ZURICH, Switzerland – In comedy, timing is everything, and for Swiss entertainer Marco Rima's Die Patienten to succeed, the crew needed to accurately synchronize video projection on three independently-revolving walls. Technology from coolux helped keep the insanity onstage, where it belonged.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany – Wireless Solution Sweden AB, which participated in ProLight + Sound, headed back to Frankfurt again recently to demonstrate its new W-DMX G4 line at Light + Building, the international trade fair for architecture and technology, which took place from April 11-15.
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ORLANDO, FL – LMG Systems Integration recently announced the promotion of Tim Philpot to Integration Sales Manager. Philpot has over 20 years of AV experience and is a Certified Technology Specialist through Infocomm International.
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The MAC III Performance profile moving head has a new interleaved framing system with full crossover of each blade and continuous rotation for new projection, framing and effects possibilities. Touted for its variety of shapes, it is available as a stand-alone fixture or as an upgrade that installs in minutes on any existing MAC III Profile.
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HOUSTON – Martin Professional, Inc. is hitting the road on a 15 week, 15,000-mile Road Show tour that will see Martin personnel traveling to 30 cities across the country and holding over 120 events for local customers.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The Cinépolis Foundation's social outreach program, "Let's all go to Cinépolis Haiti," projected 11 movies using donated Christie digital cinema projectors and an inflatable screen set up in shelters for survivors of the Feb. 12th earthquake.
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AUSTIN, TX – Martin U.S. named Jeff Washburn regional sales manager for Martin's Central U.S. territory. Washburn, a 15 year lighting industry veteran, previously worked for Barco/High End Systems and LED Source.
Read More »Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? Of course you do. I remember mine like it was yesterday. It was a band called Krackerjack at the Corpus Christi Exhibition Center. They had a bass player named Tommy Shannon (currently touring with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Jonny Lang, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on the Experience Hendrix Tour) and a young guy on the guitar they called "Skeeter." Later on they stopped calling him Skeeter and started calling him Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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The Opening and Closing Ceremonies of any Olympic Games is a daunting production task, and the ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. were no different. David Atkins of Australia-based David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) served as the ceremonies' executive producer and artistic director.
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Scenic designer Scott Pask is admittedly a perfectionist. When PLSN called him to discuss his work on the new Martin McDonagh play A Behanding in Spokane, he was examining a set piece on the new musical Promises, Promises. "I'm on stage," he reveals. "We'll talk, but I'm kind of looking at something as well. So if I break away for a second, forgive me." This is a polite but unnecessary disclaimer. It actually takes a matter of moments to work out what he is doing, and then the passionate Pask is ready to chat in-depth about Spokane. But that moment emphasizes how he is committed to his work at every phase of creation.
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The road to corporate success is littered with the ghosts of companies who have spun out in the ditch or otherwise failed to navigate the twists and turns along the way. Life on the corporate streets can be rough. But every once in a great while, a company comes along and defies the odds of survival. J.R. Clancy, the manufacturer of stage rigging systems based in Syracuse, N.Y., has not only survived for 125 years but has thrived in the theatrical rigging market.
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Daughtry, the group fronted by Chris Daughtry – and also, incidentally, the group who has embraced my favorite font, Bleeding Cowboys – is on tour in 2010. After finishing up some shows in the U.S., the tour is moving to Europe and then on to unspecified locations to entertain U.S. troops. Then it's back to the States for more dates in the U.S. As Daughtry's LD, Matt Mills, says, "This one is going to go for awhile."
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