MONROE, LA — Lyle Centola, 59, longtime production manager, site coordinator and rigger, died April 29. A key member of the Event Safety Alliance, Centola helped organize and stage major events ranging from Super Bowl halftime shows to a Veterans Day college basketball game held on the deck of an aircraft carrier. His career in live entertainment rigging and management began in the 1970s.
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Chauvet Professional supplies LD Brandon Dunning of Visions Lighting with Nexus LED panels for Invasion Del Corrido concert.
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Renewed Vision supplied ProPresenter and ProVideoPlayer 2 for this year’s Passion Conference (Passion 2015).
Read More »NEW YORK – For the compact but flexible theatre within the new $422 million home of the Whitney Museum in Manhattan, which can seat between 99 and 171 people, Theatre Projects worked with building architects Renzo Piano and Cooper, Robertson & Partners.
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD — Along with its state of emergency due to civil unrest, the city of Baltimore instituted a mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from April 26 to May 5, and that’s led to numerous canceled live entertainment events. Some theatrical productions are still being staged, albeit with earlier curtain times.
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Two open house events for a “first look” at products unveiled at ProLight + Sound have been announced for Los Angeles & Miami.
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NEW YORK CITY – The American Theatre Wing recently announced names of special award winners at the 2015 Tony Awards, the hosts of the ceremony, and the nominees of competitive categories.
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AUSTIN, TX – Lighting director Steve Fallon used 30 High End Systems Shapeshifter C1 fixtures supplied by VER for TV’s Nashville.
Read More »LINCOLN, MA – Lenore Travis, who in the 1970s worked for Tom Field and Associates (TFA) and also Mike Brown Grandstands (today Brown United), died April 26 in a tractor accident on her farm in Lincoln, Mass. She was 67. She shared that farm with her husband George Travis, 2013 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Honoree and Bruce Springsteen’s longtime production manager.
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SAN DIEGO, CA – For the 42,823 fans attending the season-opening home game for the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on April 11, Pro Systems designed a post-game laser lightshow with some punchy effects provided by 12 Rogue RH1 Hybrid fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The visual celebration followed the Padres’ 10-2 victory over the World Series-champion San Francisco Giants.
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