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  Clay Paky Alpha Moving Heads Add Color and Punch to Turkmenistan's 20th Anniversary Independence Gala
Central Asia's oil-rich Turkmenistan celebrated the 20th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union with a multimedia extravaganza lit by Luc Lafortune, one of the creators of Cirque du Soleil, with an extensive package ...
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Oliver Award Nominations Announced
The nominations for the Olivier Awards with Mastercard, which honor achievement in London's professional theatre, have been announced. Leading the way is the new musical Matilda, with ten nominations -- the maximum number ...
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High End Systems Hosts Competition at Prolight + Sound
High End Systems, a Barco company, announced today that it will be hosting a competition at Prolight + Sound 2012, March 21-24, in Frankfurt. The first ever "Battle of the Hogs" competition will take place daily in the High ...
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Theatre in Review: Hurt Village (Pershing Square Signature Center)
The worst thing you can do with a young playwright is rush to judgment. Consider the case of Katori Hall; after she made her Broadway debut last fall with The Mountaintop, a rather too whimsical fantasy about Martin Luther ...
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Studer Vista 5 Console Is Installed in Historic New York City Center Renovation
The New York City Center is one of the nation's most renowned venues, host to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the American Ballet Theatre, and a year-round program of concerts, theatrical performances, and other events. Beginning ...
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Rose Brand Fabricates the Main Drape for the 2012 Academy Awards
Rose Brand fabricated the main drape for the 2012 Academy Awards that aired February 26. The drape was made out of 21oz. marvel and custom sewn in Rose Brand's west coast facility. The drape featured 204 hand sewn jeweled ...
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Improper Employee Classification Has the Potential to Result in Penalties
Rental and staging companies, as well as tour sound and satellite uplink companies, now face an imminent insurance risk that could potentially cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties. As the federal and states governments' ...
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PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012, Open for Business!
PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012, launches with a brand new website and free online registration. The event will take place July 11-12, at the Municipal Auditorium, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville is the latest event to be launched ...
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AC-ET Enjoys Successful Green Hippo and PixelRange Open House
A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET) enjoyed a busy turnout to its recent "Video and Lighting Convergence" UK open houses, which showcased the latest products and innovations available from Green Hippo and PixelRange. ...
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Vari-Lite Supports Lighting Designer Ken Posner on the Premiere of Giant at the Dallas Theatre Center
The Dallas Theatre Center's production of Giant, a new musical with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by Sybille Pearson, is co-produced with The Public Theatre. Giant will relocate to New York City ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys Go Worldwide with Evanescence Tour
Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures are making their mark on the Evanescence Tour, the world tour by American rock band Evanescence in support of their eponymous third album. After a successful start to the tour in the US last year, ...
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K-array Debuts at the Boston Opera House, Architectural Jewel of the Boston Ballet
The Boston Opera House is a striking example of theatre architecture set in opulent French and Italian styles. Originally constructed in the late 1800s but extensively renovated in 2002, the 2,677-capacity theatre has been the sole ...
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MAC Auras on Negrita Tour
Jò Campana has been filling a number of roles for Italian rock band Negrita since 1998, among them lighting designer, lighting programmer and operator, set designer, and show concept designer. "I'm a one man band," he says affably. ...
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Dorsett Productions Illuminates Massive Event With Elektralite LEDs
Dorsett Productions was contracted by a commercial and defense vessel builders in Mississippi to handle the production of their 2011 holiday event at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. The annual gig presented multiple ...
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EAW Loudspeakers Provide Great Sound for In Performance at the White House: Red, White, and Blues
On February 21, 2012, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama marked Black History Month at the White House with a celebration of that most American of roots music - the Blues. In Performance at the White House: Red, White, ...
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Harman's JBL Loudspeakers On The X Factor
The top-rated singing competition TV show, The X Factor (which aired on FOX) pits contestants against one another to see which pop singer has that certain indefinable, yet undeniable star quality. To provide high-impact ...
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Look Solutions Viper NT Foggers Add to the Wilderness Atmosphere in Mystic Falls Park at Sam's Town Hotel
Visitors to Mystic Falls Park, at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, experience the American wilderness during sunset stampede when Look Solutions' Viper NT foggers add atmosphere to the 10-story atrium show. ...
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DiGiCo SD9 Gives Turkish Songwriters A Taste Of The Big Time
Sponsored by Halici, one of Turkey's leading software companies, the Computer Aided Composition contest has been run for the past 18 years, held at the Babylon venue in Istanbul. Open to all amateur and professional composers, the ...
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Allen & Heath iLive Manages International Ski Event
An Allen & Heath iLive digital system was selected by Biel PA company, Walther AG, in Switzerland to manage the International Lauberhorn Ski Races 2012. Now in its 82nd year, the annual event takes place in January, and includes a ...
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W-DMX at Super Bowl Village
W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden was used at the Super Bowl Village, where Indianapolis transformed the heart of downtown into a ten-day, three-block interactive festival of football. The Village entertained hundreds of thousands ...
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