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Music and Fireworks: Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Concert

The 2022 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular concert on the banks of the Charles River. Photo: Matthew Teuten Photography

The 2022 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular concert was back on the Charles River in downtown Boston for the first time since 2019, after being cancelled due to Covid in 2020 and performing at Tanglewood in 2021. The event is one of the most recognized Independence Day celebrations in the country, including its presentation of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”—with real cannons—and spectacular fireworks display over the river.Read More »Music and Fireworks: Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Concert

Video Is Lighting: Approaching Video as a Lighting Designer

Craig Rutherford looks at approaching video as a lighting designer. He talks about how to think about—and design—with video elements when one comes from a mostly lighting background. The topics range from content considerations to encouraging designers to break out of the rectangles.

L!VE: Looking Beyond the Midwest for Further Growth

Columbus, OH-based production company L!VE may have started in a beat-up van, but they have since grown into regional and national event specialists. To date they have produced over 50,000 shows, served 11,000 brands, and covered 1.2 million miles. Today they employ about 110 people spread out across the Midwest.

Lighting Director/Programmer Vanessa Arciga

This month’s NextGen nominee is Lighting Director/Programmer Vanessa Arciga, who already has an impressive list of credits, working with a number of industry leading designers and companies. She most recently was out on Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Tour with Paul “Arlo” Guthrie’s design.

Lance ‘KC’ Jackson

Michael S. Eddy speaks with concert touring veteran Lance “KC” Jackson, who recently celebrated 44 consecutive years in the live entertainment industry, wearing many hats and mentoring others. Currently on the road as Production Stage Manager for Earth, Wind & Fire with Santana, Jackson is co-founder of Roadies of Color United.

Dimmers and Power Distribution

This month’s PLSN Buyer’s Guide rounds up Dimming and Power Distribution products. Though dimmers have lost their dominance to power distribution products, both are still widely used, and we look at the options available.

‘Bruce:’ Designing a Musical about Making a Movie

The design team for Seattle Repertory Theatre’s world-premiere of the musical “Bruce” had to take an audience from Hollywood studio offices to Martha’s Vineyard’s oceanfront in this look at the making of the movie “Jaws.” Scenic Designer, Jason Sherwood and Lighting Designer, Jeff Croiter tell us how they evoked these vastly different locales, including an ocean, on stage.

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘FUZION’

Lighting and set designer Mikki Kunttu returns to Cirque du Soleil with “FUZION,” a specially commissioned brand-new production that was staged for the 2022 Jeddah Season Festival.

Summer Stadium Tour Roundup

Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with updates on LD David “Gig” Butzler (Garth Brooks); Production Designer Andy Ruiz (Grupo Firme); LDs Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe, and Production Designer Florian Wieder (Rammstein), Joel Wojcik (Train); Justin Collie (Nimblist) and Production Designer Es Devlin and LD Jason Baeri (The Weeknd).

Unpaid Labor

Chris Lose wants to open a dialogue on unpaid labor in the industry. As demand is high for labor at the same time that budgets are tight, people are being asked to chip in a little extra. But where do we draw the line between being a team player and being taken advantage of on a show?

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Lighting Company

Volt

Venue

Hollywood Palladium

Hollywood, CA