The Dance Connection: Turn Up The Music
“Act One” on Broadway
Beowulf Boritt’s Tony Award-winning set for Act One, which ran this past spring at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre, was one of the grandest set pieces ever designed for Broadway. The 30-foot high, 60-foot diameter turntable featured three full stories of locations — apartments, hotel rooms, theater spaces, outdoor places — and created a larger-than-life presentation that added to the energy of the show, which chronicled the autobiographical story of playwright Moss Hart as he rose up from poverty to become a Broadway sensation through his association with playwright and collaborator George S. Kaufman. It was certainly an impressive sight, not to mention heavy — it weighed in around 100,000 pounds.
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Tim McGraw’s Tour Goes Rock ‘n’ Roll
“Tim McGraw likes his rock ‘n’ roll,” says lighting director Pat Brannon in what proves to be an understatement. “He likes that big look.”
If there’s a word that sums up McGraw’s current Sundown Heaven Town tour is “big.” Big set. Big lights. And perhaps most of all, a big new 7mm video screen custom designed by Screenworks NEP that has put that company in the manufacturing business.
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Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days Tour
Halcyon Days might imply times of languid repose, but with Elie Goulding’s fast track to success, the U.K.-based singer/songwriter has been busier than ever, and her career keeps hitting new crescendos. Her first album, Lights, sold more than 850,000 copies after its 2010 release. Together with her second album, Halcyon, released in Oct. 2012, which was re-released as Halcyon Days in Aug. 2013, her total album sales have topped the 4 million mark.
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Allen Productions
Allen Analian’s zeal for electronics is, well, electric. “Everything today involves electronics, and electrical engineering is the basis for the advance of technology,” he exclaims. “For me, I see a lot of interconnectedness in the world across all industries through electronics, from simple toys to supercomputers. With an electronics background, you can just about build anything!”
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Miami’s E11even Nightclub
Here’s a little math quiz. What do you get when you add 600 square feet of video wall units, one major “party pit” boasting nearly 60 moving heads and 360 LED video bars, and $40 million in construction and soft costs? The surprising answer is E11even — a 24-hour cabaret/nightclub in Miami, Florida, that made its debut earlier this year.
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EDC Las Vegas 2014: Stage by Stage, Gear and Crew
EDC Production Crew
Producer: Insomniac Productions
Executive Producer: Forrest Hunt
Production Director: Alyxzander Bear
Production Designer/LD: Stephen Lieberman/SJ Lighting
Christie’s Donation to the USC School of Cinematic Arts Launches Immersive Cinematic Experience
LOS ANGELES – Christie continued its technology partnership with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts by launching a state-of-the-art cinema experience at USC’s Eileen Norris Theatre. The company donated a Solaria Series DLP CP4230 4K projector and a complete Christie Vive Audio system, utilizing over 40 different speakers, sub-woofers, and amps.
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