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“Act One” on Broadway

Act One featured Broadway's largest-ever turntable set design. Photo by set designer Beowulf Boritt

“Act One” on Broadway

Beowulf Boritt’s Tony Award-winning set for Act One, which ran this past spring at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre, was one of the grandest set pieces ever designed for Broadway. The 30-foot high, 60-foot diameter turntable featured three full stories of locations — apartments, hotel rooms, theater spaces, outdoor places — and created a larger-than-life presentation that added to the energy of the show, which chronicled the autobiographical story of playwright Moss Hart as he rose up from poverty to become a Broadway sensation through his association with playwright and collaborator George S. Kaufman. It was certainly an impressive sight, not to mention heavy — it weighed in around 100,000 pounds.

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Tim McGraw tour photo by Karl Naval

Tim McGraw’s Tour Goes Rock ‘n’ Roll

“Tim McGraw likes his rock ‘n’ roll,” says lighting director Pat Brannon in what proves to be an understatement. “He likes that big look.”

If there’s a word that sums up McGraw’s current Sundown Heaven Town tour is “big.” Big set. Big lights. And perhaps most of all, a big new 7mm video screen custom designed by Screenworks NEP that has put that company in the manufacturing business.

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Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Tour photo by Steve Jennings

Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Tour

Halcyon Days might imply times of languid repose, but with Elie Goulding’s fast track to success, the U.K.-based singer/songwriter has been busier than ever, and her career keeps hitting new crescendos. Her first album, Lights, sold more than 850,000 copies after its 2010 release. Together with her second album, Halcyon, released in Oct. 2012, which was re-released as Halcyon Days in Aug. 2013, her total album sales have topped the 4 million mark.

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Along with lighting, Allen Analian can provide DJ services. Photo by Royal Gor

Allen Productions

Allen Analian’s zeal for electronics is, well, electric. “Everything today involves electronics, and electrical engineering is the basis for the advance of technology,” he exclaims. “For me, I see a lot of interconnectedness in the world across all industries through electronics, from simple toys to supercomputers. With an electronics background, you can just about build anything!”

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E11even serves up a theatrical experience with its hybrid gentleman’s club/nightclub/dayclub design. Photo by Chibi Moku, Courtesy of Yami Alvarado, Carma PR

Miami’s E11even Nightclub

Here’s a little math quiz. What do you get when you add 600 square feet of video wall units, one major “party pit” boasting nearly 60 moving heads and 360 LED video bars, and $40 million in construction and soft costs? The surprising answer is E11even — a 24-hour cabaret/nightclub in Miami, Florida, that made its debut earlier this year.

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Christie’s Donation to the USC School of Cinematic Arts Launches Immersive Cinematic Experience

LOS ANGELES – Christie continued its technology partnership with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts by launching a state-of-the-art cinema experience at USC’s Eileen Norris Theatre. The company donated a Solaria Series DLP CP4230 4K projector and a complete Christie Vive Audio system, utilizing over 40 different speakers, sub-woofers, and amps.

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Riedel Creates Integrated A/V, Data, and Intercom Solution for Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Riedel Communications equipment provided an interconnected digital TETRA system and intercom system for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014. The Riedel installation supported HD video transport for two LED screens in Kyocera Stadium, audio and video for displays across the press village, and flexible data and intercom communications across the event.

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On site at Levi’s Stadium with Sony’s F55 4K camera. The new home for the 49ers opened July 17.

Build Me a Stadium, Fill It with Video

Back when the Raiders had a team that knew how to find the end zone, I used to run slo-mo (instant replay) as part of an eclectic and highly skilled television crew in the Bay Area. We did broadcasts for the Raiders, the Giants and the A’s, Cal and Stanford basketball, and other various live events ranging from the Miss California pageant to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

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ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr

ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr

Our industry isn’t the only one where LEDs are making a big impact. Retail, commercial and even residential lighting designers and installers are all moving toward LEDs and away from traditional bulbs. Even with their higher upfront costs, LED fixtures are making inroads in nearly every kind of lighting application in markets all over the world.

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Scorpions Lit by GLP Impression X4 XLs for “MTV Unplugged” in Greece

ATHENS, Greece – Rainer Becker, long-serving LD for legendary German rock band the Scorpions, is the first adopter of GLP’s new impression X4 XL moving head for the MTV Unplugged series. Six of the fixtures were positioned along the front edge of the subwoofers, with Becker declaring, “I prefer big effects. They have so much power that if you set the zoom to zero they will hurt people’s eyes so you have to fire them over the heads of the audience.”

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