News

NEW YORK – Visitors to www.usitt.org will find a new, improved USITT website, redesigned for easier access to USITT’s resources, programs, and growing backstage community.

ST. LOUIS, MS – Harman Martin Professional lighting fixtures supplied by Solomon Group were used for the 2015 FIRST Championship Events and Concert.

NASHVILLE, TN – Lighting designers often like to talk about how they capture music in light, but Chris Lisle has taken this concept a step further on the Chase Rice tour. The well-known Nashville LD, who’s done standout work for the likes of Miranda Lambert, One Republic and Robert Plant, wove images of music and light together in dramatic fashion for the up-and-coming country star by converting faux guitar cabinets into lighting effects, courtesy of 16 Nexus Aw 7×7 LED panels from CHAUVET Professional provided by 4Wall Nashville.

LOS ANGELES — When the script calls for a SWAT searchlight in the city’s night sky, you can pay big bucks to hire a full-sized helicopter and invite the wrath of angry neighbors complaining about the noise as it flies overhead for repeated takes. Or you could find an alternate solution, like film LD Matt Ardine, who used Philips Vari-Lite’s 1200W VL4000 Spot fixture to simulate the SWAT copter’s beam for a recent three-day video shoot in Los Angeles.

LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors announced that one of the visionaries of the modern music festival, Kevin Lyman, will serve as host/MC for the 2015 Parnelli Awards. The award show takes place at the Rio Resort and Casino on Saturday, Oct 24. Considered the “Grammys for Live Events,” it celebrates and honors those in lighting, audio, video, staging and all related professionals involved in putting on concert tours and live events.

BRIGHTON, MI — For a Brighton High School performance of the Tony Award-winning musical, Nice Work If You Can Get It, the school’s Musical Theater troupe benefited from Chroma-Q Color Force 12 multi-purpose LED fixtures specified by lighting sales and production company E2i Design.

FLAGSTAFF, AZ – Brothers Gow LD Matt Collier added Chauvet’s Rogue R1 Spots to its travel rig for the band’s “Bring the Heat” Tour.  

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, Canada – The Rolling Stones are set to wrap up their 15-city Zip Code Tour this week with a show at the  Plains of Abraham in Quebec, a historic battlefield. The touring production will once again rely upon a variety of gear sourced via A.C.T Lighting, including Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, Sharpy Washes, Robert Juliat Lancelot followspots, grandMA2 lighting consoles and ChainMaster hoists.

MIDDLETON, WI – Cinematographer Craig Kief announced he will work on a new Muppet series airing this fall on ABC, selecting ETC gear for the project.

ANN ARBOR, MI – TLS Productions, Inc. is proud to announce our 2nd Annual Open House & New Product Showcase, scheduled for Friday September 25th, 2015 from 11am to 7pm – at our headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

NASHVILLE, TN – Following a product demo with Albert and Berenice Chauvet, Michael T. Strickland of Bandit Lites purchased Rogue RH1 Hybrid units.