Author: Brad Weissberg

Gale Joins Boch Center as VP

Gale Joins Boch Center as VP

Posted by | Feb 11, 2020 | , ,

Brian Gale. (Courtesy Boch Center) He’ll oversee booking and show marketing at Boston theater Brian Gale has been named vice president and managing director of booking and show marketing at Boston’s Boch Center. Gale will be responsible for procuring content at Boch Center’s 3,500-capacity Wang Theatre and the 1,600-capacity Shubert Theatre. Previously, Gale opened Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., as vice president of entertainment programming. In that role, he oversaw booking and programming for concerts, family shows, private events and sporting events. Gale has also worked at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., as director of marketing and as the marketing manager for Universal Amphitheatre in Hollywood, which is operated by House of Blues Concerts. Boch Center sits in Boston’s historic theater district. Events there include theater, popular and classical music, opera, dance and other family entertainment.

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Side Door Connects SXSW Acts With Venues

Side Door Connects SXSW Acts With Venues

Posted by | Feb 5, 2020 | , , ,

Side Door co-founder Dan Mangan plays a small room generated from a match on the Side Door platform. (Courtesy Side Door) Platform matches artists on their way to Austin with nontraditional spaces to play Editor’s Note: The city of Austin on March 6 canceled all March dates for SXSW because of concern over COVID-19 and the coronavirus that causes it. Venue and artist connecting platform Side Door is partnering with South by Southwest to bring its “any space can be a venue” concept to this year’s SXSW, to be held March 13-22. Dan Mangan, Side Door co-founder and a performer himself, has appeared at SXSW five times and understands the significance of playing at the famed music, film and art festival held each year in Austin, Texas, since 1987. “It’s a pivotal moment in your career when you first get booked at SXSW,” Mangan said. “It’s a clear affirmation from… Continue Reading Side Door Connects SXSW Acts With Venues

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OVG scores top talent in Seattle

OVG scores top talent in Seattle

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | , ,

Eric Bresler. (Courtesy Chase Center) Bresler, Conroy and Selle to operate the NHL’s newest arena Seattle Hockey Partners and Oak View Group have picked the team that will run the new arena at Seattle Center. Chase Center vet Eric Bresler joins as senior vice president of programming; Canadian Tire Centre’s Tom Conroy is the new vice president of operations; and ASM Global’s Rosemary Selle joins as vice president of marketing. They join a team that already includes director of operations Steve Mattson and vice president of events Don Graham. (Oak View Group is also the owner of VenuesNow.) Bresler will lead programming and entertainment development and will guide the new venue to its scheduled opening in the summer of 2021. He will also advise on content for other OVG properties, including the Moody Center at the University of Texas, the new arena at Agua Caliente in Palm Springs, Calif., and… Continue Reading OVG scores top talent in Seattle

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The Kidz Bop Kids Are Alright

The Kidz Bop Kids Are Alright

Posted by | Feb 2, 2020 |

KIDZ ON THE RUN: The Kidz Bop 2020 Live Tour will travel to 80 cities in 2020. (Courtesy Kidz Bop) The stage show, launched from the hit compilation albums, takes cleaned-up pop to the younger set When the Kidz Bop franchise launched with a compilation album in 2001, kids sang cleaned-up versions of Britney Spears’ “Oops! … I Did It Again,” Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” and Cher’s “Believe.” Almost two decades later a different group of youngsters is performing current hits “Sucker” by the Jonas Brothers, “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo, “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X and “Adore You” by Harry Styles on the brand’s seventh tour. The songs may change, but Kidz Bop stays true to the concept: “It’s today’s biggest hits sung by kids,” said Vic Zaraya, president of Kidz Bop. “There was no music for school-age children in the market except for Barney back… Continue Reading The Kidz Bop Kids Are Alright

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Better Technology Pushes Holograms Into Spotlight

Better Technology Pushes Holograms Into Spotlight

Posted by | Jan 30, 2020 |

ENCORE: The Buddy Holly hologram plays on stage with a live band. (Courtesy Base Hologram) ‘Scary real’ re-creations, new artists point to more dates for tours Back in the 1980s, someone asked Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment President Tom Cantone what he thought the future of entertainment would be. “I answered hologram concerts,” Cantone said. “I knew nothing about it, and I was only referencing what I saw on  ‘Star Trek,’ but I envisioned that instead of touring, artists will play one night and be beamed around the world. And artists who are long gone could play for fans again.” Fast forward to November, when Mohegan Sun casino resort in Connecticut welcomed Roy Orbison to the stage despite the fact that the “Pretty Woman” singer had been dead for more than 30 years.  “It was scary real,” said Cantone, who had sat in the audience with 5,000 invitation-only guests to watch the… Continue Reading Better Technology Pushes Holograms Into Spotlight

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