America has learned of the death of Rachelle Ann Aline Curran, who, as a staff member at Ultratec Special Effects, was a well-known and popular member of the industry. She passed away, after a long ...
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Darrin Young Joins dBTechnologies USA as Director of Sales
dBTechnologies USA announces that Darrin Young, known in the pro audio industry as B-SIDE, has joined the company as the new director of sales for North America.
Young's interest in music began at a young age, playing ...
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LD Systems Deploys CHAUVET Gear at San Antonio Rodeo
The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, held in February at Frost Bank Center, was packed with challenges for David Jackson of LD Systems. Each day of the three-week run, Jackson and his crew set up and closed down a 40'-wide-by-34' ...
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Paragon 360 Completes Extensive Renovation Project for Germantown Baptist
Paragon 360 was contracted in 2023 by Germantown Baptist in Germantown, Tennessee for a large-scale, sanctuary, and lobby renovation project that would include audio, video and lighting (AVL) systems, custom scenic and architectural ...
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Audient's EVO Expanded System Powers Pioneering Live Show Starring Simon Shackelton
British audio gear manufacturer Audient co-sponsored The Shadowmaker, a new show from English electronic musician and DJ Simon Shackleton, which recently premiered at Denver's Holiday Theatre. Created by Shackleton ...
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Meyer Sound's Katharine "Katie" Murphy Khulus on Loudspeaker Design and Attracting New Talent
The following is Meyer Sound's interview with Katharine "Katie" Murphy Khulusi, the youngest senior engineering director, loudspeaker development in the company's history.
What first sparked your interest in the ...
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Theatre in Review: All Nighter (Newman Mills Theatre/Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space)
Two or three minutes of All Nighter are enough to reveal playwright Natalie Margolin's blood-curdlingly accurate ear for dialogue, at least when listening in on a quartet of seniors at a small Eastern Pennsylvania college ...
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New Counterweight Rigging Technology from ETC
ETC's Prodigy Balance rigging is a new approach to traditional counterweight systems, designed to bring safety and accessibility to what had been a dangerous part of working backstage.
Prodigy Balance rigging features a self ...
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Tim Guion Joins SGM Lighting as Head of Sales - Americas
SGM Lighting announces the appointment of Tim Guion as head of sales - Americas. With 30 years of experience in sales, business development, and marketing within the lighting industry, his leadership will be instrumental in ...
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Music Matters Productions Expands Inventory with d&b audiotechnik GSL Audio Rig
Music Matters Productions (MMP), a provider of audio, lighting, video, staging, and rigging solutions based in Atlanta, Georgia, announces the addition of the d&b audiotechnik GSL series audio rig to its inventory. This investment ...
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Sennheiser Guests at World Premiere of The World of Hans Zimmer - An Immersive Symphony
The world premiere of The World of Hans Zimmer - An Immersive Symphony. The Theatre Experience took the audience at the Metronom Theatre in Oberhausen, Germany on a musical journey through the works of the film composer. Presented ...
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Shure Collaborates with CeCe Winans on Latest Tour
Shure is collaborating with legendary gospel singer CeCe Winans on the More Than This Tour.
"Shure has been with me for years, making sure every note I sing is heard clearly -- whether in arenas or my local church," ...
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Foo Fighters Ignite Everything or Nothing At All Tour with Martin Lighting
To provide a scalable, and versatile lighting rig that could accommodate multiple types of venues throughout the summer leg of The Foo Fighters' Everything or Nothing At All Tour, lighting designer Dan Hadley implemented an ...
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Green Hippo's Hippotizer Drives Epson "EcoSphere"
Green Hippo's Hippotizer media servers were the choice yet again this year for a projection installation on the Epson stand at ISE 2025. The project rigged a 2.2m mirrored globe, onto which AI-generated bright, floral, and ...
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Listen Technologies Promotes Kasey Kaumans to Market Development Manager
Listen Technologies Corporation has promoted Kasey Kaumans to market development manager. In this new role, Kaumans continues to foster Listen Technologies' partnerships with the consultant and end-user communities and ...
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Theatre in Review: Deep Blue Sound (Clubbed Thumb at the Public Theater)
Playwright Abe Koogler has distinguished himself in more than one way -- as a poet of the working stiff in the dramas Kill Floor and Fulfillment Center, and as an absurdist joker in last season's Staff Meal -- ...
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Showlight Announces Sponsors and Exhibitors
As the date for the quadrennial conference Showlight draws near -- the event takes place May 19-22, at Le Parc des Exposition et Congres de Dijon, in Dijon, France -- the names of 22 sponsors and exhibitors have been announced. ...
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DAS Audio Hits the Road
DAS Audio announces that its ARA Series is marking a significant step forward in live audio innovation for the company. With the 2025 ARA Road Show, DAS Audio is bringing its most advanced complete series -- LARA, MARA, and SARA -- ...
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WAVIT Announces #AccelerateAction Virtual Event for International Women's Day 2025
The Women in AV/IT (WAVIT) organization announces its upcoming virtual event, Accelerating Action: The Power of Mentorship and Internships in AV, in celebration of International Women's Day (IWD) 2025. Taking place on Wednesday, ...
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TOMCAT University 2025 Concludes Week of Learning and Networking in Thousand Oaks, California
TOMCAT USA recently wrapped up its TOMCAT University 2025, which took place from January 27-31, at their custom training facility in Thousand Oaks, California. The one-week course welcomed 50 attendees from across the US, Canada, ...
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BASSBOSS Powers the Sound at Georges Saigon, Vietnam's Newest Nightlife Destination
BASSBOSS has created another destination venue with its latest installation at Georges Saigon. This eclectic nightlife venue brings the energy of Singapore's iconic bar scene to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Located directly beneath ...
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A.C. Lighting Named LumenRadio's Distributor of the Year for 2024
LumenRadio has honored A.C. Lighting with the prestigious Distributor of the Year award for 2024.
Sean Dane, international sales manager for LumenRadio, presented the award to Jean-Louis Blanchard, president of A.C ...
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Universal Audio Apollo x16D Rolls Out on Top Concert Tours
Universal Audio reports its Apollo x16D audio interface is bringing the company's plug-ins and Dante connectivity to top-tier touring acts from Shakira and Pitbull to Bob Dylan and Pantera. In a statement, the company says, "With ...
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Long Beach Terrace Theater Steps Up To DiGiCo Quantum Desks
Following an upgrade during 2024, performers and audiences alike at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center's Terrace Theater in Long Beach, California are now benefiting from the presence of a new pair of DiGiCo audio ...
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Zoe Spurr Reflects Moods of Twelfth Night for Royal Shakespeare Company with TSL and CHAUVET
Zoe Spurr's lighting designer for Royal Shakespeare Company's recent revival of Twelfth Night reflected the play's myriad moods, earning her widespread praise; one newspaper critic singled out her work for "helping to shift ...
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Theatre in Review: SUMO (Ma-Yi Theater Company/The Public Theater)
SUMO is a very, very old story wrapped in a novel package; whether that is enough will be interesting to see. Playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring invites us into the world of Japanese wrestling, which most audience members ...
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Nominations Announced for the Olivier Awards
The nominations are in for the Olivier Awards, which honor achievements in the London theatre scene. Leading the way with nominations are the Regent Park Open Air Theatre revival of Fiddler on the Roof, which transfers to ...
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Pliant Technologies Introduces Dual Listen to CrewCom CB2 with Latest Firmware Update
Pliant Technologies CrewCom CB2 Professional Wireless Intercom system is a full-duplex, install-friendly solution for small to mid-level applications requiring a reliable sounding wireless intercom with RF coverage and range. ...
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QuickLink Launches Two New Variations of Award-winning StudioPro Solution at NAB 2025
QuickLink will launch two new models of its QuickLink StudioPro video production platform, StudioPro-NDI and StudioPro-3, at the NAB Show 2025 (Booth #SL10413). Designed for a wide range of production applications from broadcast ...
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Audiomovers Expands OMNIBUS 3.0 Ecosystem with MINIBUS Plug-in
Audiomovers is sharing the latest updates to OMNIBUS 3.0, its audio routing software delivering seamless multichannel, full-resolution audio routing within a computer -- getting audio from any app into any other app as well as to ...
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EPS Expands Sales Team with Jake Rhodes as Account Executive and Rane Renshaw as Marketing Strategist
Entertainment Project Services (EPS) announces the expansion of its sales team with the addition of two key hires: Jake Rhodes as the new account executive and Rane Renshaw as marketing strategist. ...
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Lectrosonics Appoints Jonathan von Rentzell as Central US Regional Sales and Technical Manager
Lectrosonics has hired Jonathan von Rentzell as Central US regional sales and technical manager. He will handle the company's business in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Kansas, Oklahoma, New ...
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tvONE Expands Sales Team with Key Appointments in the US and Europe
tvONE announces the appointment of Michael Huth as southeast regional sales manager in the US and Oli Fritz as regional sales manager for the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). ...
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In Memorial: George Krampera
The Czech Republic-based manufacturer KV2 Audio reports the passing of its founder and industry pioneer George Krampera Sr.
In a statement, the company says, "George had a passion for everything audio and dedicated his ...
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Robe Gets Close to the Edge with $UICIDEBOY$
The underground rap duo $UICIDEBOY$ completed their GREYDAY2024 US and Canadian tour with a production design -- lighting and set -- created by Ian MacDonald, who used Robe moving lights to help deliver an in-the-face ...
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BYU Marriott Center Makes a Long Throw Look Easy with L-Acoustics K2 Professional Sound System
Brigham Young University's Marriott Center in Provo, Utah has the largest seating capacity of any basketball arena in the Big 12 Conference and the eighth-largest seating capacity of any on-campus basketball arena in the US, accommodating ...
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MEGA-LITE Exhibiting and Sponsoring at USITT 2025
MEGA-LITE will participate in USITT 2025, sponsoring the Expo Stage. This marks the fifth year the company will be present at this premiere event for the entertainment industry.
The Teclight will be released at the event, ...
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Macula Remote Followspot Obtains License for North American Sales
LC Innovations announces, by permission and an agreement with PRG, the Macula remote followspot system is now available for sale in North America.
LC Innovations is a branch of Litecom Group, based in Denmark. Founders/owners ...
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Avoid Tangled Cords Using Eliminator's New Eight-Channel Switch Pack With Remote Control Panel
The new SC8 II Pad System from Eliminator Lighting is billed as a convenient control solution for stand-alone lighting and effects equipment. It features an eight-channel relay pack combined with a separate remote control ...
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ChamSys Expands Presence in Mexico with New Chauvet Distribution
ChamSys will begin direct distribution of its products in the Mexican market with the establishment of ChamSys Mexico operated in partnership with Chauvet Mexico.
As part of the new plan, the entire ChamSys and GeNetix line of ...
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Powersoft to Launch Unica T for Touring Market
Powersoft announces the launch of Unica T, a new touring-focused amplifier platform designed to meet the requirements of the most demanding live sound applications. The first new Powersoft amplifier platform for the touring market ...
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Alfatron Electronics Announces the ALF USB3 EXT USB 3.0 Extender
Alfatron Electronics introduces the ALF-USB3-EXT USB 3.0 over CAT extender. With the ability to transmit over CAT6/6A/7 cabling systems to a distance of 80m (295'), the ALF-USB3-EXT is billed as the ideal solution for extending ...
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Lighten Up Adds Ayrton Fixtures to Rig Upgrade at nya studios
Los Angeles-based Lighten Up Inc. chose 30 Ayrton Diablos and 30 Zonda 3 FX fixtures to upgrade the rig in the main room of the video/film production facility/event space nya studios from conventional to moving lights. ACT ...
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NEXO STM Powers the Greatest Dance in the Universe
Born out of the fusion of music brought to Argentina by Italian and Spanish immigrants, Cuarto (Quartet) is very much the music of the people, packed with infectious rhythms. A Cuarto festival is always a big event, particularly in its ...
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FBT Audio Gear at Swearing-In of Puerto Rico Governor
Despite a widespread blackout plunging much of Puerto Rico into darkness on New Year's Eve, the island came together in celebration as Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon was sworn in as Puerto Rico's new governor on January 2. The inauguration ...
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Theatre in Review: The Irrepressible Magic of the Tropics (INTAR/Radio Drama Network)
The Irrepressible Magic of the Tropics unfolds in the mythical Latin American land of Buenos Cruces, Spanish for "good meetings." Irony alert: Buenos Cruces is a staging ground for sorcery, ghosts, revolutions, and capitalism ...
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Stage Precision Launches Registration for Open Beta Version of SP Grid
Stage Precision, a software and platform developer within the digital experience industry, launched its open Beta version of SP Grid at this year's ISE Show. Designed to redefine how professionals create, manage, and deploy digital ...
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New Book Asks Just 100* Questions
A new book, Just 100* Questions by Greg McVeigh, offers an insider's look into the dynamics that make live sound reinforcement such a vibrant industry. Building on the successful Just One Question series of posts ...
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ACT's Proco Sound Provides Audio Backbone for the Pageant and Delmar Hall
Sean Pierce, head of production for The Pageant and Delmar Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, understands the importance of utilizing quality gear. After more than a decade in the music industry, Pierce has seen first-hand the difference ...
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Memphis Grizzlies' Den Roars with L-Acoustics Kara IIi Professional Audio System
Fans of the NBA Memphis Grizzlies and the NCAA Division I men's basketball of the University of Memphis are now experiencing sound from an L-Acoustics Kara IIi system at FedExForum. Designed by consultancy WJHW and installed by ...
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Mike Castle Angles Light on Hippo Campus FLOOD Tour with CHAUVET Professional COLORADO PXL Curve
"I love experimenting with unusual angles of light," says designer Mike Castle. "I find a lot of magic in that." Castle has been working this magic for the rock band Hippo Campus on its current 40-date North American FLOOD Tour
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Associated Controls + Design Acquires Gemini Light Sound & Video's Integration
Associated Controls + Design (ACD) and Gemini Light Sound & Video (Gemini) announce ACD's acquisition of Gemini's integration division to enhance theatrical and architainment support across the South Central Region of the US. ...
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ACT Productions and IPS Light Orange Bowl Halftime Show and Fan Fest with Elation
Miami Beach-based ACT Productions of Miami Beach celebrated its 17th year producing the Orange Bowl, handling artist bookings and producing the Halftime Show and Fan Fest. The company partnered with Illuminate Production Services (IPS) as ...
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Swept Away an Emotional Journey on the High Seas with PRG
Swept Away, the much-talked-about musical that opened at the Longacre Theatre in November, is based on the album Mignonette by American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers. The story, which was inspired by the true story of the ...
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Waves eMotion LV1 Classic Console Chosen for Buddy Guy Concerts
Sage Anthony, tour manager and front-of-house engineer for blues artist Buddy Guy, has chosen the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console for a recent series of concerts. Guy, winner of eight GRAMMY Awards, a GRAMMY Lifetime ...
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AV Stumpfl's PIXERA Software on Tour with Charli XCX and Troye Sivan
Nashville-based Rogue Productions recently showcased the capabilities of its Rogue Servers, powered by PIXERA (a media server software made by AV Stumpfl), during the co-headlining Sweat Tour featuring artists Charli XCX and ...
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Theatre in Review: Conversations with Mother (Theatre 555)
If it's 1984 and you're tending bar at a gay bar called The Meat Hook and your mother calls you at work, it's safe to say you have a problem. So it is with Bobby, the male lead in Matthew Lombardo's new play, locked in an invasive, ...
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Theatre in Review: Exiles (The MAP Theatre at ART/New York Theatres)
We can all agree, I think, that James Joyce was not natively a playwright, and not just because Exiles, his only dramatic work, languished for decades after it was first published in 1918. (It was rejected by the Abbey ...
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