As 2021 winds down and we welcome in 2022, here's hoping for a happier and healthier New Year! Some things are uncertain, but fingers crossed that the industry continues to bounce back in a big way, and that the current cancellations on Broadway and elsewhere are just a bump in the road to recovery. In the meantime, Houston Grand Opera is one of the opera companies offering online streaming, in this case, the digital world premiere of The Snowy Day by Joel Thompson and Andrea Davis Pinkney, directed by Omer Ben Seadia and conducted by Patrick Summers. Available through January 8, 2022. Set design by Amy Rubin, costumes by Jessica Jahn, lighting by James Michael Clark. Perfect for the entrie family on a holidya weekend. Watch Here.
Check out The Making Of The Snowy Day:
Special Events:
• January 10, 2022: EPIC: The Entertainment & Performance Arts Industry Conference: 24 hours of online sessions. Full details here.
Podcasts:
• Light Talk: Episode 248: A Chorus Of Lights: The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Stage Photography to Opening a Roth. Join Stan, Steve, and Zak as they pontificate about: More cancellations on Broadway; stage photography and LED's, lamp check, USITT and SETC convention dates, what's in your portfolio, white balance, setting off the metal detector at the airport, things we need in 2022 on this News Year Edition of Light Talk. Listen here:
* Artistic Finance: If you don't know about NFT's and the metaverse, it's time to learn. so don't miss this podcast with Bob Bonniol, Emmy Award winning director, production designer, and producer known for his implementation of extensive media and interactive features in his productions and installations. He is also the founder of Mode Studios, and its hybrid event company Meta Mode. Join him as he explains the future, with host Ethan Steimel on Artistic Finance. The discussion includes Bonniol's opera NFT, how NFTs are currently being used and can be used in live events and theatre, the metaverse—how it's working and where it's headed, and an actionable challenge to you to create an NFT.
Listen here.
Live Design Online, On Demand:
• LDI New Tech Breaks: Don't miss LDI's Virtual New Tech Breaks now On Demand: Presentations of new products and technology from LDI2021 exhibitors including: MyCaseBuilder, Zanni, Madrix, and Propared. Register Here and watch when you can, some really good products here, like Zanni's Ovees (pictured below), which will take you into immersive worlds of AR and VR.
• Celebrating The Tonys: Interviews with Tony-nominated sound designer Jonathan Deans (Jagged Little Pill), and Tony winner for Moulin Rouge, Peter Hylenski, moderated by Abe Jacob, and sponsored by Meyer Sound. The second session, sponsored by ETC, features lighting designer Justin Townsend, Tony nominated for Jagged Little Pill and the winner for Moulin Rouge. Free. Register Here.
• Live Design Virtual Webcasts: Extend Your Reality: How to use the latest technology to create spectacular live experiences. This three-session virtual event is free to watch and sponsored by disguise, the platform for creatives and technologists to imagine, create and deliver spectacular live visual experiences. Three sessions that take you deep into the world of xR production. Ellen Lampert-Gréaux, creative director for Live Design/LDI, moderates. The tech and design savvy panelists are from disguise as well as such companies as Studio Lab, All Of It Now, Far Right Productions. Free. Register Here.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!