Skip to content

News

USITT 2015 Offerings Attracting Corporate Sponsors

The upcoming 2015 USITT Conference and Stage Show has attracted notable sponsors such as L-Acoustics, Elation Professional and Disney Creative Entertainment. USITT 2015 in Cincinnati March 18-21 offers added entertainment value and support opportunities – and some heavy-hitters have already signed on to sponsor key portions of the event.

Read More »
NJPAC Gala

“Nothin’ Like a Dame” at NJPAC Lights the Leading Ladies of Broadway with VL4000 Spots

NEWARK, NJ – Al Crawford of Arc3design used Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spot luminaires supplied by 4Wall to illuminate Tony Award winning actresses for Nothin’ Like a Dame, a production sponsored by The Women’s Association of NJPAC and staged for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s (NJPAC) 2014 Spotlight Gala. The Women’s Association fo NJPAC has so far raised more than $40 million to support the NJPAC.

Read More »
LD Joe Paradise Adds Flash with Nexus Panels for VH1+SCOPE Party at Mansion Nightclub in Miami

LD Joe Paradise Adds Flash with Nexus Panels for VH1+SCOPE Party at Miami’s Mansion Nightclub

MIAMI — For a party hosted by VH1 and SCOPE at Mansion Nightclub here in early December, LD Joe Paradise collaborated with the VH1 Production team to amp up the visual energy with 38 Nexus 4×4 Panels from Chauvet Professional. Along with a heavy dose of visual punch — despite the fact that they were run at 10 to 30 percent during most of the party — the panels were also used to create “plus” signs to tie in with the party’s “VH1 + Scope” logo.

Read More »
Neo Beginner, Intermediate Half Day Training Sessions Set for Jan., Feb. 2015

Philips Strand Lighting Offers Live Online Training Webinars for Neo Console

DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting is offering a new series of online training webinars for the NEO Lighting Control Console. Taking place in January and February 2015, the live webinars will be led by product specialist Bobby Harrell and will cover beginner, intermediate and advanced programming concepts of the NEO console. Registration for the training webinars is now open and dates have been set for half-day beginner (Jan. 6 and Feb. 2) and half-day intermediate ((Jan. 12 and Feb. 23) training sessions.

Read More »
Bandit Lites supplied gear for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards staged at Wynn Las Vegas on Dec. 5, 2014.

LD Jason Robinson Lights NASCAR Awards with Bandit-Supplied Rig

LAS VEGAS — LD Jason Robinson worked with set designer Tom Sellars on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, staged at the Wynn Las Vegas and telecast live on the Fox Sports 1 network Dec. 5. The awards show design included more than 750 Versa Tubes along with VL3500 Washes, MAC Viper Profiles, GLP Impressions, Color Kinetics LEDs, GRNLite Par 64s and Atomic 3000 strobes, all supplied by Bandit Lites.

Read More »
The Masonic in San Francisco installed Martin Professional lighting fixtures.

Impact Lighting Specifies Martin Gear for Upgrade at the Masonic Venue in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — The Masonic has been a landmark in San Francisco since opening in 1958 and is now operated by concert promotion company, Live Nation. The venue’s recent renovation included a new concert stage, luxury VIP boxes and flexible, tiered open floor space for both general admission and seated shows. Now with a 3,300 seating capacity, The Masonic now also features a new stage lighting system with more than 45 of Harman’’s Martin Professional MAC Viper and MAC Aura fixtures.

Read More »
For Y3 at 42West in NYC, LD Ben Danielowski Shoehorns Legend 230SR Beam from Chauvet Professional

For Y3 at 42West in NYC, LD Ben Danielowski Shoehorns Legend 230SR Beams from Chauvet Professional

NEW YORK, NY – Liverpool’s Cavern Club, the iconic venue that gave the Beatles their first taste of fame, began life as a cellar warehouse and later served as an air raid shelter during World War II.  So, it’s only fitting that the world’s first interactive Beatles Tribute Show, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (Y3), made its New York appearance at 42West, a venue that served as a mid-town Manhattan parking garage, before being transformed into one of the city’s hippest nightspots.

Read More »
Eli Young Band's Live Shows Lit with grandMA2-controlled Clay Paky Fixtures

Eli Young Band’s Live Shows Lit with grandMA2-controlled Clay Paky Fixtures

HOUSTON – The Eli Young Band followed a string of shows in support of its 10,000 Towns album with its now-annual House Party concerts on back-to-back weekends at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas and Minute Maid Park in Houston. LD David Carr specified Clay Paky Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K-20 fixtures controlled by a grandMA2 light console for both the House Party shows and the tour. The fixtures and console are both distributed in North America by A.C.T Lighting, Inc.

Read More »