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Broadway Theaters Dimmed Lights in Memory of Award-Winning Scenic Designer Robin Wagner

Broadway Theaters Dimmed Lights in Memory of Award-Winning Scenic Designer Robin Wagner

The Broadway community honored the memory of Robin Wagner, the triple Tony Award®-winning scenic designer who worked on more than 60 Broadway shows in a career that spanned over five decades. Mr. Wagner passed away on May 29, 2023, at the age of 89. On June 17, 2023, the Committee of Theatre Owners dimmed the lights of Broadway theatres in New York for one minute at exactly 7:45pm, in his honor.Read More »Broadway Theaters Dimmed Lights in Memory of Award-Winning Scenic Designer Robin Wagner

Green Touring Resources

There are several organizations like Overdrive Rocks, Zap Concepts, Reverb, Effect Partners, and Hope Solutions that help live events, tours, concerts, and venues with cleaner and more efficient energy options. One of the organizations leading the charge is the Music Sustainability Association. MSA is providing a framework for industry-wide action and systemic change. Production managers can easily consult with these experts prior to a tour going out. MSA’s green rider provides a perfect example of how we can still tour without wasting necessary resources and bringing live music to the masses.

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Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival

A scene from ‘Furlough’s Paradise’ with a lighting design by Yichen Zhou. The Carlotta Festival, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, 2023. Photo © T. Charles Erickson.

In partnership with dry-hire rental house Main Light, Elation Professional provided Fuze MAX™ series moving head luminaires to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale for use on the school’s annual Carlotta Festival, which showcases plays written, directed, acted and designed by students. The Carlotta Festival features three fully produced new plays by graduating playwrights performed in rotating repertory. The plays presented in this year’s festival, which ran May 5–12 at the Iseman Theatre, included littleboy/littleman by Rudi Goblen (directed by Jacob Basri); Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne (directed by Leyla Levi); and Color Boy by Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel (directed by Jecamiah M. Ybañez). Read More »Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival

InfoComm 2023: Epson to Debut Breakthrough Laser Projectors Featuring Extreme Short-Throw and 4K Resolution Solutions

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced at InfoComm 2023 it will showcase the newest additions to its 3-chip, 3LCD laser projector portfolio and demonstrate a wide range of engaging ways that projectors can transform environments. For the first time in North America, Epson will debut and demonstrate its new PowerLite® L series with 4K Enhancement, its first extreme short-throw with 4K Enhancement, new 4K Crystal Motion technology, new cloud-based projection management software, and more at InfoComm in Orlando, FL from June 14-16 in Booth #3428.Read More »InfoComm 2023: Epson to Debut Breakthrough Laser Projectors Featuring Extreme Short-Throw and 4K Resolution Solutions

Matthew PJ Row Creates Powerful Silhouettes for Shane Smith and the Saints with CHAUVET Professional

There’s a good reason why two songs by Shane Smith and the Saints were used in the season five opening episode of Yellowstone. Like the popular Kevin Costner program, the music of this widely acclaimed band from Austin, TX delves into uncertain areas where borders can become murky, and subtle implications lead to bigger understandings.Read More »Matthew PJ Row Creates Powerful Silhouettes for Shane Smith and the Saints with CHAUVET Professional