On Monday October 28th, 2024, the Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) will present its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management at the National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall in NYC. The distinguished 2024 honorees are theatrical Production Stage Managers Lloyd Davis, Jr., Ed De Shae, and Denise Yaney.
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Launched in June 2023, Eastbourne, Sussex-based Racquet Studios recognized the potential of virtual production. A year in the making, and after rigorous testing and trialing, a state-of-the art facilities for virtual film production, education, and specialist research and development was created, which relies on Brompton Technology LED processing to power their LED setup.
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Jonny “Tosser” Tosserello, Lighting Designer/Director for Lynyrd Skynyrd, is continuing his long-time use of Claypaky Xtylos for ‘The Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour’ with ZZ Top co-headlining. Lynyrd Skynyrd, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, kicked off the North American leg, with ZZ Top, in July with lighting support from Premier Global Production.
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Türkiye’s Gen Z-oriented Fanta Fest returned for 2024 to visit seven of the country’s biggest cities, with five large LED screens displaying more than 43 million pixels of performer-specific content, all driven by a Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Server. Video Designer and Programmer Gürkan Çalışkan worked with Fanta Fest’s Technical Director Can Besbelli to deliver strikingly different visual content.
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Robe moving lights – ESPRITES, Spiiders, iSpiiders and iFORTE LTXs used as follow spots – all had great impact on the lighting and set designed… Read More »Robe Shines for Opera Hedeland in Denmark
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The Struts’ just-concluded U.S. leg of their ‘Pretty Vicious’ tour featured a design by Lighting Designer Carlos Katsurayama, who transformed the stage with a shifting variety of dramatic looks that wrapped themselves tightly around the mood of the music. Helping him create this evocative canvas was a rig supplied by LIT Lighting that featured CHAUVET Professional fixtures.
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Alfalite, the European manufacturer of LED displays, has been selected by Telefónica Tech, the technology arm of the global telecom giant Telefónica, to complete one of the standout installations at the new Espacio Movistar, the company’s latest flagship venue.
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On September 30th, 2024, 3G Productions LLC (“3G”) announced that it has received a strategic investment from Chimney Rock Equity Partners (“Chimney Rock”), a private equity firm focused on lower-middle-market industrial investments.
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Obsidian Control Systems announces the hiring of Edward Smith as the company’s new Product Support & Development Specialist. Edward is an authority in entertainment lighting control systems and a valued professional that Obsidian has been eager to bring on board for some time.
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Analog Way’s Aquilon RS6 worked seamlessly behind the scenes of the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) to drive the massive LED video screens enhancing the dynamic four-day production. Jason Rudolph, an Emmy Award-winning Screens Producer with Aeon Point, was tasked with controlling and operating all of the convention’s screens in Chicago’s United Center.
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Designing the next generation of media server solutions, Modulo Pi announces the signing of a distribution agreement with MayCo, LLC, a premier technology solutions distributor.… Read More »Modulo Pi Appoints MayCo, LLC as Distributor of its Media Server Solutions for the U.S. market
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PLSN is pleased to announce the Regional Winners of the Lighting Hometown Heroes. All six regional winners are now the finalists for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year Award. The six top regional lighting companies in North America—one for each of five U.S. regions, and a sixth for all of Canada were voted on by the industry as they narrowed the field from 36 to the six regional winners.
The six regional winners will appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot as finalist when the ballot goes live Oct. 28, 2024 for the 23rd Parnelli Awards voting. The winner, voted on by PLSN and FOH magazine subscribers, will receive the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year at the Parnelli Awards ceremony on January 24th in Anaheim, CA.Read More »Regional Winners Announced for Lighting Hometown Heroes