Lighting designer, Tim Deiling, used 35 Ayrton MagicDot SX fixtures to help construct the visual narrative for the Broadway production of SIX The Musical when… Read More »Ayrton MagicDot SX Knocks Them for SIX on Broadway
New York, NY—At times, theater has a unique way of firing the imagination by blurring boundaries. Such is the case with Freestyle Love Supreme, the exultant, hip-hop laced, improvisational whirl created by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tommy Kail of Hamilton fame, along with Anthony Veneziale, where performers seem to spring to life right before the audience’s very eyes.Read More »Jeff Croiter Creates Connectivity for ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ on Broadway with Chauvet Professional
New York—October 1, 2021—The Broadway League announced today that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theatres in New York City will continue to require vaccinations for audience members, as well as performers, backstage crew, and theatre staff, for all performances through the end of the year. Masks will also be required for audiences inside the theatre, except while actively eating or drinking in designated locations.Read More »Broadway Theatres In New York City Extend Vaccination and Mask Requirement for Everyone in the Theatre
Post-Pandemic Program Will Encourage Reopening of Broadway Productions as Part of State’s Comprehensive Economic Recovery Initiative
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the launch of the new $100 million New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit, designed to help revitalize an industry vital to the state’s continued economic recovery. This program will further jump-start the entertainment industry and help to generate additional tourism activity in New York City. Prior to the pandemic, Broadway theatres welcomed a collective audience of nearly 250,000 people each week, while the industry supported more than 90,000 local jobs and contributed over $14 billion to the New York City economy annually. Since the program was first announced as part of the FY 2022 Budget, at least 35 productions have announced opening performance plans for this year. Read More »New York State Launches $100 Million New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit
Coming up on the next SM Tech Friday, which is free for everyone, from the Broadway Stage Management Symposium, is a deep dive into SHOFLO paperwork creation tool on Friday, July 16, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. SHOFLO’s John Alexander joins BSMS host, Matt Stern to go over SHOFLO, the standard for creating and managing rundowns in the event industry. You’ll learn how to use this software and how we can apply it to theater and make our workflow easier. SHOFLO is a must know for stage managers.Read More »Broadway Stage Management Symposium’s SM Tech Friday | SHOFLO, Friday July 16
NEW YORK – On April 10, NY PopsUp presented the second performance inside a Broadway theater since New York’s venues were shuttered by the pandemic… Read More »NY PopsUp Continues with Second Performance Inside Broadway Theater since Covid Shutdowns
NEW YORK – On April 3, Nathan Lane and Savion Glover were the first to perform in a Broadway theater, more than a year after all Broadway productions were halted due to Covid-19 on March 12, 2020. The performance, Playbills, was staged at St. James Theatre and seen by a socially distanced in-person audience. It was also livestreamed on NY PopsUp’s Instagram feed, @NYPopsUp.
From the PLSN Podcast archives, with Mick Smith – Vice President of Design at Eastern Lighting Design
With Mike Baldassari – Tony and Emmy Nominated Lighting Designer at Mike-o-Matic Industries