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Adobe MAX 2014, a conference for users of Adobe software products, included general sessions at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

Adobe MAX 2014 Supported by PIX Productions, WorldStage

LOS ANGELES – Adobe MAX 2014, a conference for users of Adobe software products, included general sessions at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. PIX Productions and Worldstage supported the most recent event by combining state-of-the-art pixel mapping technologies with one of the world’s oldest staging techniques: periaktoi, which are triangular-shaped devices used for displaying, and rapidly changing, theater scenes. Periaktoi techniques date back to the times of ancient Greece.

For Kung Fu, WorldStage provided the projection and playback equipment including eight Christie projectors (a mix of M Series HD14K and HD10K models) plus a d3 Technologies video playback platform

WorldStage Supports “Kung Fu” Debut in NYC

NEW YORK — For the world premiere of Kung Fu, the new play from David Henry Hwang, at the Signature Theatre here, WorldStage provided the projection and playback equipment including eight Christie projectors (a mix of M Series HD14K and HD10K models) plus a d3 Technologies video playback platform so he could pixel map the entire set.

Julie Taymors A Midsummer Night’s Dream Gets AV Support from WorldStage.

Julie Taymor’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Gets AV Support from WorldStage

BROOKLYN, NY — There’s only a judicious amount of character flying in Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the first production to be staged in the compact but versatile Polonsky Shakespeare Center, which opened here last fall, and, as Taymor wryly noted in an interview in The New York Times, the odds of production snags arising from hastily updated scripts were even less remote. Even so, the production, with set design by Es Devlin, had its own unique challenges and complexities. WorldStage provided a video assist.

WorldStage Lights Temporary Structure as NYC Welcomes New Mayor

WorldStage Lights Temporary Structure as NYC Welcomes New Mayor

NEW YORK — On Jan. 1, Bill de Blasio took over for Michael Bloomberg as Mayor of New York City. As part of the process of welcoming the first new mayor since Bloomberg took over for Rudy Giuliani in 2002, a non-partisan citywide project, “Talking Transition,” invited New Yorkers to share their views about the city’s future. The project was based within a temporary tent-like complex at Hudson Square at Canal and Varick Streets in Manhattan. WorldStage supported the temporary location’s lighting needs.

Josh Nissim

WorldStage NY Promotes Josh Nissim to Senior VP/GM

NEW YORK — WorldStage promoted Josh Nissim to senior vice president/general manager of the New York operation. Prior to the promotion, Nissim served as vice president of lighting. He first joined WorldStage (then called Scharff Weisberg) in 1995.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Voice Tunnel” art installation

WorldStage Teams with Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer on “Voice Tunnel” Art Installation

NEW YORK — Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Voice Tunnel” art installation invited pedestrians into the 1,400-foot vehicle tunnel on Manhattan’s Park Avenue for the first time on Saturdays in August to experience an immersive and imaginative lighting and sound installation created for the unique underground space. Lozano-Hemmer, who had relied upon WorldStage for previous art projects, turned to the AV company once again to fulfill his artistic visions.

Adobe Max 2013

WorldStage Gets Creative at Adobe Max 2013

LOS ANGELES – Adobe Max 2013 “The Creativity Conference,” took a creative set design and projection mapping approach to deliver visuals to an audience of some 5,000 Adobe users and software developers – and more than 100,000 who watched the gathering’s livestream. WorldStage helped Adobe Systems, Inc. meet its creative goals providing AV support for the event at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

Cathedral Church of St John the Divine

WorldStage Projects Plight of Refugees onto NYC Cathedral

NEW YORK – The plight of refugees may not be a high-profile topic on a given day, but WorldStage teamed with Art Works Projects to ensure that the problem had a larger-than-life platform during World Refugee Day, June 20. WorldStage was the media projection provider and sponsor for a public event at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City.

YouTube Brandcast.

WorldStage, Good Sense Support YouTube Brandcast

NEW YORK CITY – For the second consecutive year, WorldStage provided video and lighting support – and a new surprise reveal – to Good Sense & Company’s production of the YouTube Brandcast, which gives marketers and agencies a peek at YouTube’s new original programming and insights into one of the world’s biggest audiences.

Lucky Guy

WorldStage Supports ‘Lucky Guy’ on Broadway

NEW YORK – Joining the long list of Broadway credits for WorldStage is “Lucky Guy,” Nora Ephron’s play about tabloid journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike McAlary, which stars Tom Hanks in his Broadway debut.  WorldStage provides video support for the drama. Video projection plays a key role in the play helping to establish a sense of time – it spans a 12-year period – and location, including newsrooms, bars and the streets of New York during the 1980s and ‘90s.  Projection designer Robin Silvestri, creative director/partner in Batwin + Robin, worked with director George C. Wolfe to develop images composed of film noir-style fragments, shadows and elements rather than literal video clips.

Jazz at Lincoln Center

WorldStage Upgrades Jazz at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK CITY – WorldStage recently upgraded the infrastructure and systems at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where it is the exclusive vendor for AV, to reduce set up time for shows and increase system flexibility.

GannettFront

WorldStage Teams with TBA Global on Gannett Upfront

NEW YORK CITY – The Gannet Company’s first ever upfront, dubbed GannettFront 2013, marked the first time that the parent company of USA Today showcased all of Gannett’s brands to advertisers and media in a TV show-style presentation. TBA Global, tasked with producing the event, selected WorldStage for lighting and video support.