Captioning the Radio City Music Hall ‘Christmas Spectacular’

Verbit was thrilled to provide captions for the holiday season’s “Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes” on the Great Stage at New York City’s iconic Radio City Music Hall.

Verbit provided English captions, powered by Captivate™, for the run of the shows, making holiday staples like the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” and “Dance of the Frost Fairies” accessible to all. Audiences were able to access captions via their cell phones and other personal devices.

Additional accessibility offerings available at designated shows throughout the season included open captions, audio description and America Sign Language-interpreted performances as well as a sensory-friendly performance.

The production ran through January 5, 2025.

Accessibility for all with Venue Live

Theaters and live event centers are always seeking new ways to grow their audiences, and venues – like Radio City Music Hall – that have embraced accessibility features such as in-show captioning are finding they have a competitive edge when it comes to sales at the ticket booth.

A study found that more than 30% of potential theatergoers would be more likely to attend live performances if those events included captions. Captions, whether displayed on a screen or viewed via a mobile device, help everyone in the audience, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing, become more engaged with productions and enjoy shows without missing important dialogue or details.

Verbit is an industry leader in providing accessibility solutions for live theater performances. Our Venue Live service leverages a blend of proprietary AI technology and purpose-built accessibility solutions to provide theaters of all sizes with stress-free, affordable live captioning.

We offer an easy one-and-done setup and ‘round-the-clock customer support. Simply provide a script for your performance, a high-speed internet connection, and a clear audio source and we’ll do the rest. And, perhaps best of all, it’s more reliable and less expensive than a lot of other live theater captioning solutions on the market today.

Our high-accuracy captions are created using Captivate, our advanced, accurate and highly trained AI-driven speech recognition technology, and features advanced prep for performances and the flexibility to allow for on-stage ad-libs and break-in announcements.

Our captioning technology is trained on the terms, names and language that’s important to you, provides the ability to mask unwanted words and offers live feedback to improve event performances in real-time. We offer live captions and translations in more than 30 languages and multiple delivery options, enabling theaters to decide where captions will be displayed – on stage screens, side screens or mobile devices via QR codes.

Whether in person, online or hybrid, Venue Live is designed to deliver on the needs of live, fast-paced and challenging event and streaming environments.

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Accessibility is becoming the norm in theaters and venues around the world as captions no longer are considered an added perk but, rather, an expected audience accommodation. Venue Live provides accessibility and inclusion to a variety of events, including live sports, broadcasts, town halls and government meetings, professional conferences, graduation ceremonies and other high-profile events. Click here to learn more about how we can partner with you.