The Prolight+Sound (April 4-7) and Musikmesse (April 5-8) conventions returned to Frankfurt, Germany for their 2017 editions, and drew crowds to see the latest in M.I., pro audio and lighting gear from hundreds of manufacturers from around the globe. Everyone enjoyed the pleasure of a week of unseasonable sunshine in normally cold Frankfurt, especially as people stateside were dealing with cold weather, high winds, rain and snowfall.
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Sound Co
Next Page Event Services
Venue
Georgia International Convention Center,
Atlanta GA
Sound Cos
Campus in-house; Entertainment Services of NY
Venue
Wellin Hall, Hamilton College,
Clinton, NY
Sound Co
Spellcaster Productions
Venue
Yogi Berra Stadium, Montclair University
Little Falls, NJ
No, it’s not my birthday, but exactly five years ago this month, I got an unexpected phone call from FRONT of HOUSE publisher Terry Lowe. It went something like this. “Hey George… Terry Lowe here. Do you want to run FRONT of HOUSE magazine?” My reply was “Sure.” That probably amounted to one of the shortest job interviews of all time.
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Keeping That Open Mic Night Vibe in Arena Shows
During the course of The Lumineers’ Cleopatra Tour, the box count has tripled. “This tour started on a smaller scale on purpose, because they weren’t sure how people would respond to the new album,” says FOH engineer and system designer Josh Osmond. So in the early Spring of 2016, they went off to play the club circuit and a few 3,000-plus venues before heading to Europe, just as the album exploded worldwide. Signs of what was to come could not be ignored as that month-long European tour sold out in a single day. Fortunately, Osmond was prepared, having already worked out on a spreadsheet exactly which system he’d need from supplier Sound Image at each step on the tour.
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A longstanding tradition in show business — at least harkening back to circus performers in the 1800’s — is that “the show must go on.” Today, despite competition from multiplex cinema complexes, home theaters and every conceivable form of sporting events, there is still considerable interest in watching humans in live onstage performance, whether in drama, musicals, concerts, dance, opera — the list is nearly endless. At the same time, while stadium shows are less common these days, venues in the 1,000 to 4,000 capacity range seem to be doing well, especially as music artists once strictly relegated to arenas are now turning to these smaller, more “intimate” venues.
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In 1996, an original rock musical by a little-known composer opened on Broadway, where it ran for 5,123 performances and forever changed the landscape of American theater. A re-imagining of Puccini’s La Bohème, Rent follows an unforgettable year in the lives of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams without selling out.
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Audio Production for The Little Mermaid and other shows staged at The Beck Center in Lakewood, OH
In this biz, the mere mention of the phrase “community theater” more often than not brings up mental images of bedsheet curtains, cardboard sets, box batten lighting (occasionally upgraded with a few PAR cans) and… sound? Well, if you’re lucky, you might find a couple of musty Shure VocalMaster columns nailed on either side of the proscenium.
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