Pantera went back out on the road with a powerful lighting design—and a lot of pyrotechnics—from their longtime Lighting Designer Sonny Satterfield. Touring this summer with another metal powerhouse Lamb of God, designed by Bryan Hartley, Pantera proved it had not lost a step. Joining the team on this tour was Production Manager, Eric “Shakes” Grzybowski.
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Post Malone brings a mixture of musical genres to the stage for his If Y’all Weren’t Here I’d Be Crying Tour and Steve Jennings spoke with Dan Norman of Evolve Lights Inc. about his design in support of the artist. Norman has worked on Malone’s last three tours, including all his festival shows for the past three years.
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Multi Grammy-winner Shania Twain is currently traveling the world with her Queen of Me tour. This marks Twain’s first tour in nearly five years. PLSN caught up with Lighting Designer André Petrus to talk about the lighting design and how it supports Twain’s music and performances. Petrus has been working with Twain since 2015 programming for her tours and lighting her well-received Las Vegas residency show.
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Designer Michael Apostolos, Principal of Chicago-based Fourline Creative was Production and Lighting Designer for Chance The Rapper’s series of one-off shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of his 2013 breakthrough mixtape Acid Rap. He performed a homecoming show at the United Center in Chicago, followed by nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
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The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards’ design and production teams really created a wide variety of unique looks for this year’s edition of the show which debuted back in 1984. PLSN spoke with both Production Designer Matt Steinbrenner and Lighting Designer Tom Sutherland about the creative and technical solutions they and their teams brought to this year’s VMAs, hosted by Nicki Minaj, at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
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NYC’s new Perelman Performing Arts Center, the cultural cornerstone of the World Trade Center site, has opened with three theater spaces and a stunning exterior. The 129,000 sq.-ft. building, designed by REX, was realized in collaboration with theater consultant Charcoalblue.
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Baltimore’s M&T Bank Exchange is a new 14,193-sq.-ft. performance space created within the shell of a historic bank building part of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.
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Over the last year, Bellevue Teatret (Bellevue Theatre) north of Copenhagen has invested in adding more moving lights, some of which are the first to be deployed in Denmark.
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PLSN speaks with three partners behind THE Conference: Live at Lititz, Charlie Hernandez, Marty Hom, and Stuart Ross. Though the fourth partner Jake Berry wasn’t in the conversation, Andrea Shirk, President/CEO of Rock Lititz, did join us. Rock Lititz hosts the event at their campus in Pennsylvania. We talked about what was learned last year and what to expect this year as the industry again meets to share ideas.
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Kevin Mitchell spotlights Parnelli NextGen Lighting Designer/Director/Programmer Jonathan D. Martin, whose resume is shaping up nicely. Before his 19th birthday he had already worked with the Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Cardi B, and Lady A, plus the Super Bowl Halftime Show starring Rihanna.
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Jill BC Du Boff and Mikah Berky Join Yale Faculty, USITT: Applications Open for SMMP, and The 1/52 Project: $88,000 in Grants Announced.
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An annual roundup of theatrical training programs to consider for design and production students looking to learn their craft.
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