The stage was big, over 200-feet wide and 100-feet long. So too was the venue, the 510,000 sq. ft. Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX, the practice facility of the Dallas Cowboys. Good thing too… because the Academy of Country Music Awards went all out this May to celebrate its 60th anniversary with […]

With its sharp angles and distinct lines, Geometry shapes space. Color is less exact, though it too has the ability to define space and, perhaps more importantly, the moods that reside within that space’s parameters. The power of both geometry and color were everywhere to be seen in Roosevelt Dsouza’s design for Indian playback star, […]

This widely acclaimed, award-winning lighting designer has brough an impressive blend of versatility, showmanship, and experience to a stunningly wide range of projects for decades. With a résumé that includes touring artists like Lady Gaga and Jay-Z, as well as festival stages, such as Ultra, corporate clients like Dell Technologies, and even the White House, […]

MIAMI – Long before the first Ultra Music fans began filing into downtown’s Bayfront Park this March, the festival had already begun playing itself out in the mind of Patrick Dierson. “We started working on the pre-production process, several months out in advance and went over things again and again to get this right,” said […]

DIJON, FRANCE – Creativity cannot be used up, wrote the iconic Maya Angelou. The more you use, the more it grows. To that, we might add, “the more it is shared, the brighter it shines.” This empowering concept is at the heart of Showlight, and it is why CHAUVET Professional and its sister company, ChamSys, […]

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – JJ Grey had one bit of advice for the artists who joined him and his band Mofro for their two-day festival, “The Blackwater Sol Revival,” which kicked off May 24. “Don’t stand on the side of the stage because I’m going to put you on the spot.” The legendary artist was […]

NAPLES, FL – On its website, the Gulfshore Playhouse declares that it is “passionately committed to enriching the cultural landscape of our region by producing professional theatre to the highest artistic standards.” Over the course of a season, the 368-seat main Moran theatre (part of a new 40,243 sq. ft. complex) fulfills this mission in […]

Rapperswil, Switzerland – Mottos are quite easy to make up, but living up to their grandiose claims? Well…that’s often another story, unless you are talking about Circus Knie 2025. This year, the iconic circus presented itself as offering “a mixture of fantasy, poetry and magic.” An idle claim? Hardly. All three of these wonderful qualities […]

DALLAS – The stage was big, over 200-feet wide and 100-feet long. So too was the venue, the 510,000 sq. ft. Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX, the practice facility of the Dallas Cowboys. Good thing too… because the Academy of Country Music Awards went all out this May to celebrate its 60th […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Life begins again with summer, wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. Perhaps that is why everything seems possible during this season of long nights and sunny days, especially to the young. Memories of those summer dreams continue to burn brightly in our hearts even after they have been dimmed by time, as they […]

PARIS – Space is the breath of art, Frank Lloyd Wright once observed before he went on to revolutionize architecture with his open, elemental designs. This philosophy is compatible with the approach that Etienne de Crécy follows with his art. Like Wright who pioneered new ideas in building design, the Lyon-born electronic music maestro has […]

True to the mission of this column, this legendary designer shared five of the lessons he’s learned about lighting along the way in his career. And oh, what a career it has been! Morse’s close collaboration with Madonna and her set designer Bruce Rogers on the Drowned World tour in 2001 resulted in a seminal […]