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A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
November 2024. Lighting Design by Cory Pattak. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® Transmitter and Multiverse Nodes for wireless DMX/RDM, DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool, QolorFLEX® 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers, QolorFLEX 5x8A Dimmers, QolorFLEX 24x3A Dimmers, Aquafog 3300™, Safer Sidearms™, Standard Top Hats of all sizes, Sandwich Holders, Drop-In Irises, MAC Aura Concentric Rings and MAC Quantum Wash Concentric Rings, and Blacktak™ Light Mask Foil. Software used includes Moving Light Assistant™.
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A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
November 2024. Lighting Design by Cory Pattak. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® Transmitter and Nodes, DMXcat®, QolorFLEX® 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers, QolorFLEX Dimmers, Safer Sidearms™, Standard Top Hats, Sandwich Holders, MAC fixture Concentric Rings
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Sunset Boulevard
November 2024. Lighting Design by Jack Knowles. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® Transmitter and Nodes for wireless DMX/RDM, DMXcat®, QolorFLEX® Multiverse Dimmers, MAC Aura Concentric Rings, GLP X5 Top Hats, and Standard Top Hats.
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Our Town
October 2024. Lighting Design by Allen Lee Hughes. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitter and Multiverse Nodes, Top Hats, MAC Encore Performance Top Hats, GLP Impression X5 Concentric Rings, Safer Sidearms™, Vertical Extension Tubes, and Blacktak™ Light Mask Foil.
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Yellow Face
October 2024. Lighting Design by Lap Chi Chu. Products used included Multiverse® Nodes, QolorFLEX® Multiverse Dimmers, Safer Sidearms™, Standard Top Hats, Concentric Rings, and Blacktak™.
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The Wiz
August 2024. Lighting Design by Ryan J. O’Gara. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitter and Nodes, DMXcat®, QolorFLEX® Multiverse Dimmers, Safer Sidearms™, Standard Top Hats, Drop-In Irises, Sandwich Holders, GLP X4 Concentric Rings, and Blacktak™ .
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JOB the Play
July 2024. Lighting Design by Mextly Couzin. Products used included Multiverse® Nodes, RadioScan® Spectrum Analyzer, DMXcat®, Blacktak™ Light Mask Foil, MAC Encore Performance Top Hats, GLP X4 Hexcel Louvers, and Standard Top Hats.
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Starlight Express London
July 2024. Lighting Design by Howard Hudson. Products used included DMXcat®, QolorFLEX® RGBI LED Tape, Standard Top Hats, MAC Aura PXL Concentric Rings, MAC One Concentric Rings, MAC Aura XB Egg Crate Louvres, and Safer Sidearms™.
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Titanic
July 2024. Lighting Design by David Weiner. Products used included DMXcat®, QolorFLEX® 24x3A Dimmers, Broadway Music Stand Lights, GLP X4 Hexcel Louvers, GLP X4S Concentric Rings, Martin MAC Encore Performance Top Hats, MAC Ultra Performance Top Hats, and Safer Sidearms™.
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An Enemy of the People
May 2024. Lighting Design by Isabella Byrd. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitters, QolorFLEX® Multiverse® Dimmers, DMXcat®, Flocked Top Hats for Lustr2s, Martin MAC Encore Top Hats, Safer Sidearms™, and Vertical Extension Tubes.
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Suffs The Musical
May 2024. Lighting Design by Lap Chi Chu. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitter and Node, 8dBi Panel Antenna, QolorFLEX® Multiverse Dimmers, RadioScan®, Standard Top Hats, Safer Sidearms™ Junior, and Custom Manufacturing for PAR38 uplights.
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CABARET
May 2024. Lighting Design by Isabella Byrd. Products used included QolorFLEX® Quad Chip 4-in-1 Plus LED Tape, RGB Amber + Deep Red, QolorFLEX Dimmers, QolorFLEX 2x2.5A Multiverse® Dimmers, Multiverse Transmitters and Nodes, , DMXcat®, and RadioScan®.
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The Great Gatsby
April 2024. Lighting Design by Cory Pattak. Products used included Multiverse® Nodes and Transmitters, QolorFLEX® 25x3A Dimmers, Environmental Lights RGBWW 4-in-1 5050 CurrentControl LED Strip Light, and Top Hats.
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The Night of the Iguana
February 2024. Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter. Products used included Multiverse® wireless DMX/RDM, DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool, QolorFLEX LED Tape and Dimmers, Standard Top Hats, and Safer Sidearms™.
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Days of Wine and Roses
February 2024. Lighting Design by Benjamin Stanton. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitters and Multiverse Nodes for wireless DMX/RDM, QolorFLEX® 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers, and Standard Top Hats.
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BravoCon 2023 LIVE with Andy Cohen!
January 2024. Lighting Design by John Viesta. Products used included DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool, QolorFLEX® LED Tape, QolorFLEX NuNeon®, QolorFLEX Dimmers, SHoW DMX Neo®.
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Spamalot
December 2023. Lighting Design by Cory Pattak. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitter, Multiverse Nodes, DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool, QolorFLEX 5x8 Dimmers, QolorFLEX 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers, and QolorFLEX NuNeon®.
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Gutenberg! The Musical!
October 2023. Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter. Products used included DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool, QolorFLEX® LED Tape, QolorFLEX Dimmers, Standard Top Hats, Vertical Extension Tubes, Blacktak™, Safer Sidearms™, Mac Aura Top Hats.
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The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show
September 2023. Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter. Products used included Multiverse® wireless DMX/RDM, QolorFLEX® LED Tape and Dimmers, Standard Top Hats, Vertical Extension Tubes, Blacktak™, Moving Light Hangers, Track Tamers™.
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Here Lies Love
August 2023. Lighting Design by Justin Townsend. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitter, Multiverse Node, DMXcat®, Top Hats, Vertical Extension Tubes, Safer Sidearms, Blacktak.
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Crazy For You London
August 2023. Lighting Design by Ken Billington. Products used included Multiverse® SHoW Baby®, Custom GLP FUSION Top Hats, Standard Top Hats, Concentric Rings, Safer Sidearms, and Blacktak.
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Back to the Future: The Musical
August 2023. Lighting Design by Tim Lutkin and Hugh Vanstone. Products used: Multiverse® Transmitters and Nodes, QolorFLEX® 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers, QolorFLEX NuNeon, QolorFLEX LED Tape
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New York, New York
July 2023. Lighting Design by Ken Billington. Products used included Multiverse® SHoW Baby®, QolorFLEX® Dimmers, QolorFLEX LED Tape, Top Hats, MAC Aura Louvers.
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SHUCKED
June 2023. Lighting Design by Japhy Weideman. Products used included Multiverse® Transmitters, Multiverse Nodes, Standard Top Hats, Martin Top Hats.
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Bob Fosse's Dancin'
May 2023. Lighting Design by David Grill. Products used included Safer Sidearms™, Standard Top Hats and short Top Hats, Beam Benders, GLP X4 Concentric Rings, and Boom Tie Off.
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Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
April 2023. Lighting Design by Lap Chi Chu. Products used include Multiverse® Transmitter and Nodes, QolorFLEX® 5x8A Dimmers, DMXcat®, Candle Lite™.
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Othello by New Place Players
March 2023. Lighting Design by Ethan Steimel. Products used include Multiverse® SHoW Baby®, DMXcat®, Safer Sidearms™, Top Hats, and Blacktak™.
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Pictures from Home
February 2023. Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton. Products used include QolorFLEX® LED Tape, QolorFLEX 3x10A Dimmers, Safer Sidearms™, Martin MAC Encore Top Hats, Moving Light Assistant.
Wednesday Matinee emailBetween Riverside and Crazy
January 2023. Lighting Design by Keith Parham. Products used include Standard Top Hats, Safer Sidearms, Blacktak, Scenery Bumper, Boom Tie Off, Sandwich Holders, and Moving Light Assistant.
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Some Like It Hot
December 2022. Lighting Design by Natasha Katz. Products used include Multiverse Wireless DMX/RDM, DMXcat, QolorFLEX LED Tape in RGBI and RGBAW, and QolorFLEX Dimmers.
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Little Shop of Horrors, Slow Burn Theatre Co.
October 2022. Lighting Design by Clifford Spulock. Products used include Multiverse SHoW Baby, DMXcat, Top Hats, Drop-In Irises, Donuts.
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Kinky Boots, Stage 42
September 2022. Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner. Products used include Multiverse Nodes, QolorFLEX 5x2.5A Multiverse Dimmers, and QolorFLEX LED Tape.
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Mr Holland's Opus
September 2022 at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Lighting Design by Jonathan Spencer. Products used include Multiverse SHoW Baby and Martin Accessories.
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The Butcher Boy
August 2022. Lighting Design by Kat C. Zhou. Products used include Beam Benders, MAC Aura Accessories, Concentric Rings, and Top Hats.
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Richard III
July 2022. Lighting Design by Alex Jainchill. Products used include QolorFLEX NuNeon, DMXcat, Blacktak, and custom Elation Top Hats.
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Take Me Out
May 2022. Lighting Design by Ken Posner. Products used include Multiverse, DMXcat, QolorFLEX LED Tape and Dimmers, NuNeon, Beam Control.
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Funny Girl
May 2022. Lighting Design by Kevin Adams. Products incl. Multiverse, DMXcat, QolorFLEX LED Tape, Dimmers, NuNeon, Beam Control.
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An American in Paris Australia
April 2022. Lighting Design by Natasha Katz. Products include SHoW DMX, Top Hats and other Beam Control, Software.
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The Wanderer
April 2022. Papermill Playhouse. Lighting Design by Jake DeGroot. Products used include QolorFLEX NuNeon and Dimmers, Martin Accessories.
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Little Girl Blue
March 2022. Lighting Design by Dawn Chiang. Products used include QolorFLEX LED Tape, AutoYoke, Follow Spot Yoke, DMX Iris.
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Plaza Suite
March 2022. Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt. Products used include Top Hats, Blacktak, DMX Iris, Software.
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Black No More
March 2022. Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter. Products used include Multiverse, DMXcat, QolorFLEX NuNeon and LED Tape, Connect 10, Candle Lite Unlimited.
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MJ The Musical
January 2022. Lighting Design by Natasha Katz. Products used include Multiverse, DMXcat, QolorFLEX Multiverse Dimmers, NuNeon, LED Tape, Custom.
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Company
December 2021. Lighting Design by Neil Austin. Products used include Multiverse, Panel Antennas, DMXcat, RadioScan, QolorFLEX Multiverse Dimmers.
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Freestyle Love Supreme
October 2021. Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter. Products used include QolorFLEX NuNeon, QolorFLEX Dimmers, Beam Control, Hardware, Software.
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical Australia
September 2021. Lighting Design by Justin Townsend. Products used include Multiverse wireless DMX/RDM, DMXcat, QolorFLEX Dimmers, Beam Control.
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Sound of the Silk Road in Xi'an China
July 2021. Lighting Design by Ken Billington. Products used include QolorPIX Pixel Controlled LED Tape and Tape Controller, Beam Control.
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Seven Deadly Sins NYC
July 2021. Lighting Design by Yuki Nakase Link. Products used include QolorFLEX NuNeon, Drop-In Irises, Concentric Rings, and Sandwich Holders.
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After Midnight
June 2021. Filmed at the Signature Theatre. Lighting Design by Mike Baldassari. Products used include QolorFLEX LED Tape RGBWW, beam control and hardware products.
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Death Drop London
June 2021. Lighting Design by Jack Weir. Products used include Top Hats, Concentric Rings for Martin MAC Aura, and various beam control.
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SiX London
May 2021. Lighting Design by Tim Deiling. Products used include DMXcat Multi Function Test Tool, Top Hats, and various beam control.
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| 2023-07 Wednesday Matinee New York, New York, Plus a Note from Ken Billington | 1309 KB | Download2023-07 Wednesday Matinee New York, New York, Plus a Note from Ken Billington |
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| 2023-06 Wednesday Matinee SHUCKED Plus a Note from Designer Japhy Weideman | 1022 KB | Download2023-06 Wednesday Matinee SHUCKED Plus a Note from Designer Japhy Weideman |
| 2023-06 Wednesday Matinee Dancin' Plus a Note from Designer David Grill | 555 KB | Download2023-06 Wednesday Matinee Dancin' Plus a Note from Designer David Grill |
| 2023-04 Wednesday Matinee Camelot, Plus a Note from Lap Chi Chu | 459 KB | Download2023-04 Wednesday Matinee Camelot, Plus a Note from Lap Chi Chu |
| 2023-03 Wednesday Matinee Othello by New Place Players, Including Notes from Jeremy Stein and Ethan Steimel | 883 KB | Download2023-03 Wednesday Matinee Othello by New Place Players, Including Notes from Jeremy Stein and Ethan Steimel |
| 2023-02 Wednesday Matinee Pictures from Home, Plus a Note from Jennifer Tipton | 823 KB | Download2023-02 Wednesday Matinee Pictures from Home, Plus a Note from Jennifer Tipton |
| 2023-01 Wednesday Matinee Between Riverside and Crazy | 828 KB | Download2023-01 Wednesday Matinee Between Riverside and Crazy |
| 2022-12 Wednesday Matinee Some Like it Hot | 1006 KB | Download2022-12 Wednesday Matinee Some Like it Hot |
| 2022-10 Wednesday Matinee Little Shop of Horrors Slow Burn Theatre Co | 272 KB | Download2022-10 Wednesday Matinee Little Shop of Horrors Slow Burn Theatre Co |
| 2022-09 Wednesday Matinee Mr Holland's Opus Ogunquit Playhouse | 711 KB | Download2022-09 Wednesday Matinee Mr Holland's Opus Ogunquit Playhouse |
| 2022-09 Wednesday Matinee Kinky Boots at Stage 42 | 837 KB | Download2022-09 Wednesday Matinee Kinky Boots at Stage 42 |
| 2022-08 Wednesday Matinee The Butcher Boy at Irish Repertory Theatre | 806 KB | Download2022-08 Wednesday Matinee The Butcher Boy at Irish Repertory Theatre |
| 2022-07 Wednesday Matinee Richard III at The Public Theater | 1017 KB | Download2022-07 Wednesday Matinee Richard III at The Public Theater |
| 2022-05 Wednesday Matinee Take Me Out | 304 KB | Download2022-05 Wednesday Matinee Take Me Out |
| 2022-05 Wednesday Matinee Funny Girl | 735 KB | Download2022-05 Wednesday Matinee Funny Girl |
| 2022-04 Wednesday Matinee The Wanderer at Paper Mill Playhouse | 672 KB | Download2022-04 Wednesday Matinee The Wanderer at Paper Mill Playhouse |
| 2022-04 Wednesday Matinee An American in Paris, Australian Tour | 1032 KB | Download2022-04 Wednesday Matinee An American in Paris, Australian Tour |
| 2022-03 Wednesday Matinee Neil Simon Plaza Suite | 948 KB | Download2022-03 Wednesday Matinee Neil Simon Plaza Suite |
| 2022-03 Wednesday Matinee Little Girl Blue | 851 KB | Download2022-03 Wednesday Matinee Little Girl Blue |
| 2022-03 Wednesday Matinee Black No More | 818 KB | Download2022-03 Wednesday Matinee Black No More |