NEW YORK – IATSE stagehand Peter Wright died Nov. 12 after falling from scaffolding while performing restoration work at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre. Police reported that the accident took place around 8:45 a.m. while Wright was performing routine maintenance on the 109-year-old theater. Wright, a resident of Milford, CT, was 54.
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ODESSA, TX – Life Challenge Church expanded on the kid-friendly looks for their Sunday morning youth services with a Sunday Nights Kid Service on Oct. 18, an event that shared imagery from the children’s program with the congregation at large. Technical director Gabriel Loera detailed how various Chauvet fixtures helped meet the church’s goals.
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PRETORIA, South Africa – It’s not easy to stand out if your group is one of many competing in the viral Jerusalema dance challenge craze on social media. Along with a troupe of 60 distanced employee dancers, broadcast/IT company ClearCast got a visual edge with 24 Astera Titan Tubes. Millennium Productions provided the fixtures, which worked in sync with two 10W multi-color lasers.
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MADRID – This year’s annual Coca-Cola Music Experience Festival, staged as a virtual event over two days at Madrid’s WiZink Center, was renamed CCME Reloaded to reflect the Covid-19 restrictions that had to be adopted for the event’s 10 year anniversary celebration. Performers including Aitana, Ana Guerra, Beret, Twin Melody, Cora Yako and Lemot got vibrant looks from a PRG-supplied lighting rig, which included 124 GLP fixtures.
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MADISON, WI –Full Compass added four industry pros to the company’s national sales team: Parker Bradley, Lin Buck, Ricardo Hurtado and Daniel Bostick. More details… Read More »Full Compass Adds Four Industry Veterans to National Sales Team
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LAS VEGAS – Cirque du Soleil, which has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, announced Nov. 16 that Zumanity, which opened at the New… Read More »Cirque du Soleil Announces that ‘Zumanity’ Won’t Reopen in Las Vegas
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CANADA – Continuing with their pledge to provide brilliant solutions, Vista by Chroma-Q® are pleased to announce ‘Release 3’ (R3) of their crowd-pleasing Vista 3™… Read More »Vista 3 by Chroma-Q Software Release 3 is Now Live
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LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES – Production Resource Group, LLC. (PRG) is known for its technological innovations and production support from Broadway, TV/film, and… Read More »PRG Digital Studios Enable Performers and Corporations to Connect to Audiences
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NASHVILLE – LD Tom Kenny chose Ayrton Khamsin-S profiles as key lights in his design for this year’s iHeartCountry Festival, presented by Capital One. The show was live streamed globally and broadcast on iHeartMedia’s country radio stations on Oct. 23. Bandit Lites supplied 24 Ayrton Khamsin-S fixtures for the event.
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WILMINGTON, DE – When U.S. president-elect Joe Biden delivered his long-awaited victory speech in his home town of Wilmington, Delaware Nov. 7, the celebrations culminated with a drone and pyrotechnic show from Strictly FX, in partnership with drone effects pioneer Verge Aero.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – It was “like riding a bike.“ That’s how John Garberson described his experience working the lighting console for the opening acts… Read More »Creative BackStage Reignites “Lighting Bug” at Bike Week with CHAUVET Professional
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