TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, proudly announced recently the 2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardees: Fred Voelpel, Eugene Lee, Dede Ayite, Michael Curry, and Caroline F. Siedle.
The Live Arts, Culture, and Entertainment (LACE) Survey funded by USITT and The Ohio State University and administered by SMU DataArts will show who is doing what in the live events industry. Also, here’s a look at USA829’s membership survey.
Our annual guide to some of the leading theater schools and training programs educating the next generation of designers, technicians and stagehands across the country.
The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected seven early-career designers as its first group of grant recipients. Each of the inaugural recipients will receive grants up to $15,000. The 1/52 Project launched in January 2022 with the goal of providing financial support to rising designers from historically excluded groups with the aim of diversifying and strengthening the Broadway design community.
Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with a seasonal look at the fall and Halloween designs and productions from LD Erich Bertti; LD Thom Roberts; Silent House Studios; LD Vince Foster; Production Designer Michael Brown; Co-Lighting Designer Matthew Greer and Production/Lighting Designer Ed Warren, among others.
Chris Lose discusses the considerations of wearing multiple hats while out on tour. Are you going to be stretched too thin? Are they taking advantage of you? Here are the pros and cons to think about before saying yes or no.
Four draft standards are available for public review and comment on the ESTA website at http://estalink.us/pr. The downloads are free. Please note the comment due dates,… Read More »Four Draft Standards Open for Review on ESTA Website
Production/Lighting Designers LeRoy Bennett, Roland Greil, Peter Morse, and Charles B “Cosmo” Wilson were recently invited to join the LIT Lighting Design Awards judge’s board for the upcoming 2022 awards.
To provide Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm with simple but impactful lighting for their 2022 U.S. tour, Bandit Lites deployed a dynamic rig using Martin… Read More »Halestorm Tear Through Summer Touring Season with Help of Martin Professional
A “spirit of joy,” as one critic described it, runs through the music of Marca MP. The California quartet’s lively blend of banda, mariachi,… Read More »Gus Martinez Sets Stage for Marca MP at MGM Grand with Chauvet Professional
Showtec, one of the largest rental companies in Southeast Asia, recently purchased 40 Ayrton Domino LT luminaires from Total Solution Marketing Pte Ltd, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Singapore. The fixtures were subsequently used Aug. 9 for the Singapore National Day Parade, one of the biggest events in Singapore.Read More »Showtec Supports Singapore National Day Parade with Lighting
One hundred Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua fixtures were deployed at the Venetian Arsenal from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10 2022 for the Campari Boat-In Cinema event at the time-honored Venice International Film Festival.Read More »LD Giovanni Pinna Lights up the Campari Boat-in Cinema Event at the Venice Film Festival