NASHVILLE – Mason Murphy has joined WorldStage’s national account management team as senior account executive/business development based in the Nashville office. Murphy served as operations… Read More »Mason Murphy Joins WorldStage as Senior Account Executive/Business Development
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Dallas, TX – Signify entertainment lighting brands Strand and Zero 88 have announced the latest update to ZerOS, the award-winning software for their FLX S Series and FLX consoles. ZerOS 7.10 includes support for multiple pixel luminaires, a library update featuring a wide range of Vari-Lite and Strand fixtures, and more. The new update is available for Zero 88 lighting consoles as well as the recently announced Strand FLX S Series consoles. Here’s a video summary of the new features from Strand:
At LDI in Las Vegas later this week, Staging Concepts will showcase the latest addition to its impressive acoustic portfolio – the Caprice Folding Acoustical Shell Tower. Available in early 2022, the Caprice promises great value and acoustic performance and is designed to fit within standard doorways for convenient transport and placement in lower-height storage areas.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Guests at The Birchmere were excited to see jazz saxophonist Boney James step onto the stage Oct. 16, lit by LD David Bebee and the venue’s lighting rig, which was recently bolstered with new Maverick Force S Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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High Wycombe, U.K. – Lighting designer Yenz Nyholm of New Illumination illustrated in style how a lot of imagination and a moderately sized lighting rig… Read More »Robe Keeps it in the Family with Level 4
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NEW YORK – On Nov. 8, for the first time since March 20, 2020, a planeload of tourists from the U.K. touched down at New… Read More »Covid-Related Border Restrictions Ease for Vaccinated Tourists
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Launched in September 2020 by Cody Renard Richard in partnership with Broadway Advocacy Coalition, this year’s Scholarship includes a new initiative supported by The Theater Leadership Project.
New York, NY – Applications for The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program are now open. The program seeks to honor, uplift, and support the next generation of Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) theatermakers working behind the scenes. Submissions are currently being accepted through Sunday, December 5th at 11:59 p.m. EST.Read More »Applications Now Open for the Second Year of The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program
Under the ongoing redevelopment remit of BAFTA’s 195 Piccadilly headquarters, the world-renowned charity engaged technical solutions specialist White Light (WL) to manage the installation of its new state-of-the-art technological infrastructure. Officially opening in 2022, 195 Piccadilly will be a creative center for film, games and television and the central hub for BAFTA’s UK-wide, and global, learning and talent development program. It will also be a truly world-class space, providing innovative facilities for all event needs, whether live, virtual or hybrid.Read More »White Light Leads Integration of State-of-the-Art Technology Installation for BAFTA 195 Piccadilly Redevelopment
London, England – Panalux, a leading provider of lighting and power solutions for the motion-picture industry and part of Panavision’s end-to-end service offerings for image makers,… Read More »Panalux: Panalux Power i-Series All-Electric Power Solutions
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Three previous editors of PLSN (Projection, Lights & Staging News) magazine — Bruce Jordahl, Richard Cadena and Justin Lang — offer their congratulations to outgoing… Read More »Video of the Week: Former PLSN Editors Offer Congrats as Nook Schoenfeld Passes the Torch to Debi Moen and Michael S. Eddy
Read More »With PLSN’s Nov. 2021 issue, Nook Schoenfeld is retiring as a seven-year editor of the magazine. At the same time, he’s flipped the off switch… Read More »LDs Musing About LD Nook Schoenfeld
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Here’s the latest installment of Adelman on Venues from lawyer and VP of the Event Safety Alliance, Steve Adelman on what happened at the AstroWorld Festival in Houston, TX.
Last night at Astroworld, a festival held at NRG Stadium in Houston, at least eight people died and more than 300 others received medical treatment in a crowd crush during Travis Scott’s performance. Because we have seen too many heartbreaking incidents like this before, it is tempting to rush to judgment about the causes of this one. Let’s do better than that. Let’s ask the right questions first, then see what the facts reveal.