We Invent, Manufacture, and Customize Unique Lighting Accessories | | City Theatrical's headquarters in Carlstadt, New Jersey celebrating the company's 40th anniversay | | Celebrating 40 Years of City Theatrical | | |
Celebrating 40 Years of City Theatrical
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March 18, 2026 marked 40 years of City Theatrical. Celebrating 40 years of innovation, City Theatrical’s anniversary page honors the people, products, and milestones that have shaped the company’s journey since its founding. Many talented people have devoted a lot of time into growing City Theatrical, and it has been quite an adventure for all of us. We have always been a company of makers, and our culture has been about how we invent, manufacture, and customize unique lighting accessories.
Explore four decades of breakthroughs in entertainment lighting and see how City Theatrical continues to illuminate the future of live performance.
| | Case Study: Amazon Prime Video NBA Studio | | Amazon Prime Video NBA Studio. Photo courtesy of Mystic Custom Fabrication | | |
As Amazon expanded its sports broadcasting lineup for the National Basketball Association on Amazon Prime Video, the company commissioned a new broadcast studio designed to deliver a visually dynamic environment for pregame, halftime, and postgame analysis.
Learn how the team at Mystic Custom Fabrication used Eluxtra 5-in-1 Strip Light - RGB + 2400K/6500K - 60/m - 24 VDC, to provide the dynamic lighting they needed in this City Theatrical and Environmental Lights case study.
| | Kelly Porteous, Brian Martinez, Harrison Hohnholt, Keegan Hitz, Carter Letsky, Toan Nguyen, Gary Vilardi, and Jordan Brooks at Booth 367, USITT 2026, Long Beach, California | | |
City Theatrical was proud to be part of the USITT Conference & Stage Expo 2026 in Long Beach, California, where we connected with industry professionals and students, showcasing our latest innovations, and demonstrating solutions designed to enhance performance and production.
The USITT hands-on soldering lab was sponsored by City Theatrical this year to celebrate our 40th anniversay, where participants got to make their own light up LED badge.
Explore the USITT 2026 show report for all the details and photos.
| | Wednesday Matinee: Disney's Hercules | | Luke Brady as Hercules and Mae Ann Jorolan as Meg in Disney's Hercules the Musical (Matt Crockett) | | |
See Disney's Hercules the Musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, England. Products by City Theatrical includes Multiverse® Wireless DMX/RDM, Environmental Lights RGB-WW XXL Pixel LED tape, Environmental Lights LumenMax RGB 3535 LED Strip Light, Safer Sidearms™, Vertical Extension Tubes, Short Top Hats, GLP Impression X4 Top Hats, Martin MAC Aura XB Top Hats, and GLP Impression X5 Hexcel Louver.
Lighting Design by Jeff Croiter.
| | Celebrating Women's History Month | | The ladies of City Theatrical from the New Jersey and London offices | | |
We're celebrating Women's History Month this March 2026 by featuring the women who work at City Theatrical.
We asked City Theatrical women about their role, what they like best about working at City Theatrical, what advice they would give to someone looking to start a career in the lighting industry. We also asked them a few personal questions, about what inspires them, and what makes them proud.
Learn more about this inspired and inspiring group of women behind City Theatrical products.
| | March 2026 Custom Manufacturing | | Custom GLP X5 Bar 1000 Hexcel Louver | | |
Every month, we do dozens of custom manufacturing 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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