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January 2025. Lighting Design by Reza Behjat. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® Nodes for wireless DMX/RDM, Standard Top Hats, and Safer Sidearms™.
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January 2025. Lighting Design by Reza Behjat. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® Nodes for wireless DMX/RDM, Standard Top Hats, and Safer Sidearms™.
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All In: Comedy About Love
January 2025. Lighting Design by Jake DeGroot. Products by City Theatrical include Standard Top Hats, Sandwich Holders, Safer Sidearms™, and Blacktak™ Light Mask Foil.
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Maybe Happy Ending
January 2025. Lighting Design by Ben Stanton. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® wireless DMX/RDM solutions by City Theatrical, Safer Sidearms™, and a variety of Standard Top Hats.
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
January 2025. Lighting Design by John Viesta. Products by City Theatrical include Multiverse® Transmitter, Multiverse Studio Receiver, Multiverse SHoW Baby, and DMXcat®.
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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.
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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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| Title | Size | |
| 2023-10 Wednesday Matinee Gutenberg! The Musical!, Plus a Note from Jeff Croiter | 899 KB | Download2023-10 Wednesday Matinee Gutenberg! The Musical!, Plus a Note from Jeff Croiter |
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| 2023-08-23 Wednesday Matinee Here Lies Love | 492 KB | Download2023-08-23 Wednesday Matinee Here Lies Love |
| 2023-08-16 Wednesday Matinee Crazy for You London, Plus a Note from Ken Billington | 497 KB | Download2023-08-16 Wednesday Matinee Crazy for You London, Plus a Note from Ken Billington |
| 2023-08-09 Wednesday Matinee Back to the Future The Musical | 758 KB | Download2023-08-09 Wednesday Matinee Back to the Future The Musical |
| 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 |
| 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 |