LOS ANGELES – The historic Ricardo Montalban Theatre glowed with the latest in lighting technology and new design ideas on April 1 when it hosted the fourth annual CHAUVET Professional Student Lighting Showcase. An interactive educational event, the showcase has students from college theatre programs collaborate on lighting projects, then have their work evaluated by […]
WILLIAMSBURG, MA – S. Jeremy Peters loves piloting small FPV drones. There is, he says, “no rush quite like it.” He and his wife Alison Peters wanted to share their passion for drone flying with a wider audience. As owners of SJP Productions, a lighting and projection company experienced working festivals, they were in an […]
SPRINGFIELD, MA – Unlike virtually every state and county fair in the US, which take place in late summer, the Big E (or Eastern States Exposition, as it’s also known), doesn’t open until fall has begun its descent into winter. The timing is a throwback to the annual event’s origins in 1916, when the six […]
LAFAYETTE, LA – Surveying the stage at Louisiana’s sprawling Cajundome, Jason Wilson was impressed by its sheer size. The vice president of operations at B&L Sound and Lighting, Wilson had more than a passing interest in the stage’s physical dimensions. The event producer for the Louisiana Youth Evangelism Celebration, he led the team responsible for […]
London, England – London’s world-renowned nightlife has kept the city’s pulse ticking well into the wee hours for decades. From the 1930s, when renowned bartender Harry Craddock published the Savoy Cocktail Book (a drinks manual still in print today), onto the vibrant Soho of the swinging sixties, to Britpop era Camden, and up to Shoreditch […]
London, England – (For Immediate Release) — London’s world-renowned nightlife has kept the city’s pulse ticking well into the wee hours for decades. From the 1930s, when renowned bartender Harry Craddock published the Savoy Cocktail Book (a drinks manual still in print today), onto the vibrant Soho of the swinging sixties, to Britpop […]
NEW YORK – Rock and roll never dies; neither do rock and roll dreams, although sometimes they may take an extended hiatus while “adult responsibilities” are looked after. Such was the case for New York attorney Charles Bonfante. In the ’80s and early ’90s, the Long Island native was the drummer for a number of […]
Every life has its moments, and for David Butzler a seismic one occurred in the early 1990s when an up-and-coming country star named Garth Brooks asked the Nashville-based LD to become his designer. As Butzler recalls it, Brooks was impressed by his work ethic. We don’t doubt that, but there must have been more than […]
LOS ANGELES – When you have only one trailer for a high-profile tour, every fixture you load into it had better count. Butch Allen, the 2014 Parnelli Award Lighting Designer of the Year who has toured with a long list of superstars from Van Halen and Jennifer Lopez to Metallica and Usher, demonstrated this principle […]
Bačka Topola, Serbia – The circle, that most mystical of shapes that philosophers have describe as a “reflection of eternity,” served as an ideal design motif for the main stage at the recent Lake Festival. Like the circle itself, which has no beginning or end, and embraces all, the three-day festival encompassed a diverse mix […]
NASHVILLE – It is an equation that every production team has had to balance: how to create big, bold, dynamic looks on stage, while still meeting practical considerations, like fitting your powerful touring rig into the allotted trailer space. The creatives behind the stage design for Scotty McCreery’s current 31-city North American Damn Strait tour […]
Artistic inspiration often finds its most fertile ground outside the gates of convention. Such was the case with the lighting and production design that Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde created for Mt. Joy on the band’s current world tour. While conventional wisdom advises not to mix too many colors on stage at the same time, […]