America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor's Degree
Chronicle.com: "I have a hard time telling such people the killer statistic: Among high-school students who graduated in the bottom 40 percent of their classes, and whose first institutions were four-year colleges, two-thirds had not earned diplomas eight and a half years later. That figure is from a study cited by Clifford Adelman, a former research analyst at the U.S. Department of Education and now a senior research associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Yet four-year colleges admit and take money from hundreds of thousands of such students each year!"
'Spamalot' shutters on Broadway
Variety: "The 2005 Tony winner for best musical will shutter after 1,582 performances and 35 previews, with a final gross estimated in excess of $175 million. (Cume currently is nudging $160 million.)"
Cirque director going big in Japan
TheStar.com: "'It would take a lifetime to understand Japan,' says François Girard, 'but I certainly have a love and fascination for Japanese culture and great respect for the Japanese people.'"
Can you run theatre lighting on a wind turbine?
Briefingroom on LiveDesignOnline: "One of the hottest topics in the lighting world at the moment is the green issue. Is tungsten dead? Is it possible to have a carbon neutral TV studio? Can you run theatre lighting on a wind turbine? The discussion that such topics generate will be just one of many at the 2009 Showlight event which takes place in Glasgow next May."
Case Closed: Legally Blonde Ends Broadway Run Oct. 19
Playbill News: "Legally Blonde, the pop musical based on the 2001 MGM film of the same name, ends its run at the Palace Theatre Oct. 19. When it closes, the production will have played 30 previews and 595 regular performances."
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