News in the Design Engineering Industry

Premiere Lighting For Stephen Petronio

Apr 19, 2012, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

Video and lighting intertwined to create the visual palette for the world premiere of Architecture of Loss, a new piece by choreographer Stephen Petronio....

A Conversation with Artie Siccardi

Apr 19, 2012

The Broadway Technical Theatre History Project presents "Backstage Legends and Masters: A Conversation with Artie Siccardi"...

Philips Color Kinetics Donates $5000 to the Wally Foundation

Apr 19, 2012

The Wally Russell Foundation thanks Philips Color Kinetics for its contribution of $5000...

By Design Day 2012 – It’s Almost Here!

Apr 19, 2012

If you haven’t signed up yet for By Design Day, the annual fundraising day for Behind the Scenes in the US and Canada and Light Relief in the UK, don’t worry — you still have time!...

A Closer Look: MA Lighting MA onPC

Apr 19, 2012, By Cory FitzGerald

Looking at the MA Lighting's MA onPC command wing for mobile use of the grandMA2 control system....

Silver Lining at The Silverdale Baptist Church

Apr 18, 2012, By Stephen Roberts

Creating a dream space for the Silverdale Baptist Church in Chattanooga, TN....

Lighting American Idiot On Tour

Apr 18, 2012, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

LD Kevin Adams revised his rig when the Green Day musical, American Idiot, went out on the road...

This Lamp Or That: Trends In Houses Of Worship

Apr 18, 2012, By Stephen Ellison

The house of worship market can be divided into two basic styles, traditional and contemporary. ...

Tupac's Ghostly Performance At Coachella

Apr 17, 2012, By Marian Sandberg

AV Concepts supplied a Musion® Eyeliner™ 3D Holographic Projection System setup at Coachella that allowed a life-sized 3D Tupac to perform with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. ...

Live Design Seeks Marketing Manager

Apr 16, 2012

Penton Media is seeking a marketing manager for the Live Design/LDI franchise. ...

Radiohead Live at Coachella 2012

Apr 16, 2012, By Marian Sandberg

Check out Radiohead's full performance at Coachella, with an incredible design by Andi Watson....

Legends Pilbrow And Walton Present At Broadway Lighting Master Classes

Apr 16, 2012, By Marian Sandberg

Tony Walton and Richard Pilbrow will co-present during the Broadway Lighting Master Classes "Light on Broadway Observed." Tony Walton and Richard Pilbrow consider some examples of lighting on Broadway today . . . and offer some personal reflections. ...

Urban Renewal At City Center

Apr 16, 2012, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

The historic New York City Center is revitalized with a $56 million, two-phase project....

2012 Olivier Awards Announced

Apr 16, 2012, By Marian Sandberg

The 2012 Olivier Awards were held last night with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical taking home a huge seven awards, including many for the creative team....

Indiana State Fair Stage Not Up To Code, Commission Says

Apr 12, 2012, By Marian Sandberg

An engineering review released Thursday found that the stage rigging that collapsed and killed seven people during last summer's Indiana State Fair wasn't built strong enough to meet state building codes, according to several reports....

Show Control in Magic/Bird on Broadway

Apr 12, 2012, By Daniel Brodie

Recently, I was the associate media designer for Magic/Bird, which opened last night on Broadway. ...

BPMC Speaker Spotlight: Sven Ortel

Apr 12, 2012, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

Join Sven Ortel in a digital wonderland at the BPMC on May 21, 2012...

Broadway Designers Focus On Projection

Apr 12, 2012, By Ellen Lampert-Gréaux

Join Zachary Borovay, Peter Nigrini, Sven Ortel and Jeff Sugg for the 2012 Broadway Projection Master Classes on May 21 in NYC...

Projecting Images To Match Debussy's Music At The San Francisco Symphony

Apr 12, 2012, By Brad Hathaway

"Projection designer" isn't a title you often see in the program of a concert at a major symphony orchestra. For that matter, neither is "director and designer." These titles showed up in the program for the San Francisco Symphony's "semi-staged" concert presentation of Debussy's "Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien" this January....