Pulsar Wireless DMX Transmitter and Receiver
Pulsar’s Wireless DMX Transmitter and Receiver are designed to serve as a cost-efficient and flexible way to interconnect industry-standard DMX controllers and fixtures.
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Royal Opera House Hosts “Anna Nicole” with an Assist from Stage Electrics
LONDON — The recent seven-performance run of Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House (ROH) was a study in contrasts, with Miriam Buether’s sets and lighting by Mimi Jordan Sherin and DM Wood bringing lurid strip club visuals to the venerable stage.
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Chauvet Names Stephane Gressier Global Sales Director
SUNRISE, FL — Chauvet named Stéphane Gressier, a 17-year marketing and management veteran with companies including Skechers USA, Pagoda International, ClosetMaid Corp. and Clay Forever, LLC, as global sales director.
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Resurrecting Caesar, and Deciphering Ancient Software
The Caesars Forum Shops have two animatronic fountain shows that involve talking statues. The larger of the shows is rather involved, with water, fire, video… Read More »Resurrecting Caesar, and Deciphering Ancient Software
Read More »Reggiani Lighting USA Moves HQ, Andrew Scamparino Named VP of Sales
CARLSTADT, NJ — Reggiani Lighting USA, Inc. announced its move from upstate New York to a bigger facility in Carlstadt, NJ, part of the New York metro area, and named Andrew Scamparino, a 25-year lighting industry veteran, vice president of sales.
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Bill Groener Named VP, Business Development at A.C.T Lighting
NEW YORK — Bill Groener, a 30-year industry veteran, has joined A.C.T Lighting as vice president of business development, a new position. He will be based in the New York metropolitan area.
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Ed Wannebo to Receive Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announced that Ed Wannebo, longtime production manager for Kenny Chesney, will receive the live event industry’s highest honor, the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, at the gala dinner and ceremony to be held Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 in Orlando during LDI.
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Ultra Music Festival Lights Up Miami
The 13th Ultra Music Festival drew 150,000 revelers to downtown Miami’s waterfront Bicentennial Park in late March, expanding for the first time to a three-day format. The event, which has developed a huge following among ravers, techno and electric music fans, featured more than 300 DJs and numerous bands performing on six stages.
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Neat Tricks for Cheap Trick
If you ever needed proof that good things come in small packages…
For a six-week, 12-show run at Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s Northern Lights Theater earlier this year, Cheap Trick put on a show that was anything but standard. The front half of the show re-created their Dream Police album aurally as well as visually (think white, think low lying haze). Plenty of musicians were on stage to augment the band: professionals from the Milwaukee Symphony sat in as the “Bombastic Symphonic Philharmonic with the Rhythmic Noise Mind Choir,” which allowed the recreation of album’s orchestral arrangements. The second half of the show pulled from hits from the band’s long career. Read More »Out of the Rabbit Hole
Are we still in an economic recession? I have asked that question to a number of people within the industry. Answers have been running the spectrum from “Yes” to “What recession?” We can sit here and debate whether or not we are, but the fact is, people are starting to spend money again. Tours and productions are going full tilt and requesting more and more production technology.
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To download a PDF of this show report, CLICK HERE This year’s Prolight+Sound (PL+S) was significantly more buoyant than 2010’s event. Like London’s PLASA show… Read More »Show Report: Prolight+Sound 2011
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“That Championship Season:” Revival and Renewal
Despite the extensive experience one can have working on Broadway shows, there is always something new to learn, and sometimes the seemingly simplest things become the most difficult to tackle. Scenic designer Michael Yeargan has well over three decades of experience in theatre and opera, and when he began working on the current revival of That Championship Season in late 2010, the initial challenge seemed to be the quick turnaround that was needed.
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