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Friday, May 03, 2013
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05/03/13 09:33 AM,
Masque Sound provided a custom audio equipment package for the Classic Stage Company’s (CSC) critically acclaimed revival of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Passion. The limited engagement recently wrapped at Manhattan’s CSC Theater. Directed by John Doyle, Passion tells the story of a young Italian soldier enmeshed in a steamy affair with a beautiful married woman. When he is transferred to a remote outpost, he meets a sickly, unattractive but devoted woman. Her love leads him to rethink the nature…
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Monday, March 25, 2013
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03/25/13 10:51 AM,
When Broadway’s newest musical, Kinky Boots, strutted into the Hirschfeld Theatre earlier this month, it earned rave reviews from preview audiences. To bring the show’s music-and-dance-filled score to life for audiences, Sound Designer John Shivers, along with his long-time associate and collaborator, David Patridge, turned to Masque Sound for a custom audio equipment package. Based on the 2005 film and inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots follows Charlie Price, an aspiring young businessman forced to give up his dreams…
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
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02/06/13 12:39 PM,
As football fans gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and in front of television sets around the world for Super Bowl Sunday, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company, was on location in New Orleans to provide its expert frequency coordination and RF management for referee microphones, as well as pre-game and halftime entertainment. For the company’s 17th consecutive Super Bowl, PWS once again partnered with ATK Audiotek and Versacom for the big game. Recognizing that preparation is extremely important…
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013
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02/05/13 09:00 AM,
When Brooklyn Tech High School, one of New York City’s most prestigious public high schools, needed to overhaul the outdated audio system in its 80-year-old auditorium, it called on Masque Sound to do the job. The company equipped the majestic hall with a range of state-of-the-art audio equipment. Built in 1933, Brooklyn Tech is home to the third largest auditorium in New York, second only to Radio City Music Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House. Featuring seating for 3,100 and…
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Friday, September 28, 2012
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09/28/12 12:42 PM,
When Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre produced its first summer musical indoors at its new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, it turned to Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound company, to supply audio equipment and technical services for the Elton John and Tim Rice musical spectacular Aida. “Since the 1950s, the Starlight Theatre has been known for its outdoor wireless performances,” says Brooks Schroeder, project manager, PWS. “So when they came to us to help provide audio equipment and…
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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06/20/12 01:10 PM,
As the curtain rises on the 2012 season of Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park, Masque Sound is celebrating its 50th anniversary of providing audio equipment and services to the Delacorte theater for one of New York City’s most beloved traditions. Shakespeare in the Park moved to its permanent home at the Delacorte Theater in 1962 and since then, New York natives and visitors alike have enjoyed free Shakespeare performances each summer season. The majestic, open-air theater has a…
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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10/19/11 08:22 AM,
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Celebrating its 75th anniversary with a client roster that includes Jersey Boys, Billy Elliott, Mary Poppins, Memphis and The Book of Mormon, Masque Sound has been a fixture on The Great White Way since 1936 when three stagehands pooled their resources to create a new firm. An immediate success, Masque has provided audio for the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma, South Pacific, Grease, Phantom Of The Opera, Les Miserables, Cats, Mama Mia, Lion King and countless others. Under the guidance…
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
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05/20/10 01:39 PM,
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Jim Van Winkle, former director of regional services for the Masque Sound Corporate Theater Division, has rejoined the firm as General Manager of its Orlando, FL-based Professional Wireless Systems division. Van Winkle cut his pro audio teeth as shop manager for Sound Associates in NY from 1978 –’87, while simultaneously serving as sound mixer and electrician with the original Broadway production of “CATS.’ He began his relationship with Masque Sound while loading the show into the Winter Garden Theater, and…
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