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Ultra Music Festival in Miami Turns 17

Ultra Music Festival 2015 - Worldwide Stage photo courtesy of Chauvet Professional.

Ultra Music Festival in Miami Turns 17

After 17 years, the Ultra Music Festival has become an institution in Miami. The 2015 event, held March 27-29, drew 150,000 from around the world with the world’s top DJs spread over several stages. They play in front of what can best be described as “lighting sculptures,” because the structure designs are so unique, massive and spread out over the complex that one can hardly refer to them as just a lighting rig. PLSN caught up with LD/production designer Steve Lieberman to speak about his designs.

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Honeymoon in Vegas on Broadway, photo by Joan Marcus

Anna Louizos’ Scenic Design for Broadway’s ‘Honeymoon in Vegas”

The marriage of classic stage scenery and video backdrops in the current musical Honeymoon In Vegas represents a synergy of old and new school technology that imbues the production with a fresh modern look without going into visual overdrive. Tony-nominated scenic designer Anna Louizos has worked with traditional scenery and backdrops on shows like The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Curtains, and while two previous shows she worked on implemented video, this time she wanted to tackle the video/projection design herself.

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Pentatonix tour photo by Steve Jennings

LD Travis Shirley Lights Pentatonix, Enrique Iglesias Tours

In his teenage years Travis Shirley dreamt of the day when he would be a lighting & production designer. He remembered contacting designers like Steve Cohen, Joe Paradise and Joel Young asking them every question he could think of. As fate would have it, Shirley’s father became golf buddies with the highly successful country act, Brooks & Dunn, which led him to their very talented lighting designer, Larry Boster. He studied and watched Larry for as long as he can remember and he says, quite honestly, Boster is the reason he is in this industry.

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Enrique Iglesias Sex and Love Tour (c) Todd Kaplin

Enrique Iglesias’ Sex and Love Tour Lit with Martin MAC Quantum Profile, Other Fixtures

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Before pop star Enrique Iglesias set out to play some of the world’s largest venues for his 2014-2105 Sex and Love Tour he consulted Travis Shirley, his longtime creative director and show designer. To make the show’s production elements specialized yet easy to replicate in any tour destination, Shirley deployed several classic lighting fixtures from Martin Professional and one new one – the MAC Quantum Profile.

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MADRIX

Madrix Lighting Control Software Marks 10 Years at PL+S

FRANKFURT, Germany – inoage is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Madrix at this year’s Prolight + Sound. Developed in Germany, Madrix 1.0 debuted at PL+S 2005. The product has since been incorporated in projects and installations all around the world, and in recent years, Madrix 3 has garnered industry attention and honors. This year at PL+S, Madrix 3.4 will be in the spotlight.

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George Thorogood

Elation Lights George Thorogood “Badder Than Ever” Tour

U.S. – Elation is proud to again be lighting American blues rock musician George Thorogood and his legendary Delaware Destroyers band, who continue to surprise after four decades. George Thorogood found chart success in the ‘80s and continues to tour extensively after 40 years. Out on a “Badder Than Ever” spring tour through April, lighting designer William Bennyhoff needed a rig that could complement Thorogood’s high-energy boogie-blues style and found it in Elation Platinum Beam 5R Pro, Rayzor Q7 and Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures.  

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