WORLD – There’s still time to participate in the 2021 Stage Manager Survey from David J. McGraw, but the deadline – Oct. 31 – is quickly approaching. The biennial Stage Manager Survey (SMS), which McGraw created in 2006, is also expanding this year from a focus on the U.S. to stage management anywhere in the world.
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It’s been 586 days since the last performance of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Here’s a video from the Phantom team showing the crew prepare the chandelier backstage for it’s preset position and the cast coming back into the theater and witnessing the chandelier being hoisted into position for the show’s reopening:
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HELOTES, TX – MEGA-LITE’s determination is to develop innovative, unique fixtures that will give integrators and lighting designers the tools to expand their creativity.… Read More »MEGA Releases Paramount Pendant 350
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BUENOS AIRES – Renowned Argentinean progressive house DJ Hernán Cattáneo looked back at the history of progressive house music in a live concept show called… Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Fixtures Help House DJ Hernán Cattáneo Make “Future Memories” in Buenos Aires Live Show
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SUSSEX, England – 7thSense, a global leader in advanced media serving, pixel management and show control technologies, has appointed Erik Iversen as Senior Product Manager… Read More »7thSense Welcomes Erik Iversen as Senior Product Manager
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MIAMI – SJ Lighting included Robe fixtures in three of the four stages they lit at the 2021 Miami Rolling Loud Festival. The event took place over three days and nights in late July at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL, offering 75,000 hip hop fans their first chance to see A$AP Rocky, Post Malone, Travis Scott and others perform live since March 2020.
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Stockport, UK—The hit Starz TV series Outlander has captivated global audiences with its intensely visceral tale centered around time travel. And with the passage of time, of course, comes change, which is something that Jon Towler can appreciate as lighting programmer and console operator for the program. Towler, of Nineteen Sixtyone Ltd., began working on Outlander when it debuted in 2013 at the invitation of its HOD Gaffer Scott Napier, and has been with the program for all six seasons since. In that time, the show has made a major transition from tungsten and HMI heavy lighting into a rig consisting mostly of LED fixtures.Read More »Jon Towler Navigates Changes and Challenges on Outlander TV Series with ChamSys
SANTA FE, NM – On Oct. 21 Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and Director Joel Souza was seriously injured when a prop gun accident happened on the set of Rust filming in New Mexico. Hutchins death was confirmed by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s department and the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Looking forward to an increasingly busy fall season and a winter season packed with events, Bandit Lites announced the recent appointment of Mikell Kremer (pictured here, left) as Accounts Payable Manager and Kimberly Benjamin (pictured right) as a Sales Support Accountant.
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SLOVENIA – LD Tomy Vertigo designed the looks for the recent 2021 finals of the Miss Earth Slovenia Pageant with a rig comprised exclusively of ADJ lighting and LED video fixtures. The dynamic visuals helped animate the event, which had to be staged without an audience due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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ATLANTA, GA – PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional TV and Philips Digital Signage products, software, and innovations, is delighted to announce the… Read More »PPDS appoints accomplished AV leader Vince Schuster as its new Commercial Vice President, Professional Displays in North America
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Atlanta, GA – Starting in February 2008 with Production Audio Video, Shane Fite joined The MAGNUM Companies and represented both companies as a project manager and has now been promoted to Operations Manager. As the Operations Manager, Fite will manage and direct daily company operations and develop and implement daily procedures for operational staff.Read More »Shane Fite Named Operations Manager for The MAGNUM Companies