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Behind the Scenes of Here Lies Love on Broadway

Here Lies Love is a revolutionary new musical from David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, and Alex Timbers. In a Broadway first, this tale is illuminated by the talents of an all-Filipino cast. PRG provided audio, video, scenic, and automation solutions for the show that shatters traditional theater boundaries. The Broadway Theatre has been transformed into an intimate, 360° immersive dance club. This PRG Behind the Scenes video with Co-Sound Designer Cody Spencer and Production Video Engineer Asher Robinson looks at some of the craft and innovation of the production.

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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Chooses Ayrton Perseo as the Workhorse of its Sustainable Lighting Rig

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London has become the first open air theater in the UK to install Ayrton Perseo fixtures as part of its plan to update to a more sustainable and environmentally-responsible lighting rig. Perseo Profiles have been supplied to this unique venue by White Light for the full summer season. White Light worked in close collaboration with the teams at Regent’s Park and Ambersphere, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for the UK, to understand the aims, and facilitate the provision of the correct LED fixtures, to meet all the Theatre’s requirements.

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Rob Koenig Lights Metallica M72 World Tour with Proteus

Proteus Excalibur match energy and power on legendary metal band’s highly anticipated 2023/24 outing

One of the hottest tours of the summer—or any summer—is Metallica. Metals greatest band launched their M72 World Tour April 27 in Amsterdam with Rob Koenig again at the helm as Lighting Designer, an outing that has the thrash rockers playing a unique two-night, no-repeat schedule in cities across Europe and North America. Koenig crafts unique lighting looks using 600+ automated lights, a rig that includes Proteus Excalibur™ sky beams from Elation Professional. Lighting supply is by Premier Global Production.Read More »Rob Koenig Lights Metallica M72 World Tour with Proteus

Parnelli and Indispensable Technology Award Nominations NOW OPEN

Nominations are now being accepted for the next Parnelli Awards ceremony, to be held on Friday, January 26, 2024, during the NAMM Show. Anyone can go to the ParnelliAwards.com site and nominate live event professionals and companies who exemplify the best of the best for a Parnelli Award. Nominations for Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards are also open.

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Lighting for a Mobile Audience

It’s one thing to light a show or exhibit for a seated audience with a fixed point of view. But how do you support a visual narrative when viewers aren’t stationary? That was a key consideration for the designers featured in PLSN’s August 2023 issue for both the BOSTON 365 attraction atop the city’s Prudential Center and Broadway’s Here Lies Love. PLSN details how the visual designs from Lightborne (BOSTON 365) and Here Lies Love designers David Korins (Scenic), Justin Townsend (Lighting), and Peter Nigrini (Projection) optimize the “wow” factor for all those roving eyeballs.

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