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November 2024

Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars is undeniably a captivating performer, and behind the scenes, lighting designer Whitney Hoversten is shaping the visual spectacle of his shows using with an impactful design.

Sammy Hagar’s ‘Best of All Worlds’ Tour

Sammy Hagar’s “Best of All Worlds” tour was a musical journey of his career to date, visually supported by a dynamic lighting and video design by Jamie Fadden realizing a throwback aesthetic.

Childish Gambino’s ‘The New World Tour’

Childish Gambino’s “The New World Tour’s” creative team of Tobias Rylander, Chad “Wolf” Taylor, and Cory FitzGerald realized a concept that created a truly unique visual experience. They pushed lighting, video, automation, laser technology and tour design to another level.

The Killers’ Las Vegas Residency

Lighting Designer Steven Douglas and Production Designer Mitchell Schellenger found the Brightside with a winning design that brought Las Vegas inside The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for The Killers’ residency.

‘Hans Zimmer Live’

“Hans Zimmer Live” paired iconic musical compositions with a transporting show design by Derek McLane and John Featherstone, working with Peter Nigrini’s engaging video designs and dynamic lighting supported by Associate Designers Hailey Featherstone and Chris Herman.

‘Gold Over America Tour’

As the “Gold Over America Tour” brought Simone Biles and several of the Olympic Gymnastics team medalists to U.S. arenas, Mandylights’ designer Tom Edwards stuck the landing with his lighting.

Laser Products and Services

Brown Note Productions’ high-powered and crowd scanning laser projector service, Strictly FX’s laser design, and X-Laser’s Triton T-Series, plus more laser product news from ER Productions, Image SFX, KVANT Lasers, LaserAnimation Sollinger, LPS, Pangolin Laser Systems, PyrotecnicoFX, ShowLve SFX, tarm Showlaser, and Unity Lasers.

Indispensable Technology Award Nominees

Here are the eighteen products have been nominated for the Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards in the Lighting, Video, and Staging/Special Effects categories. These awards recognize technologies that have advanced the state-of-the-art.

Hometown Heroes

Meet the six Regional Hometown Hero Lighting Company winners who are now on the Parnelli Awards Ballot and in the running for the singular honor of being named Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year.

Jamie Fadden

Lighting Designer and Director Jamie Fadden is forging a career in the concert touring industry, working with legends like Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani, and she now has a Parnelli Award nomination to her name.

Theater Design

Denmark’s Opera Hedeland found gold with Simon Corder’s lighting design for Puccini’s “La fanciulla del West.”

The Callboard

The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) presented its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management at the National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall in NYC.