This Week at Pittsburgh Public Theater: Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest, Launch of Lobby Series

onstagepittsburgh.com: Pittsburgh Public Theater’s 32nd annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest will crown winners in two divisions and four categories at 7 p.m., Monday, February 23, 2026, at the O’Reilly Theater. More than 1,000 students from over 80 schools competed before judges in preliminary rounds, leading up to the participants in the Showcase of Finalists, as well as Honorable Mentions, in the Upper Division (grades 8–12) and Lower Division (grades 4–7).

MA Lighting presents the new grandMA3 onPC DMX-key

LightSoundJournal.com: The grandMA3 onPC DMX-key is a powerful solution for achieving professional lighting results in compact and flexible environments. It unlocks 4096 parameters directly via a conventional USB-C connection to the free of charge grandMA3 onPC software. It provides the performance and reliability of the grandMA3 platform while eliminating the need for dedicated consoles or complex infrastructure.

dBTechnologies ACADEMY hosts Global Sound Concert: Shaping the Sound

TPi: dBTechnologies ACADEMY held the masterclass Global Sound Concert: Shaping the Sound at its Bologna headquarters, led by Josh Rogosin, longtime recording engineer for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and founder of Global Sound Concerts. Rogosin helped shape the sound and production language behind NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and now applies that same philosophy through his own Global Sound Concerts platform.

Meyer Sound aligns with industry advances in hearing health

LightSoundJournal.com: Hearing health has long been a recognized challenge in live sound across engineers, performers, venue staff, and audiences. While efforts once centered on individual responsibility, the conversation is shifting toward shared standards, education, and industry-wide accountability.

How to Fill a Clown Car (Lessons from Julia Proctor’s Clown Gym)

HowlRound Theatre Commons: New York City, 2021. Isolated, over-snacked, and starved for a creative community, I joined a virtual playwriting group. I was writing an existential dark comedy (as one does during a pandemic-induced lockdown) and thought, this play has clowns. Where do I find those?

Update on robotics-related motion software, vision, and safety

www.motioncontroltips.com: Robot-related software today offers cross-compatibilities to take mechanical concepts into validated robotic motions and deployable control code. To begin work, robot-controller simulation and programming defines joint and cartesian trajectories, kinematics, motions, singularity handling, and the coordination of robotics with other workcell systems. Offline programming and CAD-to-path software converts process definitions into motion trajectories so reaches and orientations are feasible (and without collisions). It interfaces with robot motion kernels but doesn’t execute real motion.

After Broadway and Hollywood Bowl, Richard Kind Will Bring His Max Bialystock to The Producers in London

Playbill: Stage and screen star Richard Kind, who played Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' The Producers on Broadway in 2004 and in the 2012 Hollywood Bowl production, will reprise that role opposite Marc Antolin’s Leo Bloom in the current West End revival of The Producers at the Garrick Theatre.

Bridgerton's Costume Designer Says There's No Such Thing as "Bridgerton Blue"

www.townandcountrymag.com: For four seasons of Bridgerton, pale blue has remained the signature color of the Bridgerton family. But, don’t call it Bridgerton blue, says costume designer John Glaser. “First of all,” Glaser says, “I did season one and I made the color palettes. There is no Bridgerton blue.

What Do Those 8 Pin Letters Stand For On A DeWalt Battery?

www.slashgear.com: Ever noticed that row of small metal contacts when sliding a DeWalt battery into a tool or charger? Or tried troubleshooting some of the most common problems with DeWalt batteries yourself? What do all those letters and numbers mean? Plenty of independent teardowns and analyses from hobbyists have attempted to tell us why those symbols are there, but we spoke to Stanley Black & Decker directly to get a definitive answer.

12 Cheap Alternatives To Expensive DeWalt Tools

www.slashgear.com: DeWalt's prominence in the marketplace extends to both its hand tools and powered options, but its prowess in tool building also leads to a problem for many prospective buyers: the brand's tools are expensive. Naturally, when considering a professional-level tool (which DeWalt units generally are), buyers pay a premium for higher quality features, durability, and more.

Groups sue National Park Service over signage removal

www.archpaper.com: Multiple parties are suing the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) over the recent removals of signage commemorating the country’s history of slavery, Civil Rights Movement, Indigenous history, and struggle for women’s and LGBTQIA+ equality.

Sennheiser Launches DeviceHub Cloud-Based AV Platform

ProSoundWeb: Sennheiser has announced the launch of DeviceHub, cloud-based platform designed to provide centralized visibility and control of Sennheiser devices from anywhere in the world, and following internal testing and a private beta phase, the platform is now publicly available in beta, starting with support for TeamConnect Bar Solutions.

TSL strengthens concert touring team with industry experts

TPi: TSL has reinforced its concert touring and festival team with a series of senior industry appointments, bringing decades of touring and festival experience into the business and expanding its capability to deliver lighting and rigging services at the highest level.

Peta calls for pork-free menus as Peppa Pig show rolls into Grimsby

Children's theatre | The Guardian: Campaigners are calling on theatre bosses to stop serving bacon, sausages and ham in their cafes – at least while Peppa Pig and her family are performing in the same building. Grimsby Auditorium in Lincolnshire said this week it would remove pork from the menu when Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show opens next month, after a request from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta UK). The campaign group is sending the venue vegan ham as an alternative.

Dramatic Marketing Episode 3: Why Crowdfunding Godspell Worked (and Almost Didn’t)

Ken Davenport: The interesting thing about the idea of crowdfunding Godspell is this: I had the idea years before we actually did it. Whenever I come up with an idea that feels like “Oh, THAT might be interesting,” I don’t rush it. I file it away (mentally, and literally) on a piece of paper. And I wait.

Young Artists of America announces new home in the heart of Rockville

DC Theater Arts: Young Artists of America (YAA) is excited to announce their plans to open a state-of-the-art rehearsal facility in the heart of Rockville Pike in Rockville, Maryland. Through their Building Dreams Campaign, an $8 million fundraising initiative, they will ensure YAA remains accessible to students from all backgrounds and will establish the first Collaborative Performing Arts Hub in Montgomery County, MD, serving both YAA students as well as the broader local arts community.

Take Two for a Milestone Moment for Asian American Playwrights

TDF: 2020 was shaping up to be the year of the Asian American playwright in New York City. Then COVID-19 hit and all the productions shut down—most before they even opened. After six painfully turbulent years for the theatre industry and its artists, there’s a welcome feeling of déjà vu this month as four new plays by Asian American women and nonbinary dramatists bow Off Broadway simultaneously.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl stage creates "surreal journey" through Puerto Rico

www.dezeen.com: The celebratory, symbolic set design for Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show allowed the artist to "make his comments in a way that felt elegant," according to its creative director Harriet Cuddeford. Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, headlined the show during the 60th Super Bowl football game, which took place at Levi's Stadium in California on 8 February 2026.

It IS The Little Things That Matter

Butts In the Seats: Reimagining The Civic Commons (RCC) made a post on Medium about the contribution of even brief passing nods and greetings on the street have in establishing our sense of belonging.

Meet the man behind the costumes of the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony

www.msn.com: If Massimo Cantini Parrini were to compete in an event at the Winter Olympics, he would likely fit best in speed skating. Moving fast has been the main trait marking the latest project of the Italian costume designer, who is known for his work in theater, movies and TV series that earned him several local accolades and international recognition, including two Academy Award nominations.