FRANKFURT – Acting sustainably – and, at the same time, creating impressive presentations. With the “Green Event Space Contest”, Prolight + Sound aims to prove… Read More »Prolight + Sound 2022: Sustainable showcase of the future to be crowned by an expert jury at “Green Event Space Contest”
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PANAMA CITY, FLA. – When Lighthouse Church’s main building laid in ruins after Hurricane Michael ripped through Panama City Beach, Florida in October 2018, parishioners… Read More »Lighthouse Church renewal with AVLX and Elation
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NASHVILLE, TN – It was a memorable evening in Music City on July 6 as Jimmy Buffett was restored to his rightful place: on stage singing about island life. As one of the first major acts to resume touring, Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band kicked off their “Life on the Flipside Tour 2021” with shows at the Ascend Amphitheater on July 6, 8 and 16. LD Chas Martin lit the shows with a Bandit-supplied rig.
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Following the COVID-19 emergency shift to online teaching, The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) professors Stirling Shelton, Professor of Technical Direction and Steve Miller, Associate Director of Theater Operations knew they didn’t want a repeat of the spring 2020 going into the fall of the 2020-2021 academic year. Their plan? To find a way to work around the obstacles and provide their students with the best learning options imaginable. Joined by fellow faculty, Mark A. Halpin, Associate Professor of Scenic Design and Kathryn M. Miller, Technical Theatre Specialist, the group found a way to offer all their technical classes in-person lab work and skills-building projects.Read More »Perchance to Dream…How CCM Professors Used an Obstacle as the Way to Profit Their Program
Signature Theatre’s Board of Directors voted to accept the recommendation from the Artistic Director Search Committee to appoint Matthew Gardiner Signature Theatre’s new Artistic Director. The Artistic Director Search committee, comprised of artists, Signature staff, and Board members, voted unanimously to appoint Gardiner after an exhaustive nationwide search facilitated by AlbertHall&Associates that began in November 2020.Read More »Matthew Gardiner Appointed Artistic Director, Co-Leading Signature Theatre Alongside Managing Director Maggie Boland
Coming up on the next SM Tech Friday, which is free for everyone, from the Broadway Stage Management Symposium, is a deep dive into SHOFLO paperwork creation tool on Friday, July 16, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. SHOFLO’s John Alexander joins BSMS host, Matt Stern to go over SHOFLO, the standard for creating and managing rundowns in the event industry. You’ll learn how to use this software and how we can apply it to theater and make our workflow easier. SHOFLO is a must know for stage managers.Read More »Broadway Stage Management Symposium’s SM Tech Friday | SHOFLO, Friday July 16
SAVAGE, Mn. – Don Shanklin has joined the rapidly growing Beckhoff USA team as Great Lakes District Sales Manager. Based in the Cleveland area, Shanklin… Read More »Beckhoff USA Hires Don Shanklin as Great Lakes District Sales Manager
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COLOGNE, GERMANY– The Final Four of the EuroLeague, the top-tier European professional basketball club competition, held in Cologne, Germany, deployed spectacular LED displays with show… Read More »EuroLeague final played with Christie multimedia processing
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OAKMONT, PA — Reality and fantasy often work wonders on stage when they’re allowed to flow freely together. Pippin provides delightfully entertaining proof of… Read More »James Baker Captures Magic of Pippin with CHAUVET Professional
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WILMINGTON, DE —Main Light, LLC is happy to announce the appointment of Dave Pretz as Asset Manager. Working from Delaware, Pretz’s role will cover… Read More »Dave Pretz Joins Main Light as Asset Manager
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MONTREAL – Montreal, Canada-based SoftBox Integration – a specialist in integration, custom LED manufacture and AV equipment rental – is the latest company to… Read More »SoftBox Integration Invests in Robe
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Broadway wig designer Paul Huntley died on July 9, 2021, at the age of 88. He passed peacefully in London after a short illness. We at Stage Directions send our sincere condolences to Huntley’s colleagues, friends, and family. Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that Huntley made the decision to retire after working on hundreds of Broadway projects since coming to New York in 1972. His final project was Diana, which had begun previews before the pandemic forced its opening to be delayed. Here’s a video from the American Theatre Wing’s Working in the Theatre series on Huntley: