Interview: Theatre Life with Renea S. Brown

BroadwayWorld: Today’s subject Renea S. Brown is currently living her theatre life onstage at Folger Theatre playing the role of Isabella in Psalmayene 24’s reimagining of Measure for Measure. The show runs through November 1st.

Stability AI CEO: In One Year, Our AI Tools Will Be Essential to Making All Music

www.thewrap.com: While most tech CEOs take a “build it, and they will come” mentality to building their products, Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju said he doesn’t develop any applications or AI models without the experts in the field.

The BBC designer who dressed Doctor Who and Kate Bush

www.bbc.com/news: Standing behind some of British television's most memorable costumes, Joyce Hawkins helped shape the look of programmes watched by millions, yet her work was rarely seen beyond the screen itself.

Dig in With Graver: It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood for Chipped Ham Pizza

Pittsburgh Magazine: On Oct. 3, “It’s a Beautiful Day to Be You: Inspired by Mister Rogers, Daniel Tiger & Donkey Hodie” debuts at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side. It says goodbye on Jan. 3, 2027 and will visit other cities across the country.

Todrick Hall, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Ariana DeBose, More Join Black Theatre United Gala

Playbill: Additional performers and surprise appearances have been revealed for Black Theatre United (BTU)'s fourth annual gala. Set for October 5 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, this year's theme is "Work To Do," highlighting the support necessary to build and occupy spaces that have been carved out for Black and brown artists in the American theatre.

‘Dirty Dancing: The Musical’ is coming to Broadway

www.broadwaynews.com: “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” comes to Broadway this winter in celebration of the beloved movie’s 40th anniversary. The musical will play the Lena Horne Theatre for a limited engagement from February 12 through September 5, 2027, before resuming its North American tour.

"Storm Proofing" Your Exhibits?

ExhibiTricks: The Museum Exhibit Design Blog: If you live anywhere near the East Coast, you spent last weekend watching the sky. A nor'easter rolled in with heavy rain, gusty winds, and coastal flooding. Here in New York, everybody's first question before a big storm is some version of: "Is the subway going to flood again?" We've all seen those viral videos of water pouring down station stairs like an indoor Niagara Falls.

Showlight releases more speaker presentations

TPi: Following the exciting announcement that Showlight 2029 will take place from 23-26 April in Granada, Spain, Showlight has released two more of its Speaker Presentation videos from 2025, reminding delegates of the variety of topics they can expect at each incarnation of this unique lighting quadrennial.

5 Top-Rated Ryobi Tools For Grinding And Sanding

www.slashgear.com: While Ryobi is perhaps best known for making powerful but easy-to-use tools for the home and yard, the brand's product line stretches well beyond things like blowers, mowers, and drivers. In fact, at this point in its history, there are not many tools that the Techtronic Industries-owned company doesn't make. That includes more specialized devices like sanders and grinders.

Turning Old Paintings into Live Theater: maedeup 매듭 at La MaMa

New York Theater: Like the myth of Pygmalion, the kNOT theater company is bringing visual art to life, weaving together the centuries-old tableau vivant tradition with inventive 21st century approaches to create live theater out of a series of paintings by the 18th century Korean artist Shin Yun-bok. The process involves many strands, including live dancers, computer animation, shadow puppetry, digital puppetry, original music, live photo capture, enough sound effects to fill a radio drama — everything except spoken language. The effect is extraordinary, resulting in what feels like an exciting new form of theater.

Rockettes’ 2026 Christmas Show Adds Live Cameras and New Tap Number

www.timeout.com: You may never have the hamstrings of a Rockette, but this holiday season, you can at least get a better look at what they’re doing. The annual Christmas Spectacular is adding live cameras around Radio City Music Hall’s stage, giving audiences fresh angles on all that famously synchronized fancy footwork.

Opinion: They Want Our Rhythm and Our Blues: AI and the New Digital Blackface

www.theroot.com: In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), the music industry has found a way to co-opt Black sound and swagger without paying a single Black artist. Meet “Sienna Rose.” Her sound is smoky, piano-driven neo-soul reminiscent of Alicia Keys. Depicted through imagery as a Black woman, she has attracted millions of monthly Spotify listeners and landed three songs on the Viral 50.

Variety's Pixels and Pencils 2026: Brad Bird, Travis Knight and More

variety.com: Variety’s “Pixels and Pencils” panel returns to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival for a fifth year, spotlighting the directors behind the year’s standout animated features. Six filmmakers will join this year’s conversation which include: Brad Bird for Netflix’s “Ray Gunn”; Daniel Chong for Pixar’s “Hoppers”; Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado for DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island”; Travis Knight for Laika’s “Wildwood”; and Leah Nelson for Independent Film Company’s “Tangles.”

Apple Studios Visual Effects Workers Secure First IATSE Contract

IATSE: Visual effects workers at Apple Studios have secured their first collective bargaining agreement with IATSE, winning new standards for wages, health care, retirement benefits, working hours, artificial intelligence, and workplace safety.

How PM Studios Balanced Engagement and Exhibit Rules at Gamescom 2026

Event Marketer: After years of sharing exhibit space in the Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom, PM Studios leveled up its presence at the world’s largest IRL gaming event this year with a booth of its own. With a diverse lineup of titles now under its banner, the brand used the scope of the event, hosted Aug. 26-30 at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, to build awareness and credibility within the show’s vast and passionate global gaming community.

Leading a lean organization

Woodworking Network: Leadership comes in many forms, there have been volumes written on the subject. Amazon list 57,136 books with the word leadership in the title, and that doesn’t include biographies, management books and academic articles. It's probably well over 100,000 under a broad definition. And apparently, after all those books, we’re still trying to figure leadership out.

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Sets Broadway Premiere With Andrew Rannells and Megan Hilty

TicketNews: “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” will make its Broadway debut this holiday season, with Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna starring in a limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre. Previews begin November 4 ahead of an official opening November 18. Directed by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, the production will run through January 3, 2027.

Live Nation's Berchtold Touts Venue Edge Amid Antitrust Fight

www.ticketnews.com: Live Nation President and CFO Joe Berchtold is openly touting the competitive advantages created by the company’s scale across concert promotion, venues and ticketing even as a wide range of rivals, state attorneys general and industry groups urge a federal judge to strengthen or reject its proposed antitrust settlement with the Justice Department.

Masks, Portals, and Non-Museums

ExhibiTricks: The Museum Exhibit Design Blog: Every few years, someone outside the museum world builds something that makes all of us inside the museum world squirm a little. People line up around the block. They pay real money (often more than museum admission). They come back again and again. And they tell their friends with the kind of breathless enthusiasm we'd love to hear about our galleries. So instead of grumbling about "those immersive things," let's look at what a few of them do right and steal (er, borrow) their best ideas.

American Conservatory Theater Names Elizabeth Williamson as Artistic Director

Playbill: Elizabeth Williamson has been named the new artistic director of California's American Conservatory Theater. She will depart her role as the artistic director of Rochester, New York's Geva Theatre to lead the Tony Award-winning San Francisco theatre company, with her tenure to begin January 4, 2027.

5 Milwaukee Tools With Deep Discounts In October 2026

www.slashgear.com: With the autumn season upon us in proper, it's a good time to shore up your personal tool collection. It's nice, cool weather to work on personal DIY projects at home, and there's no shortage of handiwork that needs to be done before everything starts freezing over in the winter. Getting your tools up to snuff now will help prevent the need for an extra trip to the hardware store when it's already cold out.

Reimagining Higher Education For The Future: A Fireside Chat with Ken Griffin at CMU

News - Carnegie Mellon University: Following the announcement of a historic $3 billion investment in Carnegie Mellon University from Citadel founder and CEO and founder of Griffin Catalyst Ken Griffin — the largest individual gift in the history of higher education, and which includes a new CMU campus in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood — members of the Carnegie Mellon community were invited to join CMU President Farnam Jahanian and Griffin for a fireside chat.

IATSE Lauds Introduction of Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, Urges Swift Passage

IATSE: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) today applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act (MPTERA), which would create a federal incentive to level the playing field and bring film and television jobs back to the United States. The bill follows years of IATSE advocacy for a competitive, labor-based federal production incentive.

Interview: Playwright Robin Gerber of THE BEST MEDICINE at the Odyssey Theatre

BroadwayWorld: Written by playwright and bestselling author Robin Gerber (pictured, courtesy of the artist) The Best Medicine finds humor in a situation most people would never think of as funny: caregiving. Inspired by Gerber’s experience caring for her husband, who has Parkinson’s disease, the play is a solo comedy starring Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) about love, loss, resilience and finding joy in unexpected places. It premiered at Great Barrington Public Theater in August 2025, and now the West Coast premiere is being produced by The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, presented in partnership with Parkinson’s Community Los Angeles.

Six: The Musical Sets Final Sing-Along-Performance Before Closing on Broadway

Playbill: The Tony-winning musical will stage one more sing-along performance prior to its final Broadway performance. Planned for October 29 at 7 PM, SIX sing-along performances encourage audience members to sing along to all their favorite songs from this histo-remix.

Samsung Spatial Signage brings RPG characters to life

AV Magazine: Samsung Electronics’ 3D Spatial Signage was deployed to bring the characters of an upcoming fantasy role-playing game (RPG) into the physical world at the Tokyo Game Show 2026.

Studio Teachers’ Union to Merge With IATSE Property Crafts Local

www.hollywoodreporter.com: The studio teachers‘ union Local 884 is set to combine with the property craftsperson union Local 44 following a member vote approving the consolidation. Eighty-five percent of participating members of Local 884 voted “yes” on the merger earlier this month, while 90 percent of Local 44 voted to support the combination a few weeks before, according to sources.

Interview: Committee Chair Greg Lipper On the Return of CELEBRATING JEWISH PLAYS at Shakespeare & Company

BroadwayWorld: Shakespeare & Company welcomes back CELEBRATING JEWISH PLAYS this October 9 through 11, featuring three staged readings over three days during the holiday weekend, with live poetry, speakers, musical performances, and more added to this year's expanded event.

Don’t let the AI hype be overwhelming

www.thefabricator.com: The good news is that small and medium-sized metal fabricating companies don’t have exact timetables to deploy these AI technologies. The goal should be continuous improvement, just as it has been for years, and AI is another tool that can make that happen. A shop can focus on an area where any type of improvement makes sense. Start small and see how the exercise goes.

10-Inch vs. 12-Inch Miter Saw: Which Size Do You Need?

www.popularmechanics.com: Given the choice of two power tools of varying capacity, I’ve always erred on the side of sizing up. I mostly attribute that to the notion that I’m probably going to do more with the larger tool down the road as my skill set improves.

Goodman Theatre Launches $30 Million Fundraising Campaign

BroadwayWorld: Goodman Theatre is raising the curtain on its future as leadership and artists share a vision for its next century of impact. Together with hundreds of partners, donors, artists and patrons, Walter Artistic Director Susan V. Booth and Executive Director John Collins launch The Goodman, For Good—a $30 million campaign to secure Chicago's flagship not-for-profit theater for future generations.

Interview: Theatre Life with Jake Loewenthal

BroadwayWorld: Today’s subject Jake Loewenthal is easily one of the area’s brightest lights in the DMV theatre constellation. He currently can be seen living his theatre life onstage at Signature Theatre as Charley Kringas in Merrily We Roll Along. The show runs through November 1st in Signature’s MAX space.

Five theatre directors offer advice to the next generation — and the programs training it

Intermission Magazine: The artists on this call were candid and vulnerable. They spoke openly about their professional frustrations and challenges — and they weren’t shy about pinpointing the ways that mainstream anglophone Canadian theatre practices fail directors and artists more broadly. That said, I didn’t leave our chat feeling hopeless or cynical. Instead, I felt reinvigorated to jump back into my own artistic practice, explore in-between zones of experimentation, and be as bold as these five directors strive to be in every room they enter.

How ‘Dancer,’ a ravishing musical, uses contemporary dance to tell the story of a famous racehorse

www.thestar.com: Accompanied by a propulsive, anthemic melody on the piano, a group of performers charge onto the stage at the Terminal Theatre. Their hands are clenched into fists, arms tucked by their waists, backs arched forward and necks bobbing to the rhythm of the music. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum.

Lili Reinhart's Custom Miu Miu Dress for 'The Love Hypothesis' References a Classic '90s DCOM

Teen Vogue: At long last, The Love Hypothesis, starring Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman, is streaming on Prime Video. Alongside a beloved rom-com adaptation to watch and rewatch, during the movie's press run the Riverdale alum also gifted us with an array of looks to remember.

Interview: Ninaad Vaidya And Jennifer Decker of DISGRACED at SHUNYA THEATRE

BroadwayWorld: Disgraced is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play from Ayad Akhtar, and it will be playing at the MATCH from October 2nd through the 11th. SHUNYA THEATRE is presenting this piece and hopes to expand its audience with a play that addresses the universal theme of being an outsider in America. BROADWAY WORLD writer Brett Cullum got to speak to one of its stars, Ninaad Vaidya, as well as the director, Jennifer Decker.

'I Would Sit in the Audience’s Lap If I Could': Victoria Clark Wants to Get Close to Theatregoers

Playbill: It's no surprise that Victoria Clark is a terrific actor. In the interview that follows, the two-time Tony winner reveals that she wants audiences to "feel like they are inside of the story alongside us, not outside of it." Anyone who has seen her perform on stage over the past four decades knows Clark possesses a rare ability to make an audience deeply share her character's joys and sorrows.

What Are The Best MythBusters Episodes Ever? Ranking 11 Best

brobible.com: Though it has been off the air for 10 years, MythBusters remains one of the most entertaining science-based TV shows of all time. These days the show endures with its own channel on DirecTV and through ‘Best Of’ clips on YouTube, showcasing all of the greatest moments from Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman, Kari, Tory, Grant, and the others.

Make It Blue: How Walt Disney World Sewing Specialists Bring Costumes to Life

Life at Disney: Once upon a time, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother enchanted her a beautiful blue gown to wear to Prince Charming’s royal ball. In another story, Sleeping Beauty’s three Good Fairies used their magic to sew the perfect dress for her 16th birthday.

20 Shows to See Off Broadway This October

TDF: It’s another busy month beyond Broadway. In October, you can see Six Feet Under‘s Lauren Ambrose in the missing child drama The Unbelievers, Tony winner Joaquina Kalukango in the new musical The Heart, a revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s breakthrough show In the Heights starring Tony winner Natalie Venetia Belcon and Ato Blankson-Wood as a real-life Black drag queen who ran for POTUS in Ms. Blakk For President.

Museum of the City of New York Inaugurates New Activism Center

hyperallergic.com: Marches, megaphones, and messaging are activism’s most visible components in this day and age, but they’re certainly not the only way to get involved in changing one’s community for the better. The Museum of the City of New York’s (MCNY) newest permanent exhibit identifies the ingredients of a successful movement and highlights some bite-sized starting points for civic engagement for visitors at any stage.

ScareHouse Returns, Bringing Haunts and Halloween Horror to North Shore

Pittsburgh Magazine: Long recognized as one of the most famous haunted attractions in the United States., ScareHouse is planning a big return this October. The brand’s creative team announced that it will partner with The Plaza at North Shore to present Halloween Hangout — something organizers are calling “the ultimate Halloween destination in Pittsburgh.”

Theatre Wants Professional Artists. It Just Doesn’t Want to Employ Them.

theatreupstanders.substack.com: A short contract can be a real job, and a well-paid freelance practice can be a career. What bothers me and is a detriment to our field is the expectation that artists should keep collecting these scraps and keep calling it professional advancement. Why does theatre demand the availability of a profession while leaving so many of its practitioners to finance that availability themselves?

You'll Never Get Through Your List. That's the Point.

www.asianefficiency.com: Oliver Burkeman was in the Arctic watching the Northern Lights. Once-in-a-lifetime stuff. And he spent the experience trying to “be in the moment” and “use the time well.” He tried so hard to optimize it that he ruined it. He compared the lights to an old PC screensaver.

A Festival of Imported Importance: BIAF 2026 and the Provincialism of Prestige

The Theatre Times: There are at least two ways for an international arts festival to be provincial. The first is obvious: isolation, lack of money, lack of access, lack of connection to the international artistic circuit. The second is more interesting. It begins when all those problems have apparently been solved. The money is there. The stars arrive. The venues fill. An institution gains access to precisely the people whose presence is supposed to certify its international importance. And yet it continues to behave as if importance were something produced elsewhere and imported for local display.

L-Acoustics K and L Series at Washington Monument

Lighting&Sound America Online - News: Part of the nation's 250th anniversary, the 555'-tall Washington Monument was illuminated via a narrated projection display designed by artist and videographer Kyle Barrett. The show ran for six nights and displayed emblematic American symbols, including wooden ships crossing the Atlantic, covered wagons heading West, the Empire State Building, and the Apollo moon landing. LMG provided both audio, via an L-Acoustics K and L Series system, and advanced projection mapping technology.

Springboard to Design Launches Virtual Sessions Featuring Designers and Industry Professionals

BroadwayWorld: Springboard to Design has launched a new series of virtual programming featuring industry professionals and Tony Award–winning artists, building on the success of its summer initiative. Designed for emerging designers, students, and theatre educators, the virtual series provides direct access to leading professionals from across the field.

Meta VR Glasses Plan Imax Entertainment Push

www.hollywoodreporter.com: The success of Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey brought new awareness to the different Imax experiences out there. Consumers flocked to cinemas equipped with Imax’s rickety old 50 mm film projectors, while those that were unable to snag those coveted tickets sought out Imax theaters that were digital but could show the film in its full-scale, immersive glory.

Despite Nor'Easter, Broadway Flea Market Raised Nearly $1.5 Million

Playbill: A nor'easter didn't prevent thousands of Broadway fans from adding to their theatre collections September 27: The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, which moved indoors to the Hammerstein Ballroom, brought in $1,487,927 (comparable to its 2025 record-breaking total of $1.63 million).

'Dune' Production Designer Honored With Variety Creative Impact Award

variety.com: Oscar-winning production designer Patrice Vermette will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Production Design Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Vermette is Denis Villeneuve’s go-to production designer. The pair have worked together on “Sicario,” “Arrival” and all three “Dune” movies.

Best Utility Knife 2026: 9 Models Tested, 1 Clear Winner

Pro Tool Reviews: As I write, I’m sitting here with a pile of 9 utility knives on my desk from 8 brands, including Milwaukee, DeWalt, OLFA, Stanley, and others. They have different sizes, shapes, blade types, blade change mechanisms, and more. But which one is the best?

Why Your Perfect Calendar Fails Every Monday

www.asianefficiency.com: You spent Sunday evening building the perfect calendar. Deep work in the morning. Meetings after lunch. Email in its own window. Every block in place. You start Monday feeling like you finally have a grip on the week. Then one meeting runs long. One urgent email shows up. By 11 AM, the plan is already broken. And you feel behind rather than in control. Does this sound familiar?

Tom Cruise, James Cameron Can Afford to Support Paramount's WB Merger

www.indiewire.com: Hollywood spent much of the past year fighting over whether Paramount should be allowed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, after a sprawling regulatory battle, the $110 billion deal is approaching its final act — and the debate over whether it will save Hollywood or shrink it isn’t going anywhere.