Atlantic City Beer and Music Fest
Lighting Co
Spellcaster Productions
Venue
Atlantic City Convention Center
Atlantic City, NJ
Road Shows: Worth the Trip
I had the privilege of attending a road show last month. Not a traveling theatrical spectacle, but one put on by a popular lighting manufacturer that enabled quite a lot of people to get hands on experience with the latest technology. Harman’s Martin Lighting division took their gear to the people and extended me an invitation. With my schedule, I chose to take a trip to their stop in Dallas, Texas in May, one of the first destinations on their nationwide trek.
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‘She Loves Me:’ David Rockwell Serves Up Old World Flavor with Modern Flair
It is customary for Broadway audiences to applaud for the stars of shows when they make their first entrance onstage for the night, but it is less often that a set actually earns the same response. David Rockwell’s dazzling, stage-spanning interior of Maraczek’s Perfumery in the current revival of She Loves Me — a comedic musical about two bickering retail employees (Zachary Levi and Laura Benanti) who do not realize they are anonymously amorous pen pals — is one such set piece found worthy of such adulation, and for good reason. The two-story location — complete with multiple shelves containing 150 perfume bottles, three counters, and a staircase — really makes the cast and audience alike feel as though they are visiting an upscale establishment from 1934 Budapest, the time and place of the story.
Selena Gomez ‘Revival’ Tour
Selena Gomez officially kicked off her Revival tour at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas on May 6. The second solo tour by this popular singer showcases the 2015 album of the same name playing much of the new album among her 20-song set. She reached into her catalogue of five studio albums as well to keep the fans dancing for the better part of the 75-minute set. Baz Halpin put together a talented team of lighting designers, directors, and video personnel to build a cutting edge production together. PRG was called on to provide the lighting and video for the show while Pyrotecnico FX looked after the lasers and Tait Towers built the set.
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A Chat with Tom Marzullo
Reflecting on his Parnelli award, Tom Marzullo, production designer for Justin Bieber’s Believe tour, tells PLSN, “To get that recognition, especially with the caliber of people on the list with me, people I have worked for and looked up to was surprising and very rewarding.” The caliber of people Marzullo works with is a key ingredient to his success in this business, as he often points out in this recent interview. PLSN revisited aspects of his 40-plus year career, which covers the spectrum of concert, corporate, sports and movie productions. Along the way, he just happened to create the largest site on Facebook for the live entertainment industry.
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Tori Kelly “Unbreakable” Tour
Tori Kelly’s “Unbreakable” tour, in support of her June 2015 album release, Unbreakable Smile, trekked across the U.S. and Canada from April 5 to May 21. Designer Chris Kuroda was initially contacted by talent manager Scooter Braun and Allison Kaye, general manager of Scooter Braun Projects, to design the looks for the tour. Kuroda has a longstanding working relationship with Braun and Kaye, having worked for them on world tours for Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. Allison is also a fan of Phish, a band that Kuroda has lit, as LD and lighting director, since 1989, and that design work played an influential role as well.
Light Night Conversations: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Historic TV Facility on Broadway Takes a Modern Lighting Approach
For this month’s Light Night Conversation, the third in PLSN’s series with a focus on late night television talk shows and how they are lit, we chatted with Michael Scricca, LD for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the show’s technical director, Jon Pretnar.
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Wireless DMX Devices
Commercial wireless devices for DMX have been around for about 20 years now. They were used for theatrical plays where running a cable to a… Read More »Wireless DMX Devices
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Disclosure ‘Caracal’ Tour 2016
The English electronic music group Disclosure, whose second album, Caracal, was nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at this year’s Grammy Awards, consists of brothers Guy Lawrence and Howard Lawrence. The show design, lighting and production for the Caracal 2016 tour is being done by Will Potts and Okulus (James Scott and Louis Oliver). Potts, who is also directing the tour on the road, programmed the show with Scott. After performing in Europe in February, the tour headed for a series of shows in the U.S. and Mexico from March through May. The Lawrence brothers will be performing in the U.K. and Europe again this summer.
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