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grandMA3 Software Provides Control for Carrie Underwood’s Residency at Resorts World Las Vegas

Multi-Grammy Award-winner Carrie Underwood debuted her first Las Vegas residency, Reflection, in December at the new Resorts World Theatre where lead Lighting Designer and Creative Producer Nick Whitehouse and joint Lighting Designer Brian Vaughan used the grandMA3 software to control the lighting. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.Read More »grandMA3 Software Provides Control for Carrie Underwood’s Residency at Resorts World Las Vegas

Blizzard Lighting IRiS® GT™ Series LED Video Wall Products

Precision. Speed. Endurance. Blizzard Lighting’s new IRiS® GT™ Series LED Video Products are engineered for peak touring performance, stage after stage, and mile after mile. IRiS GT’s launch panels are available with either rotomolded flight cases or 6m2 tour carts, featuring 3.9mm pixel pitch IP65-rated designs, and can be combined within the same wall for exceptional flexibility:

IRiS® GT3™ (500x500mm, HDR-capable, 128x128mm resolution, 4,500cd/m2)
IRiS® GT3™ XL (500×1,000mm, HDR-capable, 128x256mm resolution, 4,500cd/m2)Read More »Blizzard Lighting IRiS® GT™ Series LED Video Wall Products

Chauvet Professional Helps Invoke Entertainment Accent Red Carpet Event for HBO’s Insecure

It isn’t listed in the credits, but the beautiful city of Los Angeles skyline with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background played a key supporting role in the widely acclaimed HBO Original Series Insecure. Many of the most memorable scenes in the multiple Primetime Emmy Award winning show, took place against this iconic backdrop. Given the skyline’s association with Insecure, it was only fitting that Los Angeles’ Kenneth Hahn State Park, which affords 360˚ views of the city, was chosen as the site for the red carpet event celebrating the groundbreaking comedy’s final season premiere. Read More »Chauvet Professional Helps Invoke Entertainment Accent Red Carpet Event for HBO’s Insecure

Claypaky Launches Sinfonya Profile 600, Exclusively Designed for Theater Applications

Claypaky announces the launch of its brand new, low-noise LED based fixture exclusively designed for theater applications. Sinfonya Profile 600 contains a host of new features. It is stylish, compact, and packed full of new technology. Theaters are demanding applications that require extremely low noise operation, very high quality of light and control along with precision of re-positioning. The new Claypaky range meets those needs.Read More »Claypaky Launches Sinfonya Profile 600, Exclusively Designed for Theater Applications

Paper Mill Playhouse Receives Landmark Gift to Upgrade Stage Technology

Immediately following last night’s opening performance of Clue, Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee and Managing Director Michael Stotts made a surprise announcement from the stage that Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ has received a significant contribution to upgrade stage technology by bringing its lighting and automation from analog to the digital age.Read More »Paper Mill Playhouse Receives Landmark Gift to Upgrade Stage Technology

David “Gig” Butzler Honored for 30 Years with Bandit Lites

David “Gig” Butzler was recently honored at Bandit Lites’ Annual General Meeting in Nashville for 30 years with the company. Over the course of Butzler’s career trajectory, he has expanded from working as a pipe fitter in St. Louis and doing lighting as a side hustle, to serving as the lighting designer for the best-selling solo artist of all time, Garth Brooks.

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