Premios Ende 2013
Working for YOU
Last month, I mentioned how I visit a number of production coming through the Washington DC area. This summer, I went on a working vacation and visited even more tours and productions around the country. When I visit these various tours, I am primarily there to cover the tour and provide you, our readers with interviews and photos. A bonus for me is that I get to talk to all the stage hands, crew and locals about what is really happening out there on the road. I live and work in a bubble back at the office. You can only learn so much about what is truly happening by reading countless web pages, Facebook and Twitter.
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Simon Higlett’s Set Design for “Yes, Prime Minister” in Los Angeles
Many West End and Broadway designers are quite prolific, often working on more than one show at once. British scenic designer Simon Higlett likes to keep incredibly busy. As he spoke to PLSN from England, he was in the midst of simultaneously designing three shows at that very moment and seven in total for the time period. “I average about 15 or 16 a year,” he revealed, adding, with a touch of understatement, “I’m quite busy.” Higlett maintains a disciplined regimen to tackle this heavy workload. “I divide my time between morning, afternoon and evening and have quite strict rules,” he explained. “If it’s not done by the morning, I move onto the next one, and it kind of works until deadlines approach. It’s a slight juggling, but it’s not a problem really going from one to the other because they’re always so different. They don’t cross except when the deadlines get close together.”
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Mumford & Sons 2013 Tour
Grammy-winning alt-folk artists and multi-instrumentalists Mumford & Sons know a thing or two about putting on an exciting show. Their live concerts are nothing short of a rip-roaring ride on an emotionally draining musical rollercoaster propelled by gut-wrenching vocals, feverish banjo pickin,’ rousing bittersweet string passages, throbbing kick drum patterns and the occasional self-deprecating, expletive-laced rant.
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Hakkasan Brightens Las Vegas’ EDM Allure
Las Vegas is upping its EDM ante, with competition among its casino nightclubs intensifying to the point where the desert city (also now host to the biggest of the annual Electric Daisy Carnivals) might rival Miami, and eventually even Ibiza, with appearances by world’s most popular DJs. The most recent addition to the lineup of clubs welcoming big-name DJs is Hakkasan, at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. Since it opened in April 2013, Hakkasan, a name once associated mostly with Asian-fusion cuisine, has become synonymous with a no-holds-barred nightlife and clubbing experience.
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YouTube’s 2013 Upfront
Upfronts are standard industry events where media companies and studios showcase their latest products and trumpet their latest programming to advertisers and the media. (For MTV’s 2013 Upfront, see PLSN, June 2013, page 42.) But when you work on the YouTube Upfront, things are a little more hectic and involved.
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