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Tuesday, April 06, 2010
PSW Staff
04/06/10 07:34 AM,
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Aviom’s Pro16 personal mixing system is helping musicians stay on point for Paris’ newest show “Zorro the Musical” currently being staged at the city’s famous Folies Bergere Theater. “Zorro” marries the tale of the legendary Spanish masked hero with the music of the Gypsy Kings. The show’s orchestration places instruments in three separate locations in the theater: guitars are situated on one platform, keyboards and miscellaneous percussion on another, and a full drum kit on a third. To make this…
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
PSW Staff
03/31/10 07:10 AM,
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Come Fly Away, the new musical that brings together the legendary music of Frank Sinatra and the creative vision of Tony Award winner Twyla Tharp, is now on Broadway. This exciting show combines the seductive vocals of Frank Sinatra with the sound of a live 19-piece big band and the thrill of Twyla Tharp’s choreography. Fifteen of the world’s best dancers tell the story of four couples falling in and out of love at a swinging nightclub on a sultry…
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Friday, November 06, 2009
Mark Frink
11/06/09 04:37 PM,
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A recent trip to Broadway in the Big Apple took me to five of the season’s top shows to see what equipment is used when the stakes are high. Literally million dollar shows, successful musicals often gross over a million dollars a week. Next February’s off-again, on-again Spiderman, sees songwriter U2’s start-up costs estimated at around $40 million. Broadway sound designs must provide clear, crisp, detailed sound to every seat in the house for patrons who pay average prices approaching…
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