Product Hits of ISE 2025

by Steve Savanyu
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025
March 2025, Show Report

ISE returned to Barcelona with 1,605 exhibitors and 85,000+ attendees. Steve Savanyu reports on some of the nifty new audio solutions.

Coming to the Aid of FireAid

by Kevin M. Mitchell
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025
March 2025, Special Feature

As first responders were still battling LA’s biggest blazes, Firehouse and Eighth Day Sound rushed in to support FireAid, a benefit concert that would raise more than $100 million.

Theaters and Performing Arts Centers

by Thomas S. Friedman
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025
Installations, March 2025

The market for live theater and performing arts centers continues to expand. We check out some recent builds and audio upgrades.

Jeremy Ogletree

by Kevin M. Mitchell
March 8, 2025March 12, 2025
March 2025, Parnelli NexGen

After making his move from DC to LA to learn studio engineering, Ogletree worked hard on a live sound career. Now he’s mixing FOH for top acts.

‘Redwood’

by Bryan Reesman
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025
March 2025, Theater Sound

Jonathan Deans’ sound design, coupled with video wizardry, takes audiences from the hectic streets of NYC to the tranquility of California’s redwoods.

Laura Strayer

by Michael S. Eddy
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025
March 2025, Tour Interview

PLSN editor Michael Eddy chats with Laura Strayer on her journey from live and studio audio work to her current gig as tour manager for Alanis Morissette.

Clear-Com Lauds Annabelle Gauthier, Recipient of the 2025 USITT Stage Management Award

by FOH Staff
March 8, 2025March 12, 2025
News

COLUMBUS, OH – Clear-Com noted that Annabelle Gauthier was presented with the 2025 USITT Stage Management Award during USITT’s annual conference and stage expo in… Read More »Clear-Com Lauds Annabelle Gauthier, Recipient of the 2025 USITT Stage Management Award

Shure: 100 Years

by George Petersen
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025
March 2025, Milestones

FOH editor George Petersen takes us from 1925, when S.N. Shure began selling DIY radio parts kits in Chicago to the state-of-the-art audio solutions of today.