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London’s “Curtain Up” Exhibition Celebrates U.K., U.S. Theatre Production with White Light Assist

Curtain Up: Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

London’s “Curtain Up” Exhibition Celebrates U.K., U.S. Theatre Production with White Light Assist

LONDON – Curtain Up: Celebrating 40 Years of Theatre in London and New York at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, celebrates the extraordinary story of theatre in both London’s West End and New York’s Broadway. Created in partnership with The Society of London Theatre, the V&A and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, it explores the craftsmanship that goes into creating award-winning plays, musicals and productions.

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Primetime owner Patrick Michiels and Fritz Abrahams

Dutch Rental Company Primetime Rises from the Ashes with Elation Fixtures

CUIJK, The Netherlands – Dutch rental company Primetime Eventtechniek + Inrichting lost everything in a major fire last August that reduced their building to ashes. Devastated yet undeterred by the major setback, Primetime owner Patrick Michiels vowed to rebuild and wasted no time getting the company back on its feet with an admirable “full speed ahead” attitude and the recent acquisition of an Elation Professional lighting package. Michiels is pictured here (left) with Fritz Abrahams, owner of Elation partner Fritz-Events.

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Grande Stade de Lyon in France

Stadium Opens in Lyon, France with Lighting Display Featuring 230+ Robe Fixtures

LYON, France – A total of 232 Robe moving lights – including 80 BMFL Blades, 70 LEDWash 1200s, 84  Pointes and eight LEDWash 300s – were part of a colorful opening ceremony for the new 415 million euro Grande Stade de Lyon in France. Lighting designer Tony Anzalone was working for Lyon based GL events Audiovisual, who coordinated and supplied the high profile event’s technical production.The grand opening show featured a high energy son et lumière with a cast of 1500 people culminated in a show-stopping performance by rapper will.i.am.

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Nashville's Ryman Auditorium

Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium

Veteran country music artist Marty Stuart once declared, “If country music had a Vatican, it would be the Ryman.” The venerated venue in Nashville has attracted a multi-generational cornucopia of music biz names to play its hallowed hall, which is known for its great acoustics. Everyone from Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs and Robert Earl Keen to Aretha Franklin, ZZ Top and the Zac Brown Band has played there. It is often called the “Mother Church of Country Music” with good reason, and a recent expansion will help keep it an alluring Mecca for tourists and music fans alike.

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Nook Schoenfeld

Where is the Love?

In this current world of hate, it’s really nice to be able to put out an issue that’s taking a month to focus on Nashville. That’s because nowhere else in the world do I see so many people smiling all day as in Music City. Whether people are working the scene or just hanging at a honkytonk, the folks from this town always smile and greet me with open arms.

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Preston Hoffman photo by Debi Moen

LD Preston Hoffman with Grace Potter

TOUR: July 2015 to Feb. 13, 2016

THE DESIGN: “Grace improvises, she loves spontaneity. She likes to lead the audience somewhere. I like those unscripted moments. Sometimes it’s a moody show, and it goes from heavy pop songs to a psychedelic feel. She dances, weaving in and out of shadows and light. It’s viscerally exciting and keeps me on my toes, as I can’t cue stack the show. She is legally blind, so followspots are an impossibility as she can’t see with them — she would literally walk off the stage, so I had to create a system for her to be seen on the downstage edge which she inhabits. I use LED side bars on each side of the downstage. There’s not a lot of light spillage, it’s more narrow. I’ve also played with colors more so she knows where the light is and will lean into it. We use tape to outline the stage.”

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