The 78th Annual Tony Awards will return to the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 8, 2025. Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 78th Annual Antoinette Perry Tony Awards® have now been announced.
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NAMM interviewed Malcolm Weldon, who was honored with the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement at the annual ceremony in Jan. 2025. Here’s a link to the interview.
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Bandit Lites is excited to announce the addition of the ACME Tornado to its lineup of cutting-edge concert touring inventory. Built to meet the demands of touring, the Tornado offers exceptional brightness with fast, precise beam controls. With its high output, wide zoom range, and advanced effects capabilities, the Tornado ensures dynamic, high-impact visuals that can transform any stage for Bandit’s clients.
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Fans got to see the Mickey 17’s nattily dressed stars Robert Pattinson and Naomi Ackie in an elegant setting, not to mention a parade of “drones” from the film marching down the red carpet, while also enjoying lively video clips shown on a 32m long structure featuring 160 active CHAUVET Profession REM 3IP LED panels.
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Brigham Young University-Idaho has invested in 14 Ayrton Cobra2 fixtures for its Rexburg campus. The Cobra2 is a phosphor laser source luminaire with an incredible beam angle, extreme range of focus and perfect color reproduction. Brown Note Productions in Thornton, Colorado provided the Cobra2 fixtures kicking off a new relationship with the university.
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Bob Schacherl, former CEO of Robe North America since 2013, passed away after a long illness. He was 70. Robe released this statement on Schacherl’s… Read More »In Memoriam: Bob Schacherl, Former CEO Robe North America, 70
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Stray Production Services, a full-service event production company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania, has announced an investment in Elation’s cutting-edge PARAGON LED profile moving head. The move strengthens the company’s already robust inventory of Elation gear and sets the stage for PARAGON to become a workhorse fixture across various indoor and outdoor productions.
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Indie rock icons The Wombats are currently touring the UK and Europe with a bold new visual identity, powered by the first touring deployment of the VLHive 151 Digital FX lighting fixture from Vari-Lite, originators of the modern moving head lighting fixture and a Signify entertainment lighting brand. The show has been designed by lighting designer Rosie Haigh, who is also Vari-Lite Business Development Manager at Signify.
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Wenger Corporation, a leading provider of high-quality equipment and solutions for performing arts, announce the acquisition of Creative Conners, Inc., a trusted innovator in stage automation technology. This strategic acquisition expands Wenger’s capabilities in the performing arts sector.
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The team at Concept K broke the rules at the 2025 Dystopia festivals, held in France. They departed from the standard practice of having a massive video wall on a festival’s main stage. Instead, they animated their main stages with brawny collections of lighting effects, including the CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M units.
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As Billie Holiday observed, ‘every song, like every person, must be unique, or it isn’t music’. As a Lighting Designer, Jack Thomas agrees. Guided by this principle, he set out to leave visual fingerprints on each song in Bayside’s current North American ‘Errors Tour’.
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From powering large-scale productions with ultra-high-resolution switching to training operators on real-world workflows, M2 continues to expand its role as a go-to partner for production teams looking to harness the power of PIXELHUE technology.
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