Dangling Crane Atop NYC Building Adds to Woes for Carnegie Hall

NEW YORK — Most of Broadway’s theatres reopened their doors Oct. 31, despite limited mass transit to get show-goers from their rain-soaked homes and into their seats, but Carnegie Hall was being haunted by a ghoulish spectre left in Sandy’s wake that prevented it from opening on Halloween, a dangling rooftop crane on the building across the street. City officials restricted access to the venue and cut off power as a safety precaution.

NEW YORK — Hurricane Sandy left a wide swath of devastation in its wake: storm damage, fire, floods and more. All of this has had a profound effect on both the people and businesses in the New York City Metro area and all around the Mid-Atlantic region—including the production industry. City Theatrical, Rosco, Rose Brand and 4 Wall have all communicated about their challenges in getting back up and running.

NEWNAN, GA – SouthCrest Church near Atlanta undertook a major expansion this year which included enhancing the audio/lighting/video experience.  Advanced Systems & Technologies LLC (AST) provided audio/visual technology for the project.  For the lighting systems, the team installed 100 products from Elation Professional, along with 200 ft. of trussing from its sister company, Global Truss America.

NASHVILLE – Country’s Brantley Gilbert kicked off his “Hell on Wheels” tour in late September hitting the road with eight Clay Paky Sharpys from Digital Console Rental, Inc. (DCR) in Nashville. DCR’s president Howard Jones even served as his LD. The rig design features truss shaped like a giant pair of brass knuckles, with a Sharpy inside each one.

DALLAS – The Buford Community Center, Town Park and Theatre is a new facility designed by BRPH architectural and engineering firm. The facility includes the 290-seat Sylvia Beard Theatre, designed by Graham, Swift and Company, which specified an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) dimming system and a Palette VL control console from Philips Strand Lighting. The products solved their issues of space – having no ability for a separate dimmer room – and wanting a console system that was user friendly.

PARK CITY, UT – Land Rover North America partnered with Dallas-based production company Corporate Magic to stage a reveal of its fourth generation new flagship model, unveiled Oct. 22 to its North American retailers. The reveal event featured a video projection on the side of a mountain at the Montage Deer Valley Resort in Park City, UT. Screens were supplied by GoVision. Meetings were also held indoors at the resort, requiring a separate video projection setup.

LAS VEGAS – Halloween comes more than once a year at Eli Roth’s Goretorium in Las Vegas where guests are exposed to the most intense live terror experience in town.  The multi-level space features 24 individually themed rooms set within a mythical horror hotel, where guests witness gruesome sights and sounds as they encounter live actors, animatronic frights and special effects. Alcorn McBride plays a big part in the spookfest, with three compact Digital Binloops and two ProTraXX units for audio playback. A versatile, frame-accurate V4 show controller runs the show from the central equipment room.