News Archive - April 2014

Tony Award Nominations Announced.

The Tony Award nominations for the 2013-14 season were announced today. Leading the pack with nominations were A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder with ten nods, the Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch ...

Behringer X32 Network Expansion Cards Now in Stores

Behringer announces the new X-DANTE, X-MADI, and X-ADAT high-performance network cards for the award-winning X32 Digital mixing console are now available from authorized dealers and online resellers. The cards are easy to install ...

Elite Multimedia Purchases Elation-Distributed HedgeHog 4 Consoles

Elite Multimedia of Nashville, Tennessee, has purchased five Elation-distributed HedgeHog 4 lighting consoles with Elation eNode routers for their rental inventory. The purchase, made possible by a distribution agreement that ...

Heartbeat of Home Chooses All Shure Wireless Mics and Personal Monitors

Featuring an on-stage cast of 39 outstanding dancers and musicians, Heartbeat of Home fuses Irish, Latin, and Afro-Cuban dance to create an exhilarating theater experience. Created by a production team led by producer Moya Doherty and ...

Colour Sound Gears Up with Robe for Summer Season

West London, UK-based lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment has invested in nearly 100 new Robe lighting fixtures for its upcoming summer season including 60 multi-purpose Robe Robin Pointe luminaires ...

Custom Stage Drapes by Sew What? Inc. Help Revamp Bally's Las Vegas' Iconic Jubilee Show

Bally's Las Vegas recently ushered in a whole new chapter for Jubilee -- one of Las Vegas' most iconic stage shows. Since Jubilee's 1981 debut, visitors have flocked for nearly 32 years to producer Donn Arden's signature ...

Painting With Light at the MIA Awards

The glitz, glamour, and red carpet action was out in style at the 2013 Music Industry (MIA) Awards show in Brussels, lit for the first time by Luc Peumans of Belgian creative practice, Painting With Light. ...

Clay Paky Shines "R&B Superstar" Bright at London's Wembley Arena

Some of R&B's most successful '90s artists were reunited at London's Wembley Arena in February for a mega-concert, lit by Tom Grant using Clay Paky Sharpys and Alpha Wash 700s.
The "R&B Superstars" show -- which featured ...

Theatre in Review: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Belasco Theatre)

When the current Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch was announced, my skepticism antenna went on high alert. The Belasco Theatre? Really? For a naturally grungy show that enjoyed a long run in the most awful dive ...

Theatre in Review: Casa Valentina (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

Given Broadway's current mania for stars, it's interesting that so many of the season's plays have been large ensemble efforts. Denzel Washington is only one among equals in A Raisin in the Sun and Bryan Cranston is backed by a ...

Carnegie Mellon to Become First, Exclusive Higher Education Partner of the Tony Awards

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has been named by the Tony Awards as its first, exclusive higher education partner. As part of the collaboration, the two organizations will jointly create and launch the first, national ...

ETC Helps Behind the Scenes Care for Those in Need

At the USITT show in March, Steve Terry of ETC presented a check for $20,262 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC's iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) application for iPhone, iPod ...

Link Srl Introduces DGlink Touring Switches, LKG Hybrid Gigabit Connectors, and Fiber Cables at PLASA Focus

Link, a manufacturer and distributor of products specifically designed to solve wiring and connectivity problems within the entertainment and broadcast industries, announces the introduction of the following innovative new products ...

Philips Vari-Lite Takes VL4000 "No Compromises" Slogan to the Extreme

Philips Vari-Lite announces a significant change to the recently debuted VL4000 Spot Luminaire with the high output capability of the original VL4000GT Spot having now been engineered into the VL4000 Spot to provide customers with ...

Philips Entertainment Introduces the PLProfile4 Universal Lens Tube Adapter

Philips Entertainment announces the development of the PLProfile4 LED Luminaire Universal Lens Tube Adapter. Understanding that both rental companies and theater organizations may have a large number of lens tubes in their inventory ...

Christie D4K25 Projector Wins PIPA Award at Prolight + Sound

Christie, a global audiovisual technologies company, announces that it received the first ever PIPA Award for the Christie D4K2560 DLP 4K projector with TruLife electronics at Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. ...

Apollo Design Technology Promotes Two

Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announces the promotion of Crystal Ross to marketing assistant. In this role, Ross will help with the development and execution of the business's marketing and communication strategies. ...

Elation Strengthens European Team with Three New Hires

Elation Europe has strengthened its European team with three new hires -- Frans Schilte, Patrick Strunk, and Ute Kerkow -- all of whom started at Elation's European headquarter building in Kerkrade, Holland, on April 1 ...

SoundLab Held at USITT with Yamaha Support

Held at USITT every other year, SoundLab concentrates on free product demonstrations for students, and this year, the conference was devoted to live sound reinforcement. Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. made a key ...

Renkus-Heinz Adds Color to New York's Grey Bar

The area around midtown Manhattan is about as busy and bustling as one might expect in the heart of the City that Never Sleeps. Packed into these few square miles is a staggering array of museums, shops, casual and upscale eateries, and ...

Creative Audio Provides Harman's JBL VTX Loudspeakers for George Jones Tribute Concert

"Playin' Possum! The Final No Show -- A Tribute to George Jones" was recently held at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena and featured a "who's who" of country music luminaries including Alabama, Alan Jackson, Dierks Bentley, Kid Rock, Miranda ...

The Color of Comedy -- Chauvet Professional at The Hollywood Improv

Legendary comedian Henny Youngman once quipped that instead of coming up with new jokes, he preferred to find new audiences. That may work for comics, but not for comedy clubs, which have to keep things fresh for regular patrons. ...

Theatre in Review: Of Mice and Men (Longacre Theatre)

Of Mice and Men is one of the many celebrity-driven productions that define Broadway today, but to my mind the real star of the show is the director, Anna D. Shapiro. Her special gift is to take diverse groups of ...

Theatre in Review: The Cripple of Inishmaan (Cort Theatre)

"Has the egg man been?" "He has, but he had no eggs." This exchange, worthy of Samuel Beckett, makes a fine introduction to the cockeyed world of Martin McDonagh, who creates rocky Irish landscapes filled with unspeakable behavior ...

Drama Desk Nominations Announced

The nominations were announced this morning for this year's Drama Desk Awards, which honor achievement in the Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway theatre scenes. Leading the nominations are A Gentleman's Guide to Love and ...

Behringer Seeks Seat on Deswell's Company Board

Uli Behringer, Chairman and CEO of MUSIC Group has notified Deswell Industries Inc. of his intention to seek a seat on the company's board.
As the holder of a significant portion of Deswell stock, Behringer has ...

USITT Seeks Performance Art Entries for International Exhibit

Theatrical designers are invited to submit work in a "weather" vein for a display of the best of American performance design between 2013 and 2016.
Submissions are due by July 14, and selected designs will be featured in the ...

FiberPlex's New Converter "Unifies Communications"

With unified communications bringing about a convergence of big data in a variety of formats, FiberPlex Technologies introduces a new tool for the AV production toolbox capable of adapting between media and transport formats, ...

Heil Sound Appoints Intellimix

Professional microphone manufacturer Heil Sound has named Intellimix Corporation as its exclusive distributor for Canada. The Montreal-based company handles a variety of respected pro audio and MI lines for the live, ...

Analog Way Announces New Orchestra Remote Controller

After the successful release of the Orchestra Controller in 2009, Analog Way is pleased to introduce Orchestra², a revamped version of the remote console.
Orchestra² allows control of several generations of Analog Way's switchers, ...

GoVision Beefs Up Sales Team with New Solutions Manager

GoVision has created a new position of solutions manager, and recruited Jay deBlonk for the role. The 10-year veteran of South Dakota-based Daktronics will work with the sales staff on the company's more complex and ...

HRS Control's UDC Provides Custom Control Solution for Alford Media Services

When a large, high-tech client posed a challenge for staging its annual meeting, Alford Media Services, Inc. found an effective custom solution in HRS Control's Universal Device Controller (UDC). ...

L-Acoustics' KARA Works the Las Vegas Strip with MGM Resorts

MGM Resorts International techs see it all. Sound system requests can be for a single lavaliere microphone setup for a business meeting in the morning, a DJ-fueled and bikini-filled pool party at lunch, a prize fight weigh-in with a ...

AV Vegas Rocks Marathon with Harman's JBL Professional VTX Line Arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers

As it has in years past, AV Vegas Concert Sound and Lighting provided the audio/lighting system for the world-famous Las Vegas Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series. However, for the first time, AV Vegas supplied Harman's JBL VTX ...

Pure Groove Systems Debuted at Miami Music Week

This past Miami Music Week Pure Groove Systems knocked the socks off the industry with installs at three of Miami's top venues--Ice Palace, Surfcomber and Cafeina Wynwood--hosting sets by over 75 world renowned DJs, at 11 ...

ThunderAudio and RCF Provide Heavenly Sound

Michigan's Thunder Audio Inc. has a relationship with tour management company Peachez Entertainment Services that stretches back over 20 years--before Tyler Perry began his incredibly prolific theater, TV and film career. ...

Yellowcard Transitions in Concert with Chauvet Professional

The platinum recording group Yellowcard refuses to be pigeonholed. That's not surprising from a band that was featured in a compilation called Punk Goes Acoustic. Audiences may love Yellowcard's meshing musical performances- ...

Theatre in Review: The Great Immensity (The Civilians/Public Theater)

There can be no doubt that the greatest crisis facing mankind today is global warming, which is why it gives me no pleasure to report that The Great Immensity doesn't succeed either as absorbing theatre or a call to arms. The ...

Demfis Fyssicopulos, Lighting Designer and Programmer, Dies at 41

Lighting&Sound America has learned of the death of Demfis Fyssicopulos, a well-known concert lighting designer and programmer. He was 41 and reportedly died while surfing near his California home. ...

Goodman Theatre Announces a May 13 Celebration of the Life of Robert Christen

On May 13, Goodman Theatre celebrates the life and creative contributions of Robert (Bob) Christen, its longtime resident lighting designer and one of the most prolific live performance designers in the country, who passed ...

Elation Lighting Innovation Coming to PLASA Focus: Baltimore

Elation Professional is proud to be a steadfast participant of the PLASA Focus shows, on both sides of the Atlantic, and will bring its line of professional lighting and control solutions to America's mid-Atlantic region May ...

Ray van Straten Named Vice President of QSC Professional

QSC Audio Products, LLC announces that Ray van Straten has been promoted to vice president of QSC Professional, the newly formed business unit which will serve customers in the retail, rental, production, and distribution (box ...

Starlite Productions Adds Dave Adams to its Sales Staff

Starlite Productions announces the addition of Dave Adams. "Dave signals a shift in the way Starlite approaches potential clients," says Dean Danowitz, president of Starlite Productions. "We wanted to be able to reach ...

Lectrosonics Now Shipping DNT16i and DNT0212 Audio Processors with Dante

Lectrosonics, a manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, is now shipping the latest new products using the Dante networked audio transport protocol: the DNT16i input processor and the DNT0212 ...

Full Compass Systems Announces 2014 MCA-I Sponsorship

Full Compass Systems announces a 2014 sponsorship agreement with Media Communications Association-International (MCA-I). MCA-I is a long-standing organization of media professionals with a mission of providing opportunities ...

LMG Debuts Redesigned iPhone App

LMG, LLC, a full-service provider of video, audio, and lighting support, announces the launch of the freshly redesigned LMG Media Toolkit app that boasts new features and optimized functionality. ...

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems to Sponsor POD 2014 In Quebec

Le Diplomate Audiovisual is hosting its first two-day Open Door (French Porte Ouverte le Diplomate or POD) event bringing together over 25 audio-visual exhibitors, guest presenters, product demonstrations, conferences, animation, ...

Winter X Games Chooses Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 as Part of a New Integrated Fiber Optics Network

Ed Johnson Audio, designer and contractor of audio systems, is a private company specializing in large events such as the NAB Conventions, Red Bull Events, and the Summer and Winter X Games. Having provided reliable technical ...

Bandit Lights Biggest Winter Jam Ever

When Pollstar announced the ticket sales for the first quarter of 2014, the number one most attended concert wasn't a pop star or a rock god, but instead a tour that makes ministry its main focus. The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, or Winter ...

Vue al-4 Line Array Ends Seven Years of Audio Challenges for Sarasota's Church Of Hope

When Church of Hope opened its new 250,000-sq.-ft. facility in 2007, the vibrant congregation was ecstatic to begin their next chapter. While their rapidly expanding Sarasota, Florida ministry has successfully reached countless thousands ...

Mountain Springs Church Gets New D.A.S. Audio Sound System

With more and more houses of worship incorporating contemporary style services into their worship programs as a means of engaging youth, the ability of the sound reinforcement system to deliver a high level of speech intelligibility and ...

Deltona High School Updates Theater with Allen & Heath GLD Mixer

Deltona High School in Deltona, Florida is a public high school with four specialty academies designed to help prepare students for vocational careers or college education. The school offers a variety of fine arts activities and electives, ...

Theatre in Review: Violet (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre)

Violet Karl is on a pilgrimage, and you could say the same thing about the show that contains her. Violet, the musical, opened at Playwrights Horizons in 1997 with an eye firmly fixed on Broadway; thanks to a not-so-hot Tim ...

Professional Development Program for PLASA Focus: Baltimore Expands

With just over two weeks until the doors open at PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014, organiser PLASA Events has confirmed new exhibitors and seminar speakers. The event is taking place at the Reitz Arena, Loyola University, Maryland on May ...

Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations Announced

The nominations are out for this year's Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring achievement in the New York Theatre. Leading the way with 11 nominations is A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, followed by Aladdin with ...

Legendary Theatrical Designer's Sketches Now Available at The New York Public Library for Performing Arts

The talents of theatrical designer Jo Mielziner helped shape the visual styles of some of the best remembered shows in Broadway history, including Guys & Dolls and Death of a Salesman. Now for the first time, visitors ...

Henry V Conquers Best Lighting Design at Helen Hayes Awards

The Helen Hayes Awards were presented April 21 at a ceremony held at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, where Andrew F. Griffin took home the award for outstanding lighting design, resident production for ...

Avid Presents "VENUE Live Sound Plug-ins" Webinar on May 1

Veteran sound engineer and Avid senior market specialist, Robert Scovill will host a free live sound webinar, "VENUE Live Sound Plug-ins," together with special guest Colin McDowell, founder of McDSP. This webinar will ...

LynTec to Highlight Power Control and Distribution Systems at PLASA Focus: Baltimore 2014

LynTec, a manufacturer of customized electrical power control for professional audio, video, and lighting systems, will highlight its award-winning Remote Power Control Mobile (RPCM) power distribution panel at PLASA Focus: ...

Adamson Systems Promotes David Dohrmann to Technical Director, Asia Pacific

Adamson Systems announces the promotion of David Dohrmann to technical director, Asia Pacific. Previously Dohrmann had been a senior applications engineer based out of Adamson's European headquarters. ...

LumenRadio's Tiny CRMXchip Standard in Astera's SpotMax

LumenRadio announces that their new tiny innovation, the CRMXchip, is now fitted as standard in Astera's latest product, SpotMax, and their forthcoming products. The cooperation between LumenRadio and Astera got off to a ...

Community Announces Millar Electronics as Southeast USA Rep Firm

Community Professional Loudspeakers announces the appointment of Millar Electronics as the company's new sales representative for the Southeast United States. Founded in 1924, the company says Millar Electronics has a focus ...

Kramer's ProScale Digital Scaler/Switchers Have Built-In Mass Notification & Emergency Communication System

Kramer Electronics announces that its newest line of ProScale digital scaler/switchers, the VP-770, VP-771, VP-773, VP-774, VP-773AMP, and VP-774AMP are all equipped with a unique built-in Mass Notification & Emergency Communication ...

Lycian Stage Lighting Introduces New Distributor in Germany

Lycian Stage Lighting has reached agreement with Trendco to be its German distributor.
Trendco, headquartered in Siegen, the company notes, is a well respected entertainment sales organization. ...

Elation Lighting an Addition Not a Distraction for Real Life Church

Since opening in 2006, youth and young adult pastor at Real Life Church in Sacramento, California, Tyler Hagan, has always had a bigger vision for the ministry's lighting, so when the church decided to renovate their sanctuary space ...

Multi-Venue Church Installs Four GLD Mixers

Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, Cokesbury United Methodist Church is one church in three venues, as well as an online ministry that streams worship services on the web. As part of an audio upgrade, the church installed a total of four A ...

Masque Sound Takes Lincoln Center Theater Audiences on a Tour of New York City in Act One

Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, returned to the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center to support sound designer Dan Moses Schreier with a dynamic custom audio equipment ...

Fellowship Bible Church Upgrades to Danley Sound Labs

Fellowship Bible Church in Tacoma, Washington started as a gathering of friends in a living room on July 7, 1977 and grew over the decades that followed to become a beacon in the community. The church moved into its current 750-seat ...

Chauvet Professional's COLORdash Par-Hex 12 Combines Six Colors in Each LED

The new COLORdash Par-Hex 12 from Chauvet Professional is a high-output par-style light that contains 12 10W "Hex" LEDs, each comprised of six colors -- red, green, blue, amber, white, and UV -- for the ultimate versatility in a ...

Mega Systems, Inc. Names Mike Turner Western Regional Sales Manager

Mega Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of lighting, audio, video, and truss products, names Mike Turner as western regional sales manager. In his role, Turner will provide sales services to the company's expanding network of ...

Thinkwell Appoints Amin Rashmani as Director of Business Development, Middle East

Thinkwell Group, a worldwide experience design and production agency specializing in the creation of theme parks, major attractions, events, museums, exhibits, expos, brands, and live shows around the world, announces the ...

Grund Audio Design Announces Updates to GA-2021 Line Array System

Grund Audio Design, a manufacturer of loudspeaker and signal processing products for the audio professional, announces that new Gala Series GA-2021 line array elements are being updated with revised flyware and that a new transport ...

PreSonus Tames the Loudest Hole in Golf

With a history dating back to the 1930s, the Phoenix Open is one of pro golf's most celebrated events. Now known as the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the tournament has hosted some of the biggest names in the game, from Arnold Palmer, Ben ...

Electro-Voice EVA Line-Array Loudspeakers Selected for New Sanctuary at Trinity UMC in Arlington, Texas

For decades, the Trinity United Methodist Church of Arlington, Texas was based in a facility featuring an 800-seat sanctuary and adjoining classrooms. But by 2010 growing attendance at worship services made clear that in the long run a new ...

Nashville Music Club Thrives with Dante Audio Networking

Dante, the media networking solution created by Audinate, has transformed Nashville, Tennessee's legendary 12th and Porter concert venue with a networked state-of-the-art sound system. The world-famous 12th and Porter has ...

Pulsar Collaborates with A.C. Special Projects to Deliver Exterior LED Lighting to Madame Tussauds London

Pulsar Light of Cambridge, UK, (Pulsar) supplied A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) with an energy-efficient, custom color-changing LED lighting solution for the exterior façade of Madame Tussauds London -- one of London's most ...

Imperial Russian Ballet Gets Royal Sound with Renkus-Heinz

In the heart of Slovenia's capital city, Park Tivoli is a lush urban oasis that is home to the renowned International Center of Graphic Arts, as well as the Museum of Contemporary History. The Park is also home to Hala Tivoli, one of the ...

Theatre in Review: Annapurna (The New Group/Theatre Row)

The playwright Sharr White tips his hand in the first moments of Annapurna. The lights come up on the spectacularly cluttered trailer interior designed by Thomas A. Walsh. Nick Offerman, as Ulysses, the ...

Theatre in Review: Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra (Playwrights Horizons)

Kirk Lynn's new play has so many peculiarities that it's hard to pick just one. So let's start at the beginning. Reggie and Carla, a young couple, are playing a sex game; he is blindfolded and she is describing herself in ...

Malcolm Ewen to Receive the Robert Christen Award for Excellence in Technical Collaboration

The Robert Christen Award for Excellence in Technical Collaboration for 2014 will be presented to stage manager Malcolm Ewen. The presentation will be at the Michael Merritt Awards event, Monday, April 21, at The ...

Costume Designer Ann Roth Unveils New Book

The Designs of Ann Roth, a new monograph that the legendary costume designer helped launch at USITT 2014 in Fort Worth, is now available at USITT's online bookstore.
The book, by Holly Poe Durbin and Bonnie Kruger, is the ...

Michael Barczys Joins ALPS as a Lighting Designer

ALPS announces the addition of Michael Barczys to the events department lighting design team.
With over 13 years of lighting design, installation, and programming experience, Barczys has worked with The Metropolitan Opera, ...

Robe Pointes Shine at MIA Awards

The 2013 Music Industry Awards (MIAs) show was staged in Brussels by Flemish national TV channel VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroeporganisatie) in February to honor the best of the lively Belgian music scene. ...

Yellowcard Transitions in Concert with Chauvet Professional

The platinum recording group Yellowcard refuses to be pigeonholed. That's not surprising from a band that was featured in a compilation called "Punk Goes Acoustic." Audiences may love Yellowcard's meshing musical performances -- but some ...

SSL Live Console on the Road with Flogging Molly's Green 17 Tour

When an analogue stalwart front-of-house engineer who's known to eschew digital consoles finally finds one that meets his standards -- it's a milestone. Flogging Molly is named for their inauspicious start playing Molly Malone's Pub in Los ...

XL Video is The One for HTC Events

XL Video has recently supplied LED and plasma screens and control for two separate events for Taiwanese global technology brand HTC -- the first was for their exhibition stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, followed ...

WYSIWYG Perfects Lighting on Multi-size Stages at Swedish Melodifestivalen

The award-winning WYSIWYG previsualization suite from CAST Software of Toronto, Canada played a crucial role in the recent six-week tour of Melodifestivalen 2014, the annual Swedish song contest that yields Sweden's song that ...

Heil Sound Enlists RecruitMilitary

When Heil Sound president, Sarah Heil, needed to expand their employee base, she went where she knew strong, loyal, hard-working people would be -- the military. Heil decided to partner with RecruitMilitary, a firm ...

Theatre in Review: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Circle in the Square)

Audra McDonald has given us so many splendid things over the course of her career, yet none of them prepares one for the shock of seeing her as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. The conceit of Lanie ...

Theatre in Review: The Mysteries (Flea Theatre)

Consider the following statement from the program bio of Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, director of The Mysteries: "As founding artistic director of [the theatre company] Exit, Pursued by a Bear (EPBB), he has served over 11 ...

Sennheiser's Integrated Systems Division Appoints New Area Sales Managers

Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that it has made two appointments in its integrated systems division. Effective immediately, Charlie Jones and Phil Rossi have each been appointed area sales managers, integrated ...

Elation to Sponsor Seminar for Young Lighting Designers by Jonathan Smeeton

Elation Professional announces it is sponsoring a free presentation by renowned lighting designer Jonathan Smeeton aimed at university level and other aspiring lighting designers. The instructional seminar, titled "Lighting ...

Pathway Connectivity Partners with Design College to Help Advance Student's Lighting Design Skills

Pathway Connectivity and Parsons The New School for Design -- one of the most prestigious art and design universities in the world -- established a partnership to advance students' appreciation for the role lighting can play in ...

LynTec to Exhibit at InfoComm 2014

LynTec will exhibit at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada June 18 - 20 in booth C8725.
Featured on the booth will be a new version of the Remote Power Controller (RPC). LynTec's Remote Power Controller (RPC) series panel ...

Pete's Big TVs Rocks 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Video equipment rental company Pete's Big TVs supplied the high resolution LED video panels and a video tech crew for the 29th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, ...

Robe "Rides the Rig" at Houston Rodeo

Sixty Robe Robin Pointes and five Robe Robin DLS Profile fixtures "rode the rig" at the 2014 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas throughout the month of March.
Locally-based LD Systems ...

Excision Tours with Clay Paky Lighting Fixtures

DJ and dubstep producer Excision, the champion of bass music and sensory overload, has begun his 2014 tour of the US and Canada with Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20- LED-based moving lights and a cadre of Sharpys. ...

Great Sound is in the Can at Pepsi Center with Harman's BSS Audio, Crown, and JBL Professional

Known to Denver denizens as "The Can," the 20,000-plus capacity Pepsi Center is home of the NBA Denver Nuggets, NHL Colorado Avalanche, and the National Lacrosse League Colorado Mammoth, and is also host to concerts and special events. The ...

XL Video Sees Tomorrow with Bombay Bicycle Club

XL Video supplied projection and Catalyst control for the recent UK tour by quirky and interesting indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club, which kicked off their So Long See You Tomorrow album campaign and world tour. ...

iGAD Productions Chooses ECS-Raptor from HRS Control and Lightware HDMI Matrix Router for Exactech Exhibit

ECS-Raptor from HRS Control, a UDC pro embedded control server, played a key role in the Exactech exhibit at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery's (AAOS) 2014 annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...

The Stockholm Concert Hall Upgrades Lighting with GDS

One of the last examples of neo-classical architecture in Sweden, The Stockholm Concert Hall was designed by Ivar Tengbom and completed in 1926. Sited near Hotorget Square, the building's monumental facade cuts an impressive figure with ...

Theatre in Review: The Mystery of Irma Vep (Red Bull Theatre/Lucille Lortel Theatre)

Once more, darkness falls on Mandacrest. Fog creeps in. Wolves howl in the distance. Bursts of thunder and lightning shatter the calm. The stage is set for murder, mayhem, and some of the hammiest acting you've ever seen. Yes, The ...

Exhibitors Gear Up For PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014

As PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014 fast approaches, exhibitors are preparing to fill the show floor with the latest entertainment technology. Having grown its reputation over the last five years, the north of England edition of PLASA ...

Elation Expands Rayzor Series with Powerful New Rayzor Beam 2R

Combining technology from Elation Professional's successful Platinum and Rayzor series of professional moving heads comes the Rayzor Beam 2R, a small and speedy beam luminaire with an intense and extremely narrow long-throw beam ...

Chauvet Professional's Q-Wash 419Z LED Moving Head

Chauvet Professional is introducing the Q-Wash 419Z LED, a high-output RGBW moving head wash fixture that provides the power and design tools to adapt to a wide range of projects -- including a flexible 7 - 25 degree zoom -- ...

PixelFLEX Adds FLEXLite to Growing Line of LED Screens

LED screen manufacturer PixelFLEX is introducing another product in its diverse, growing line of LED video screens with the addition of the FLEXLite LED tile. Available in both indoor and outdoor options, FLEXLite is designed for ...

Peyroux Journeys Through The Blue Room with Sennheiser

Jazz singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux is currently on tour throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Far East, and the US to promote her sixth and latest album, The Blue Room. Peyroux is a genre-blending singer who fuses ...

4Wall Provides Lighting and Crew for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama Celebration

4Wall Nashville recently sent lighting gear and crew south to Huntsville to shine light on an important celebration for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama (TMMAL): the first V6 engine for the Highlander produced at the plant. ...

Shure Axient Wins Big at Home of the Denver Broncos

On the field, the Denver Broncos had a record-breaking season with milestones that included more points and more touchdowns scored than any other team in NFL history. From an audio standpoint, the 2013 - 2014 NFL season was just as ...

Harman's Martin Professional Lights Up the Stage for the Arnold Sports Festival 2014

Having worked with the Arnold Sports Festival as its exclusive provider of lighting and staging systems for over 20 years, Live! Technologies recently took the show to a new level with an array of lighting elements from Harman' ...

First Alliance Church Takes Massive Leap Forward with Harman's Soundcraft Vi6 Console

The First Alliance Church in Calgary is home to a 75-year-old sanctuary that seats 1,700 people. The size of its congregation, combined with the various styles of music and dynamic worship services, prompted technical director of ...

Monitor Engineer Daniel Gonzales Chooses Waves Plugins to Mix Monitors for Beyoncé

Monitor Engineer Daniel Gonzales is part of a growing trend of live audio professionals turning to tools from Waves Audio when working with some of the biggest names in music. Gonzales has been using the Waves Mercury and SSL ...

XL Video Introduces New US CEO at New York Event

XL Video, global provider of video solutions for the live events industry, has introduced the new CEO for their US operation, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
At an event in New York on Monday evening, April 14, Rene De ...

GLP US Expands with New West Coast Sales Manager

GLP US Inc. announces the appointment of Greville Kellett to the position of west coast sales manager within the company.
Originally from the UK, Greville moved to the US a number of years ago, settling in California. He ...

LMG Takes Delivery of L-Acoustics K2 Series

LMG, LLC, a full-service provider of video, audio, and lighting support, recently added the L-Acoustics K2 line array speaker system to the firm's audio inventory to support the firm's corporate event and concert touring ...

Music Group's New Eurocom Pricing Improves Integrators' Bottom Line

Music Group announces a new pricing schedule for their Eurocom commercial audio products. The ultra-competitive plan provides greatly-enhanced margins on the company's comprehensive line of permanent install loudspeakers, power ...

RATstands' New Website Embraces 21st Century Web Technology

Professional and amateur musicians around the globe will be delighted to hear that UK music stand suppliers RATstands have re-launched their website with a new user-friendly facility in order to make choosing musical accessories ...

ALPS Creates New Rigging Specialist Position

ALPS has recently appointed Ethan Gilson to a newly created position as the company's rigging specialist. An ETCP Certified Rigger and Recognized trainer, Gilson has been with the company since 1999, where he worked a ...

4Wall Partners with Hemsley Lighting Programs

For the 10th anniversary of the Hemsley Lighting Portfolio Review in New York on March 15 - 16, 4Wall New York once again hosted an automated lighting seminar and a manufacturers showcase. The annual event held at Lincoln ...

Robe Highlights All Time Low

Popular American punk pop band All Time Low recently took the UK by storm on their latest A Love Like tour, and part of the wow factor for their energy-fueled performances was the lighting design created by Boston-based lighting ...

Elation LED Tape Accentuates Jon Secada Set at Wynn's Encore Theater

LED tape may not get the attention that high beam moving heads or flashy LED backdrops enjoy, but it certainly has its place on live sets as a visually important -- and highly cost effective -- decorative element. Take Grammy award-winning ...

Ontario Ice Rink Project Benefits from BroadWeigh Wireless Load Monitoring

Mantracourt announces that their BroadWeigh wireless load monitoring system has recently been employed for the safe installation of a large overhead multi-screen display system at an ice rink in North Bay, Canada. ...

CRM Studios Gains Efficiency with HRS Control's UDC AJA Gang Control

Dallas, Texas-based video production company CRM Studios is using HRS Control's AJA Gang Control features for its Universal Device Controller Software (UDC) to gain efficiency working with AJA Ki Pro Rack recorders on Glenn ...

Chimerica Sweeps Design Categories at Olivier Awards

The Olivier awards were presented April 13 at a ceremony held at London's Royal Opera House, with Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica, a portrait of a photojournalist in search of the subject of his most iconic picture, taking home ...

LED Screen Manufacturer PixelFLEX to Make PLASA Focus Debut with Three Products

PixelFLEX, a provider of flexible and lightweight LED video screens, will be making its PLASA Focus debut at the 2014 Baltimore trade show with three of its most popular products.
Displays for the 3.75mm FLEXTile, 8mm ...

The Seventh Knight of Illumination Awards Has Lift Off

It's that time of the year again -- the seventh Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has launched and already the entries are flying in for Television and Concert Touring and Events. 2014 will see yet another celebration of talented ...

WorldStage Lighting Package Sparks Fred Bock's Design for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

When Jimmy Fallon assumed the role of host of the iconic Tonight Show it meant more than a change in the man behind the desk. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon now originates from 30 Rockefeller Center where lighting ...

Harmony - A New Musical Captivates LA Audiences with Sound System from Masque Sound

When sound designers David Patridge and John Shivers returned for the second run of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's Harmony - A New Musical, they once again turned to Masque Sound, a theatrical sound ...

Iluminarc Ilumipod 7 IP Helps Viva Toro "Change Moods" As Evening Progresses

Everyone feels right at home when they visit Brooklyn's Viva Toro; it doesn't matter if they want to sit down to a Sunday family dinner, take a wild ride on the borough's only mechanical bull, or dance the night away to the latest Latin ...

Opera Universitaria Goes High-Class with IC Live

The Opera Universitaria di Trento in Trento, Italy, recently completed construction of its new student union, a modern building that is home to housing and financial offices, as well as fitness facilities including one of the country's ...

XL Video Projects for 2014 Redken European Symposium

XL Video supplied media server mapping and control plus side screens to producers Zibrant LIVE! for the opening show and various other live performance sessions staged throughout the three day 2014 Redken European Symposium ...

E & E Systems Chooses Community for Puma Club

E & E Systems (India) Pvt Ltd has designed and installed a Community loudspeaker system for the Puma Social Club in Indiranagar, Bangalore, operated by the world leading sports brand of the same name. India's third most ...

Danley Sound Labs Hosts Training Sessions for International Distributors

Danley Sound Labs, manufacturer of loudspeaker and subwoofer solutions for high SPL applications, hosted an ongoing series of training sessions for its growing team of international distributors. Key members of Finnish distributor

Britannia Row Chooses Turbosound's Flashline for a Thousand Young Voices

Britannia Row Productions once again chose Turbosound's Flashline line array speaker system in January this year as the main sound reinforcement for the annual tour of Young Voices, a series of concerts featuring a full band ...

Clay Paky at Circus Roncalli

When Bernhard Paul and André Heller founded Circus Roncalli in 1975, they certainly did not expect to reach such great success. Their first tour began with a world premiere in Bonn on 18 May 1976. Over the years, Circus Roncalli has always ...

Theatre in Review: The Library (Public Theater)

In The Library, a high school sophomore survives a Columbine-type tragedy only to find herself a defendant in the court of public opinion. Caitlin Gabriel was in the library, studying with a friend, when an intruder entered ...

Elation Expands Platinum Series with Versatile Platinum Wash 16R Pro

Elation Professional has expanded its Platinum Series of high-powered, energy-efficient moving heads with the launch of the Platinum Wash 16R Pro, a low wattage yet high-output moving head luminaire that can be flexibly used as ...

Shane and Shane Launch Ambitious Worship Initiative Project with Aviom A360 Personal Mixers

Popular worship musicians Shane and Shane have been using Aviom personal mixers on stage and in the studio for more than eight years and have just recently started using Aviom's new A360 personal mixers. Shane and Shane are ...

Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer -- Bob Moog Exhibition Debuts

The History Center in Tompkins County, New York, in partnership with the Bob Moog Foundation, announces the opening of the exhibition "Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer."
Illustrating the story of Dr. Robert Moog ...

Robe Pointes Provide Perfect Match at Baya'ar Venue

Israel's leading wedding venue Baya'ar (in the Woods) set in lush and beautiful woodland in Hadera about 30 minutes' drive north of Tel Aviv, has always prided itself in offering the best possible environment and production values for its ...

Upstage Video Shines at the 2014 Bassmaster Classic

For the fourth year in a row, Upstage Video partnered with Tallahassee, Florida's Production Support Group to provide LED screens and scenic elements for the Bassmaster Classic Bass Fishing Tournament. This year's event took ...

Cathedral of Faith Deploys Countryman for Clear, Natural Audio

Engaging the congregation in order to make services relevant in this age of shortened attention spans and instant gratification is a challenge all houses of worship encounter. Of particular importance, if the audience can't understand what' ...

Lighting Designer Ira Levy Selects Clay Paky Fixtures for H&M Flagship Store in Times Square

When Swedish retail giant H&M opened its newest US flagship store in Times Square, lighting designer Ira Levy selected Clay Paky Sharpy and A.leda Wash K10 LED-based lights to enhance the store's futuristic, high-tech look.

Meyer Sound LEO is "Dynamite for Every Show" on Hedley Canadian Tour

The multiplatinum-selling pop-rock band Hedley is in the midst of their cross-continent Wild Live tour of Canada supported by a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system. Supplied by Richmond, British ...

Projection Studio Collects Second Guinness World Record

Projection and video artist Ross Ashton collected his second Guinness World Record, this one for the "Largest Card Illusion Reveal" which took place at the 2014 e-Luminate Festival in Cambridge, UK and was a collaboration with ...

Martin Professional Exterior 400 Image Projectors Create A Unique Fireworks Simulation at Russian Airport

As part of a Russian program devoted to the modernization of transportation infrastructure, the newly built Belgorod Airport was constructed to be one of the most attractive and convenient hubs in Russia's Central Black Earth Region. In ...

Theatre in Review: The Threepenny Opera (Atlantic Theatre Company)

Martha Clarke's new production of The Threepenny Opera got mixed-to-negative reviews, but this may not mean much, because The Threepenny Opera always seems to get mixed reviews. This is partly because everyone has a ...

Theatre in Review: The Realistic Joneses (Lyceum Theatre)

The characters in The Realistic Joneses apparently live in a small town on the edge of a woods, but, ontologically speaking, they dwell in the middle of nowhere, a bleak, mysterious place where the future looks grim and meaning is ...

Hitachi Unveils CP-WU13K DLP Projector

Delivering a 3G SDI-ready projector with a dynamic feature set and broadcast capability, Hitachi America, Digital Media Division, Business Solutions Group is introducing its Professional Series CP-WU13K DLP projector. The Hitachi CP ...

ProTapes Names Dennis Mirabella A&E Director

ProTapes & Specialties announces the promotion of Dennis Mirabella to director of its Arts & Entertainment business unit. Mirabella has been a key contributor to the ProTapes' team for 32 years, serving in a variety of roles, the ...

High End Systems Announces Network-Capable HedgeHog4

Following the HedgeHog 4 launch, at LDI 2013, High End Systems has further broadened its Hog 4 family with the addition of the HedgeHog 4N. This version adds the ability for the popular compact platform to network with all other Hog ...

NAB 2014: Christie Joins HDBaseT Alliance, Unveils New HDBaseT-enabled Projectors

Christie has joined HDBaseT Alliance and integrated the technology into its Q series projectors.
HDBaseT enables all-in-one connectivity between HD video sources and remote displays through a single 100m CAT5e/6 cable, delivering ...

VMP Features New 19" Equipment Rack Enclosures at 2014 InfoComm

Video Mount Products, a provider of mounting solutions for the commercial, security, residential, and pro audio/video markets will feature its new 19" Equipment Rack Enclosure (EREN) series at InfoComm 2014, held in Las Vegas from ...

Gary Burrows Appointed New Project Manager for PTB

Push The Button Ltd (PTB), the specialist electrical contractor for the entertainment industry, has appointed Gary Burrows as project manager.
Burrows joins the core PTB team of managing director Nick Ewins, ...

Stardraw.com Achieves 700th Manufacturer for Stardraw Design 7

Software provider Stardraw.com has recently achieved a significant milestone with the addition of the 700th manufacturer to the library of its award-winning design and documentation software, Stardraw Design 7. ...

Robe is Amazing on 2014 Eesti Laul Show in Tallinn

The final of the 2014 Eesti Laul "The Song of Estonia" competition selected the country's entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest to be held in May and was lit by Rene Johve of creative design practice Cuu Club working ...

Masque Sound Charms Audiences for Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

When Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's enduringly popular musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat embarked on its 2014 US tour on March 4, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and ...

Gefen Launches New Business Strategy

Gefen, the digital connectivity solutions company of Nortek Inc., launched its business with a strengthened and revitalized business strategy. Gefen's transformative evolution includes an enhanced product development process ...

TED2014 Speaks Up with DPA Microphones

Heard by thousands of people through live audiences, simulcasts, webcasts, and recordings and millions more through online video engines, the annual TED Conference requires gear that matches its prestige. With discussions that address a ...

4Wall DC Helps Colonial Players Prepare for Bat Boy

The Colonial Players, Inc., an all-volunteer non-profit community theatre organization in its 65th season, recently turned to 4Wall DC for assistance in selecting moving lighting fixtures for its upcoming production of Bay Boy ...

Microh Group Appoints Showtech US Distributor

Microh Group, supplier of professional lighting and trussing, has appointed Showtech Distributors as distributor for the US market for its Microh Pro, Microh DJ, Motion Screens, and Tour Truss product lines. ...

ADJ Releases Event Bar Q4

Forever traversing the realms of innovation, ADJ says it has taken the idea of RGB one step further, adding white to make the Event Bar Q4 a highly-versatile four-head X-Y bar pin-spot system. Its 10W CREE quad-color (RGBW: four-in ...

TC Furlong Takes QL On Demonstration Road Show

Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems will demonstrate its new Yamaha QL Series Digital Consoles in the Midwest, hosted by TC Furlong. Events are free.
The first demonstration will take place from 4:30pm - 7:00pm, Wednesday, ...

d&b audiotechnik at USITT

d&b audiotechnik's USITT stand featured two major elements this year. The first was the new D80 amplifier, a 21st century response to the technological expectations of the digital era and the xC-Series, comprising the very latest ...

LED Source Creates Custom LED Lighting Solution for Meizhou Dongpo's Inaugural US Restaurant

LED lighting is turning ceilings and walls into expressive canvases of color, as LED Source, the North American LED lighting solutions provider, proved in Century City for Meizhou Dongpo's first restaurant in the United States. ...

ArKaos PRO Masters Prolight+Sound 2014

Representatives from ArKaos PRO say the company is extremely happy with the exposure it received at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt. "The number and quality of the visitors to the stand was excellent, and we couldn't have asked for a ...

Chauvet Professional MVP 12 Video Panels Make Statement With Steve Angello At Miami Music Week

Steve Angello and the Swedish House Mafia have made a habit of breaking barriers, not just with the raging creativity of its music but also with its choice of concert venues. Never one to limit itself to big halls, SHM preferred ...

Arup and McCune Reinforce Vancouver TED2014 Conference with Meyer Sound M'elodie

For its 30th anniversary, the TED conference moved from its long-time Long Beach location to a custom-built, 1,200-seat theatre at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Canada. Luminaries participating at the five-day event included Sting, ...

Elation On The Road For Brit Floyd Discovery World Tour

Currently touring North America with a rig of Elation Professional lighting that includes Platinum Beam 5R and Design Spot 1200C moving heads, Brit Floyd's Discovery is a stunning three-hour musical journey that recreates the ...

Scenic Designer Akiko Nishijima Uses Rose Brand Kaos in Set Design for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Set designer Akiko Nishijima Rotch's used Rose Brand's Kaos -- a firm, nonwoven, handmade substrate with unique visual and textural properties -- in her set design for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, playing at both the Perseverance ...

Bandit Clients Win Big At ACM Awards

Several clients from Bandit Lites won big at The Academy of Country Music Awards this past Thursday. Millions of fans watched from around the world as hosts Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton brought out the southern charm and delightful ...

Epson Large Venue Projectors Showcased at Silicon Valley Contemporary Art Show

Epson has partnered with Silicon Valley Contemporary (SVC) to provide 3-chip 3LCD large venue projectors for The Moving Image Experience curated by Paul Young, director of Young Projects gallery, Los Angeles. The ...

Line 6 Turns Atlanta's Tin Roof Acoustic Showdown Into a Dream Stage

Atlanta musician Ian Schumacher professes to be a performer by trade, but it's clear that he has a bit of organizer/promoter in his DNA as well. Nothing else explains how he pulled together a cool weekly venue, a state-of-the-art Line 6< ...

Graton Casino Wins With Sophisticated AV

Graton Casino, located north of San Francisco, is a 340,000 sq. ft. venue which includes 3,000 slots and 144 gaming tables, a poker room, a high limit room, several restaurants, a food court, and themed bars that feature live bands and DJs ...

Theatre in Review: The Heir Apparent (Classic Stage Company)

Theatre in Review: The Heir Apparent (Classic Stage Company) David Ives continues his bid to be the hot new playwright of the 17th century with The Heir Apparent . A couple of seasons ago, The School for Lies, ...

Theatre in Review: Bullets Over Broadway (St. James Theatre)

In Bullets Over Broadway, Woody Allen and Susan Stroman have conspired to produce the big, splashy, stylish old-school musical that every season needs. By and large, they have succeeded, with one proviso: This is ...

Apply by April 18 for USITT Elite Training in Vegas

The deadline is approaching to apply for USITT's 2014 Elite Training weekend at the Cirque du Soleil Training Center in Las Vegas May 29 - 31.
Applications are being accepted through April 18.
Elite Training is a unique ...

ETC Expands Rigging Family of Products

As performance venues upgrade old counter-weight rigging systems with safer and more efficient motorized rigging systems, ETC Rigging dedicates time and resources in developing automated hoist technology that is reliable, versatile, ...

Sennheiser Updates Customers on Pending Spectrum Reallocation

Audio specialist Sennheiser, which continues to file comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in light of the pending spectrum auction scheduled to take place in 2015, has launched a website to keep its ...

DPA Microphones Presents Live Solutions at the 2014 NAB Show

DPA Microphones will showcase updates to its range of live microphone options at the 2014 NAB Show in booth C3333, in Las Vegas. Among the updates on display are enhancements to its superior d:dicate Recording Microphone range, ...

Laserworld Launches BeamNET -- More than Laser Light, More than an Effect

Laserworld recently published their new BeamNET Series. Unlike previous show laser lights, the BeamNET units are pure effect solutions without beam deflection, but as extra strong single beam units. Two models with single beam ...

Harman's Studer A-Link Interface and Artel DigiLink Platform Join Forces

Harman's Studer and Artel Video Systems today announce that Artel's DigiLink platform has been successfully deployed to transport Studer A-Link audio data streams across fiber infrastructure. Using Artel's fiber transport ...

Grass Valley Introduces New Robotic Camera System

Grass Valley, a Belden brand, announces the launch of three RS-LDX integrated robotic camera solutions: the RS-LDX Elite, the RS-LDX Première, and the RS-LDX WorldCam. The new cameras are ideal for studio, newsroom, or live ...

Eighteen Sound Offers XG10 Line Source Waveguide

Eighteen Sound announces the release of the XG10 line source waveguide with a one-inch throat entry. The product was recently on display at the Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, Germany last month. ...

Robe Announces Technical Partnership with RADA

Robe Lighting announces it is working with London's world-famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), supplying technical equipment and resources.
The arrangement was driven by Josef Valchar Robe s.r.o.'s CEO, Ash ...

Elation DW Fresnel and DW Profile Dynamic White Light LED

The new DW Fresnel and DW Profile from Elation Professional are excellent choices when variable white light is required in broadcast or theatre environments. Their soft, flicker-free output is easily adjustable from warm white ...

Chauvet Professional's Nexus Comes Through at SXSW

Sometimes the most inspired results are unplanned. Such was the case on Thursday March 13 for lighting designer Cory Fitzgerald, production manager Michael Alegretto, and Todd Roberts of Visions Lighting in Brea, ...

3G Productions Supports Marc Anthony in the Round at Barclays Center

Marc Anthony recently capped off a series of successful engagements at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, the Mohegan Sun Arena, and Prudential Center with a triumphant Valentine's Day weekend performance in the round at Barclays Center in ...

Theatre in Review: Heathers (New World Stages)

When did the musical theatre become a charnel house? I mean, really, people: I remember when Oklahoma! was known as the rare musical in which someone is killed. Sweeney Todd was quite the shocker in 1979, what with all those ...

Robe Lighting Appoints John McDowell as Central Region US Sales Manager

Czech Republic-based lighting manufacturer Robe Lighting has appointed John McDowell as regional sales manager of the central United States, effective April 7.
McDowell, based in Austin, Texas, was most recently with ...

DPA Microphones Unveils Latest d:screet Miniature Necklace and d:fine Headset Microphones at NAB

DPA Microphones introduces its very latest in headset and miniature microphone technology at the 2014 NAB Show in booth C3333. Included in the introductions are the new d:screet omnidirectional miniature necklace microphone, ...

Sennheiser Supports Dante