Bob Moody, the Met’s head scenic artist, talks about the hand-painted show curtain for Terence Blanchard’s opera, Champion. Chosen by set designer Allen Moyer, the image depicts a moment from Emile Griffith’s fateful bout with Benny Paret.
Equitana is a four-day equine extravaganza staged every two years at Melbourne Showground in Australia celebrating the spirit and passion of Australian equestrians and the integral place that horses play in Australian hearts, minds, history, culture, and society. The last such event was in 2018 as the 2020 one was canned due to Covid, so this year, organizers GTR Events brought it back bigger, better, and more brilliant than before.Read More »Robe Ramps Up the Horsepower for Equitana Spectacle
The Fusion Studio for Entertainment and Engineering announced that early registration for its 2023 Symposium on Education in Entertainment and Engineering, set for July 28-29, 2023 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, ends April 30, 2023. The cost to attend, $150 per person, is reduced to $125 for early registrants.
Brompton Technology is set to make history at the NAB Show in Las Vegas by demonstrating its game-changing innovation, TrueLight®, for the first time. The cutting-edge technology – driven by the new Tessera G1, the industry’s most powerful receiver card – enables full calibration of the pixels and control of the light spectrum emitted by an LED panel with a broader spectral output, by utilizing extra emitters in addition to the standard RGB format. This results in unparalleled color rendering, illuminating individuals and objects with increased realism.Read More »Brompton Technology’s TrueLight® a Highlight of NAB 2023
NAB visitors will see things through a different perspective when they enter booth C6339, as CHAUVET Professional and its sister brand Kino Flo showcase products that create full immersion through the frame of a camera’s eye, all while operating in silence.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Showcases Camera’s Eye Immersion at NAB
The Theatre Communications Group (TCG) has announced the recipients of 2023 The Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship, honoring costume designer Willa Kim’s legacy and her life’s work as a pioneer, legend, and inspiration for many of today’s theater artists. Kim’s iconic work in ballet, theater, opera, and television is also the subject of a career spanning retrospective at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as noted in this month’s theater news, along with a new online course in Structures for the Stage from Purdue University. We also look at USITT’s Gateway Program and USITT’s 2023 Joel E. Rubin Founders Award honoree, Elynmarie Kazle.
Here’s a look at look at the lighting gear choices for two lighting designs, one for the opera “Macbeth” in New Zealand and the other in Chicago for the new musical, “The Notebook.”
Broadway’s longest running show in history, The Phantom of the Opera, takes its final bows and will go dark, closing in mid-April. PLSN speaks with some of the creative and production team who have been with the show since the beginning 35 years ago. Sharing their thoughts are Lighting Designer Andrew Bridge, Associate LD Vivien Leone, Head Electrician Alan Lampel. We also talk with Gary Fails about the fog system, which is integral to the overall impact of the show.
Designer James L. Moody died this year at the age of 80. A pioneering lighting designer for concerts, television, and theater as well as a professor, lecturer, author, and mentor, Moody had an amazing and varied career that influenced many throughout the live entertainment industry.
PlugFest returned to Lille, France March 7-9, bringing together lighting professionals from across Europe to test products and learn about protocols and standards. The residential… Read More »PlugFest, the European Technical Lighting Event, Returns to France
Robe lighting staged a recent busy and successful Open House event in partnership with The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Arts at Trinity College Dublin.… Read More »Robe Stages Lir Open House Event and Expands Irish Operation
At the USITT 23 Conference in St. Louis, USITT honored Elynmarie Kazle with The Joel E. Rubin Founder’s Award, which is presented to a USITT member in recognition of outstanding and continued service to the Institute. This award was named in honor of Dr. Joel E. Rubin, co-founder and the second president of the Institute. Given to USITT members in recognition of extraordinary and continued service to the Institute, the award is presented as an important highlight of the Annual Conference & Stage Expo.Read More »Elynmarie Kazle Honored with the USITT Joel E. Rubin Founders Award at USITT23