NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Phantom celebrates 9,000 performances on Broadway

The Stage: "The Phantom of the Opera, already the longest-running show in Broadway history, will today hit another milestone when it becomes the first Broadway show to reach the 9,000 performance mark."

Posted by David at 9/20/2009 03:27:00 PM

Top 10 Underhyped Webapps, 2009 Edition

Lifehacker: "As with rock music, video games, and other awesome pursuits, great web applications often don't get enough credit for what they do well. We're revisiting and updating our favorite underhyped webapps to give a new crop of contenders their due."

Posted by David at 9/19/2009 09:57:00 PM

With ‘American Idiot’ the Musical, Green Day Reaches a New Stage

NYTimes.com: "MOMENTS before the opening curtain of “American Idiot,” the musical theater debut of the punk band Green Day, a T-shirted house manager took the stage at Berkeley Repertory Theater for the tradition of reminding audience members to turn off their cellphones and unwrap their candies.
This being a musical by Green Day, though, it wasn’t your typical curtain speech.
“Are you ready to rock tonight?” shouted the house manager, John Gay. And sure enough, the crowd roared back, “Yeah!”"

Posted by David at 9/18/2009 02:06:00 PM

Communicating with Co-Workers and Clients Through Social Media

WebWorkerDaily: "Lately, I’ve gotten a lot of my clients contacting me through Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media sites. I got a direct message from one of my clients, saying that she has a new project she wants to start on. I received a LinkedIn message from a prospective client interested in working with me. It isn’t just clients, either. I sent a direct message to a designer I’m working with in order to get a quote for a project myself.
But are there any problems that can arise from conducting business conversations through social media?"

Posted by David at 9/20/2009 03:27:00 PM

Stage Rights plans to soar with 'Peter Pan'

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Elly Noble of Greensburg has acted in many local theater productions, including several at Pittsburgh Playhouse, but her leading role in Stage Right's 'Peter Pan' is unique for one reason:
'It's my first time flying,' she says.
The young actress, a senior in Point Park University's musical-theater program, is excited about playing the boy that won't grow up — especially because she gets to be airborne in a few scenes."

Posted by David at 9/18/2009 02:08:00 PM