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  First Exhibitors Confirmed for Showlight 2017
With 18 months to go until Showlight 2017 takes place in the beautiful Italian city of Florence, the first exhibitors have already confirmed their attendance.
Arri, German Light Products (GLP), Hawthorn, and Robe ...
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Robe Supports Yaron Abulafia's Book Launch at The Royal Opera House
Robe continued its support of lighting designer Yaron Abulafia's authoritative book, The Art of Light on Stage - Lighting in Contemporary Theatre published by Routledge, with a UK launch at the Royal Opera House, ...
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GLS Celebrates 20 Years
Southampton UK-based lighting rental company, GLS -- and newest member of the growing HSL family -- just celebrated 20 years at the sharp end of the pro lighting and entertainment technology industry. ...
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Life is Beautiful for Elation, AG Light & Sound, and Steve Lieberman
For those who live in the warmer southern latitudes of the US, the outdoor festival and show season extends well into the fall. Two examples are the Life is Beautiful Festival, which took place in Las Vegas in late September, and the ...
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Godspeed: A Rock Opera Calls on DPA Microphones to Support Extreme Sound Levels and Tones
Touted as an "epic biblical adventure," Godspeed: A Rock Opera was presented in a special, limited showing at the El Portal Theatre in Hollywood. Written and produced by music composer and Emmy-nominated TV show creator Sammy ...
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Faith Free Will Baptist Church Upgrades with Martin Audio CDD
A small 200-seat house of worship in Eastern North Carolina, the Faith Free Will Baptist Church recently upgraded its sound system with Martin Audio CDD installation speakers.
RMB Audio tech Matt Johnson served as ...
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Colour Sound Experiment Gives a "Little Something" for Above & Beyond
Consistently innovative, exciting, and alternative, the trancey electro beats of Above & Beyond filled London's Wembley Arena for a special one-off concert which was also a charity fundraiser and celebrated the life and work of Jono Grant's ...
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PR Lighting Helps Project Nikos Vertis' Sell-Out Concert
More than 100 PR Lighting luminaires were out in force recently, when Greek superstar Nikos Vertis arrived in Romania for his sell-out concert at Sala Palatului Bucharest.
Part of his Nikos Vertis Tour 2015, with 4,000 ...
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White Light Allows Sky Garden to Blossom with New Lighting
Sky Garden is a unique space in central London that not only offers a 360-degree view across the capital but also features a landscape garden, the Fenchurch Restaurant, and the Sky Pod Bar; all of which play host to various parties and ...
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Theatre in Review: Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage 2)
Readers of Lighting&Sound America may be more than usually interested in Important Hats of the Twentieth Century for the reason that Carson Elrod, the play's leading man, has based his character on the costume ...
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Theatre in Review: Rose (Nora's Playhouse/Theatre Row)
Not very long into Laurence Leamer's new solo play about Rose Kennedy, the lady admits that, just recently -- it is July 1969 -- she has taken up reading Greek tragedies. She knows that she should favor Scripture -- later, ...
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City Theatrical Named Manufacturer Of The Year
City Theatrical was named the New Jersey Small Manufacturer of the Year by NJBIZ Magazine in partnership with the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, at the fourth annual New Jersey Manufacturing Day ceremonies on ...
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USITT Thanks NY Times, Theatre Community for Restoration of Design Credits
David Grindle, executive director of USITT, has issued the following letter concerning the New York Times' restoration of production credits in its theatre reviews.
"This is meant for everyone who expressed ...
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NAMM Foundation Launches "Believe In Music" Fund
The NAMM Foundation works year round to create a world in which every child has a deep desire to learn music and a recognized right to be taught. Now NAMM members and all of those who share that vision are invited to help support ...
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Eaton Adds Sports Lighting to its Connected LED Portfolio with Newly Acquired Ephesus Lighting
Power management company Eaton outlines how recently acquired Ephesus Lighting, a Syracuse, NY-based manufacturer of connected light-emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions for sporting venues and high lumen outdoor and ...
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AV Stumpfl Shortlisted for Three InAVation Technology Awards
The AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Raw and Wings Avio Manager 2.0 are shortlisted as finalists in three technology categories of the InAVation Awards 2016.
Launched earlier this year, Wings Engine Raw offers multi-channel ...
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Hoist UK Expands into New Production Headquarters
Lifting equipment specialists, Hoist UK and its sister company, Truss UK, have relocated to larger premises, a significant expansion and one which will enable both companies to move forward with their growth plans, the ...
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Chauvet Professional Pumps Up Rangers Opening Game Event at Madison Square Garden
Heading into the 2015-16 season, the New York Rangers and their fans had plenty of reasons to be optimistic. The NHL club had earned a team record 113 points the previous year and reached the Eastern Conference finals. Even better things ...
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d3's Unit Showcontrol Returns to Beatrix Theatre for Dutch Musical Version of The Bodyguard
It's been a year since d3 rental house and studio The Unit Showcontrol collaborated with LiveLAB for the production of "Moeder, Ik Wil Bij De Revue," a Dutch musical set in the 1950s, which came to life at the Beatrix ...
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Clay Paky Mythos Units and GrandMA2s at the Lake Festival
This year was the sixth Lake Festival, the biggest EDM event in Austria. More than one hundred artists performed on five different stages, including Avicii, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki,
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