COLUMBIA, SC – A very accomplished painter when she isn’t busy as a LD, Denise Simpson says that she often likes to play with colors to do things a little differently when designing shows. This was beautifully evident this December when she lit “The Christmas Experience,” a well-orchestrated one-hour musical program at the Lexington Baptist […]
Some of Europe’s leading concert venues made a significant upgrade during the coronavirus lockdown, and when audiences return, they aren’t going to hear a thing about it. From France to Norway, these sites have enhanced the listening experience by installing our new generation of silent and ultra-quiet fixtures. At the stunning Frank Gehry designed Luis […]
BERGEN, NORWAY – From the outside, the sleek, new Åsane Kulturhus multi-use civic center projects an image of engineering excellence. This impression is reinforced throughout the spacious structure, including in its 540 square meter Culture Hal where the engineering and design team created pin-drop-perfect acoustics. Audiences attending performances at the hall are able to enjoy […]
LONDON – Tight deadlines! Sure, they can be stressful, but they often serve as a spark that ignites the creative engine. Robert Henderson’s work lighting the South London Youth Theatre’s recent production of West Side Story offers vivid proof of that. The Basingstoke-based LD captured the swirling passions of the classic Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim musical […]
GREENDALE, WI – There’s a reason Greendale Village Days festival has been around and thriving for sixty-one years. The three-day family-friendly event offers something for everyone: from fireworks, face-painting, and an outdoor family movie night, to a beer tent, delicious food options, and fun, inflatable attractions attendees can play on all day long. A big […]
DEVONPORT, AUSTRALIA – The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein (more commonly called Young Frankenstein) has been a popular staple in regional theatres across the globe since its 2007 Broadway debut. At a recent production of the musical comedy at the Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre, designer Nick Glen supported the fantastical story of an […]
DALLAS – Easter is a time of new beginnings. This was manifested quite clearly at The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas, this year, not just in its uplifting service and sermon, but also in its lighting system, which entered a new era of color rendering with the addition of almost 40 CHAUVET Professional LED […]
BOISE, ID – Things are bustling in Idaho’s capital, which was recently ranked by Forbes as one of the 15 fastest growing cities in the US, and led all metropolitan areas in the country in the creation of new construction jobs last year. Keeping up with the rapid pace of change is Boise Centre, a […]
NEW YORK – Gareth Emery has been on quite a roll. Following his No. 1 iTunes Dance hit “Drive,” which garnered over 26 million YouTube views for its official video, the English house DJ/ producer launched Electric For Life, a game changing weekly Trance radio show that’s broadcast on Sirius XM and online. Recently, the […]
ANDERSON, IN – At 3 pm on Monday December 5, a large crowd turned out at the former site of the Mounds Showplace Theater for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of Northview Church’s third satellite campus building. Tracing its roots back to a day in 1980 when 30 worshippers gathered in the cafeteria […]
NEW YORK – A priest, a rapper, an LGBT artist, an Ivy League business school chairperson, a violinist and 13 other achievers from wildly different fields walk into an elegant theatre . . . The beginning of a joke? Not at all — it’s the list of presenters at the TEDx New York Keynote Series […]
LOUIS, MO – US presidential debates are serious business, but that doesn’t mean they can’t also be surrounded by some festive touches. Such was the case at Washington University in St. Louis, host of the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The school, which has hosted five debates in the past, was buzzing […]