LOS ANGELES – After being used for the 2015 Academy Awards, the new Hippotizer V4 performed again for the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium on March 29. The show was also broadcast on NBC and streamed live online. TMB distributes Hippotizer products in the Americas.
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MIAMI, FL – LaserNet installed 24 Watts of full-color power into downtown Miami’s newest adult adventureland, Club E11even. The extreme high end club features the lighting design by Michael Meacham’s I-Design and now four of LaserNet’s new 6Watt RGBB ScannerPro special effects projectors.
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NEW YORK – H&M, one of the world’s largest retailers, opens its latest New York flagship at Herald Center where the illuminated storefront gets a dynamic look from lighting designer Christien Methot who used Clay Paky’s new Show Batten fixtures and a grandMA2 onPC system to wrap the structure in a dance of color and light.
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FLOYDS KNOBS, IN – Floyd Central High School used a new Elation lighting package including Arena Q7 Zoom Par wash lights, Platinum Spot 5R Pros, Colour Chorus 48 LED batten washes, and white light Cuepix Blinder WW2 fixtures for a recent production of the staged musical, Mary Poppins.
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UNIONDALE, NY – LD Tom Kenny included 60 Robe LEDWash 1200s for The Who’s North American tour. PRG is providing the gear.
NEW YORK – Another draft American National Standard, BSR E1.46, Standard for the Prevention of Falls from Theatrical Stages and Raised Performance Platforms, has been posted for public review on the PLASA TSP website. Its public review period runs through July 13, 2015.
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PIGEON FORGE, TN – LD Susan Rose is used Chauvet Professional LED moving fixtures for the stage at Dollywood Theme Park for the recent production of My People, a musical production featuring Dolly Parton’s brother Randy, sister Cassie and other family members.
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GLENDALE, CA – Kinetic Lighting recently added Vari*Lite VL4000 Spot luminaires to their inventory.
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LAS VEGAS – XS Nightclub at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas underwent a multi-million dollar lighting re-design with the help of LD Steve Lieberman. He included Elation Professional Platinum series, Proton LED Strobe, and Lumina Strip products in the club’s lighting design.
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LAS VEGAS – Tour School, LLC is teaming up with the University of Nevada at Las Vegas’ (UNLV) Continuing Education program to offer STEADI (Stage Technician Education and Development Intensive), to be held in early August at a location to be determined in Las Vegas. The multi-day program is designed to prepare candidates to meet the needs of employers seeking skilled labor for entry-level stage tech positions in live event productions.
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VANCOUVER, BC — OneRepublic’s tour in support of their third studio album, Native, began more than two years ago in Italy. That European leg was followed by shows around the world, with Bandit supplying Clay Paky, Martin, MA Lighting and other gear for LD Chris Lisle’s diamond-shaped lighting pods framing video screens from MooTV. The band is now en route to the Middle East and Europe and has plans to perform in South Africa and Brazil later this year.
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