 RE:BE Design Awarded Production Design Position for Debut H20 Music Festivals
Univision Radio, a radio network serving Hispanic America, will debut the H2O Music Festivals this summer with the help of production designer, Stefan Beese of RE:BE Design. The series, kicking off on June 9 ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Ghost (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)
A sign outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre quotes a reviewer from The Faster Times, saying, "Ghost is the future of theatre!" If that's true, dystopia is imminent. Here at Lighting&Sound America, we are usually ... 
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 Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadhurst Theatre)
If you're going to get on that streetcar named Desire, you've got to ride it to the end of the line. Half-measures simply won't do. There are a great many fine things about Emily Mann's production of the Tennessee Williams ... 
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 Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWO for Rock-Service
RS Rock-Service GmbH has just extended its range of lighting products with 24 Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWOs. The Italian company's 800W moving head was recently presented at ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt, where it met with ... 
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 Tony Award Nominations Announced
The nominations for this year's Tony Awards were announced this morning; the design nominations were spread over a wide variety of productions. In the category of scenic design for a play, the nominees are John Lee ... 
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 Free Professional Development Program Announced
Free registration is now open for the PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Professional Development Program, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops, running alongside PLASA Focus: Nashville, on July 11-12. ... 
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 Registrations Rocket in Important Year for PLASA 2012
There has been a massive increase in visitor registration for PLASA 2012 at Earls Court Exhibition Center, September 9-12, 2012. Over 11,000 people have already signed up, representing a whopping 40% increase in registrations so far ... 
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 4Wall NY to Host Annual Vendor Showcase in May
Once again this May, manufacturers of the top lighting instruments in the industry will descend upon 4Wall New York for the annual 4Wall Vendor Showcase event. The event is planned for May 17 from 3-7pm at 4Wall New York at 2 Empire ... 
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 Theatre in Review: An Early History of Fire (The New Group at Theatre Row)
David Rabe has been absent from the theatre recently, devoting his time instead to writing novels. Possibly as a result of this experience, his new play, An Early History of Fire, has a digressive quality, a ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Pratfalls (Ground Up Productions at Abingdon Theatre Complex)
Every so often, I hear someone wonder why there are so few romantic comedies in the theatre anymore. The answer is a complicated one, but one simple answer is that such plays -- so airy and effortless-seeming when they work -- are much ... 
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 Mackie's DL1608 in the Field with Dierks Bentley and Brad
When Mackie launched the DL1608 Digital Live Mixer with iPad Control at NAMM earlier this year it turned more than a few heads in the industry. This full featured, 16-channel mixer introduced an entirely new take on live sound with ... 
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 InfoComm/LSA 2012 Staged Events Awards May 11th Submissions Deadline
Submissions are now being accepted for InfoComm's annual Staged Events Awards, sponsored by Lighting&Sound America at the URL below; please note the May 11, 2012 submissions deadline. For the eight year, Lighting&Sound ... 
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 TC Furlong Inc. to Host Yamaha CL Chicagoland Launch Tour
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. and TC Furlong Inc. will host a mini-demo tour featuring the new Yamaha CL Digital Console Series, May 1-2, at three separate Chicago-area sites. Yamaha systems application engineer, Ke ... 
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 Maryland Sound International Becomes First US Company to Purchase New JBL VTX Line Array Series Loudspeakers
Maryland Sound International recently became the first company in the United States to add the new Harman JBL VTX line array series loudspeakers to its inventory. Maryland Sound was founded in 1966 to serve Frankie Valli and The ... 
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 New York City Center Renovation Led by Duncan Hazard/ Ennead Architecture Honored with Awards
Awards for excellence in architecture and historic preservation honor the recent renovation of New York City Center led by Duncan Hazard of Ennead Architects. The New York Landmarks Conservancy presented City Center with a ... 
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 W-DMX Reveals New Products and Upgrades at PALME Middle East
Wireless Solution Sweden AB is showing new products and some innovative advancements to their product range during PALME Middle East, May 1-3, 2012 at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, UAE, in the Prolites Demo ... 
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 Gearhouse Group Adds 10th Company
The complete conference and event solution, from registration to audience response systems, has taken shape in the newly formed company, Gearhouse ICS. Talks about a merger between Inhouse Venue Technical Management IT and ... 
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 Theatre in Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Classic Stage Company)
If you're going to stage one of Shakespeare's plays, you ought to pay attention to the words. This may seem like an obvious statement, but it may be news to the crew down at Classic Stage Company, where A Midsummer Night's Dream ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Eavesdropping on History (Barefoot Theatre at Cherry Lane Studio)
The horror of the Holocaust reaches across three generations in Eavesdropping on History. Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg is a psychoanalyst and first-time playwright, and her drama -- about a survivor of Auschwitz and the ... 
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 Doughty Asia Launches i-Xtra
Doughty Engineering Ltd. announces the launch of their i-Xtra products to the Asian market. i-Xtra products include many of the company's top selling items, including: Twenty Clamps, Quick Trigger Clamps, and Easylifts. These ... 
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