CMU School of Drama


Thursday, February 26, 2009

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the five (ok six, there was a tie) top comment generating posts from the last week...

The London Cuckolds

Carnegie Mellon University: "Hollywood considers him a go-to guy when it comes to voice coaching. His students describe him as caring, precise and extremely clever. And while his accomplished career spans the stage, television and movies — for Carnegie Mellon Professor Don Wadsworth, it's just all in a day's work."

CMU students ready to take musical theater to Port Authority bus stops

Post Gazette: "So on Friday night, commuters and travellers were a little startled when a troupe of inconspicuously dressed Carnegie Mellon University students spontaneously broke into song at public transit stations with the accompaniment of a three-piece band, performing as people commonly seen on the bus -- the bizarre cat lady, the self-involved hot girl."

Artist guilty over inflatable sculpture deaths

Reuters: "A London artist who created a huge inflatable sculpture that killed two women after it broke its moorings and flew across a park was found guilty on Tuesday of breaking health and safety rules."

Text: Tasks More Likely to Get Done with Clear Fonts

LifeHacker: "Next time you're drafting office memos or customizing your desktop, keep this in mind: Researchers have found that instructions written in plain, straight-forward fonts are more likely to be completed—and better, too."

Tuition, room and board increase at CMU

Post Gazette: "The university announced the increase today, noting it is the smallest in 34 years. The tuition varies by the year the student entered, although the increase is 2.94 percent for all undergraduates. Those who entered in 2004 or 2005 will pay $36,832; those who entered in 2006 will pay $38,088; and those who entered in 2007, $39,560."

Props on Paper

Props: "There are a number of other sites which have collections of downloadable paper props. You don’t necessarily need to search for theatre props; there are large communities of replica prop makers and role-playing game prop makers with all manner of documents available online."

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