LAS VEGAS – 4Wall Entertainment, with full-service locations in Las Vegas, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles and Phoenix that span over 130,000 combined square feet, is stocking up on Chroma-Q Color Force LED battens as part of a plan to replace existing battens with newer washlight technology.
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AZUSA, CA – Cardinal Pet Care, which turned its 36,000 square foot manufacturing center into one of the first all-solar-powered production plants last year, has equipped a soon-to-be-opened 70,000-square-foot distribution center with an outdoor LED lighting system also powered by the sun. The LEDs light the building's exterior, landscaping and 67,000-square-foot parking lot.
Read More »"I have six locks on my door, all in a row," George Carlin said. "When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three of them."
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Rush's Time Machine tour recently brought an ambitious Steampunk-themed extravaganza to venues across North America. At the visual helm was LD Howard Ungerleider, currently celebrating his 37th year with the power trio comprised of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee; guitarist Alex Lifeson; and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart.
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Lightwave International announced plans to debut a full-color, 56-watt laser projector at LDI with irradiance close to 800W per square centimeter, which the company calls a new world record for full-color lasers used with live entertainment.
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When Barry Manilow moved his show from the Las Vegas Hilton to the Paris Las Vegas for a new two-year residency, the production team wanted to make a few changes to better reflect and adapt to their new home. To do so, they brought in lighting designer Chris Medvitz of Lightswitch to create an intimate yet potent lighting design. Lightswitch then enlisted the assistance of PRG and 65 Vari*Lite luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite.
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Simply Professional, an event staging company led by Sebastian Corkidi, was called upon by the Mexican government to play a key role in planning the $60 million celebration marking 200 years since Mexico declared independence from Spain and 100 years since the Mexican Revolution.
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The Roskilde Festival’s Green Footsteps program encouraged fans to act with care for the environment before, during and after the festival. Lighting supplier Comtech also helped house and visiting designers walk the walk at the main Orange stage with energy-efficient GLP impression fixtures featured in the rig.
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It's arduous enough directing a massive Broadway musical like The Addams Family, but Julian Crouch tackled three roles at once: co-director, scenic designer and costume designer. "I actually handled some of the puppets as well, but it's like a hidden credit," he adds with a laugh. "I come from a small theatre company, so I often have to do everything. I look back and think, ‘Wow, that was a lot to say that I would do.'" But he pulled it off.
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Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award Winner "Wore Many Hats" for ZZ Top, Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis and Brooks & Dunn
Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn issued a joint statement upon hearing the news: "We can't imagine what we did to be blessed with the likes of Randy ["Baja"] Fletcher. We hate to think about what our career might have been like without him, as so many have been won and lost on the road. The importance of a trail boss like Baja is impossible to put into words. Not a show goes by that someone doesn't talk about the quality of our crew, and it all filters down from him."
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Although the exhibition hall didn't open until 10 a.m. on the Sunday morning of Sept. 12, the networking before PLASA started on the streets of Earls Court in London in the days prior to the annual production industry exhibition. That's where the real gathering of the tribe began, where you were more likely to run into your industry friends and neighbors than in your own back yard.
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You could say that Joe Branam's story is one about a guy who ran away with the circus and made good. Of course there's more to the man than that, but it starts with the uncommon fact that he began a rigging career on the performance end of the equation.
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