Gary Fails presenting DMX at Stage Lighting Super Saturday in 2020. Photo by John Huntington.

Gary Fails

Congratulations to our founder and president, Gary Fails, on his retirement from City Theatrical this month! This year, 2023, marks Gary’s 52nd year in professional lighting. Gary's career started when he dropped out of Columbia University and went on the road with Dance Theatre of Harlem as a teenager, first as a truck driver and later as an electrician, stage manager, and lighting designer. The rest is history!

Read Gary Fails retirement interview, which celebrates Gary's career and future plans, and features photos from over the years, as well as well wishes from select friends in the industry.

Photos from the City Theatrical booth at LDI 2023

Explore our LDI 2023 Show Report to relive the moments in Las Vegas, Nevada with us, through our lens!

See some of the new and familiar faces who stopped by our booth, discover things we spotted around the show, watch videos first aired at the show, and experience demos of exciting new award-winning products by City Theatrical, including our best debuting widget winner, Wing Nut Socket, and best debuting lighting winner in the controls category, Multiverse® Connect Module, as well as DMXcat-E™.

New Products: MAC One Beam Control Accessories

MAC One Concentric Rings

City Theatrical now offers three standard beam control accessories designed to fit LDI Show 2023’s Lighting Award winner in the Fixtures Category, Martin Lighting’s MAC One, which include the MAC One Top Hat, MAC One Concentric Ring, and MAC One Hexcel Louver. These three beam control accessories were developed based on City Theatrical’s understanding of the unique accessory needs of lighting professionals, and the high demand for this moving light fixture in the market. Each new Martin MAC One beam control product offers control of stray beams and light spill.

Holiday-Themed Projects

A Christmas Carol on Broadway (December 2019). Lighting Design by Hugh Vanstone.

Happy holidays, from all of us at City Theatrical to you and yours!

Help us celebrate the holiday season with 12+ days of lighting installations and festive holiday projects that use City Theatrical solutions.

United Arab Emirates 51st National Day (December 2022). Photo courtesy of People.

Discover the:

• 11 interviews
• nine case studies
• nine new products
• 13 Wednesday Matinees
• 12 trade shows and events

And one company acquisition, that made up City Theatrical's 37th year in business, in our 2023 Year in Review.

Custom DINRail Mounts for Multiverse Node

Every month, we do dozens of custom projects for customers all over the world. These projects include entertainment lighting, architectural lighting, and OEM development projects for other companies. Custom projects give us a chance to use all of our experience, knowledge, and capability.

Tell us about your challenges, submit a custom order, and you could see your project in next month's newsletter.

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