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Friday, November 25, 2022

Jason Baeri Evokes Moods in The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Dawn Tour’ with Chauvet Professional Fixtures from Solotech by Debi Moen

After a two-year, pandemic-related wait, the The Weeknd’s 19-date North American After Hours Til Dawn Tour, surpassed even the loftiest expectations. This was plain to see (and hear!) from…

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:01AM

Robe on Tour with Phoebe Bridgers by Debi Moen

Intelligent, enigmatic, and hugely talented, the music of Phoebe Bridgers has been captivating an ever-growing fanbase since her first album release in 2017, with Lighting Designer Spike Kie…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:13AM
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Smarty Hybrids Add Tailored Touch to Breaking Benjamin on Co-Headlining Tour by Debi Moen

Lighting Designer Ty Veneziano uses multi-functional moving head to customize design on co-headlining tour with Alice in Chains. Lighting vendor is Bandit Lites.

SOURCE: PLSN at 12:47PM
Monday, November 21, 2022

My Chemical Romance Return to the Stage With Martin Professional Lighting Solutions by Debi Moen

To provide My Chemical Romance with immersive and stylized lighting for their highly-anticipated world tour, lighting production house Penlight designed a custom-built rig featuring Martin P…

SOURCE: PLSN at 06:55PM

Showlight 2023 Postponed by Debi Moen

It is with great sadness that the Showlight Committee announced the postponement of Showlight 2023. The popular quadrennial networking event was due to take place May 20-23 in Fontainebleau,…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:32AM
Sunday, November 20, 2022

ETC Presents Check to BTS at LDI to Continue Caring for their Colleagues by Debi Moen

ETC presented Behind the Scenes with a check during LDI for $26,493 representing proceeds from sales of the company’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) applications. Since the launch of t…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:36PM
Friday, November 18, 2022

Massive Productions and Chauvet Professional Connect Burna Boy to Fans in Curaçao by Debi Moen

Fans from Aruba, Bonaire, and as far away as Suriname came to see Grammy winning singer Burna Boy at the Curaçao Festival Center in late October, but they would have missed much of his supe…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:57AM

Robe is Icy Cool for Twenty One Pilots Tour by Debi Moen

Maintaining that delicate balance between enigmatic, arty, alternative popularity and success, the much anticipated Twenty One Pilots Icy tour hit the road this summer, offering Lighting Des…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:43AM
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Bandit Lites Nominated for Pollstar 2023 Award by Debi Moen

Bandit Lites has been nominated for the Concert Visuals Company of the Year at the 34th Annual Pollstar 2023 Awards. The awards will be held during the Pollstar Live! Conference in February …

SOURCE: PLSN at 06:04PM
Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Stageco Founder Hedwig De Meyer to be Succeeded by WICREATIONS’ Hans Willems as CEO by Debi Moen

Nearly 45 years after founding Belgian event staging pioneer Stageco, Hedwig De Meyer is stepping down from his leadership role, and has named Hans Willems as Stageco Belgium’s new executi…

SOURCE: PLSN at 02:04PM

Bandit Lites’ Michael T. Strickland Receives CMA Award by Debi Moen

What do Kix Brooks, Vince Gill, Randy Owens, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and Michael T. Strickland all have in common? Each has been awarded the prestigious CMA Foundation Humanitarian Award.…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:24AM
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Scott Holthaus Accents Alice in Chains with CHAUVET Professional by Debi Moen

Lighting Designer Scott Holthaus, assisted by Cort Lawrence, provided Alice in Chains with a multi-faceted lighting design featuring 40 CHAUVET Professional fixtures, which like the rest of …

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:37AM
Friday, November 11, 2022

Nate Haber Balances Light and Dark for Lorna Shore’s Tour with Squeek Lights and Chauvet Professional by Debi Moen

Lighting design is an art. It’s also a wonderfully lyrical and creative form of reflecting music visually. Nate Haber of Extraterrestrial Visuals knows all that, but beyond these qualities…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:45AM
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Marc Wasserman Accents ‘Fall Back In Love Comedy Jam’ with Chauvet Professional by Debi Moen

Lighting comedy is serious business for Marc Wasserman of 3 With 1 Grab Productions. In recent years, the Manhattan-based designer has lit major tours by Nick Cannon as well as shows by Mo�…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:47AM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Luke Combs’ Tour Spotlights Follow-Me System by Debi Moen

When Luke Combs finally hit the road again for his What You See is What You Get tour in 2021, he was happy to be back in the spotlight after the collapse of his 2020 tour due to the pandemic…

SOURCE: PLSN at 03:48PM

Maren Morris Lights Up the Woods with Bandit Lites by Debi Moen

Country super star Maren Morris is out on her 2022 Humble Quest Tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The 45-date production, named for her most recent album Humble Quest, l…

SOURCE: PLSN at 12:25PM

Ayrton MagicPanel-FX Light the Way for Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Tour with LD Dan Norman by Debi Moen

Eighty-eight Ayrton MagicPanel-FX multi-function luminaires, controlled by a grandMA3 lighting console, play a key role as Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Tour gets underway this fall. The Ayrt…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:22AM
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Squeek Lights and Chauvet Professional Help Matt Bodner Create Jersey Aura for The Gaslight Anthem by Debi Moen

“Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey,” Jon Bon Jovi once said. His fellow Garden State rocker, The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon, would likely agree with that description, so too …

SOURCE: PLSN at 02:44PM

11th Annual Touring Career Workshop Attracts 350 Attendees to Nashville Event by Debi Moen

The 11th Annual Touring Career Workshop (TCW) at Nashville’s SoundCheck rehearsal studios attracted 350 attendees who gathered to participate in workshops and hear from top experts from a …

SOURCE: PLSN at 01:31PM
Monday, November 7, 2022

Huge Vari-Lite VL2600 Rig Invokes Vintage Rock Glamour for Panic! at the Disco by Debi Moen

U.S. rockers Panic! at the Disco kickstarted their highly anticipated Viva Las Vengeance arena tour at Austin, TX’s Moody Center in September, with a ’70s and ’80s rock-influenced high…

SOURCE: PLSN at 05:48PM

Tyler Veneziano Creates Beefy Background for Breaking Benjamin with Help From Chauvet Professional by Debi Moen

Fans didn’t stay in their seats for long when Breaking Benjamim took the stage on their recent tour with Alice In Chains. The multi-platinum rockers from Pennsylvania opened their show wit…

SOURCE: PLSN at 05:47PM
Monday, October 31, 2022

Darkroom Creative Enlists Smarty Hybrid Versatility on Walker Hayes ‘Glad You’re Here Tour’ by Debi Moen

Design firm Darkroom Creative is handling lighting design, set design and video content for Walker Hayes’ Glad You’re Here Tour and has employed Elation Professional’s compact Smarty H…

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:02AM

Joe Beardsmore and Jonny Gaskell Power David Gray US Tour with ChamSys by Debi Moen

Joe Beardsmore and Jonny Gaskell channeled the immense power of contrasts when designing the light and video show for David Gray’s recently concluded U.S. leg of his White Ladder: The 20th…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:11AM
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Elation Artiste Mondrian and Monet Complement Jon Pardi ‘Ain’t Always the Cowboy Tour’ by Debi Moen

Old time country is in good hands with ACM and CMA award-winning singer/songwriter Jon Pardi, whose classic country sounds on his Ain’t Always the Cowboy Tour are complemented by lighting …

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:52AM

Chauvet Professional and 4Wall Help Patrick Dierson Navigate Way Through Made in America Festival by Debi Moen

“You better check your email right now!” Patrick Dierson is no stranger to getting text messages like this when he’s on a job site, especially when he’s overseeing the production des…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:51AM
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Bandit Lites Donates Lighting for University of Tennessee’s Alumni Gala by Debi Moen

The University of Tennessee in Knoxville held its annual celebration of illustrious alumni at 2022 Alumni Awards Gala. Bandit Lites donated a lighting system for the event, which honors alum…

SOURCE: PLSN at 04:04PM
Monday, October 24, 2022

Ayrton Perseo Profiles Dominate Rig for ‘Alicia + Keys World Tour’ by Debi Moen

Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has embarked on her sixth concert tour playing 31 dates in North America and 21 in Europe on the Alicia + Keys World Tour. The show, which celebrates the 15-tim…

SOURCE: PLSN at 06:54PM

Listen to PLSN with New Text-to-Speech Player by Debi Moen

PLSN magazine has added a text-to-speech audio player to its website. Readers and subscribers of PLSN can now enjoy listening to the magazine — including features, news stories, and more o…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:49AM
Friday, October 21, 2022

Chauvet Professional Helps Helms Projects Create 3D Immersion at Rowdytown by Debi Moen

A casual observer might describe Rowdytown as a “concert,” but the event’s organizers, the electronic music duo Big Gigantic, and their legion of fans, prefer “party,” a term that …

SOURCE: PLSN at 03:58PM
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Bandit Lites is ‘Glad to Be Here’ with Walker Hayes and Darkroom Creative by Debi Moen

Country star Walker Hayes is out on his first headlining tour with a lighting package supplied by Bandit Lites. The viral ‘Fancy Like’ singer released his third album “Country Stuff”…

SOURCE: PLSN at 04:28PM

Creative BackStage Calls on 112 Chauvet Professional Fixtures for Zedd at Canacopia by Debi Moen

  Back in 1959, a Dayton, Ohio man named Ermal Fraze forgot to bring his can opener to a family picnic. Desperate to enjoy his favorite beverage on that hot day, he had to resort to opening…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:47AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards