LITTLE ROCK, AR – Little Rock First Baptist Church needed to update its lighting system without alienating its congregation. The 1200-capacity church recently found a way to update its worship events with uplifting color, lighting and control from Martin products.
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NEW CASTLE, DE – The family entertainment tour, “Yo Gabba Gabba! Live – It’s Time to Dance,” is taking kids’ shows up a notch production-wise. Pete’s Big TVs is providing various LED video panels making up the set of the show, produced by S2BN Entertainment – the same entity producing the Broadway musical, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”
Read More »NEW YORK, NY – The ESTA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program continues to directly benefit entertainment technology professionals who are seriously ill or injured. ESTA issued a holiday season reminder to think of our colleagues in the industry – and this program in particular – when considering charitable giving.
Read More »ARTESIA, CA and WESTPORT, CT — The lighting industry lost two of its own in late November: Andy Figueroa Jr., 30, died after a Nov. 27 car accident in his hometown; Marvin Gelman, 84, founder of Lighting Services Inc. (LSI), an architectural lighting products manufacturer, died Nov. 29 of complications from cancer. Figueroa, known as “Andy Fig Jr.,” was the son of lighting programmer/director Andrew Figueroa, Sr. and had emerged as a prominent lighting tech/lighting director himself. Gelman, who retired from LSI in 2000, is credited for many advances in track, accent and display lighting.
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By the time Ed Wannebo took the stage at the end of the evening to accept the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, it was already an entertaining evening filled with surprises. Then Kenny Chesney walked out on stage. A true man crush ensued. Chesney has had Wannebo working as production manager on his tours for a decade, and a tradition of his shows includes Wannebo running out halfway through to hand him a special hand-crafted margarita. On a Saturday night at the end of October, Chesney returned the favor. A surprised Ed got a big hug, the drink, and then Chesney addressed the Parnelli audience.
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Those stepping into the Marquis Theatre on Broadway to see the current revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies are immediately consumed by a theatre draped in tattered gray tarps that extend into the sides of the venue and above the stage. Sounds of wind moaning in the background waft out of the speakers, conjuring a ghostly atmosphere. These elements help to set the stage, so to speak, for a set spotlighting a dilapidated theater where members of an old follies group meet for one last time to reunite and reminisce before the structure will be torn down.
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Philips Brands Benefit from Investments in Technology
The Strand name is one of the most venerable in stage lighting — it’s been around since 1914, when Strand Electric was originally founded by two West End electricians in London, Arthur Earnshaw and Phillip Sheridan. The two set out to provide the prestigious theatre district with the most modern stage lighting and control available.
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