DURHAM, NC – For the new Capital Hills main campus of Summit Church, CSD Group engineered and installed an AVL system that includes about 100 Chauvet Professional fixtures and two Net X II nodes. Opened in 2019, the new 90,064 square foot building includes services within a 1,800-seat worship area. It also serves as the broadcast center for the church, which has close to a dozen locations.
SOUTH AFRICA- For the past seventeen years, British Lighting Designer Graham McLusky has made his way to South Africa to light the annual… Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Fixtures Enhance “Jack and the Beanstalk” Holiday Pantomime in South Africa
SWEDEN – Swedish singer and songwriter Carola Maria Häggkvist – best known as ‘Carola’ – has been one of Sweden’s most popular performers since… Read More »Carola gets Festive with Robe
FORT LAUDERDALE – As someone who “grew up in reggae,” Nesta Garrick takes special pride and pleasure in lighting the Welcome to Jamrock Reggae… Read More »Smooth Sailing on Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise for Nesta Garrick with Maverick Storm 1 Wash
LOS ANGELES – India Inc., which has delivered cutting-edge lighting solutions for broadcast for more than a decade, has invested in a complement of… Read More »India Inc. Purchases Ayrton Diablo-TC Fixtures for Broadcast Lighting Inventory
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Zoo’s seasonal LumiNature holiday light attraction featured a design from LD Ken Billington, who worked with show producer/director Jason Kantrowitz. Elation Proteus fixtures played a key role in the multimedia Northern Lights spectacle. 4Wall supplied the IP65-rated Proteus luminaires.
NASHVILLE – More than 200,000 gathered in downtown Nashville at the Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight New Year’s Eve celebration, a new record, according to organizers. The Music City note dropped at midnight, and along with a fireworks display over Bicentennial Mall, the spectacle included a massive lighting setup from Bandit Lites.
AUSTRALIA – – The ever-dazzling International Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese, returned to Australia with her most lavish touring show ever, “Glamonatrix.” It was… Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Fixtures Exude Glamour on Burlesque Queen Dita Von Teese’s Australian Tour
NYC – Lighting designer Mason Delman lit an NYU Tisch School of the Arts production of Legally Blonde with Elation Artiste Picasso™ moving heads… Read More »Mason Delman lights Legally Blonde at NYU Skirball with Artiste Picasso™
UK – Panto (pantomime) season in the UK and Ireland brought another crop of side-splitting hilarity and slapstick to stages up and down the countries,… Read More »Robe Flies High with Peter Pan in Blackpool
NASHVILLE – Stephen Gudis, Parnelli Awards board member and founder of The Production Department LLC, died Jan. 6, 2020. Mastering the art of keeping production costs and stress to a minimum for a wide array of clients, he enjoyed a richly varied and successful career that spanned more than four decades.
MIDDLETON, WI – A Chorus Line is a classic because of its depiction of the versatile, fantastically-talented chorus dancers. Now, a new production at… Read More »ColorSource finds the soul in Signature Theatre’s re-invention of A Chorus Line