CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, October 29, 2008

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts from the last week...

9 Tips For Staying Sane While Working at Home With Distractions

FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog: "There are a lot of other distractions here, too, though, including fairly frequent loud family guests. But you have to learn to work around such things. I’m actually fortunate that I live in an otherwise quiet part of town, and can go for a walk in the forest if it gets too hectic at home."


College: 25 Most Expensive Colleges For 2008-2009

Consumerist: "Here are the 25 most expensive colleges for 2008-2009, based on total cost (tuition + room and board). Whooie, this is some pricey book-learnin'.
Highest Total Cost 2008-2009
College | Total Cost
1. Sarah Lawrence College | $53,166"


Join Cirque

Cirquedusoleil.com: "We want to find the right people to join the Production and Operations teams, those individuals who have goals that coincide with the work we are doing on our projects. You will be able to take pride in being part of an international organization recognized for its creativity and innovation.
Join Cirque behind the curtain!"


Walk Quietly When You’re Over the House

LiveDesign: "A theatre’s catwalk isn't likely to be something to get a prospective donor to open a checkbook or a publicist to write an inspiring marketing piece, but it’s an important part of the facility that affects its function. Straight or curved, expanded steel deck, plywood or concrete, removable rails or fixed. There are lots of choices."


They Took My Beautiful Coke Machine!

Butts In The Seats: "Yes, we lost a good friend today as the guys from Coca Cola removed the vending machine from my building. This summer we had a fire inspection and were told that we couldn't have the power cable for the machine running under the door into the scene shop. The door wasn't pinching the cable in any manner and the inspector admitted that it wasn't necessarily a fire hazard. But apparently safe practice requires we not have the power cord run there even though it isn't a trip hazard either."

1 comment:

NorthSide said...

Why does the writer sound so surprised that Spamalot is closing? Honestly, there was nothing terribly special about it and it lost the original humor of Monty Python. And what does it say when Clay Aiken draws crowds? I've worked for the guy, I've seen the kinda people he brings in and, yes, it is definitely a new audience for Broadway, but it also loses some of the usual theatergoers.