 AKG Honors Legend Quincy Jones with Lifetime Achievement Award
The evening was electric as top producers, musicians, DJs, and music industry professionals came together Tuesday night at the iconic Capitol Studios in Hollywood to honor legendary producer Quincy Jones with an AKG Lifetime ... 
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 "Cyclorama: The Big Picture" Brings Painting of the Battle of Atlanta to Life with Support from Alcorn McBride
Earlier this year, Atlanta History Center opened "Cyclorama: The Big Picture," featuring the fully-restored cyclorama painting, The Battle of Atlanta. Longer than a football field and standing 49' tall, the unique 132-year-old hand-painted ... 
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 Theatre in Review: BrandoCapote (The Tank)
It was the journalistic whack job of the decade: Truman Capote, on assignment for The New Yorker, bearded Marlon Brando, that lion of Hollywood, in the den of his hotel in Osaka, Japan, where he was filming the 1957 drama Sayonara ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Richard III (Druid/Gerald W. Lynch Theater)
In a strange accident of casting, in his 2008 New York debut, Aaron Monaghan starred as the title character of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan. Eleven years later, he is back as crookback Richard, the physically ... 
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 WorldStage Expands Its Presence at LDI 2019
WorldStage will offer numerous opportunities to meet conference goers at LDI 2019, taking place November 18 -- 24 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. More than 14,000 professionals from the live event production community are ... 
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 PLASA Reports 5% Growth of UK Entertainment Technology Industry in 2018/19
The UK entertainment industry has grown by 5% in the past 12 months, according to a new report released by PLASA which values the UK entertainment technology industry at £1.36bn in 2018/19. The full report, available to download ... 
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 Solotech: The Most Nominated Company of the 2020 Parnelli Awards
As a long-time sponsor and an award-winning participant of the Parnelli Awards -- the highest accolade professionals in the live events industry can receive, the company says -- Solotech has received nominations in seven categories, ... 
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 Fifteen ESTA Standards in Public Review and a New Project
Fifteen ESTA standards and draft standards are available for public review on the ESTA TSP website at http://estalink.us/pr. Anyone materially affected by any document is invited to review it and to ... 
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 Robe Dances with the Mazowsze Stars
The famous Polish State Folk Group of Song and Dance "Mazowsze" is named after the Mazowsze region of Poland. In 2018, it became even better known after featuring in Pawel Pawlikowski's movie Cold War -- and just before ... 
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 Strictly Come Dancing Steps Forward with Vari-Lite's VL1100
The new season of Strictly Come Dancing, the multi-award-winning celebrity dance show, kicked off in September with a new performer, the VL1100 LED from Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment lighting brand. David ... 
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 Palmer Monicon XL -- Studio Monitor Controller Available Now
After its first product presentation at the NAMM Show 2019 in Anaheim, California, US, as well as its German premiere at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt am Main, the Adam Hall Group announces the immediate availability of the Palmer ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Fur (Boundless Theatre Company/Next Door at NYTW)
Fur has the distinction of having the most unpalatable premise of the season so far. Once again, we are in the apocalyptic future -- the favorite destination of contemporary playwrights -- although you have to glean this information ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Broadbend, Arkansas (Transport Group)/The Black History Museum (HERE)
On successive nights last week, I saw two very different shows about the black experience in America. Broadbend, Arkansas, presented at The Duke at 42nd Street, takes a minimalist approach, being a pair of linked solo musicals. The ... 
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 ACT Lighting to Exclusively Distribute Luxibel Product Line in North America
ACT Lighting announce that it is now the exclusive distributor of the Luxibel line of products in North America. Luxibel is the lighting brand by AED group, which is headquartered in Belgium and has divisions in ... 
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 Record Number of Attendees Expected for the 2019 Event Safety Summit
A record number of nearly 400 attendees representing a broad range of the live event industry are expected to attend the 2019 Event Safety Summit in Lititz, Pennsylvania (November 20 -- 22), according to summit producer Event Safety ... 
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 Exhibitors Praise Success of AES New York 2019 Convention
The aisles were bustling, the booths packed, the energy and enthusiasm high as the attendees of AES New York 2019 surged into the Convention's Exhibition Hall in October. Leading members of the professional audio community and ... 
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 L8 Introduces L8 CE
L8 CE is a new product introduced in the world of three-dimensional visualization. This is a Community Edition license with an unbeatable price of € 88 ($ 98) for the well-known L8 product, the company says. ... 
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 Master Sound Productions of South Florida Invests in Elation IP65
Master Sound Productions of Miami has taken delivery of a full complement of Elation Professional's market-leading IP65-rated weatherproof lighting fixtures. In operation since 1996 in one of the country's most competitive ... 
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 FloppyFlex at Schuster Center, Mead Theatre
In Dayton, Ohio, in the heart of the downtown Arts District, the Mead Theatre is the cornerstone of the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. Opened in 2003, the 2,300-seat world-class venue hosts a wide range of ... 
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 Andres Cepeda Makes a miniPointe
Pop-rock singer / songwriter Andres Cepeda is one of Colombia's most popular artists, loved for his multi-genre repertoire, humor, and dynamic style. He recently played a month of sold-out shows at the 1,300 capacity Teatro Major ... 
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