NEW YORK — Production Resource Group’s new Best Boy 4000 Spot luminaire is making its Broadway debut on the Tony-nominated revival of Evita as part of a broader package of gear provided by PRG. LD Neil Austin said he chose the Best Boy for its brightness, low power draw and much lower noise as compared to other spot fixtures. Evita is playing at the Marquis Theatre.
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LONDON, UK – Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) renewed its long standing working relationship with one of the UK’s best loved dance artists, Leftfield, who headlined a recent War Child benefit gig at London’s Brixton Academy. Chris Steel, who has worked with the band since 2010, programmed and operated the lighting.
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INDIO, CA – This year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival event experience was enhanced by the dramatic lighting of the festival grounds, made possible with LumenRadio’s CRMX Nova wireless control, installed by Felix Lighting. Two LumenRadio TX2 RDM transmitters controlled three DMX universes of 20 SyncroLite 7K searchlights and 260 ColorKinetics ColorBlaze fixtures. Seventeen LumenRadio receivers were placed on remote lighting towers up to three-quarters of a mile from the control center.
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LAS VEGAS – For the redesign of the lobby and entryway at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas, LD Herrick Goldman selected the Brickblaster Pro RGBW and WWCW. The compact size of the Brickblaster Pro allowed the fixtures to fit into hidden alcoves throughout the lobby, while track mounted fixtures were used in the main hallway, which has a low ceiling height of 8 feet.
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DORTMUND, Germany – The 15-hour Mayday techno party at Dortmund’s Westfalenhalle immersed clubbers in an environment created by 90 of SGM’s new X-5 and XC-5 LED strobes. The 50 white lights and 40 RGB strobes, specified by LD Thomas Gerdon and supplied by production company, schoko pro, were in constant action throughout the marathon.
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LONDON – Clay Paky’s lighting fixtures are ‘Dancing on Ice’ at Britain’s biggest arenas this spring as the hit ITV show goes on tour. LD Durham Marenghi, who has designed this show since 2008, has specified Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE and Profile 1500s, Alpha Spot HPE 300s and Alpha Beam 700s to create a dynamic light show for each skater, while a single Sharpy lights the Winners Trophy throughout.
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LAS VEGAS — Airing live on ABC shortly after the natural light show outside — a partial solar eclipse — the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, staged at the MGM Grand Arena May 20 and supported by PRG, featured design flourishes in lighting and video that animated the set and a visual circus of performances. There were also musical and silent tributes for Whitney Houston, Adam Yauch, Donna Summer and Robin Gibb.
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MASCOT, NSW, Australia – Never Did Me Any Harm is a new dance theatre work that explores the complexities of contemporary family life. Set designer/LD Geoff Cobham collaborated on the project with Chris Petridis, video designer and assistant LD. A PC running Jands Vista v2 software with a Vista M1 wingboard was used to operate the show.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Calvary Church’s chapel recently underwent a substantial upgrade with the installation of 70 CHAUVET fixtures. Brian Barker, project manager for Eye Dialogue Lighting and Sound, said the church invested in the new CHAUVET fixtures to save on power, be green and to change the traditional look of the chapel.
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