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  EPS Joins 2024 NATEAC as Platinum Sponsor
Erin Grabe, ESTA executive director, announces EPS as a platinum sponsor of NATEAC (the North American Theatre Engineering Architecture Conference). NATEAC, the unique quadrennial conference that brings together innovative, ...
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Epson to Illustrate Power of High Impact Experiences Through High-Resolution Displays at InfoComm 2024
Epson announces it will demonstrate the power of high impact displays with its new large venue 4K 3-chip 3LCD laser projector lineup at InfoComm 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada from June 12-14 in Booth #W1800. The popularity of large, ...
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LEA Professional Returns to InfoComm 2024 to Showcase Connect Series Touch Wall Controller and More
LEA Professional returns to InfoComm 2024 to showcase its extensive technology catalog, featuring intelligent IT solutions, DSP, and smart power management. In keeping with the promise of continually listening to its customer's ...
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The Outsiders Rolls with the Punches and PRG on Broadway
Originally published as a novel nearly six decades ago, S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders tackles teenage angst and isolation. The book became a best-seller, publishing over 15 million copies for generations of teenagers who found ...
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L-Acoustics L Series and L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound Team Up to Create the World of The Outsiders
When it was first published in 1967, S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel, The Outsiders, struck a chord with readers with its gritty-yet-tender tale of social and familial upheaval, aptly articulated by an author who was, ...
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SJ Grevett and DMX Productions Create Varied Looks for MOBO Awards with Chauvet Professional
"From the moment you approached Utilita Arena, you could feel the excitement and energy in the air." That's how one journalist described the 26th annual MOBO Awards. True enough -- but the magical mood was even more transformative inside ...
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In Memoriam: Delbert Unruh
The noted scenographer and educator Delbert Unruh died on May 8. He was 83.
Born in Glendive, Montana, Unruh worked on his family farm before attending the University of Montana where he developed a passion for theatre. In ...
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ADJ to Showcase Solutions For Today's AVL Professional at InfoComm 2024
Taking place next month in Las Vegas, InfoComm is the largest and most comprehensive professional audiovisual trade show in North America. ADJ, together with sister company Avante Audio, will use the event to showcase a diverse ...
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MSolutions Redefines Meeting Room Integration with Docking Extender at InfoComm 2024
MSolutions returns to InfoComm with its new docking extender solution, designed to simplify installation and consolidate all video, audio, and data signals through a single USB-C cable. The new MS-63DOC Docking Extender redefines ...
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Powersoft Brings New Products to InfoComm 2024
Powersoft will make waves in Las Vegas by showcasing its new Unica maritime certification kit, its Verso cloud gateway, MyUniverso cloud platform, and new low-power Unica models at InfoComm 2024 (June 8-14). ...
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Bandit Lites System Captivates on STARSET Immersion Tour
Cinematic rock band STARSET transported fans to interstellar heights, blending celestial visuals with cosmic sounds on their Immersion Tour. Bandit Lites supplied a lighting system for the pioneers of the modern rock ...
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Luna Luna Forgotten Fantasy Revived with Adamson
Luna Luna, Forgotten Fantasy was the brainchild of Viennese artist André Heller, who conceptualized an art amusement park and opened it in Hamburg, Germany in 1987. This unique park featured rides and attractions designed by ...
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In Memoriam: Craig Burross
Craig Burross, chief sales officer at Robe Lighting, Inc. (the US entity of the well-known Czech lighting manufacturer), has died. He was 61. The cause of death, which occurred on a business trip to Las Vegas, is unknown. He was in ...
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FOR-A Highlights Turnkey LED Video Wall System from Strategic Partner Alfalite at Infocomm 2024
At InfoComm 2024 this year, FOR-A will show an all-in-one LED video wall system designed for large-format art display within corporations, government agencies, universities, entertainment venues, shopping malls, and hotels. FOR-A is ...
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CAS Exhibition Partners Choose Elation KL PAR FC for Stand Lighting
In late April, CAS Exhibition Partners of the Netherlands took delivery of 250 KL PAR FC LED PAR lights from Elation for use in the leading exhibition contractor's many ...
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Sapsis Rigging Shines at the Met Gala
Sapsis Rigging continued its long-standing relationship with the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art by providing rigging services for the 2024 Met Gala. For over 20 years Sapsis Rigging has hung the scenery, lighting, and décor ...
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DraftKings Sportsbook "Cascades" tvONE CORIOmaster2 Processors to Feed Huge Video Walls
DraftKings' new "first-of-its-kind" Sportsbook facility has opened in Scottsdale, Arizona, featuring 3,400 sq. ft. of video walls driven by two tvONE CORIOmaster2 video processors. For the first time ever, two powerful CORIOmaster2 ...
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Robe ESPRITES for TES Christchurch
TES (Technical Event Solutions) is a full production service and rental company based in Christchurch, the leafy and relaxed capital of New Zealand's South Island, and they were the first such enterprise to invest in Robe ESPRITE ...
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Stage Collapses in Mexico, Killing Nine
Several news outlets are reporting a stage accident in Mexico yesterday. At an event near Monterrey featuring the presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez, the stage collapsed, following a gust of wind. Nine people were killed and 121 ...
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Madonna's Celebration Tour Concludes in Rio for 1.6 Million Fans Featuring an L-Acoustics Sound System
"Madonna is a creature of comfort and habit, so the first and foremost challenge of mixing her sound is to recreate her experience exactly, night to night, venue to venue, on every stage. That's where L-Acoustics made all the ...
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HEAR Expands Team of Live Broadcast Music Specialists with Rob Macomber
HEAR (Harris-Elff Audio Resources), innovative leaders in the field of audio recording and music mixing for live broadcast, announce the addition of Rob Macomber to their team of forward-thinking specialists. In addition to ...
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Creating Candy at Coachella for Jon Batiste with Shepherd Lowrey, CHAUVET Professional and SLX
Describing Jon Batiste's uplifting appearance at Coachella's Outdoor Theatre in a few words is as impossible as applying a single label to the festival itself. Even by the standards of an event famous for its soaring diversity and ...
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Ayrton Lights Up the Ivory Coast in Abidjan Exhibition Center
Located in Port-Bouet on the Atlantic coast of West Africa's Côte d'Ivoire, the Abidjan Exhibition Center is the largest exhibition center in West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, with a capacity of 6,000-seated and 10,000 standing. ...
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Robe ESPRITES Rock Melbourne Fashion Festival
The 2024 PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival celebrated some of the best of Australian fashion design, imagination, style and flair, with a main showspace at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne -- recognized by the UNESCO World ...
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Two Very Different Churches Select NEXO Line Array Systems
In the space of just over a month, Salem, Oregon-based church sound specialists Alpha Sound have designed and installed NEXO GEO M6 line array systems in two houses of worship: Salem Heights, a gospel-centered church with ...
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Disguise Launches New Generation of EX Media Servers to Power the Future of Entertainment
Disguise has announced the next evolution of its hardware solutions with the launch of the new generation of EX media servers, following the recently launched RX III real-time render node, opening up even wider access to the world' ...
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1300+ Elation Lights Dazzle Coachella 2024
Elation lighting has long been a staple of Coachella shows, and this year's edition of Southern California's premier music festival was no exception, with the event awash in cutting-edge Elation lighting technology. The newly ...
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Brown Note Productions Expands Inventory with Ayrton Rivale and Debuts Them on Back-to-Back Red Rocks Dates
Brown Note Productions, the Denver-area company specializing in 360º full-service production for concerts, tours, music festivals, and special events, has invested in 150 Ayrton Rivale Profiles. The new fixtures were ...
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Modulo Pi's Media Servers Illuminate Let's Glow SF Festival of Lights
USA's largest holiday projection event, Let's Glow SF, returned to San Francisco from December 1 - 10 for its third edition.
Every day from 5:00 - 10:00pm, the façades of downtown San Francisco's most iconic buildings were transformed ...
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Milton De La Cruz Makes Light Waves at Petronio Alvarez Festival with CHAUVET Professional
The Petronio Alvarez festival, affectionately called "El Petronio," has no trouble making news. A signature event in Cali, Colombia, the six-day celebration of music, food, and culture, draws over a half-million people to the city's la ...
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Christie Inspire Series Laser Projectors Preferred Choice of Local Churches
Christie shares that its Inspire Series 1DLP laser projectors have been widely installed in over 20 places of worship across Ontario, Canada. Specified and integrated by Christie partner Horizon Solutions, Inspire Series ...
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Just Add Power Makes New Investment in Its Sustainability Mission
Just Add Power, an AV-over-IP distribution provider, announces the company has taken another step in its overall sustainability mission by adding solar power panels to its headquarters in Seminole, Florida. ...
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Sphere XO Student Design Challenge Marks the First Time the Public Will Choose What Appears On The Exosphere
Sphere Entertainment Co. announces that public voting is now open in the Sphere XO Student Design Challenge. This marks two noteworthy firsts for the venue -- both the first time the general public will have a say in what appears ...
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Theatre in Review: The Hours are Feminine (INTAR)
In his program note, the Puerto Rican playwright José Rivera calls The Hours are Feminine "this lost, realistic, almost old-school play that contained little of the sexy, so-called 'magic realism' I was best known for ...
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Meyer Sound Welcomes Mark Mayfield as Director of Cinema Sound Marketing
Meyer Sound welcomes Mark Mayfield as director of cinema marketing. In this newly created role, Mayfield will drive Meyer Sound's strategic expansion in the cinema market, reaffirming the company's position at the forefront ...
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Marina Di Pancrazio Joins Solotech as VP, Business Development, Global Media and Entertainment Technologies
Solotech announces the appointment of Marina Di Pancrazio as vice president, business development and global media and entertainment technologies, starting May 21, 2024.
Di Pancrazio is a Toronto-based media and ...
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EAW Adds New Subwoofer to Support NTX Series Products at InfoComm 2024
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) debuts its new SBX118F 1 x 18" Powered Arrayable Subwoofer at the 2024 InfoComm Show (Booth #C9149 and in its demo room, N117). This new subwoofer can be used to enhance any EAW full-range enclosure ...
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LD Ben Jarrett Uses X-Laser Fixtures to Create Big Arena Looks for Beartooth
A common test for any professional lighting designer is to create an impactful show no matter the size of the venue. Whether a small club or massive stadium, effective lighting energizes the audience, expresses the band's artistry and ...
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TT+ Audio GTX PA Makes Waves at JEEP BEACH 2024, Daytona Speedway
TT+ Audio's GTX PA system took center stage at JEEP BEACH 2024, transforming Daytona Speedway into a sonic haven for Jeep enthusiasts and music lovers alike. JEEP BEACH, known as the quintessential gathering for Jeep aficionados, ...
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4Wall Energizes Detroit Lions New Uniform Reveal with 113 Chauvet Professional Fixtures
Detroit Lions fans were a patient bunch while their team suffered through years of losing football. But last season, they finally had something to celebrate as their resurgent hometown heroes came within one game of making the Super Bowl. < ...
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KLANG and DiGiCo Assure No Limits on Church Unlimited's Monitoring
"Pretty much any time the church staff calls me up and asks if we can do this or can we do that, the answer I can always give them is, 'Yes!'" says Parker Gann, system engineer at MessengerAVL, the Conyers, Georgia-based integration ...
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Theatre in Review: The Fires (Soho Rep)
Off Broadway these days, things come in threes: Monday saw the opening of Three Houses, a tripartite musical about COVID lockdown; now comes The Fires, set in a Brooklyn apartment that is a temporal triplex inhabited ...
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Lectrosonics Appoints Gordon Moore as Chairman of the Board
Lectrosonics announces the appointment of Gordon Moore as chairman of the Board of Directors. He retired as president of Lectrosonics in September 2024, after a 35-year career with the company. ...
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Clear-Com to Showcase Communication Solutions at InfoComm 2024
Clear-Com announces its participation at InfoComm 2024. The event will take place from June 12 to 14, 2024, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, where Clear-Com will be located at Booth #C5515.
InfoComm brings together ...
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First Data Management Products in Obsidian's NETRON Integration Series Now Available
Obsidian Control Systems introduces a comprehensive range of data distribution products under the NETRON series, tailored for system integrators and fixed installations. These ...
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InfoComm 2024 Sees HOLOPLOT Showcase X1, the Sound of Sphere, and New Speech Focused X2
This year's InfoComm will see HOLOPLOT showcase its Matrix Array products, on Booth #C9801. The X1 product series, which powers the sound of Sphere, is joined by the company's new, more compact, speech focused X2 product line. ...
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Robe Gets Magical for Mat Franco Las Vegas Residency
Amazing, popular, charismatic, and award-winning American magician Mat Franco's current Las Vegas residency -- MAGIC REINVENTED NIGHTLY -- is staged at the Mat Franco Arena at the LINQ Hotel+Experience, and is every bit THE ...
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Chauvet Professional Helps Ignacio Rosenberg Connect New Look Il Divo Show to Crowd
Forging into uncharted creative territory is nothing new for Il Divo. From the moment this group was formed under the auspices of Simon Cowell in London on December16, 2023, the dapper, multinational quartet essentially pioneered ...
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The Other Side is the World's First Nightclub to Adopt L-Acoustics' L-ISA Spatial Audio
Located in a former bicycle workshop that's been transformed into a nightclub as well as a record label and agency representing DJs and producers, The Other Side has put itself squarely at the forefront of European nightlife with its new L ...
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Theatre in Review: Three Houses (Romulus Linney Theatre at Signature Theatre Company)
The design collective known as dots has collectively outdone itself with the set for Three Houses. They've come up with a tavern that, over time, has acquired the kind of seedy patina that only makes it more appealing; ...
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LEDucation 2025 Speaker Submission is Open
LEDucation announces a call for speakers for the 2025 Conference to be held March 18-19 at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City. Virtual sessions will be offered the prior week, Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14. ...
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Ayrton Welcomes Newart Iluminacao Ltda as its New Exclusive Distributor for Brazil
Ayrton welcomes Newart Iluminacao Ltda as its new, exclusive distributor for Brazil. The appointment takes place with immediate effect.
"We chose to become an Ayrton distributor because of the brand's industry-wide reputation ...
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Progressing to Robe's LEDBeam 350s
Audio Progress is an audio, lighting and staging company based in Palmerston North tucked into the beautiful southern rural heartlands of New Zealand's North Island, about 150km from capital city Wellington. ...
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ADJ's New LED Strobe/Wash Fixtures Offer A Jolt of Creativity In Any Weather
Taking ADJ's Jolt Series of multifunctional strobe/wash fixtures to the next level, the new Jolt Panel FXIP and Jolt Bar FXIP feature IP65-rated weatherproof casing designs that allow the fixtures to be used safely outdoors in any ...
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City Theatrical Launches Followspot Handle and Two Beam Control Accessories for Martin's MAC Viper XIP
City Theatrical now offers three standard beam control accessories designed to fit Martin Lighting's MAC Viper XIP lighting fixture, which includes the MAC Viper XIP Follow Spot Handle, MAC Viper XIP Concentric Ring, and MAC Viper ...
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Kansas Celebrates 50th Anniversary On Tour with TELEFUNKEN Microphones
Following scores of sold out national shows, America's preeminent progressive rock band Kansas is adding a third and final leg to their 50th Anniversary tour Another Fork in The Road, celebrating 50 years of the band's illustrious ...
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Erwin Van Lokeren Evokes Powerful Images on Racoon Tour with Chauvet Professional and Splendit
A lot can happen over two-and-a-half years, especially when you're an award-winning band that has become a national icon. Following the pandemic, mellow rock masters Racoon embarked on an extensive tour of The Netherlands in support of ...
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Theatre in Review: Here There Are Blueberries (Tectonic Theater Project at New York Theatre Workshop)
It's been a banner year for documentary theatre but, even so, few examples of the genre exert the terrible grip of Here There Are Blueberries. Not a play in the conventional sense, it recounts the astonishing real-life ...
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Read Lighting&Sound America's New May 2024 Issue
Check out LSA's new May 2024 issue!
link.lsamedia.com/may2024
Special LSA Features this month include:
Pinball Wizards with The Who's Tommy
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NATEAC Conference Charity Dinner to Support Behind the Scenes
The 2024 North American Theatre Engineering Architecture Conference (NATEAC), powered by ESTA announces that once again the conference dinner will support the Behind the Scenes charity. The dinner will be held on Sunday, ...
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1 SOUND Starts Sales in India with Smato Technologies
1 SOUND expands sales in India with a new distributor, Smato Technologies, a leading AV distribution company with full engineering and technology design services based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Smato is established with multiple ...
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Elation Announces TruTone Technology
Elation's Research & Development department embarked on a development project that spanned several years to tackle the challenge of achieving the perfect balance between color accuracy and intensity. The result is TruTone ...
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PRG's Mbox Media Server Family Welcomes New Addition: Mbox V5
With a solid track record of over 20 years, PRG's Mbox has consistently delivered creative solutions for powerful and flexible media manipulation and playback. Mbox is a fully featured media server, designed for live and cued ...
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Lauten Audio Announces Tom Mic -- World's First Large Diaphragm Condenser Made for Use on Toms
Lauten Audio announces the launch of Tom Mic - billed as the world's first large-diaphragm FET condenser microphone built explicitly for use on tom drums. Tom Mic has a tailored frequency response attuned to toms and utilizes Lauten ...
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Meyer Sound Powers Daze Between New Orleans
Daze Between New Orleans returned to Faubourg Brewery on April 30-May 1, bridging the consecutive weekends of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with two days of live music, local cuisine, craft beer, and good times. Now in its ...
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Simple Minds Goes Global with Robe
Simple Minds, iconic Scottish rock band of the 1980s and '90s whose string of anthemic hits include "Don't You Forget About Me", "Waterfront", "I Promised You A Miracle" and many, many more, are back on the road for their 2024 Global ...
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Christie Pandoras Box Powers New Immersive Experiences at Wonderland Science Fiction Exploration Hall
Christie Pandoras Box and Widget Designer power the exciting visuals of a cutting-edge immersive entertainment experience targeted at teenagers and young adults. Located at the ZGC Science Fiction Industry Innovation Center in ...
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ACT Entertainment Showcases PK Sound Robotic Line Source System at InfoComm 2024
ACT Entertainment will present PK Sound's new Robotic Line Source System at InfoComm 2024 (Booth #C8034). Comprised of the T8 robotic line source element and T18 intelligent ...
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Atlona OmniStream and Velocity Solutions Power On-Booth esports Experience
Atlona heads to InfoComm next month with a dynamic, in-booth esports demonstration that accentuates how ultra-fast switching, multiview processing, touchscreen control and more benefit a live gaming environment. Powered by Atlona's ...
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A New Face for A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ireland Ltd.
A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ireland Ltd. welcomes Manni Loosli as their new business development manager.
Based in Cork, Loosli is an established lighting designer and technician with over 20 years of experience. His ...
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RCF Introduces the Latest in Low-Frequency Transducers
RCF Precision Transducers technology enhances the performance of the new LN Series woofers, delivering unprecedented power and acceleration for the most demanding subwoofer designs, the company says. ...
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Altman Announces the New Chalice 200 Pendant
Altman Lighting introduces the new Chalice 200 Pendant (also called the CDP 200), an evolution of the Hydra Par (AIP-200). Retaining all the admired features of its predecessor, the CDP 200 stands out with its elegant pendant-style ...
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Mason Felps Sets Stage for Rock The Country Festival with Chauvet Professional
Don's Seafood is an institution around Ascension Parish, famous for its Zydeco Shrimp, Fried Allegator, and other Cajun delicacies. But it's been a long time since Don's did the kind of business it did on April 5th and 6th. According to ...
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Claypaky Lighting Excites at Festivities for First Qatar-UAE Super Cup Football Tournament
Marking a new chapter in regional sports, the inaugural Qatar-UAE Super Cup football tournament kicked off in Doha, Qatar on April 12, 2024, showcasing the best talent from both nations, then continued the next day with the UAE-Qatar Super ...
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TSDCA Announces Their Ninth Annual Meeting, to Be Held in New York City
The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) announces their ninth annual membership meeting. On May 18 - 20, 2024, TSDCA will hold three days of public panels and discussions regarding sound design and ...
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Omaha Riverfront Park Case Study
Like so many waterfront cities, Omaha was looking for ways to revitalize its downtown parkland in an effort to create an aesthetically pleasing destination point. The City's vision was to transform its three underutilized parks into a ...
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Celestion Celebrates their Centennial Year; Production Manager Dee Potter Marks 50th Year with the Company
As Celestion celebrates the company's 100th anniversary in 2024, it shines a spotlight on its longest-serving employee, production manager Dee Potter. With an illustrious 50-year career, Potter's journey embodies the essence ...
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MSolutions Ignites North American Presence Through Symco
MSolutions has established a channel partnership in North America with Symco acting as its regional manufacturer's representative, effective immediately. The partnership will offer a substantial boost to MSolutions' brand visibility ...
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Obsidian Presents Free NETRON CLU
Obsidian Control Systems offers the NETRON CLU, an easy-to-navigate central utility interface useful in discovering and managing NETRON data distribution devices across a ...
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Claypaky Plays Host to the Polytechnic University of Milan at the Teatro Sociale in Bergamo
Again, this year, Claypaky played host to the students enrolled in the Master in Lighting Design and LED Technology, organized by the Polytechnic University of Milan. This course has long been devoted to nurturing the talents of ...
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Robe Catches the Action for Nina Pušlar Show
Talented Slovenian singer-songwriter Nina Pušlar played a major sold-out show in Ljubljana's 14,400-capacity Stožice Arena which was recorded for broadcast on national TV and celebrated the dropping of some exciting new music from ...
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Theatre in Review: All of Me (The New Group/Pershing Square Signature Center)
In Laura Winters' invigorating romantic comedy, boy meets girl when their motorized wheelchairs cross paths in a hospital parking area. He is Alfonso, a public health official partially paralyzed due to a childhood accident; she is ...
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Sphere Entertainment Acquires HOLOPLOT
Sphere Entertainment Co. announces that it has acquired all of the remaining shares it did not previously own of HOLOPLOT GmbH. Sphere Entertainment made its first investment into HOLOPLOT in 2018 when the two companies partnered to ...
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New York Drama Critics' Circle Names Stereophonic Best Play 2023-24 and Dead Outlaw Best Musical
The New York Drama Critics' Circle today named David Adjmi's Stereophonic best play of the 2023-24 season. The award for best musical went to Dead Outlaw, music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik ...
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RCF Presents its SUB AX Series
RCF's SUBs 15-AX and SUB 18-AX are portable 15" and 18" high-power active subwoofers for live sound applications with fully featured processing, a color touch panel, and remote control via Bluetooth. Latest-generation transducers ...
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Curve Light with Ayrton as it Launches Kyalami
Ayrton announces the official launch of Kyalami, its first IP65-rated laser source luminaire in its Creative Solution series.
Kyalami is inspired by the multiple award-winning MagicDot. First released in 2015, MagicDot sold ...
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Bandit Lights Up the Night at Star-Studded Jimmy Buffett Tribute Concert
It was a night that will go down in music history as legends took to the stage at the Hollywood Bowl to honor the late Jimmy Buffett. From The Eagles sharing the stage with Paul McCartney, stories from Harrison Ford, < ...
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Bob Strakele, FOH for Avenged Sevenfold and Slipknot, Takes Austrian Audio on Tour
Bob Strakele leads a busy life, holding down the front-of-house mix position for both Avenged Sevenfold, who recently completed the third leg of an ongoing tour, and Slipknot, who debuted a new drummer in late April at the band's ...
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Tim Goodacre Talks Astera
Tim Goodacre is a busy and in-demand freelance gaffer and lighting specialist based in Sydney and working all over Australia, primarily on TV dramas.
He has invested steadily in Astera to help drive his business over the ...
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Theatre in Review: October 7 (The Actor's Temple)
In a year that has seen such magisterial works of documentary theatre as Agreement and Grenfell: in the words of survivors comes October 7, drawn from eyewitness accounts of the Hamas attack on Israeli citizens, ...
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Penn Elcom Celebrates 50
Penn Elcom celebrates 50 years as a production / entertainment industry engineering specialist. Founded in 1974 by Roger Willems, initially focusing on metals and anodizing, the company has expanded and diversified over the ...
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Outer Critics Circle Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced today. The OCC is the official organization of writers covering New York Theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications. ...
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4Wall Provides Equipment and Services to High Scream for FISHER's Weekend at the Cow Palace
4Wall Entertainment recently supplied extensive lighting, rigging, and video equipment and technical support to help design firm High Scream fully orchestrate FISHER's mesmerizing two-night spectacle at the Cow Palace in the Bay ...
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Green Hippo's Hippotizer Unmasks Magical Visuals for The Masked Singer South Africa
Hit TV series The Masked Singer kicked off its second season in South Africa in April with 16 celebrities battling it out in flamboyant costumes to hide their identities. The production team ramped up the staging, lighting, and ...
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Red Rover Design for Franco-Manitobain Cultural Centre's 50th Anniversary Enhanced by Elation
For Winnipeg's large French-speaking community, the Franco-Manitobain Cultural Centre (CCFM) serves as an important cultural gathering spot for events and celebrations. CCFM recently marked its 50th Anniversary in grand fashion with a ...
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Theatre in Review: Just Another Day (Theatre 555)
"Did I sleep with you last night?" This question, posed by Dan Lauria to Patty McCormack in the first few minutes of Just Another Day, is the first hint that something is off with the characters known only as ...
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Date Set for National Design Portfolio Review
This year's National Design Portfolio Review will take place on Thursday, May 23, from 11am to 8pm, in the African Grove Theatre at New York University's new Paulson Center.
An important launchpad for young design talents ...
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AES Campaign Wins 2024 MUSE Creative Award
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) announces that the creative content produced for the 2023 AES Convention in New York City earned a 2024 MUSE Creative Silver Award in the Social Media - Event/Live Event category. ...
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1 SOUND Introduced to Greece by New Distributor
The Greek distributors AUDIO & VISION had made an exclusive agreement with loudspeaker manufacturer 1 SOUND. The 18-year-old company, based in Athens, distributes a number of leading sound brands, including Audac, DirectOut, DPA ...
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Blaze Audio Selects the Henderson Company for Representation Throughout the US Northeast
Blaze Audio announces the appointment of the Henderson Company as the company's new sales representation firm throughout the US Northeast region, including Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, ...
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d&b audiotechnik Introduces ArrayCalc 11.4
d&b audiotechnik has released ArrayCalc 11.4. This latest version offers a significantly simplified interface function in conjunction with EASE 5, providing users with a more efficient workflow for modelling sound systems and room ...
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Seamless AV Chooses Prolights to Expand Its Inventory
Seamless AV has chosen Prolights' Astra Wash19PixIP to update its inventory in response to the increased demand for outdoor installations.
Alex Moffat, director of Seamless AV, consulted Show Technology, the Prolights ...
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Ayrton's Rivale Profile Lights Up Gazzelle's 2024 Tour Inside X always for Indoor Stadiums
After participating in Sanremo 2024, the Roman singer-songwriter Gazzelle, exponent of Italian indie pop, left for the Inside X always Tour, with a total of 12 dates throughout Italy.
For the lighting design, lighting ...
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tvONE Showcases New Video Processing & Media Server Technology at InfoComm 2024
tvONE will unveil its video processing product, CALICO PRO, at InfoComm 2024 (Booth #W1721). tvONE will also introduce the latest iteration of Green Hippo's Hippotizer software, V4.9, at the show. ...
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Adam Hall Group Appoints STD Pro Audio as Exclusive Cameo Distribution Partner in Bolivia
Adam Hall Group continues to expand its international sales network. With STD Pro Audio , the event technology vendor headquartered in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, has gained a new distribution partner in Bolivia. STD Pro Audio has already ...
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UCSD Student Designers Illuminate Winter Works Dance Production with Elation
Three lighting design students from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) recently had the opportunity to work with Elation Proteus Lucius and Fuze Wash Z350 ...
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Billy Strings Tour Continues with Ayrton Fixtures, grandMA3 Consoles and MDG theONE Hazers
Working with lighting designer Roger Gant, Montréal-based visual design company Lüz studio oversaw the lighting design, creative design and video content for Billy Strings' ongoing US tour and festival dates, which feature ...
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Meyer Sound Provides Immersive Audio for TED2024
TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, held April 15-19 in Vancouver, Canada, marked the 40th anniversary of the celebrated conference that brings together the world's brightest minds to share ideas, inspire connection, and ignite change. ...
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Theatre in Review: The Heart of Rock and Roll (James Earl Jones Theatre)
Stop the presses! The headline news of the day is The Heart of Rock and Roll is...not bad.
It is obvious by now that we at Lighting&Sound America take a dim view of the jukebox musical format, seeing it as the ...
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KM Fabrics Writes its Next Chapter by Investing in a New West Greenville Mill
After 45 years at 2 Waco Street in West Greenville, KM Fabrics, a maker of fine woven velvets for drapery, upholstery, wrapped panels and specialty applications, is relocating. KM will move to its new home a few miles away, at 105 ...
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Bandit Lites Bolsters Inventory with Claypaky Sharpy X Frames Investment
Bandit Lites adds a massive amount of new Claypaky Sharpy X Frames to its touring arsenal. Bandit is the first company in the world to send the Sharpy X Frames on the road, the company says, showcasing once again its commitment in ...
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Vari-Lite Introduces New All-in-one Power Platform, RigSwitch+
Vari-Lite, Signify entertainment lighting brand, announces the RigSwitch+ Power Platform, a family of customizable all-in-one power control solutions for entertainment lighting installations.
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Updated ADJ Par-Z Fixtures Offer Fusion Of Classic Style and Modern LED Technology
A staple of concerts, theatre productions, and venue lighting systems for decades, par cans have an indisputably iconic look. ADJ's original Par Z fixtures took this classic external design and gave it a new lease of life by combining it ...
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Epson's Breakthrough 4K Laser Projectors for Large Venues
Epson announces its new large venue 4K laser projectors are now available -- the EB-PQ Series. More people are seeking out immersive entertainment and crave engaging displays in everyday work and education spaces. Supporting this ...
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Andrew Dawson and Matt Chambers Accent Thrills at Big Air Show with Chauvet Professional
It's been said that until people sprout wings and fly, there will never be anything quite as thrilling as freestyle jumping. Anyone who attended the Big Air Show at the Blue Mountain Resort knows that feeling well. ...
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Ayrton Eurus Profile on Tour with Kontra K
Berlin-based Kontra K, the street-smart German rapper who tops the German hip-hop scene, has toured arenas across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg throughout February and March.
Lighting designer, Marcus Herzog, ...
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Theatre in Review: Uncle Vanya (Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont)
The title character of Anton Chekhov's play is permanently at sixes and sevens but, in the new production at the Beaumont, his distress is surprisingly undistressing. Vanya, of course, is a virtuoso complainer, and he has plenty to ...
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QSC CEO Joe Pham Will Deliver Keynote at InfoComm 2024 on the Pro AV Industry
Joe Pham, chairman and CEO of QSC | Q-SYS, will deliver the keynote at InfoComm 2024, taking place June 8-14 (exhibits 12-14) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Pham will take the stage Wednesday, June 12 at 11am and guide the ...
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Pliant Technologies Unveils New SmartBoom LITE Headset at InfoComm 2024
Pliant Technologies presents its new SmartBoom LITE Headset at InfoComm 2024 (Booth #C5116). The latest updates include enhancements to the headset's existing list of features for improved flexibility, stability, and a more ...
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Robe Enjoys the Buzz at 2024 Scena Jutra
Robe was proud to support the 2024 "Scena Jutra" (Stage of Tomorrow) two-day symposium in Warsaw, Poland, which this year changed up to a new venue inside the city's famous Palace of Culture & Science in downtown, one of Europe's ...
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Cobalt Digital Announces Presence at Trio of Trade Shows in May
Following a successful NAB Show where Cobalt Digital won two Product of the Year awards from NAB, and a Best of Show from TV Technology, the Company is demonstrating its continued support of its international customer base by ...
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K-array USA Announces Momentum Group as New Rep in Rocky Mountain Region
K-array USA announces a new partnership with Momentum Group, a nationally recognized, award winning manufacturer's representative firm specializing in the Lighting, Residential, and Commercial AV channels. Momentum Group will serve ...
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Void Acoustics Elevates Hewlett Packard Enterprise's New Texas Headquarters with High-Quality Audio
Void Acoustics has a new case study covering Void's installation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) new headquarters installed by i.e. Smart Systems. Constructed over the span of two years, the new campus spans two five-story ...
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Theatre in Review: Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons)
Before it comes down with a bad case of the apocalyptic vapors, Staff Meal reveals a new and entirely delightful side of Abe Koogler's talent. The playwright's previous works examine American life from the bottom of ...
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Powersoft to Showcase Audio and Experiential Innovation at SLS and SEA Expos
Powersoft announce it will participate in the upcoming Saudi Light and Sound (SLS) and Saudi Entertainment and Amusement (SEA) Expos, taking place this week (May 7-9) at the Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center. ...
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Sensaphonics Sponsors and Will Present at AES Audio and Music-Induced Hearing Disorders Conference
The 2024 AES 4th International Conference on Audio and Music-Induced Hearing Disorders will be held May 29-31 at Aalborg University Copenhagen Campus in Copenhagen, Denmark, with Sensaphonics Hearing Conservation as its corporate ...
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Lucille Lortel Winners Announced
The winners of the Lucille Lortel Awards were announced last night, May 5, in a ceremony at New York University's Skirball Center. The awards honor achievement in the Off-Broadway theatre scene.
In the design categories, Kate ...
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Kirsten Donaldson Joins NAB as Vice President of Public Policy
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announces that Kirsten Donaldson has joined NAB as vice president of public policy. Donaldson will report to Shawn Donilon, executive vice president of Government ...
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Light Action Conquers the High Seas with Elation Lucius for Rock Legends Cruise XI
Light Action of Wilmington, Delaware, acknowledges that they have one of the best gigs in the industry. Each year for more than a decade, they've provided full-service production for a string of legacy acts on Rock Legends Cruise, a ...
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Rat Sound Systems Rocks Coachella and Stagecoach with Outline Newton
Rat Sound Systems continues its tradition of delivering exceptional audio experiences at Coachella and Stagecoach, some of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the US and the world. With the Outline ...
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Theatre in Review: Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions (Second Stage at the Hayes Theater)
In the most remarkable sequence of Paula Vogel's new fractured family portrait, Jessica Lange silently communicates the state of her character's soul. She is Phyllis, a middle-aged Washington, DC divorcee, living alone and ...
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Crew of Off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors Votes to Join IATSE
In a move that further solidifies the union's influence Off Broadway, production employees of Little Shop of Horrors have voted to join The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). It is the fourth off ...
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Neutrik Americas Announces FIBERFOX Single-Mode
Neutrik Americas, part of the Neutrik Group, announces the expansion of the FIBERFOX portfolio into single-mode technology.
The new FIBERFOX single-mode connector is compatible with MIL-DTL-83526 and delivers top-notch ...
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Metropool Hengelo Boosts Robe Moving Light Stock
Metropool Poppodia van Twente is a music, pop, and cultural organization based in the Twente region, of the Overijssel province in east Netherlands. It offers a vibrant program of live music, dance and club nights and other events, and is ...
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Niller Bjerregaard Creates Theatrical Looks for Jacob Dinesen Tour With ChamSys
On the surface, at least, the metal sound of King Diamond is quite different from the folk-inspired pop-rock music of GAFFA Award nominee Jacob Dinesen. But in terms of the type of stage production their performances inspire, the ...
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Prolights Extends Architectural Products Warranty to Five Years
Prolights announces the extension of the warranty for its Architectural product line to five years starting May 2024.
The new warranty will cover the main series of Architectural products, including Image Projectors, Floods, ...
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Eric Rouse Joins Sapsis Rigging
The management and staff of Sapsis Rigging announce, effective May 1, Eric Rouse has joined the Sapsis Rigging team, taking on the role of general manager.
Bill Sapsis, president of Sapsis Rigging noted, "I'm ...
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Vari-Lite Introduces New All-in-One Power Platform, RigSwitch+
Vari-Lite, the industry pioneers in moving head lighting control and Signify entertainment lighting brand, today announced the RigSwitch+ Power Platform, a family of customizable all-in-one power control solutions for ...
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Solotech Makes History with Record-Breaking ROE Visual LED Display Purchase
Solotech, a global leader in audiovisual and entertainment technology, announces a strategic collaboration with ROE Visual, with the purchase of over 5,000 sqm of LED tiles, including 4,500 sqm of identical Carbon LED tiles ...
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Meyer Sound PANTHER Powers Reimagined Do LaB Stage at Coachella 2024
The pulsating heart of the Coachella Festival's Do LaB electronic music stage beat stronger than ever this year, thanks to a new open-air stage design featuring a state-of-the-art Meyer Sound PANTHER large-format linear ...
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Moshe Baskin Immerses for Shaindy Plotzker with CHAUVET Professional and Shaya Alder's Eagle Production
Many in the audience at The New Jersey Performing Arts Center during Shaindy Plotzker's performance on April 6th could be forgiven if at times they thought they weren't looking at a mere stage, but into a new, and very inspirational ...
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ADJ's Focus Spot 7Z Shines Bright at Augustana University's New Midco Arena
Twelve of ADJ's Focus Spot 7Z moving head luminaires have been installed in the new Midco Arena at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Supplied by local technical specialist Pinnacle Productions, the lights ...
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Bandit Lights Up Beautiful Blur with LANY
American pop band LANY recently wrapped up the North American leg of its 2024 tour, A Beautiful Blur, named after their fifth album released in 2023. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for duo Paul Klein and Jake Goss who ...
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Theatre in Review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (August Wilson Theatre)
When did Cabaret become so effortful? It's a recent development for a nearly sixty-year-old musical that has been remarkably supple in terms of bending with the times. A ground-breaking, norm-rattling work in 1966, it ...
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FOR-A's RDS Conductor Wins 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year Award
FOR-A Corporation of America announces that its RDS Conductor won a 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the Connect category as a top IT Networking/Infrastructure and Security product. This official awards program recognizes ...
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LMG Integrates L-Acoustics' New L Series
LMG announces their purchase of L-Acoustics' L Series, featuring the L2 and L2D speakers. With patented Progressive Ultra-Dense Line Source (PULS) technology, this series is designed to deliver exceptional sonic clarity, integrated ...
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DPA Microphones A/S Welcomes Jens Jermiin as New Vice President of Marketing
DPA Microphones A/S introduces Jens Jermiin as the brand's new vice president of marketing. A leader in the marketing world, with previous roles at global brands like Coca-Cola, Carlsberg and Bang & Olufsen, Jermiin has ...
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Jaymi Lee Smith Lights One of the Good Ones at Pasadena Playhouse with Elation's Proteus Odeon
For the March world premiere of One of the Good Ones at the Pasadena Playhouse in Southern California, lighting designer Jaymi Lee Smith turned to Elation's new
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ETC Source Four LED Series 3 Brings Stunning Color to BYU-Idaho
Brigham Young University-Idaho is known throughout the state for its star power. The 15,000-seat BYU-Idaho Center is a focal point of the local community, attracting both locals and visitors from across the region to their programming: ...
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Robe Calls Back Noah Kahan in Perth
Talented Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan -- a rapidly rising star, master communicator and TikTok algorithmist -- played a vibrant, sold-out show at Perth's Red Hill Auditorium in Western Australia, ...
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Ayrton "Winds" Rock Luxembourg's Rockhal Club
Every Ayrton aficionado knows its lighting fixtures are named after winds and high-performance cars. Rockhal Club in Luxembourg is among the latest to have taken stock of Ayrton Mistral S and Levante S fixtures which were ...
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Theatre in Review: Mary Jane (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
I don't want to drive people away from the Friedman, but Mary Jane is that most singular thing, a portrait of an everyday saint, and a compelling one to boot. The title character of Amy Herzog's haunting drama is the ...
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