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News


FRED & ADELE ASTAIRE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, America's only honor recognizing excellence in dance in both stage and film announced their 2007-08 Award winners. Spencer Liff - Best Male Dancer on Broadway for his dancing in "Cry Baby"; Karen Olivo ... click for more


STAGESOURCE ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
StageSource announces the awarding of 2008 StageSource Scholarship Awards to Tiffany Allen of Emerson College, Nelson Emig of Boston University, Zach Handler of Brandeis University, Eliza Rose Fichter of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, and Misaki Nishimiya of Rockport ... click for more


LEDTRONICS OFFERS NEWS FLAME TIP LED CHANDELIER BULB
LEDtronics(R) announces Flame Tip LED Chandelier Bulbs that offer beautiful lighting in many versatile applications. The DEC02-B11E25 series LED bulb comes in a flame-tip-shaped, UV-protected plastic lens covering that allows the LEDs to shine in multiple directions (three dimensions) while ... click for more


AMERICAN DJ UNVEILS NEW X-MOVE LED MOVING HEAD THAT CAN PROJECT GOBOS AND COLORS
American DJ has unveiled a revolutionary new kind of intelligent moving head powered by a mega-watt LED. The company’s new X-Move LED utilizes one super-size 20-watt white LED to create a brawny beam that’s powerful enough to project gobo ... click for more


J. R. CLANCY AND OASIS STAGE WERKS MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY UTAH HIGH SCHOOL
Students working in the new theatre at Juan Diego High School in Draper, Utah, can operate the counterweight rigging system with greater confidence, thanks to a product designed with students in mind by J. R. Clancy, Inc. Specified and installed by ... click for more


CLAY PAKY PRODUCTS INSTALLED IN BEIJING'S NATIONAL GRAND THEATRE
The National Centre for the Performing Art in Beijing, more commonly known as the National Grand Theatre, is one of the more futuristic theatres in the world; the icon and symbol of the new China and its outstanding economic growth. ... click for more


WYBRON TAPS TMB AS DISTRIBUTOR FOR ASIA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Wybron Inc., announced that effective immediately, TMB is the exclusive distributor for Wybron product in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Quotations and purchase requests will be handled by TMB’s offices - primarily in Los Angeles, with support from the London ... click for more


CADILLAC FOOTLITERS AND MONROE COMMUNITY PLAYERS JOIN FORCES ON HSM
The Cadillac Footliters and Monroe Community Players will be combining resources for their upcoming productions of Disney's "High School Musical" and sharing almost everything except the casts. Michael Galloway from Cadillac and Dave Wahr from Monroe are both board members for ... click for more


'IN THE HEIGHTS' TOPS TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS
The American Theatre Wing announced the 2008 Tony Award nominees in 26 competitive categories with "In the Heights," receiving the most nominations with a total of 13. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" landed 11 nominations and "Sunday in the ... click for more


'SOUTH PACIFIC' AND 'AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY' TOP OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for all media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2007-08 season in 23 categories. Leading the awards was "South Pacific” with 4 Awards followed by “August: ... click for more


ETC ANNOUNCES NEW CONGO(TM) V5 SOFTWARE
ETC has released a major new software version for their popular Congo and Congo jr lighting control consoles: Congo v5. Version 5.0 introduces an impressive new effects package, new graphics and handling, as well as better editing tools, more functions ... click for more


TWO ACTORS FINANCE OWN PRODUCTION OF "TRUE WEST"
Back in 2006, Eric Burke and Edward McCloud, two highly regarded Northern California actors and both fans of playwright Sam Shepard, took control of their artistic careers. The actors formed Double E Productions and joined forces with Santa Rosa theater ... click for more


ENCOMPASS NEW OPERA THEATRE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO HONOR JERRY BOCK
Encompass New Opera Theatre has announced some of the performances expected at the Gala Musical Salute celebrating composer Jerry Bock's 80th birthday. Nancy Rhodes, Artistic director of Encompass New Opera Theatre announced that the evening, which will feature the following ... click for more


SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY HONORED WITH 2008 STAGESOURCE THEATRE HERO AWARD
The StageSource Board of Directors has named SpeakEasy Stage Company as the recipient of the 2008 StageSource Theatre Hero Award. The Theatre Hero Award is being presented to SpeakEasy for its dedication to nurturing and supporting Boston area theatre ... click for more


VICTORY GARDENS SELLS LONGTIME HOME
The Board of Directors of Victory Gardens Theater announces the sale of the Victory Gardens Greenhouse, the company's longtime home in Chicago. Purchasing the building are Chicagoans William and Wendy Spatz, of Spatz Development LLC, for an independently appraised ... click for more


CENTRE STAGE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Center Stage announces the new appointments of Phillip A. Kilgore, of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC and Glenn Sawicki of Saffron’s Sidewalk CafĂ© to the Board of Directors of Centre Stage - South Carolina to serve three year ... click for more


ROSE BRAND PARTNERS WITH PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE TO SELL BACKDROPS
Rose Brand is partnering with and assisting The Paper Mill Playhouse by announcing a limited offering of painted backdrops from the scene shop inventory available exclusively through Rose Brand. These backdrops were used in actual productions at The Paper Mill ... click for more


BROADWAY PUBLISHING OFFERS NEW PLAYSCRIPTS
Broadway Play Publishing offers eight new titles in its collection of over 300 full-length, contemporary, American plays. Here are the eight new titles just added: "THE CHERRY ORCHARD" Anton Chekhov/Richard Nelson "FRANK'S HOME" Richard Nelson "HARM'S WAY" Mac Wellman "HILLARY AGONISTES" Nick Salamone "KRAKEN" Len Jenkin "MARGO VEIL" Len Jenkin "SEDITION" David Wiltse "TAKING ... click for more


MAIN STREET THEATRE RECEIVES THIRD NEA SHAKESPEARE GRANT
For the third year in a row, Main Street Theater is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the 2008-2009 Shakespeare for a New Generation Program. This year Main Street is 1 of ... click for more


LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE SELECTS MO'OLELO AS FIRST RESIDENT THEATRE COMPANY
Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company was selected by La Jolla Playhouse to be their inaugural Resident Theater Company. The brainchild of La Jolla Playhouse's Artistic Director Christopher Ashley, the Resident Theater Program was designed to address the lack of available, affordable ... click for more