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SUMMER 2023 VOLUME 27 NO . 2
OLG STAGE AT FALLSVIEW CASINO BY JUSTIN VAILLANCOURT
, MADAME BUTTERFLY BROADWAY - LIGHTING DESIGNER DONALD HOLDER PG . 26
PHOTO : TOM PANDI
FEATURES
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OLG STAGE AT FALLSVIEW CASINO Illuminating Niagara ’ s Newest Entertainment Venue By Matt Bauer
Located on the Hilton Property in Niagara Falls , The OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino is an exciting and important new entertainment venue for Niagara Falls that recently opened in October 2022 . PL & P delves into what it takes to light Niagara ’ s newest landmark .
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LIGHTING THE STAGE AT YOUNG PEOPLE ’ S THEATRE With an upgraded lighting system , Toronto ’ s oldest professional theatre company is ready for the future , By Manus Hopkins
Young People ’ s Threatre ( YPT ) is the oldest professional theatre company in Toronto , and until recently , some of its lighting equipment was likely some of the oldest in the city as well . The theatre space has gone through some massive transformations this past year , with an upgraded sound system as well , to push the company forward into these much more futuristic times . 57 years in , the Young People ’ s Theatre is ready for the future and decked out with new upgrades . We caught up with former YPT Project Manager Josh Hind and Head of
Lighting Ash Ovington to get the lowdown on what the new lighting system consists of , and why it was time for an upgrade .
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DONALD HOLDER : LIVING IN LIGHT By Matt Bauer
His credits speak for themselves : Broadway smashes like The Lion King , the 2008 revival of South Pacific , the 2012 revival of Annie , and Prelude to a Kiss , among many others , as well the critically acclaimed NBC series Smash , and not to mention his role as Head of Lighting Design at the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts . Donald Holder has truly made his passion his life ’ s work . An in-depth profile of a l ighting luminary .
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BATTLE OF THE GENERATIONS By Matt Bauer
From Spelling Bee which was broadcast way back in 1938 on the BBC , game shows have been a daily fixture of our television viewing lives . We all have our favourites : Jeopardy , Family Feud or Wheel of Fortune all entertainingly test our mental fortitude . Battle of the Generations , which will be airing in prime time coming this summer on CTV , is a new , interesting twist on the quiz show formula .
DEPARTMENTS
09 . News Flashes The latest from Canada ’ s lighting , video & production industries
15 . Agenda Your industry event calendar
16 . Northern Lights
34 . In Focus Aaron McCormack & Manali Dhaduk
36 . Product Spots New products & technologies for the lighting , video & staging markets
41 . Advertisers ’ Index 44 . Classifieds
46 . Project Update Björk ’ s Cornucopia tour , Mumbai ’ s Gateway of India , The Darkness and Black Stone Cherry ’ s co-headline trek , and Flipper ’ s Roller Boogie Palace