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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | The cover of Exit Press' inaugural volume, Ten Plays, by Mark Jackson. |
SAN FRANCISCO-Ten Plays is the first publication by
Exit Press, the new publishing arm of Exit Theatre, San Francisco's stalwart producer of new and
classic experimental theatre since 1983. Ten
Plays is the first published volume of plays by award-winning playwright,
director and performer, Mark Jackson.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | The touring production of In the Heights will factor into several theatres plans to let students experience touring Broadway as a form of artistic expression and as an educational tool. |
NEW YORK-The
Broadway League has announced the recipients of its 15th annual
National Education Grants. These grants support innovative programs that enable
students from coast to coast to experience touring Broadway as a form of
artistic expression and as an educational tool. The 2010 National Education
Grants program bestows $5,000 to 10 presenters of touring Broadway shows across
the U.S.
for the development or support of education programs associated with touring
productions.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | Rigging situations like this one are dangerous for the operators and the people onstage. That's what J. R. Clancy hopes to bring to theatre managers' attention by posting photos of bad rigging on its Facebook page. To see more, visit www.facebook.com/JRClancy . |
SYRACUSE,
NY-J.R. Clancy has begun a new
feature on their Facebook page where each week, they post a new photo of a
rigging accident-waiting-to-happen at http://www.facebook.com/JRClancy. These
photos are meant to stand as vivid examples of amateur errors, often involving
hardware that was never meant to bear weight.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | Aviom's Pro16 personal mixing system with its A-16II personal mixers is in the orchestra pit on Broadway's Promises Promises |
NEW YORK-Aviom's Pro16 personal mixing system is
increasingly a big part of a big show on Broadway, where it is being used as
part of the monitoring setup by three of the season's hottest musicals - Promises, Promises; Come Fly Away; and La
Cage aux Folles - to help the orchestra to stay on cue.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | The new Clay Paky Sharpy 170W moving light |
LONDON-Italian lighting
manufacturer Clay Paky is moving north this fall, debuting severl new products
at the PLASA show in London.
New gear includes the Alpha Profile 700, a 700-watt automated lighting fixture;
the Shotlight Wash, a projector that combines a 1500W discharge lamp and a
3000W Xenon strobe function; Sharpy, a 170W lamp beam moving light designed to
offer unprecedented brightness as well as the Mirage QC and Dyna-Cue-Creator.
Full details after the jump.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | The Midiator Vision Pro, a visual show control device. |
DELFT, the Netherlands-Midiator
is set to release their Vision Pro, visual show control device during PLASA.
Midiator's founder Menno Pleij and James Heron of media-server manufacturer
Green Hippo will show the first ever third-party integration of the proprietary
HippoNet protocol. The Vision Pro console is designed to integrate with media-servers,
lighting consoles and other show devices to enable the user to create
higher-quality live shows easier than before.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
 | | The new W-DMX BlackBox F-2500 |
UDDEVALLA, Sweden-Wireless
Solution Sweden AB will debut the latest addition to the award-winning W-DMX
line, the BlackBox F-2500, during PLASA 2010. The W-DMX BlackBox F-2500 is a
multiple universe unit that can act as two transmitters, two receivers and one
repeater. It also supports the dual bands 2.45GHz and 5.8GHz as standard. It
also carries patent technology for adaptive frequency hopping, error correction,
and high fidelity.
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Sep 02, 2010 |
 | | The new City Theatrical PDS-750 TRX power/data supply unit for Philips Color Kinetics LED fixtures |
CARLSTADT, NJ—The
new City
Theatrical PDS-750 TRX is designed to be the most advanced and most flexible
power/data supply for Philips Color Kinetics LED fixtures. The unit can be
controlled with all popular Ethernet protocols including Streaming ACN,
Art-Net, or KI Net, as well as wired and wireless DMX512, and is fully RDM
enabled. Every unit includes a built-in SHoW DMX receiver. The PDS-750 TRX
provides full control capability for the new Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlast
12 TRX, as well as 16 bit and 8 bit ColorBlast 12 TRs, iW Blast 12s, and
conventional 8 bit ColorBlast 12s, ColorBlast 6s, ColorSplash 2s, and other
CKDMX fixtures, and it can control any mix of these fixtures without wasted DMX
Slots. It was designed and developed in partnership with Philips Color Kinetics.
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Sep 02, 2010 |
BUENA PARK, CA-Yamaha
Commercial Audio Systems will hold a NEXO Loudspeaker Demo at the Paramount
Arts Centre Theatre in Aurora,
Illinois on Friday, September 10
from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. The event is free of charge and open to all audio
professionals. The demo will showcase both NEXO and Yamaha Commercial Audio
products including NEXO GEO-S12 Loudspeaker Array System, NEXO RS15 Dual-15"
Subwoofer, NEXO RS18 Dual-18" Subwoofer, NXAMP 4X4 Controller Amplifier, and
NEXO PS15R2 Loudspeakers.
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Sep 02, 2010 |
 | | The new Han-Yellock connector series from Harting. |
ELGIN, IL-The Han-Yellock line is a new industrial
connector series from Harting which incorporates a number of features designed
to make it ideal for use in stage automation, concert lighting and power
distribution systems. In addition to offering an IP67 rated degree of
protection, the connector features an integrated "seat-belt" style latched
locking mechanism that ensures damage limitation under harsh handling
conditions. The new connector also allows single-handed mating or unmating,
making it ideal for fitting in awkward access areas-often the case for theatre
installations.
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; "The touring production of In the Heights will factor into several theatres plans to let students experience touring Broadway as a form of artistic expression and as an educational tool.")
; "Rigging situations like this one are dangerous for the operators and the people onstage. That's what J. R. Clancy hopes to bring to theatre managers' attention by posting photos of bad rigging on its Facebook page. To see more, visit www.facebook.com/JRClancy .")
; "Aviom's Pro16 personal mixing system with its A-16II personal mixers is in the orchestra pit on Broadway's Promises Promises")
; "The new Clay Paky Sharpy 170W moving light")
; "The Midiator Vision Pro, a visual show control device.")
; "The new W-DMX BlackBox F-2500"){kind=small}
; "The new City Theatrical PDS-750 TRX power/data supply unit for Philips Color Kinetics LED fixtures")
; "The new Han-Yellock connector series from Harting.")
