Eddie “Bones” Connell for Toby Keith
Design: “I’m working with Seth Jackson on the new tour starting in May. We are trying to come up with a nice little rig that will look good in amphitheaters, small fairs/festivals.”
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Big Apple Wireless: Four Shows Linked by RC4 Wireless
Every Broadway production is unique, with its own engaging story to tell. But, whether it’s a comedy or a tragedy, a musical or a drama, there is one thing that four separate productions opening this month on Broadway have in common: Every one of them is using RC4 Wireless products to untether their props, costumes, and set pieces, creating the magic of theatre.
Read More »Nook’s Tidbits: Podium vs. Lectern
Contrary to popular opinion, they are not the same. A podium is the raised platform on which the speaker stands to deliver his or her… Read More »Nook’s Tidbits: Podium vs. Lectern
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Clay Paky Sharpys Used on Set of Castrol Oil Ad
LONDON – Matt Button of Button Light used hundreds of Clay Paky Sharpys in his design for the 2014 Castrol EDGE oil ad seen in cinemas and online. It featured four cars racing the lights. The video has more than eight million hits on YouTube. Barney Steel, director of Marshmallow Laser Feast, is credited with the idea for the ad. Button was brought on board to bring Steel’s idea to life.
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Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 on the Today Show with Romeo Santos
NEW YORK – For Bronx–born Bachata standout Romeo Santos’ recent appearance on the Today Show’s Rockefeller Center stage, LD Peter Greenbaum used 10 Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 moving LED panels. Greenbaum positioned six of the fast moving RGBW fixtures on the downstage deck and four on upstage boxes.
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Robe Supplies Lighting Fixtures for Yukari Tamura in Tokyo
TOKYO – For Yukari Tamura’s two shows at the Nippon Budokan venue in Tokyo’s Chiyoda district, LD Kenichi Taira created a visual design for the crowd of 20,000 using close to 250 Robe fixtures, including 24 Robe BMFL Spots.
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