Luke Bryan turned to Show Designer/Director Brian Burke and Lighting/Set Designer Tom Sutherland from DX7 Design to ensure maximum visual impact for his first Las Vegas residency shows at the Resorts World Theatre. Sutherland took full advantage of the Robe fixtures that Solotech had included in the new venue’s house rig.
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ADJ announces the expansion of its European sales team through the appointment of skilled lighting industry professional Bas Kemper. With a wealth of experience working as a lighting technician, designer and operator, as well as an educator and event producer, Kemper will supplement the company’s existing sales force as a Sales and Brand Representative for the Netherlands.Read More »Lighting Professional Bas Kemper Joins ADJ Europe as Sales & Brand Rep
Nominations for the American Theatre Wing’s 75th Annual Tony Awards were announced today. The 2022 Tony Awards will be presented Sunday, June 12 by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It will be broadcast live on CBS and live streamed on Paramount+.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once is a new action comedy film. PRG sat down with Gaffer Matthew Ardine to discuss his workflow for the stunning, fast-paced portal jumping scenes and his use of Mbox Studio+. “I have used it on tons of concerts and several commercials where I have pixel mapped hundreds of universes of pixels. It’s an awesome tool that has allowed me to achieve lighting setups that I could never imagine were possible 10 years ago.”
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English rock band Genesis’ The Last Domino? tour overcame postponed, cancelled and rescheduled dates to resume again last September. The tour marks the first reunion of the band since 2007, and has in its lighting inventory 64 Ayrton Karif LT ultra compact 300W LED beam-spot fixtures.Read More »Ayrton Karif Shines Through for Genesis The Last Domino? Tour
Inner Circle Distribution announced today that Ole Kaack has been appointed as the new CEO of the growing distribution company. A seasoned international business leader with a career stretching back a quarter of a century, Kaack assumes responsibilities May 9, 2022.Read More »Inner Circle Distribution Appoints Industry Veteran Ole Kaack as CEO
For the Scorpions’ “Sin City Nights” Las Vegas residency, LD Manfred Nikitser turned to GLP’s JDC Line 500, JDC1, impression X4 L, HIGHLANDER Wash, and impression X4 Bar for his elaborate stage design. Volt Lites supplied the gear.
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Here’s a video from NBC 4 in New York City of the raising of Broadway’s Palace Theatre:
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The size of the crowd might not have been as large as it was in previous years, but the enthusiasm at Prolight + Sound 2022 was as high as ever. For the CHAUVET Professional and ChamSys teams at the show that was reason enough to celebrate and look confidently toward the future.Read More »Chauvet Professional Welcomed Enthusiastic Crowds at Prolight + Sound 2022
When The Looking Glass stage at Beyond Wonderland was moved indoors to the Nos Event Center’s Orange Pavilion in San Bernardino, CA at the last minute, LD Steve Lieberman turned to Chauvet Professional’s Maverick MK3 Wash fixtures supplied by 4Wall Entertainment to turn the large clear span pavilion into an underground club environment.
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De Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium is an award-winning and historically significant festival and arts center – originally built for the Flemish labor movement between 1911 and 1914 – as well as an interesting and eye-catching building containing multiple halls now mainly used for concerts, club nights, live performances, and assorted cultural events.Read More »A Robe Lighting Solution for De Vooruit Concert Hall
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to five outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry – United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE, the Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC); Broadway For All; music copyist, Emily Grishman; and Feinstein’s/54 Below.
The Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre were established in 1990 and are awarded annually to institutions, individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated extraordinary achievement in theatre, but are not eligible in any of the established Tony Award categories.
“All five of this year’s honorees have made outstanding contributions to our Broadway community,” said Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing. “Their dedication, commitment and support to the Arts is now more important than ever, and we are thrilled to shine a light on these organizations at this year’s Tony Honors.”Read More »Excellence in the Theatre 2022 Tony Honors