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Imagine you’re sitting in an intimate theatre with 140 theater goers, waiting for Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.  to begin. You are probably not expecting scenery that includes realistic video to take you on a journey under the sea. “Ariel swims under the sea, amongst the waves, up to the surface and out to the beach.”

Jeff Ravitz, Intensity Advisors, created the lighting for a unique and exciting evening of music by violin virtuoso Lucia Micarelli. The show premieres on the national PBS network beginning March 3.

LOS ANGELES – American band Mutemath has been playing their unique brand of alternative rock for over 15 years, and creative production design company 44 Designs has shaped the group’s live visual look for most of that time. For the band’s Play Dead U.S. tour last fall, the first leg of a larger worldwide tour in support of a September album release, 44 Designs complemented the band’s eclectic sounds using color and effects from Elation Professional’s Artiste DaVinci LED moving spot luminaire.

Country music singer Luke Pell is out on tour with a lighting package supplied by Bandit Lites. The Bachelorette alum and Army veteran recently released his EP Luke Pell, racking up over 500,000 streams on Spotify, and is traveling coast to coast on a 100-stop tour.

MIAMI – This year marked the 30th edition of Univision’s annual Premio Lo Nuestro (PLN) awards show. PLN 2018 featured some of the greatest artists in Latin music and special tributes to icons like Emilio and Gloria Estefan, who have paved the way for the next generation of artists. LD Tom Kenny lit the event, held at the American Airlines Center on Feb. 22 with gear provided by 4Wall Entertainment. Kenny crafted looks to highlight the prominence and growth of the longest-running music awards show on Spanish language TV in the U.S.

PORT CHESTER, NY – Pink Talking Fish, a band that combines tributes to the Talking Heads and Phish along with songs from Pink Floyd such as “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2),” featured a different kind of wall during its Feb. 10 show at the iconic 1,800-seat Capitol Theatre – a video wall, made up of Chauvet Professional PVP X3 LED tiles. Image Production Services provided the video panels for the show.

Originally founded in 1975, Vermont Public Radio is a statewide news and information resource that has become a trusted voice for those throughout the region. Broadcasting through six radio stations and online, VPR recently underwent a studio renovation to produce both streaming web broadcasts and live performances.

The 17th annual Parnelli Awards gala, held on January 26 in Anaheim, California during NAMM 2018, brought together the legends and upcoming talents of the live event industry to honor the companies and people nominated for their outstanding work this year. CreateLED was honored for their Indispensable Technology Award for Best New Video Product

The January installation of an all-LED High End Systems lighting rig at the Moody Theatre, home of KLRU’s Austin City Limits, is helping to usher in a new era for the beloved 44 year-old public television broadcast, and for the 2018 season at ACL Live.

Singer/songwriter Niall Horan may be best known as a former member of One Direction but the Ireland native can hold his own as a solo artist as well and is proving just that on his current “Flicker Sessions” tour.