Country music singer and 2020 ACM “Entertainer of the Year’ Thomas Rhett just wrapped an eight-week tour playing outdoor amphitheaters, a successful return to the… Read More »Pods of Elation Dartz the Centerpiece of Alec Takahashi Design for Thomas Rhett tour
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Los Angeles, CA – At the 73rd Engineering Emmy® Awards ceremony, the Television Academy honored ARRI for the development of its SkyPanel family of LED soft… Read More »ARRI Honored with Engineering Emmy® for SkyPanel Development
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SEATTLE – Coldplay performed the official grand opening concert at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on Oct. 22 (following an unpublicized “private” gig featuring the Foo Fighters and Death Cab for Cutie on Oct. 19), and the city’s NHL team, the Kraken, had their first hockey game in their new home Oct. 23. Amazon, which has naming rights, underscored the plan to make the venue the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world.
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LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors has announced a preview of the evening’s festivities when we gather for the 20th Annual Parnelli Honors gala on June 3, 2022 in Anaheim, CA. Honorees for career achievement include David Bernstein (top right), Peter Morse (bottom left) and Sam Berkow (bottom right).
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WORLD – There’s still time to participate in the 2021 Stage Manager Survey from David J. McGraw, but the deadline – Oct. 31 – is quickly approaching. The biennial Stage Manager Survey (SMS), which McGraw created in 2006, is also expanding this year from a focus on the U.S. to stage management anywhere in the world.
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It’s been 586 days since the last performance of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Here’s a video from the Phantom team showing the crew prepare the chandelier backstage for it’s preset position and the cast coming back into the theater and witnessing the chandelier being hoisted into position for the show’s reopening:
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MIAMI – SJ Lighting included Robe fixtures in three of the four stages they lit at the 2021 Miami Rolling Loud Festival. The event took place over three days and nights in late July at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL, offering 75,000 hip hop fans their first chance to see A$AP Rocky, Post Malone, Travis Scott and others perform live since March 2020.
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SANTA FE, NM – On Oct. 21 Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and Director Joel Souza was seriously injured when a prop gun accident happened on the set of Rust filming in New Mexico. Hutchins death was confirmed by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s department and the International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600.
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Atlanta, GA – Starting in February 2008 with Production Audio Video, Shane Fite joined The MAGNUM Companies and represented both companies as a project manager and has now been promoted to Operations Manager. As the Operations Manager, Fite will manage and direct daily company operations and develop and implement daily procedures for operational staff.Read More »Shane Fite Named Operations Manager for The MAGNUM Companies
NORFOLK, VA – Chris Pease, who had been providing sales and marketing support at Lightronics since 1996, died Sept. 12, 2021, according to the company. His role at the time of his passing was national sales manager.
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BROOKLYN, NY – LD Jeff Burton used six Chauvet Professional Rogue RH1 Hybrid fixtures supplied by Squeek Lights to shine along with the sunset for Gospël Tribe’s two-day rooftop party July 3-4 at The William Vale hotel in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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BURBANK, CA – Brompton Technology, a leading provider of LED video processors for virtual production, broadcast, and live events, announced the opening of a new… Read More »Brompton Technology Opens New Office in Los Angeles Area
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