ATLANTA – At one point in Akshay Kumar’s show, ‘The Entertainers,’ the Bollywood legend seemed to be floating in the air. The harnessed star then picked up dancer Mouni Roy and ascended over the audience with her. The sellout crowds at the three stops on this US tour might very well have felt that they […]
SINGAPORE – Located 11-floors above the Vista Exchange district, atop the celestial inspired Star Performing Arts Center, The Star Loft offers breathtaking views from its interior space and enchanting rooftop terrace. This panorama, however, was not the only impressive site that visitors to Chauvet’s Singapore Open House got to enjoy in early April. The two-day […]
LUBBOCK, TX – There are things you will always see at a Parker McCollom show, like the rising young country star getting down close and personal to interact with fans. Then there are things you will never see, like anyone sitting in their seat for very long! That’s because from the moment he walks out […]
AMSTERDAM – There is an element of illusion in every winter attraction. That is what makes them so special! Who cannot be charmed by entering a space during the dark days of the year, and suddenly finding themselves transported into a magical wonderland? Visitors to Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs know this feeling well. For 18 days […]
PHILADELPHIA – Creativity lives on the edge, or so the saying goes. It is in that uncertain area, balanced between two opposite, and often contradictory, forces, that that new ideas seem to flow more freely, and blossom more beautifully. Lenny Sasso has no argument with that. The prolific designer, who has worked for a number […]
FRANKFURT – There’s a powerful storm headed to Prolight + Sound, but instead of seeking shelter, lighting professionals will want to run toward it at Stand E21 in Hall 12.1, as CHAUVET Professional introduces the latest additions to its game-changing Maverick Storm series of IP65 rated fixtures. Engineered to stand up to “nature’s fury” as […]
LAS VEGAS – NAB visitors will see things through a different perspective when the 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. At the head of the pack is the new Ovation E-2 […]
MEXICO CITY – Luke Stratton didn’t have to read between the lines when he saw the creative brief for Smashing Pumpkins’ “The World Is A Vampire” festival, which took place in early March. He knew that the stage was going to be massive. “When I got the stage dimensions from the promoter and the lighting […]
ROOKLYN – At its best, comedy is most effective when it approaches the familiar from unique and interesting angles. Marc Wasserman believes that, in many instances, the same can also be said of live entertainment lighting. The owner of 3 With 1 Grab Productions, Wasserman knows a thing or two about both, having plied his […]
LONDON – In the words of one critic, The Backseat Lovers latest Capital Records album Waiting To Spill, “doesn’t sound like something a bunch of teenagers dreamt up.” Instead, it was, as he wrote, “a remarkable artistic effort.” Comments like these are repeated time and time again about the music of this young, Utah-based indie-alternative […]
NASHVILLE – At its best, art holds a mirror up to its times. Not one of the fun-house variety that distorts to flatter myths or scare up false demons, but a relentlessly realistic one that reflects things as they are, and through the artist’s perspective offers hope for how things might somehow become better. Such […]
THIRROUL, AUSTRALIA – Anita’s Theatre is no stranger to change. On Saturday December18, 1965, when the curtain went down on a double billing featuring Stephen Boyd in “Genghis Khan” and Carl Gonzales in “The Little Ones,” the classic venue, then known as the King’s Theatre, closed its doors after more than 40 years as the […]