Review Roundup: Kenneth Branagh-Directed KING LEAR Opens at The Shed

www.broadwayworld.com: Acclaimed actor Kenneth Branagh steps into the formidable shoes of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, in a new production at The Shed NYC. Read the reviews for this new production of one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies.

Tobias Rylander On Changing The Human Experience

Live Design Online: Tobias Rylander, award-winning production, lighting, and conceptual designer, recently took part in More Than Human: Changing the Human Experience, a conversation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London that was part of the Global Design Forum. The event was moderated by Samta Nadeem, curatorial director of STIRWorld, and panelists included conceptual artist Hannah Marshall and artist/designer Melek Zeynep Bulut.

The Creators of ‘Alien Encounter’ on Reviving a Terrifying ’90s Theme Park Attraction as a Stage Show

by Cindy White | Nov, 2024 | No Proscenium: The story of the now-defunct ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter attraction at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom is legendary among theme-park fans. A co-production between Walt Disney Imagineering and Lucasfilm, it invited guests to witness a demonstration of a teleportation device inside a darkened 360-degree theater.

An Eye for Design

Wenger | J.R. Clancy: When it comes to Broadway, there is much more to costume design than sequins, tailcoats, and ballgowns. Costume designers must consider factors such as movability, durability, how different fabrics react under various lights, and work within the confines of a director’s vision- all while managing budgets and deadlines.

10 Basic Woodworking Lessons You Should've Learned In Shop Class

Family Handyman: Sure, wood’s a pretty tough material all around, but it’s still highly susceptible to temperature and moisture fluctuations from the surrounding environment. This phenomenon, known as wood movement, can result in contraction and expansion across the grain. When humidity is high, wood absorbs moisture and swells. When humidity drops, wood shrinks.

Q&A With Manny Treeson: Howling At The Moon

Live Design Online: Principal lighting designer and technologist at NYX Design, Manny Treeson collaborated with BRC Imagination Arts on The Legend Of Luna at Great Wolf Lodge in Perryville, MD. A speaker at LDI 2024, Treeson will discuss the lighting for this project with Edward Hodge, BRC Imagination Arts, vice president, creative & innovation, and Kurt Schnabel, Clearwing Systems Integration, system design engineer, on a panel moderated by Maya Guice, BRC Imagination Arts, director of strategy

Are ‘Green Clauses’ the Answer to a More Sustainable Touring Industry?

www.billboard.com: Presumably, a lot of artists want their shows to be as environmentally friendly as possible. But with many factors contributing to a sustainable performance — from power sources to food vendors to fan transportation — it’s challenging for an artist to put on a truly green event without involving the many partners it takes to put on a show.

Top that – TAIT builds new rooftop attraction at Rockefeller Center

Design Week: The latest addition to the Rockefeller Center’s observation deck is Skylift, a feat of engineering that raises visitors 30ft into the air and revolves to show them a panoramic view of the city. Commissioned by the building’s owner, Tishman Speyer, it was designed by THG Creative, who brought in TAIT, fabricators and engineers who bring experiences to life through technology, precision engineering and creative design.

TKTS to Open Booth in Philadelphia, Hoping to Boost Local Theaters

The New York Times: TKTS, the landmark theater discounter that has been a Times Square mainstay for 51 years, is expanding to Philadelphia at a time when regional theaters are struggling and ticket costs are a persistent cause of consumer concern.

The Robots Coming for Hollywood Labor

by Erik Barmack: Elon Musk recently brought a terrifying new world to Hollywood, and I’m not talking about his recent government exploits. Last month on the Warner Bros. lot, the heart of traditional filmmaking, Musk unveiled the latest versions of his Optimus Robot, an AI-enabled device that was pouring beer, interacting with guests and being remarkably . . . human.

Minecraft theme park attractions coming from Legoland creators

attractionsmagazine.com: Mojang and Merlin Entertainment have teamed up to create “Minecraft”-themed attractions in the U.S. and U.K., opening in 2026-2027. This collaboration will bring interactive and immersive entertainment attractions themed to the best-selling game of all time across the globe.

‘Tammy Faye’ Musical to Close After Failing to Find Broadway Audience

The New York Times: “Tammy Faye,” a new musical about the scandal-wracked singing televangelist, will close on Broadway after an unexpectedly short run, a major disappointment for a costly and ambitious show that picked up some good reviews in London but was poorly received in New York and failed to find an audience.

Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

www.thestar.com: The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso.

2024 Creative Australia Awards announced

limelight-arts.com.au/news: The recipients of the 2024 Creative Australia Awards have been announced. This year marks the second year of the awards, which replaced the Australia Council Awards after the establishment of Creative Australia.

The Costume Designer for ‘Conclave’ on Dressing a Pope

The New York Times: Set in Vatican City, Edward Berger’s new movie, “Conclave,” is ostensibly about a clique of catty cardinals jockeying to become the next pope.

The ‘Anora’ Mansion: The Behind the Scenes of Where They Shot

www.indiewire.com: The first hour of “Anora” is designed to feel like a Cinderella story. Ani (Mikey Madison), a Brooklyn sex worker, gets swept up into the whirlwind lifestyle and absurd wealth of Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), the 19-year-old son of a Russian oligarch who goes from her client to husband in the course of a week.

Directors Guild of Canada B.C. Ratifies New Labor Deal

www.hollywoodreporter.com: The Directors Guild of Canada’s British Columbia branch has ratified a new three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, representing Hollywood producers, and its local counterpart, the Canadian Media Producers Association.

Stacy L. Smith Rejects Camerimage CEO Women Cinematographers Claim

www.hollywoodreporter.com: First director Steve McQueen (Blitz) and now helmer Coralie Fargeat (The Substance). Both are noticeably absent from the Camerimage Film Festival in Toruń, Poland this week. Why? Because festival director Marek Zydowicz made sexist comments suggesting that inclusion of women cinematographers (and directors for that matter) could lead to “mediocre film productions.”

Schmigadoon Stage Version: Creator Cinco Paul on New Songs, Script

www.indiewire.com: Season 1 of “Schmigadoon!” was a welcome bright spot in the waning days of the COVID-19 pandemic when it premiered in July 2021. The relentlessly cheery homage to and gentle spoof of Golden Age Broadway musicals (think Rodgers and Hammerstein, “Brigadoon,” and “The Music Man”) was a throwback that also heralded a new voice in American musicals with Cinco Paul‘s infectious songs and witty scripts. But the experience wasn’t quite what Paul had in mind when Apple TV+ first greenlit the show.

Start a SPRAT Rope Access Program for the Entertainment Industry: Step-by-Step Guide

StageLync: Before starting a rope access program, familiarize yourself with SPRAT (Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians) standards. SPRAT outlines guidelines for safe practices, certification levels, and the use of rope access techniques in various industries, including entertainment.

Anouk Wipprecht Wants You To Build Her Open-Source Robotic Dress

Make:: I’ve seen a few mechanical fashion pieces walking around Maker Faires, and every single one turned heads everywhere it went. If you’ve ever gazed at someone strolling by in a servo-chic ensemble and thought about making one yourself, you’re in luck. Legendary Hi-Tech Fashion Designer Anouk Wipprecht is back with another incredible wearable creation.

PBS Writers Authorize Strike

www.thewrap.com: Writers Guild of America members at PBS authorized a strike of PBS. The strike will happen if management does not agree to a fair deal before the current contract expires at 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 21. This decision came after the network failed to come to the negotiation table for weeks.

WICKED Movie Singalong Screenings Coming This December

www.broadwayworld.com: Broadway fans are in luck! Starting on December 25, select movie theaters will host special sing-a-long screenings of the new Wicked movie. According to Variety, viewers are invited to belt out their favorite numbers from the new film such as Popular, The Wizard and I, and Defying Gravity in approximately 1,000 theaters across North America.

Assume young people don’t want to work? Here’s the truth

www.thefabricator.com: In the summer of 2014, I launched the Still Building America blog for The Fabricator in direct response to this old trope: “Kids don’t want to work anymore.” But based on my experiences working on the road across this country, I saw something different. Both in person and on social media, I found young men and women passionately finding their footing in the blue-collar world, contradicting that tired narrative pushed by companies and industry lobbyists.

How Many People Does It Really Take To Make A Blockbuster Movie?

www.forbes.com: If you're one of those people who stays in their theater seat to watch the credits at the end of a film you'll know that movie-making is a labor-intensive business. Even though the densely-packed staff list zips by at quite a clip, it still usually takes more than five minutes before the curtain finally falls on a blockbuster movie. The credits are a sight to behold and can make even the most mundane movie appear to be an immense undertaking. Like most things in Hollywood, it is partly a work of magic.

Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To?

The New York Times: First things first: You’re not imagining things. Standing ovations have become ubiquitous in recent years. They’re now so frequent that it often feels to me as if the audience members making a statement are those who choose to remain seated, rather than those who rise to their feet.

In Defense Of Fidelity: A Call To Action To Seek Out And Appreciate Audio Quality

ProSoundWeb: Most of us* spend our entire lives listening. From the moment we’re born, our ears are on – awake and asleep, we’re receiving audible input. We can close our eyes, but we can not close our ears (without mechanical intervention). And yet, sound – and by extension, fidelity – is one of the most difficult things to talk about. We have no functional common vocabulary for discussing our audible experience, beyond saying something “sounds good” or “sounds bad.”

Review Roundup: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Starring Jason Alexander at La Mirada Theatre

www.broadwayworld.com: La Mirada Theatre For The Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment's production of Fiddler on the Roof starring Tony Award-winner Jason Alexander as “Tevye” will run through Sunday, December 1, 2024 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Why Wait? The Where, How & Why Of Delay Loudspeakers

ProSoundWeb: Once a sound reinforcement system has to project to audiences located more than a 100 to 150 feet or so from the stage, a bank (or banks) of loudspeakers, time-delayed relative to the main loudspeakers, becomes an important tool. (They’re typically called “delay loudspeakers,” “delay towers,” “delay stacks,” and even just “delays” in the pro audio vernacular.)

STARSCAPE, NYC: Tickets & Info for Free Immersive Light Exhibition at Genesis House

www.timeout.com/newyork: If these 4:30pm sunsets in NYC are getting you down, this new immersive experience at Genesis House might be just the antidote. Called STARSCAPE, this light installation explores the beauty of darkness and the wonders of the cosmos.

Review Roundup: ELF THE MUSICAL Opens on Broadway

www.broadwayworld.com: Elf the Musical, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley and choreographed by Liam Steel, with book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin and songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin opened on Broadway tonight, Sunday, November 17. See what the critics had to say below!

Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia Coming to Latin America in 2025

www.billboard.com: During Global Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (Nov. 17), the international advocacy organization launched its new Power Our Planet: Take Action Now campaign, which will culminate in Global Citizen Festival: Amazonia — the movement’s first large-scale music event in Latin America.

Green Day are the Saviors of stadium Punk Rock with Eighth Day Sound Audio Rig

LightSoundJournal.com: The Saviors Tour is a celebration of classic punk rock coined with high level production values to which the band’s fans have become accustomed. FOH Engineer Kevin Lemoine has been working with Green Day since 2000, noting how the band’s live evolution has grown bigger while managing to remain intimate in spirit for those die-hard punk fans.

Christmas Town 2024 guide, Busch Gardens Tampa: Food, shows

attractionsmagazine.com: Christmas Town returns for another year at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. What should you know before you go? What does this event offer that guests should not miss?

Future of Museums Summit 2024 Key Takeaways

AMT Lab @ CMU: Sustainability and AI were at the forefront this year at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Future of Museums Summit. Keynote speaker Rob Hopkins, a self-proclaimed “time traveler,” set a hopeful and inspiring tone for the conference by showing a glimpse of the future from “his last visit to 2030.”

Making Safety Accessible: Inside The Efforts Of Start-Up Custom Earplug Company Crystal Guardian

ProSoundWeb: As a musician and live sound engineer with a father who has had severe hearing loss since he was a young musician, hearing health has always been a priority to me. Therefore, when I had the chance to get fitted for earplugs from an up-and coming custom earplug company, I jumped at the opportunity.

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Don’t Say ‘Macbeth’ and Other Strange Rituals of the Theater World

The New York Times: You may not have realized it, but there’s little chance you’ve heard anyone whistle inside a theater. In the old days, sailors often worked the ropes backstage, bringing to show business codes like command whistles. So a whistle meant as a compliment, or to get a person’s attention, might have landed a piece of scenery on someone’s head.

Posted by David at 11/13/2024 01:46:00 PM

How To: Using CNC Machines To Create Faux-Wood Signage

www.signshop.com: There’s something nostalgic about a wood sign. So it really should not be surprising that people want to have signs that appear to be made out of wood but without the drawbacks—rotting, warping, or deteriorating.

Posted by David at 11/15/2024 10:53:00 AM

Check out iconic Disney Broadway costumes at this new exhibit in NYC

www.timeout.com/newyork: An exciting new exhibit celebrates two entertainment behemoths: "Disney on Broadway: 30 Years of Magic" is now on view at the Museum of Broadway in Times Square through January 5, 2025.

Posted by David at 11/15/2024 01:48:00 PM

Beyond Iron Man: The Real-World Impact of Exoskeletons in the Workplace

New Equipment Digest: Preventing back injuries has been a hot topic within the modern workplace. Up to 80% of Americans experience back pain in their lifetime—the leading cause of disability in 160 countries. In materials handling industries, repetitive bending and lifting put tremendous strain on workers' backs, resulting in back injury rates that far exceed those in the general public and other industries.

Posted by David at 11/15/2024 10:39:00 AM

'Wicked' Was Originally Trashed: 'Boring, Colorless, Overstuffed'

www.hollywoodreporter.com: Universal’s Wicked, tracking to an $85 million Thanksgiving weekend opening, is itself based on a stage show — one of the most successful of all time, having grossed $1.7 billion in ticket sales since its Broadway debut 21 years ago.

Posted by David at 11/14/2024 12:22:00 PM

 

What to Do When Your Employer Shifts Your Pay From Salary to Hourly

Lifehacker: You most likely get paid in one of two ways: a salary (a fixed amount of compensation paid out in regular intervals) or hourly (a wage per hour). About 55.7% of all workers in this country are paid hourly, meaning they qualify for overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours per week (salaried employees are “exempt” from this rule and don’t get overtime pay if they work more hours).

Check out iconic Disney Broadway costumes at this new exhibit in NYC

www.timeout.com/newyork: An exciting new exhibit celebrates two entertainment behemoths: "Disney on Broadway: 30 Years of Magic" is now on view at the Museum of Broadway in Times Square through January 5, 2025.

OSHA Compliance in 2025: How to Navigate Evolving Standards, Industry Challenges and Essential Solutions for Workplace Safety

Occupational Health & Safety: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has long been the regulatory backbone for workplace safety in the United States, setting and enforcing standards to protect employees from hazards on the job. In 2025, compliance with OSHA regulations will be increasingly important as workplaces face new challenges due to technological advancements, remote work dynamics and shifting industry standards.

How To: Using CNC Machines To Create Faux-Wood Signage

www.signshop.com: There’s something nostalgic about a wood sign. So it really should not be surprising that people want to have signs that appear to be made out of wood but without the drawbacks—rotting, warping, or deteriorating.

Review: ‘The Lion King’ roars back to Mirvish with flair

www.thestar.com: “The Lion King” is the most anti-Disney stage musical that Disney has ever produced. And that’s why it’s so successful. Even more than two decades after director Julie Taymor‘s juggernaut production premiered on Broadway, where it continues to run today, the musical feels like a repudiation of the Disney brand.

Beyond Iron Man: The Real-World Impact of Exoskeletons in the Workplace

New Equipment Digest: Preventing back injuries has been a hot topic within the modern workplace. Up to 80% of Americans experience back pain in their lifetime—the leading cause of disability in 160 countries. In materials handling industries, repetitive bending and lifting put tremendous strain on workers' backs, resulting in back injury rates that far exceed those in the general public and other industries.

AAPI Filmmaking Leaders on More Diverse Stories Post-Election

variety.com: One thing is for certain, the work that is already being done by AAPI-led organizations in the industry is going to continue — and that’s the underlying message. Nothing is going to change. If anything, the stories are going to get better, and there are going to be more.

NFL's L.A. Chargers Unveil LED Stage for Content Creation

variety.com: The Los Angeles Chargers are not only riding a winning record into the second half of the season, they are also riding the wave of the future for pro teams with a new content studio at the Bolt, the team’s brand-new practice facility in El Segundo.

Jaume Plensa's Monumental Sculpture Invades La Llotja

mymodernmet.com: Spanish artist Jaume Plensa has brought his monumental sculptures inside one of Palma de Mallorca's most historic buildings. The 15th-century La Llotja is now home to Plensa's Mirall (meaning “mirror” in Catalan), an exhibition that reflects on the dualities of the world. In it, two 23-foot-tall stainless steel sculptures have been erected under its vaulted ceiling, blending the contemporary with this fine example of Catalan Gothic architecture.

Teenage Engineering’s new OP–XY makes me wish I had a bigger budget for music gear

The Verge: Teenage Engineering’s new OP-XY is a portable synthesizer and sequencer that looks similar to the company’s OP–1 Field. But functionally it’s instead a more capable upgrade to the company’s six-year-old OP-Z, with a stronger focus on layering sounds with various effects and a steeper $2,299 price tag.

Oprah Winfrey: How Harpo Spent $1 Million From Kamala Harris Campaign

variety.com: Following the inaccurate reporting and speculation that Oprah Winfrey was personally paid by the Kamala Harris campaign to participate in the “Unite for America” livestream rally in September, Winfrey has once again confirmed that the $1 million spent by the campaign went directly to Harpo Prods.’ production fees.

Stand with Animation

F Newsmagazine: “During the 2020 Pandemic, many forms of entertainment were forced to halt production. With millions isolated, the vitality of these industries became clear.” The image below shows a large group of protestors holding signs that read statements like ‘Stand with Animation’, ‘Animation by Humans Not AI.’, and ‘Animation with Soul.’

Ragtime in light of the election

New York Theater: So much in “Ragtime” played out differently for me because I saw it a week into its twelve-day run at New York City Center — after, rather than before, the results of the 2024 Presidential election.

Data Cultures Part II: Breaking Free from the Cycle of Disempowerment

AMT Lab @ CMU: Nonprofit organizations often find themselves needing to perform in multiple markets to survive, and these markets aren’t all customer-facing. Especially prevalent within the arts, companies will sell tickets, memberships, books, coffee, and more, all while competing behind the scenes for grants and major gifts. This drives the need to adopt specific market orientations by allocating labor and resources to whichever markets in which a firm wants to be competitive and successful. An overview of market orientation and its benefits can be found in Part I.

Maybe Happy Ending: The Most Original, Most Beautiful Musical In Eons

Observer: A new Broadway musical about people in love? OK. A new Broadway musical about people in love who are robots? I don’t think so. That’s what I feared when I arrived with trepidation at the Belasco Theatre to see Maybe Happy Ending and stayed to be totally overwhelmed by the best, most beautiful, innovational and original musical I’ve seen in what feels like eons.

Disney Settles Pay Equity Class Action Lawsuit

www.hollywoodreporter.com: “The Parties have reached a tentative agreement” and are “currently working on finalizing the terms in the form of a written settlement agreement,” lawyers for the plaintiffs and Disney wrote in a joint statement to the court filed in September. They’re expected to file a motion for approval of the settlement by Friday.

Starlight Express The Musical: 40 Years in The Orbit

The Theatre Times: The 40th anniversary of the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Starlight Express didn’t go unnoticed this year. The journalists and musical theatre critics brought back the tagline – “the fastest musical in the Universe.” That is exactly how the spectators from different continents and various parts of the world remembered this fantastic show, which has no analogs today.

How Sound Designers and Audio Engineers Approach Their Work

www.newcitystage.com: For as long as there has been theater, dance and music, sound amplification and modification has been an integral part of art and entertainment. Music archeologists discuss the evidence of prehistoric humans using sonorous objects and spaces—like conch shells and caves—to amplify music and voices.

'Wicked' Was Originally Trashed: 'Boring, Colorless, Overstuffed'

www.hollywoodreporter.com: Universal’s Wicked, tracking to an $85 million Thanksgiving weekend opening, is itself based on a stage show — one of the most successful of all time, having grossed $1.7 billion in ticket sales since its Broadway debut 21 years ago.

Do You Hear the People Sing?

AMERICAN THEATRE?: It was a gray New York City afternoon, weeks ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. But on the third floor of New York Theatre Workshop, we were sitting in an arts center in 2011 Cairo in the aftermath of a revolution. The lights were off and the room was lit by a single shaft of sun from a skylight. Red and orange embroidered poufs and woven cushions were scattered over the hard rehearsal floor, along with an oud, a doumbek, hand drums, and a giant papier-mâché caricature head of Hosni Mubarak.

IATSE Voices Support for U.S. Federal Film and TV Tax Incentives

Animation World Network: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has official voiced support for U.S. Representative Adam Schiff’s recent letter to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) requesting statistics regarding the United States standing as a film and television production industry leader.

Placing Lavalier Mics: The Art, Science & Nuances Of The Corporate Events Market

ProSoundWeb: For nearly two decades, I’ve been putting wireless microphones on performers at every level of experience in theatre, music, and corporate events, and over that time, I’ve developed a set of best practices to address each application’s unique challenges. In the first of this 2-part series, I’d like to share what I’ve learned.

DECORDIA has launched carbon literacy course for the events sector

Event Industry News: This October DECORDIA launches their Carbon Literacy Course for Events, to offer an accessible and interactive education on how festivals and outdoor events can begin, or further reduce their carbon emissions, and look after people and the planet.

TV Talk: CMU grad, ‘Pretty Little Liars’ alum stars in Christmas programs

TribLIVE.com: Actor Ian Harding graduated from Carnegie Mellon University’s acting program in 2010 and didn’t have to pay his dues waiting tables, as many actors do. Instead, he was almost immediately cast in what would turn into a hit cable series, “Pretty Little Liars,” which ran from 2010-17.

Don’t Say ‘Macbeth’ and Other Strange Rituals of the Theater World

The New York Times: You may not have realized it, but there’s little chance you’ve heard anyone whistle inside a theater. In the old days, sailors often worked the ropes backstage, bringing to show business codes like command whistles. So a whistle meant as a compliment, or to get a person’s attention, might have landed a piece of scenery on someone’s head.

Coldplay singer Chris Martin falls into trapdoor at concert in Australia: ‘That’s, uh, not planned’

www.msn.com: Coldplay frontman Chris Martin fell into a trapdoor during a concert in Australia on Sunday, momentarily drawing concerned gasps from onlookers in the venue.

Gender Neutral Terms in Theatre

StageLync: As most in theatre know, a show is filled out with cast members called the ensemble. The ensemble is anyone in the cast who is not considered a named or principal role. The ensemble cast fill several important duties whether the audience is aware of it or not.

New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright

Ars Technica: On Friday, TriStar Pictures released Here, a $50 million Robert Zemeckis-directed film that used real time generative AI face transformation techniques to portray actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright across a 60-year span, marking one of Hollywood's first full-length features built around AI-powered visual effects.

One star, two very different films and the costumes that make them work

Los Angeles Times: No matter the century, Saoirse Ronan is going to dance. When the four-time Academy Award nominee moves to the music in her two films this season, the fabric of a blue-striped dress or a vintage silk black top with a rose print becomes one with the choreography. Despite being set more than 70 years apart, London nightlife scenes in the World War II drama “Blitz” and “The Outrun’s” 21st century tale of alcoholism and recovery each display a 1930s influence.

Entry-Level 3D Printer Shipments Soar Globally

Digital Engineering 24/7: Second-quarter results for global 3D printer system shipments mirrored the trend from Q1, with year-on-year (YoY) declines in the industrial, midrange, and professional price segments, while entry-level devices continued explosive growth, according to insights reported by global market intelligence firm Context.

Stagehand 101: Make it Safe

by Richard Cadena: There’s a thing that happens during the build of a show when it comes time to take a break. Someone, usually the crew leader, announces a break by saying, “Make it safe, go wash up.” The part about making it safe is important because there are hazards involved in building a show, and one of the most persistent is gravity. Gravity never takes a break.

Review Roundup: MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, Starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen.

www.broadwayworld.com: Though the company celebrated last night, Maybe Happy Ending officially opens on Broadway today, November 12. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Darren Criss and Helen J Shen, the new romantic musical comedy is directed by Tony winner Michael Arden, with music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park and book by both Aronson and Park.

We Can Work It Out

AMERICAN THEATRE: Scenic design is not just visual but tactile, and written descriptions are no match for photo or video documentation. Accordingly, books about design sometimes lack the energy that sparks from seeing the art itself. Two new books on designers and production workers come to life not only through photography, but because they put artists and laborers at the forefront of the conversation.

Princess Cruises Chooses Robe for Groundbreaking Sun Princess ship - First in New Sphere Class

www.robe.cz/news: With a capacity of 5,900, the Sun Princess boasts brand-new entertainment venues and innovative concepts. The ship has recently been equipped with a comprehensive Robe Lighting package, including 4 x FORTE FSs, 4 x RoboSpot systems, 27 x ESPRITES, 76 x PAINTES, 22 x Spiider LED wash beams, 24 x LEDBeam 350s, 43 x LEDBeam 150s, 57 x Spikie+s and 14 x T11 Profiles with gobo modules, plus 21 x ParFect 150s, 42 x Tetra1s, 30 x iPAINTES, 13 x iSpiiders, 17 x iBeam 350s, 5x iTetra2s and 19 x iBar 15s.

Free Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal: Date, hours, and details

www.timeout.com/newyork: There's no denying that New York City during the holiday season is downright magical. But there's also no denying that it's downright expensive. That's why we relish any free seasonal splendor we can find, and there's a very special example of that opening this week.

Sloan Student Prize Finalists Announced By MoMI/Sloan Foundation

variety.com: The Museum of the Moving Image and the Sloan Foundation have selected nine Sloan finalists, granting them the opportunity to work with mentors year-round and complete a science-themed screenplay. Two winners will receive a $20,000 prize.