PARIS – Lighting designer Nicolas Maisonneuve specified eight Robe BMFL Blades for the Très souvent je pense à vous (Very Often I Think of You) tour by French singer Patrick Bruel. Maisonneuve also designed the stage set and evolved the show design and direction with the artist himself.
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NEW YORK – The Entertainment Technician Certification Program’s (ETCP) Portable Power Distribution Technician (PPDT) examination will be offered at more than 190 testing centers in North America beginning July 15 for computer-based testing. There is no application deadline and once a candidate is approved he/she can usually test within a couple of weeks, depending on candidate volume. Because this is a new examination, score reports will be delayed during this time.
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NEW YORK – When American Idiot hit the Broadway stage in 2010, theatergoers were treated to more than just the punk-rock sounds of Green Day’s iconic rock opera; they experienced the visual impact that lighting can bring to storytelling. When Pace University staged American Idiot in 2016 at the NYC campus’ Schimmel Center, LD Zach Blane took an approach with his lighting rig that – like punk rock – broke the rules, using theatrical fixtures not just for traditional purposes, but for hard-driving strobe effects.
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NEW YORK – Brillz (aka Sami Diament) has been touring the U.S. with his “Twonk Di Nation” tour in recent months with a hard-hitting light show from designers Ethan Kairer, Jim Feeney and Corey Mattonen. The visual impact comes from a collection of Nexus 4×4 LED panels and MVP Ta8 Curve video panels from Chauvet Professional supplied by Hatboro, PA-based Zeo Brothers.
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Hitachi Kokusai added High Dynamic Range (HDR) capability across its line of Ultra High Definition (UHD) 4K and HDTV broadcast cameras. These HDR-upgraded cameras will be unveiled at the upcoming Telemundo Cine Video Television Expo—an annual international video equipment trade show—taking place June 28-July 1 at the Mexico City World Trade Center.
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LOS ANGELES – R. Kelly’s “Buffet Tour” is serving up a musical extravaganza, which fans are eating up in arenas across the US. Performance Lighting of Elk Grove, Illinois is providing 50 ChainMaster motor hoists and grandMA2 full-size and light consoles to the massive production. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of both brands in North America.
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SYDNEY – As part of this year’s Vivid Sydney light festival, the Australia Museum’s rooftop was once again a big canvas for a lightshow. As part of the setup, Fusion Entertainment were responsible to light up the area around the museum – Paul Walton, managing director of Fusion – collaborated with Show Technology in Australia, and chose ShowPro HEX 18 LED Pars and ShowPro EX36 LED Floods, both IP rated units.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance, a nonprofit safety trade organization serving the needs of the live event industry, announced June 20 that Production Resource Group (PRG) is backing the ESA’s mission with a Diamond-level sponsorship commitment, the highest level available. PRG, the world’s leading provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, joins other Diamond-level supporters including Allianz insurance, Brown United, Take1 insurance and Weather Decision Technologies/WeatherOps. ESA also has sponsors at the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze levels of support.
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NEW ORLEANS – RZI Lighting named industry veteran Stephen Thurber National Sales Manager. Prior to RZI, Thurber worked for the past 12 yearsat two major lighting/production companies in the roles of production manager, lighting designer and sales manager. Thurber also worked for several theatre companies including Jefferson Performing Arts Society, Le Petit Theatre and Southern Rep Theatre, working as a lighting designer, scenic designer, technical director, master electrician, stage manager and managing director. Thurber also coordinated, managed, and designed scenic and lighting for eight years of tours including Cabaret, Annie Get your Gun, Chorus Line, The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast.
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SAN FRANCISCO — For San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building, which was re-opened last September, Auerbach Pollock Friedlander provided theatre planning and consulting for the 900-seat Herbst Theatre and support spaces. Auerbach Glasow French, meanwhile, provided architectural lighting design for all public spaces including the performance venues, all lobbies, circulation corridors, historic stairs, San Francisco Arts Commission exhibit space, offices and the exterior.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – 4Wall Entertainment Lighting and BML-Blackbird Theatrical Services have reached an agreement for 4Wall to purchase the Film & Television division of New Jersey based BML. In addition to the equipment purchase, current BML-Blackbird CEO Elliot Krowe, who has led the film & TV division within the company for over ten years, will be joining 4Wall New York as part of the acquisition.
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PITTSBURGH, PA – Singer-songwriter Sam Hunt is touring the nation in support of his debut album, Montevallo, which has sold more than a million copies since its release in 2014. The Georgia native is the first artist to reach three top country charts simultaneously in 22 years. The tour’s visual design includes ROE Visual 18MM Hybrid LED tiles supplied by LMG.
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