Rock of Ages Uses New Lights for Old School Looks
Jason Lyons, LD for the Broadway musical Rock of Ages, is using a Martin MAC rig for the rock anthem-infused love story at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
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Console Handles 500 Cues for Green Day Rock Opera
American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, has become a rock opera with a recent run at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. LD Kevin Adams used an ETC Eos lighting control system for the production.
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Centuries-Old Cathedral Lit for Sting Holiday Special
HSL supplied all lighting and rigging for Sting: A Winter's Night…, a holiday TV special and DVD shoot staged in Durham Cathedral. The show was directed and produced by Jim Gable and Ann Kim of Graying & Balding, Inc. HSL's five-person crew was led by Simon "Piggy" Lynch. The LD for the show was Manfred "Ollie" Olma.
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Catch Them If You Can: LED Walls on the Fly
Many off-Broadway and Broadway productions are becoming increasingly ambitious in terms of scope and technical demands. The latest example is Catch Me if You Can, a musical inspired by the Steven Spielberg film about Frank Abagnale, Jr.
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Show Distribution: Keeping it Simple, Keeping it Safe
In 1998, Canadian Jacques Tanguay observed a product at the PLASA trade show in London that he had never seen before. It was a product he felt certain no one in North America was using yet, and one that delighted and tantalized his mind with the possibilities it presented.
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LDI 2009: More than LEDs
If you could sum it up in three thoughts, LDI 2009 might be remembered for smaller booths, crowded aisles and lots of interesting new products. The recovering economy zapped the show with a shrink ray this year, and many of the normally-gargantuan spaces were reduced to countertops and backdrops.
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Projected Imagery Lights Up Durham Cathedral
E/T/C UK's Ross Ashton designed a projection project for Durham Cathedral as part of the four-day Lumière, A Festival of Light event, curated and coordinated by Artichoke Productions.
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Video Support for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Rock fans savored two nights at New York's Madison Square Garden in late October when Crosby, Stills & Nash, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Metallica, Sting, Jeff Beck, U2, Mick Jagger and other top artists helped mark the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th year.
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The Next Dimension in Projection – Part Two
In part one (PLSN, Oct. 2009), we took a trip down memory lane, with a refresher course on digital cinema and the evolution of 3D projection. From its beginnings in the 1890s through its “golden age” in the 1950s, 3D stereoscopic projection expanded and matured.
Read More »The Code of the Mode
Automated lighting fixtures are very complex little robots that dutifully follow the commands given to them by savvy automated lighting programmers. Some people refer them as "intelligent lights," however the fixtures contain little intelligence and usually rely on the programmer to send them instructions. Without us they would just sit there and do nothing!
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I was fortunate enough to look in on the tech rehearsals for a major Broadway show recently. I was blown away by the technology on parade, not so much on stage as in the house. In what looked like a scene from a science fiction movie, almost every seat in the orchestra section was covered with sheets of plywood, each of which served as a table top for a couple of computer work stations.
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The Three Ps: Preparation + Practice = Perfection
When I run a show, I like to do everything I can to insure a flawless performance. Whether it's a rock show, a comedy shoot or a full-on theatrical performance, there are cues that have to be hit on time, every time, or I get upset.
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