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Sunday, January 22, 2017

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

The pitfalls of time management

Unclutterer: Is time management an idea that’s been oversold? Oliver Burkeman recently wrote an article in The Guardian entitled “Why time management is ruining our lives,” which raised a number of interesting points.

Creating Complex Female Characters

HowlRound: So you sit down to see a new play. The play has mostly male characters, but there’s a woman with tough features and intense eyes. You notice she has no love interest and seems uninterested in any other character. She then attacks people with swords and is super strong, end of play. You talk with your friends after and they say how happy they are to see a “strong female character.” “She hit that random dude with a sword so well! I can really relate to that as a woman," your friend says.

Will the West End love Hamilton? 10 previous Broadway transfers

WhatsOnStage.com: As the London production of Hamilton goes on sale amid much fanfare, garnering extensive interest far beyond the usual circle of musical theatre enthusiasts, let's take a look at some other recent transatlantic transfers.

Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate National Endowment For The Arts

www.broadwayworld.com: According to The Hill, members of Donald Trump's transition team have been meeting ahead of tomorrow's inauguration to outline plans for the "Heritage blueprint" to reduce federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next 10 years.

Women Only Spoke 27% of Dialogue in 2016's Top Films

The Mary Sue: You would think that with female-led films like Rogue One making bank and Ghostbusters: Answer the Call generating backlash that we must be making huge amounts of progress when it comes to gender parity in film. You’d be wrong.

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