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Hunter Hayes Hits the Road with Bandit Lites

Hunter Hayes Hits the Road with Bandit Lites

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NASHVILLE — Five-time Grammy nominee and multi-instrumentalist Hunter Hayes is performing this year with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. LD Mike Marcario is lighting the artist with fixtures mounted on pipes arranged in an arc around the stage. The pipes are mounted with GLP X4S, Chauvet Rogue and Philips Nitro 510C fixtures.

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Brandon Baruch Dramatizes Bataré Tour With CHAUVET Professional

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LOS ANGELES – When Brandon Baruch first heard from a friend about Nick Wylie’s plans to produce the Bataré tour, he realized pretty quickly that this innovative show was something he would like to light. “I tend to gravitate towards projects that require an unconventional design approach,” he said. “So when Nick told me the concept of the piece, I was immediately drawn in by the fusion of styles and genres. I was also intrigued to learn there was a narrative arc for the performers, because it speaks to my theatre background as well.”

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Claypaky Provides Heavenly Theatrical Lighting To Wroclaw’s Closing Capital Of Culture Production “Niebo”

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WROCLAW, POLAND – Nearly 100 Claypaky fixtures illuminated the interior of UNESCO world heritage site, the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland, for its live production of large-scale theatrical performance ‘Niebo’ as part of the closing celebrations of the city’s year-long status as European Capital of Culture 2016. Creative producer and multimedia lighting designer for Niebo was Pawal ‘Spider’ Pająk, founder of Polish production design company Fish Eye. Spider specified a number of Claypkay Mythos, Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures from Polish rental outfit TRANSCOLOR to craft the production’s vast spot, beam and wash effects.

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Christie Boxer and Evans & Sutherland help Bangkok Planetarium Visitors Probe The Depths Of The Universe

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CYPRESS, Calif. –  For over 50 years the Bangkok Planetarium has been impressing visitors but more recently, thanks to Christie® Boxer and Evans & Sutherland’s Digistar 5 system, the immersive cosmological experience it now offers has made the planetarium a must-visit destination. Deep space journeys and close-ups of objects in the farthest depths of outer space are attracting new visitors and enticing familiar patrons to return.

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Neutrik USA Announces opticalCON® MTP®24 Fiber Optic Solutions

CHARLOTTE, NC – NAB Booth C9515… Neutrik USA, the leading supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, is pleased to announce opticalCON MTP24, a 24-channel fiber optic connection system based on MTP data connectors. With its small form factor and robust design, opticalCON MTP24 is an ideal solution for long cable runs and point-to-point wiring where high fiber counts are required. The system, based on Neutrik’s successful opticalCON QUAD, is optimized for broadcast, pro AV, and industrial applications.

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The next Parnelli Awards ceremony will take place Jan. 26, 2018 at the Anaheim Hilton during NAMM 2018.

The Parnelli Awards Move to NAMM 2018 in Anaheim, CA

PLSN Publisher and NAMM in Strategic Alliance

ANAHEIM, CA — NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, and Timeless Communications Corp. (TCC), publishers of Projection Lights & Staging News (PLSN), FRONT of HOUSE (FOH) and Stage Directions, have formed a strategic alliance to promote NAMM’s new initiative to better serve the live event production community at its annual trade show in Anaheim. In addition to heavily promoting the event, TCC will be bringing its premier award show for the industry, the Parnelli Awards, to the NAMM show. The Parnelli Awards will take place on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 in the Pacific Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim Hotel.

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Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

Three Morpheus Guys Walk Into a Bar…

I stopped down at the USITT show last month in St. Louis. I enjoy going to this show for a day every year to watch all the enthusiasm that thousands of kids have for the Arts. Plus, it’s great to see the various vendors giving back their knowledge to the next generation. Since the government seems to care little about the arts during the current administration it’s so much more important to see the other companies that did show up to pass knowledge.

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Significant Other photo by Joan Marcus

Significant Other

Scenic Designer Mark Wendland on the Art of Subtle Transformations

Significant Other is an unusual Broadway comedy. What starts off as a lighthearted tale of an awkward young gay man named Jordan who is lonely in love while his group of close girlfriends start to slowly pair off leads to an existential crisis. As he approaches age 30, he realizes he does not know how to make romantic connections and is in danger of being left behind in the coupling game.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Getaway’ Tour 2017

The Red Hot Chili Peppers currently have the largest kinetic lighting rig for a tour, with a matrix of 1,040 LED cylinders rising and falling to create a seemingly endless array of unique show looks. PLSN caught up with longtime RHCP production designer and lighting director Scott Holthaus, media server programmer Leif Dixon and, handling video direction backstage, George Elizondo for their insights on this trek.

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Side panels added to the ‘alien temple’ vibe. Photo by Andrew Jorgensen

Welcome to the Jungle

Warren Flynn and Max Mackintosh Brave Insects, Reptiles and More to Light an Alien Spaceship for the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival

The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (OMF) returned to Florida this year on March 2-5 for its second year. Once again, festival producer Soundslinger offered the main stage lighting duties to Max Mackintosh, a young man trying to make his LD bones in America.

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The band LIFE performs at SXSW. Photo by Howie Plotkin

Lighting Latitude 30 at SXSW 2017

Saturday Night Lights Shines All Week at SXSW Club Venue for the British Music Embassy

Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, South by Southwest (SXSW) is the largest music festival of its kind in the world. Best known for its convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries, the live music portion of this year’s festival took place over the course of a week in mid-March.

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