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(2/22/2024)

-CITT/ICTS Announces Call for Sessions for Rendez-vous 2024

CITT/ICTS Announces Call for Sessions for Rendez-vous 2024

The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology / Institut canadien des technologies scénographiques (CITT/ICTS) is now accepting proposals for Educational Sessions, TEC Talks, Hands-on Workshops, Roundtables, and Panel Discussions ...More

(2/22/2024)

-KISS Ends Historic Career on a High Note at Madison Square Garden with Martin MAC Ultra

KISS Ends Historic Career on a High Note at Madison Square Garden with Martin MAC Ultra

Legendary rock and roll band KISS recently ended their iconic live performance career with a historic final concert at Madison Square Garden, complete with their signature stunning live production featuring Martin MAC Ultra ...More

(2/22/2024)

-Chauvet Professional Helps Work Magic at Circus Bumba

Chauvet Professional Helps Work Magic at Circus Bumba

The rides in Circus Bumba never leave the ground, at least not literally. But when seen through the eyes of a child, they soar high, up to the rarified, faraway space where color meets imagination.
Based on the popular Flemish ...
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(2/22/2024)

-Claypaky Skylos and Xtylos Aqua Fixtures Light Up the New Year at Edinburgh's Hogmanay

Claypaky Skylos and Xtylos Aqua Fixtures Light Up the New Year at Edinburgh's Hogmanay

Edinburgh's Hogmanay (Scottish New Year's Eve) celebrations always draw big festive crowds with myriad activities and programs for all ages. For the 2023/24 event, Claypaky Skylos and Xtylos Aqua fixtures played key roles in the ...More

(2/22/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Oh, Mary! (Lucille Lortel Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Oh, Mary! (Lucille Lortel Theatre)

If you're looking for an evening of riotous running around, you can't do better than Oh, Mary!, a bawdy, brazenly queer rewrite of American history that turns the Lincoln-era White House into a hotbed of forbidden passions. ...More

(2/22/2024)

-Theatre in Review: A Sign of the Times (York Theatre Company at New World Stages)

Theatre in Review: A Sign of the Times (York Theatre Company at New World Stages)

Ah, nostalgia: A Sign of the Times is set in the 1960s, a time when musicals were expected to have original books and scores. What days they were: Songs crafted to suit the characters, lyrics that advanced the plot. I get ...More

(2/21/2024)

-IATSE Makes Inroads Off Broadway

IATSE Makes Inroads Off Broadway

In a historic move, 178 crewmembers of the Atlantic Theater Company have voted to join The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) , becoming the first group to unionize with IATSE in a major non-profit ...More

(2/21/2024)

-Sennheiser Applauds the FCC WMAS Report & Order

Sennheiser Applauds the FCC WMAS Report & Order

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) approved a change in its regulation that now permits operation of Wireless Multichannel Audio Systems (WMAS) in the United States. WMAS is an advanced wireless microphone technology designed to ...More

(2/21/2024)

-PLASA Launches Industry Survey on Sustainability

PLASA Launches Industry Survey on Sustainability

PLASA is running an industry-wide survey on sustainability. The association aims to understand how and if companies across the entertainment technology sector are tackling the important issue of sustainability and carbon reduction. < ...More

(2/21/2024)

-Lightswitch Evolves "Enchanted Forest of Light" with Expanded Elation Lighting Package

Lightswitch Evolves &quot;Enchanted Forest of Light&quot; with Expanded Elation Lighting Package

Leading visual design group, Lightswitch, has overseen lighting design and creative direction for "Enchanted Forest of Light" at Descanso Gardens in Southern California since 2016. This year, the popular one-mile nighttime walk through ...More

(2/21/2024)

-Andrew Dingman Immerses at Crossroads Winter Conference with Chauvet Professional

Andrew Dingman Immerses at Crossroads Winter Conference with Chauvet Professional

Low trim heights, limited hang points, the lack of house lights...these challenges seem to be present when lighting an event at any big ballroom. They certainly were at the Gatlinburg Convention center when Andrew Dingman set out to ...More

(2/21/2024)

-Bandit Lights the Way for Winter Jam 2024

Bandit Lights the Way for Winter Jam 2024

The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular returned for its bi-coastal celebration of positivity and spreading the Gospel with a lighting system provided by Bandit Lites. This year's lineup included Crowder, two-time 2024 Grammy ...More

(2/21/2024)

-Theatre in Review: Sunset Baby (Signature Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Sunset Baby (Signature Theatre)

This is the season of the comeback play, in which also-rans from previous seasons return, displaying renewed strength and relevance. The current Broadway production of Appropriate is light years ahead of its 2014 premiere, for ...More

(2/20/2024)

-Irene Sharaff Awards Announced; Richard Hudson Recognized for Sustained Excellence

Irene Sharaff Awards Announced; Richard Hudson Recognized for Sustained Excellence

Irene Sharaff Awards Announced; Richard Hudson Recognized for Sustained Excellence TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts has named costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and scenic designer Richard ...More

(2/20/2024)

-Scotiabank Arena Incorporates 1 SOUND Cannon C4i Speakers in Recent Renovation

Scotiabank Arena Incorporates 1 SOUND Cannon C4i Speakers in Recent Renovation

Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) recently announced its $350-million renovation for the Scotiabank Arena, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) and Toronto Raptors (NBA). This multi-phase renovation will see improvements to ...More

(2/20/2024)

-Robe Assists Kontrafakt to Enter New Era

Robe Assists Kontrafakt to Enter New Era

Show designer and director Martin Hruska wanted to create an ambitious, breathtakingly visual and memorable performance space for Slovak rap group Kontrafakt to deliver their highly anticipated "New Era" concerts at Prague's O2 ...More

(2/20/2024)

-Theatre in Review: The Apiary (Second Stage/Tony Kiser Theatre)

Theatre in Review: The Apiary (Second Stage/Tony Kiser Theatre)

In The Apiary, the state of the climate is disastrously fragile, almost as much as playwright Kate Douglas' knack for dramatic construction; as it conclusively demonstrates, a provocative premise can take a writer ...More

(2/20/2024)

-Theatre in Review: I Love You So Much I Could Die (New York Theatre Workshop)

Theatre in Review: I Love You So Much I Could Die (New York Theatre Workshop)

I Love You So Much I Could Die is an avant-garde work in reverse; instead of breaking new ground for more eloquent expression, writer/performer Mona Pirnot, aided by director Lucas Hnath, wraps herself in so ...More

(2/16/2024)

-Shure Supports FCC Order on Expanding Opportunities for Wireless Microphone Users

Shure Supports FCC Order on Expanding Opportunities for Wireless Microphone Users

Shure supports the recently released Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order which expands opportunities for wireless microphone users.
Shure has been active in FCC proceedings over the past few years advocating on behalf ...
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(2/16/2024)

-ETC Lights the Biggest Stadiums for the Biggest Games

ETC Lights the Biggest Stadiums for the Biggest Games

There's a whole stadium around every halftime show. ETC makes the systems and products that let stadiums look great hosting the Super Bowl and every other gameday. So of course Gopher Stage Lighting worked with the electrical ...More

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