Willy wonka

live

A live-to-film celebration of the classic film, featuring: Finn Wolfhard, John Stamos, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and Ingrid Michaelson

This live-in-concert production of the Warner Bros. classic film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" received its gala premiere at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring "Stranger Things" and "It" star Finn Wolfhard as Charlie Bucket, with "Full House" star John Stamos singing "Pure Imagination" as Willy Wonka and "Weird Al" Yankovic as the Oompa Loompas.

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Black Ink provided and coordinated Production Design and Project Management for this Premiere Event in the heart of Hollywood. Black Ink's founder John Kinsner served as the General Manager of Production for this Multi-Media extravaganza celebration of the original film. 

“Like our concert celebration of ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl,’ we are mixing in film, live music, singers, dancers, effects and special guest artists to create an event that pays homage to the original movie but also delivers something that could only be experienced live. Our creative mantra for this show has been, ‘Anything you want to: Do it.'”  — Director Richard Kraft

LOVE ACTUALLY

IN CONCERT

The quintessential romantic comedy featuring an unforgettable score played live by full orchestra

Relive the magic of this holiday classic, and feel the joy of the poignant score played live on stage by a full orchestra. The film features an all-star ensemble cast, including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Bill Nighy, Martine McCutcheon, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Rowan Atkinson, Martin Freeman, and many more. A full, live orchestra performs BAFTA-winning composer Craig Armstrong's evocative score, with the film being projected onto a huge screen.

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Black Ink is proud to provide video programming and production management services for this world tour production.

Disney's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

Featuring: Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hare, Paul Reubens, and Ken Page

For the first time ever, an animated feature film was presented in unison with live orchestra and live, original voice actors. Black Ink, carefully crafted the entirety of the production design (including lighting, staging, set, video and cameras), stage managed and directed cameras for the gala premiere(s) and encore showing(s). The show premiered in Tokyo and Hollywood in 2015, then Brooklyn in 2017. 

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“[The] live [orchestral] concert performance of Tim Burton's ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas.’… played to a packed house, doubled as a costume festival and selfie bonanza, with audience members eagerly posing for photos with walking incarnations of Jack Skellington, Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice.” — Los Angeles Times 

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
IN CONCERT

Featuring: Zooey Deschanel, Taye Diggs, Rebel Wilson, Kelsey Grammer, Jane Krakowski, and Anthony Evans

Black Ink is back in action at the Hollywood Bowl for this celebration of the timeless Disney classic live on stage with orchestra and a cast of A-list singers/performers. Director Richard Kraft brings the film to life on stage, while conductor Michael Kosarin leads the orchestra, principals, and choir through the film’s memorable numbers. The event will also feature “Evermore,” a new solo for the Beast written for the 2017 live action adaptation (featuring lyrics by Tim Rice). Black Ink is proud to provide production design, technical direction, and stage management for this event. Tickets here.

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“The cast for Beast is nothing less than enchanting... Like our celebration of Disney's The Little Mermaid in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl, we are mixing film, live music, singers, dancers, digital projections, effects, and special guest artists to create an event that pays homage to the original movie but also delivers something that can only be experienced live." — Richard Kraft, Director 

Disney's "The Little Mermaid"

Featuring: Sarah Bareilles, Rebel Wilson, John Stamos, and Special Guest Jodi Benson

The Little Mermaid was a celebration of not only the animated film scored by Alan Menken, but also the Broadway musical. Black Ink designed, stage managed and directed camera's for an elegant, tour-ready, multi-media program during the three-night sold-out premiere at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The show combined layers of video delivery, audio systems and frequency management, multi-camera coordination, lighting design, and blocking to create a one-of-a-kind "Little Mermaid" experience.  

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"Once that iconic Disney castle logo shot onto the venue's multiple screens signaling the start of the move, the Hollywood Bowl transformed into the Hollywood Fish Bowl. The famous concentric arches of the stage were lit in ocean blues, Flounder yellows and whites, Ursula purples and blues

— Los Angeles Times

A Whole

New World

of Alan Menken

"Storyteller" type, one-man show with eight-time Academy Award-winner Alan Menken

Alan Menken, eight-time Oscar-winner and recipient of more Tony Awards than any other living individual, leads audiences through the stories behind over thirty years of hit songs, movies, and musicals. In this, his first one-man show, the legendary storyteller sings some of his best-loved tunes while accompanying himself on the piano, sharing the secrets of his journey from “Sesame Street” to premiering three simultaneous shows on Broadway. Supported by Black Ink's staging and production design with contributions from Derek McLane, "A Whole New World of Alan Menken" debuted on September 30, 2016 at Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa and has since gone on to Headline the Disney D23 Conventions in Anaheim and Tokyo in 2017 & 2018 respectively. 

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"You have to hand it to a man that has written such memorable songs… The audience was understandably entranced… An absolute delight!”

— BroadwayWorld.com

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Black Ink Presents is proud to provide Technical Design and Direction to this touring program. 

La La Land

in concert

The Academy Award-winning musical live on stage

Featuring the Oscar-winning score and songs from the Academy Award-winning film, performed live by a 100-piece orchestra, choir, and jazz ensemble accompanying the film’s original vocal recordings under the direction of two-time Academy Award-winning composer Justin Hurwitz. Staging and production design by Black Ink serves to amplify the energy of the evening.

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"I couldn't be more excited to share that experience with audiences this summer, let alone in a setting as epic and as quintessentially 'L.A.' as the Hollywood Bowl."

- Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle

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"By preserving the unique recorded vocal performances of Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and John Legend from the film's soundtrack and blending them with live musicians, we are able to build a one-of-a-kind concert experience, which becomes a hybrid of film, pre-recordings and incredible live musicianship."

- Richard Kraft, live show producer and director

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Black Ink Presents is proud to also provide; Production Design, Tour Staffing, Video Support, and Touring Services for this program. 

Warner Brother's "Batman"

Tim Burton's classic movie with Danny Elfman's score played live

For the first time ever, Warner Bros. Pictures presents its iconic film, BATMAN (1989) with a live symphony orchestra performing Danny Elfman’s Grammy Award-winning score. The Tim Burton film is played in high definition on the big screen, allowing fans and concertgoers alike a unique way to experience this film.

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Debuted in Lucerne, Switzerland with the 21st Century Orchestra in 2016. 

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Black Ink Presents is proud to also provide; Production Design, Tour Staffing, Video Support, and Touring Services for this program.

House of Cards In Concert

Vignettes from the thrilling television series set to selections from the original score

House of Cards in Concert is an imaginative live symphony concert event that offers concert hall audiences and fans of the show an experience of re-imaging the vivid characters and plot lines of “House of Cards” through symphonic suites from the award-winning musical score, composed by Jeff Beal. 

House of Cards in Concert is for full symphony orchestra, soprano soloist, and a large screen showing scenes from the hit show’s first three seasons, conducted by its composer, Jeff Beal.

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Black Ink Presents is proud to provide; Production Design, Tour Staffing, Video Support, and Touring Services for this program.

Disney music group's DcaPpella

The newest Disney vocal performance group live on tour

Disney Concerts has teamed up with Black Ink, a cappella legend Deke Sharon ("Pitch Perfect", "The Sing Off" music arranger), and Creative Director Jim Millan to create "D Cappella," a Pentatonix-style vocal performance show built around a 7-voice part group of performers (Soprano, Mezzo, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, and Vocal Percussion). "D Cappella" presents new, contemporary arrangements of Disney repertoire.

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Black Ink is proud to provide Technical Design, Production Management, Creative Fabrication, Recording and Touring Support. 

Jo Koy: Break the mold tour

The smash hit comedian, live on stage across North America

Jo Koy has come a long way since his modest beginnings at a Las Vegas coffee house. As one of today's vastly growing stand-up comedians, Koy sells-out comedy clubs and theaters across the nation with his infectious, explosive energy on stage.  The comedian pulls inspiration from his family, specifically his son that inspires humor across all boundaries. 

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This year the comedian broke a record for the most tickets sold by a single artist at The Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu with 11 sold out shows and over 23,000 tickets. 

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Black Ink is proud to provide production consultation, lighting design, and tour support for Jo Koy's Break the Mold Tour and shows.  

DRUM TAO 2020

The most electrifying show yet from the one-of-a-kind taiko drumming ensemble

In 2004, DRUM TAO made their international debut at the world’s largest festival of the arts – the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – and were the no.1 box-office smash hit of the festival. After being invited to perform at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, they sold out every single show on their first North American tour: 44 cities and 50 shows throughout the U.S.

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The ensemble has since toured the world, thrilling audiences across 24 countries – and over 500 cities – in Asia, Europe and North America. Almost 8 million audience members have experienced this unbelievable display of musicianship, grace, and power.

In their latest tour, DRUM TAO continues to explore their signature form of explosive live performance, combining lighting, sound, video to create an unparalleled spectacle.

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Black Ink is proud to provide tour management and production management support for this tour.

THE RED VIOLIN LIVE in CONCERT

The virtuosic score performed live-to-film, featuring a renowned soloist

This live-to-film experience features Academy Award®-winning director François Girard’s gripping 1998 film, The Red Violin, screened live with the original Oscar-winning score by John Corigliano.

The Red Violin follows the intricate history of a mystifying antique violin from its creation by a legendary violin maker in 1681 Cremona, Italy, to an auction house in modern-day Montreal where it draws the eye of an expert appraiser (Samuel L. Jackson). Follow the violin’s journey as it travels through five different countries over the course of four centuries, mysteriously impacting all who play it.

The show features world-famous soloist Joshua Bell for select engagements throughout North America.

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Black Ink is proud to provide production design, production management, and touring support for The Red Violin Live in Concert.

GHOSTBUSTERS:

film with live orchestra

The classic film as it has never been seen before: with a live orchestra performing the score

Experience Ivan Reitman’s two-time Oscar® and two-time Golden Globe®- nominated film, screened live as an orchestra performs Elmer Bernstein’s Grammy®-nominated score and Ray Parker Jr.’s Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping theme song, “Ghostbusters”!

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Join the original paranormal investigation and elimination team as they capture their first ghost, Slimer, and encounter their first god of destruction, Gozer the Gozerian. Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City after their careers in academia go awry. The film’s co-stars include Sigourney Weaver as the Ghostbusters’ first client turned Gatekeeper, Rick Moranis as an accountant turned Keymaster, and Ernie Hudson as the Ghostbusters’ first recruit. 

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Black Ink is proud to provide production design, production management, and touring support for Ghostbusters Live in Concert.

Revolution:

The Music of

The Beatles

A Symphonic Experience 

The global phenomenon comes to life on stage with a full orchestra

One of the most innovative and immersive explorations of The Beatles comes to life in Revolution, a unique symphonic experience featuring six of the world’s top vocalists and musicians together with restorative orchestrations from the original sessions at Abbey Road, arranged by Grammy®- winner Jeff Tyzik.

Accompanied by hundreds of rare and unseen photos from the historic, London-based archives of The Beatles’ official fan magazine – The Beatles Book Monthly – along with stunning video and animation, Revolution takes audiences on a magical music and visual journey of The Beatles.  In addition to the video and animation seen during the concert, Revolution also features pre-concert and intermission video showcasing even more of the rare and previously unseen photos from the historic archives of The Beatles Book Monthly, whose photographer was granted unparalleled, behind-the-scenes access to the Fab Four’s concerts, tours and legendary Abbey Road recording sessions.

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Black Ink is proud to provide production management, and touring support for The Beatles Symphonic Experience.

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All music under license from Sony/ATV. All photos under license from The Beatles Book Photo Library. This show is not endorsed or connected to Apple Corps or The Beatles.

THE PINK PANTHER:
FILM with live orchestra

Henry Mancini's classic score performed live to film

Featuring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, and Claudia Cardinale, follow the travails of Inspector Clouseau as he travels from Cortina d’Ampezzo to Rome in an attempt to apprehend “The Phantom,” the notorious jewel thief believed to be after a rare treasure; the Pink Panther diamond belonging to Princess Dala. 

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The Pink Panther was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Music, a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Music, and a Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show. The film also won an ASCAP Award in 1988.

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Black Ink is proud to provide production design, production management, and touring support for The Pink Panther in Concert.

EVIL DEAd

in concert:

A halloween experience

The cult classic, live to film at the Theatre at Ace Hotel

Hosted by Bruce Campbell
Music by + special guest Joseph LoDuca, Composer

On Tuesday, October 25, the Theatre at Ace Hotel presented the world premiere of this halloween spectacular: Sam Raimi's horror classic The Evil Dead (1981), with composer Joseph LoDuca's newly reimagined score performed live.

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Black Ink provided production design and management for this Halloween Gala Event in Downtown Los Angeles. 

JOE hisaishi symphonic concert: music from the studio ghibli films of hayao miyazaki

The legendary composer performs and conducts music from the films that have captivated the world over

JOE HISAISHI SYMPHONIC CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE STUDIO GHIBLI FILMS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI celebrates the illustrious partnership between acclaimed composer Joe Hisaishi and beloved filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Academy Award Winner, Best Animated Feature Film 2002, "Spirited Away"). As longstanding friends and collaborators, Hisaishi and Miyazaki have worked together for over thirty years, including nine films from renowned production house Studio Ghibli. In a new concert production, Joe Hisaishi's celebrated scores -- including those from "Princess Mononoke", "My Neighbor Totoro", and the Oscar-winning "Spirited away" -- are performed with a full orchestra and choir, and conducted by Hisaishi himself. The music accompanies montages from Miyazaki's films, bringing the timeless work of Hisaishi and Miyazaki to vivid new life.

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Black Ink is proud to provide production management, video direction, and technical direction services for this world tour.