Designer Michael Apostolos, Principal of Chicago-based Fourline Creative was Production and Lighting Designer for Chance The Rapper’s series of one-off shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of his 2013 breakthrough mixtape Acid Rap. He performed a homecoming show at the United Center in Chicago, followed by nights at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
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The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards’ design and production teams really created a wide variety of unique looks for this year’s edition of the show which debuted back in 1984. PLSN spoke with both Production Designer Matt Steinbrenner and Lighting Designer Tom Sutherland about the creative and technical solutions they and their teams brought to this year’s VMAs, hosted by Nicki Minaj, at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
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NYC’s new Perelman Performing Arts Center, the cultural cornerstone of the World Trade Center site, has opened with three theater spaces and a stunning exterior. The 129,000 sq.-ft. building, designed by REX, was realized in collaboration with theater consultant Charcoalblue.
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Baltimore’s M&T Bank Exchange is a new 14,193-sq.-ft. performance space created within the shell of a historic bank building part of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.
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Over the last year, Bellevue Teatret (Bellevue Theatre) north of Copenhagen has invested in adding more moving lights, some of which are the first to be deployed in Denmark.
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PLSN speaks with three partners behind THE Conference: Live at Lititz, Charlie Hernandez, Marty Hom, and Stuart Ross. Though the fourth partner Jake Berry wasn’t in the conversation, Andrea Shirk, President/CEO of Rock Lititz, did join us. Rock Lititz hosts the event at their campus in Pennsylvania. We talked about what was learned last year and what to expect this year as the industry again meets to share ideas.
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Kevin Mitchell spotlights Parnelli NextGen Lighting Designer/Director/Programmer Jonathan D. Martin, whose resume is shaping up nicely. Before his 19th birthday he had already worked with the Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Cardi B, and Lady A, plus the Super Bowl Halftime Show starring Rihanna.
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Jill BC Du Boff and Mikah Berky Join Yale Faculty, USITT: Applications Open for SMMP, and The 1/52 Project: $88,000 in Grants Announced.
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An annual roundup of theatrical training programs to consider for design and production students looking to learn their craft.
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Lighting Designer Anne Militello recently made her Lyric Opera lighting the company’s production of The Flying Dutchman. The inventive set designed by Allen Moyer is a large rectangular box, presenting Militello with a rather confining creative challenge which she took and solved with stunning results, and minimal front light.
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Craig Rutherford looks at how the bouba / kiki effect, the idea of how people “map” between sounds and the visual shapes of objects, has relevance in the lighting discipline. He suggests it should be considered by programmers and designers to avoid a visual mismatch to the content being presented, especially for corporate shows.
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Here is an encore of our 1,000 Words with column featuring André Petrus. Did you know he started lighting shows at 15, went to Full Sail, moved to Nashville and started his professional career at 19? Since then, he’s worked in television and live concerts working with artists such as: Shania Twain, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kelsea Ballerini, Drake, Little Big Town, Lana Del Rey, G-Eazy, Halsey, Old Dominion, Zac Brown Band, Panic at the Disco, Burna Boy, Charlie Puth, J Balvin, Rihanna, Queen, Greta Van Fleet, and Lil Nas X.
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