 Behringer X32 Wins Prestigious MIPA Award at Prolight + Sound
Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA) honored Behringer's X32 Digital Mixing Console with the highly coveted award for Best Mixing Desk (Live) at the annual Prolight + Sound event last week. Nominated for two ... 
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 Epson Extends North America Projector Market Leadership to 34 Percent Market Share
Epson America, Inc. announces it continues to hold the number one position in North America for 2012. According to PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, Epson continued its momentum in ... 
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 Masque Sound Steps Up with Custom Audio Equipment Package for Broadway's Newest Musical, Kinky Boots
When Broadway's newest musical, Kinky Boots, strutted into the Hirschfeld Theatre earlier this month, it earned rave reviews from preview audiences. To bring the show's music-and-dance-filled score to life for audiences, sound ... 
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 Jeff Ravitz Designs PBS Special for Il Volo
Jeff Ravitz recently designed the lighting for an upcoming PBS special featuring the Italian operatic pop vocal trio, Il Volo. Two shows were taped before a live audience at Miami's Jackie Gleason Theater. One of the shows will be a ... 
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 Theatre in Review: The Last Will (Abingdon Theatre Company)
It's tempting to wonder what Robert Brustein, the critic, would have made of Robert Brustein, the playwright of The Last Will. The former was a tough customer, with a lethal eye for the false and trivial; the latter is a much ... 
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 Robe Makes a Big Point at Frankfurt 2013
Robe concluded its "Busiest and best" Prolight+Sound exhibition to date at the Frankfurt Messe, the company says. The action-packed four-day Robe schedule included the launch of six innovative new fixtures, a press event ... 
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 Martin MAC Viper Family, new RUSH effects wow visitors at Prolight + Sound
To say that the Prolight + Sound trade show was busy would be a gross understatement. Martin celebrated the world premiere of six new MAC Viper Family moving heads as well as a completely new range of RUSH effect lights and the ... 
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 Show Sage holds WATCHOUT Fundamentals Workshop
Show Sage, in conjunction with the Department of Theatre of York University, announced its comprehensive WATCHOUT Fundamentals Workshop to be held April 30 - May 1, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario. The two-day workshop covers a wide range ... 
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 Theatre in Review: The Call (Playwrights Horizons/Primary Stages)
A couple's decision to adopt opens up a soul-shaking world of anxiety and icy truths in The Call. Frustrated at their inability to conceive a child, Annie and Peter decide to adopt. Young, intelligent, and solidly middle ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Matilda (Shubert Theatre)
It's safe to say you've never seen anything quite like Matilda, the weirdly charming and charmingly weird new musical that opened last week to the kinds of critical hosannas previously bestowed only on the likes of The ... 
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 PLASA and ProSight Specialty Insurance Team Together to Deliver Technical Standards Free of Charge
ProSight Specialty Insurance, a global specialty insurance carrier in the film and live events industry, today announced that it is partnering with PLASA 
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 4Wall DC to Host Vendor Showcase
4Wall DC is opening the doors of its new Columbia, Maryland location for the new location's first Open House and Vendor Showcase on April 18, from 3pm to 7pm. Attendees are invited to tour the new 4Wall DC while meeting industry ... 
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 Cadac Exhibited New and Classic Consoles at Prolight + Sound
Cadac exhibited a full range of analog and digital sound production consoles, from the custom, hand built J-Type to the complete CDC8 digital mix system at Prolight + Sound last week. Together with the CDC Four and LIVE1 compact ... 
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 Clay Paky Adds CRMX to Their Product Line
With an over 30-year heritage of designing and manufacturing products for the worldwide entertainment market, Clay Paky has now partnered with LumenRadio to bring the CRMX technology to their product line. ... 
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 ETC Selador Desire LEDs illuminate David Hare's The Judas Kiss
Lighting designer Rick Fisher chose ETC's Selador Desire LED fixtures to help light the recent production of David Hare's The Judas Kiss at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. Set in 1895, Hare's play tells the ... 
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 Silent House Backs SGM's XC-5s for Major World Tours
When production designer Baz Halpin walked past the SGM booth at the LDI show in Las Vegas last November he was stopped in his tracks by the Danish company's new XC-5 color strobes. Responding to an invitation from the ... 
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 Electrosonic Supports the Crystal, Siemens' Sustainable Cities Exhibition in London
When the Crystal, a sustainable cities initiative by the global electronics and electrical engineering powerhouse Siemens, opened at London's Royal Victoria Dock, it showcased what's billed as "the world's largest exhibition ... 
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 New Jersey's Eastern High School Upgrades Stadium with Community Loudspeakers and DSP
Eastern High School, in Voorhees, New Jersey, is a regional district school with 2,100 students. Its main outdoor stadium is a 2,500-seat, multi-season venue used for football, field hockey, and track and field events. In 2012, Eastern ... 
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 The Week in Review
Spider-Man Settlement Reached: You never thought it would happen, but it did. All parties involved in the long-running litigation surrounding the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, have reached a ... 
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 Professional Development Program for PLASA Focus: Orlando 2013 Expands
Two new sessions have been added to the PLASA Focus: Orlando Professional Development Program, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside PLASA Focus: Orlando 2013, at the Wyndham Orlando ... 
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