NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

When did live theater get so small?

The Denver Post: "Colorado's theater companies are thinking small. So small that if you added up all the people it would take to pack the state's 10 tiniest live theater venues, you still couldn't fill the first 12 rows of the Denver Center's Buell Theatre. More and more, new startup companies are opting to make a go of it in performance spaces no bigger than the Denver Center's coat check.

Posted by Dale at 3/28/2011 01:52:00 AM <-- Comments Here

Bret Michaels Files Lawsuit Against CBS and Tony Awards

Playbill.com: "Bret Michaels, who performed with the cast of the Tony-nominated Best Musical Rock of Ages at the 2009 Tony Awards and suffered an injury when a set piece descended on him following his performance, has filed a lawsuit against CBS and the organizers of the Tony Awards, according to the Associated Press.

Posted by David at 3/26/2011 03:48:00 PM <-- Comments Here

‘Spider-Man’ Overhaul Includes Loss of a Major Element

NYTimes.com: "The geeks are gone. In the first major change confirmed for Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the critically panned Geek Chorus of narrators — a strategic device in the musical — will be cut altogether during the show’s hiatus this spring, three members of the production said on Thursday night.

Posted by David at 3/26/2011 03:48:00 PM <-- Comments Here

How Perfectionism Can Lead to Procrastination (and What to Do About It)

Lifehacker: "It's hard to get anything done if it needs to be perfect, because if you're constantly criticizing the work there is always more work to be done. But the real problem comes in when you don't even want to do the work because making it perfect seems too daunting.

Posted by David at 3/26/2011 03:43:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Operation Heal the Fence responds to earlier vandalism

The Tartan Online: "A group of first-year art students used a hacksaw on the Fence Monday afternoon to carve away some of its layers of paint. In response, Tim Hieter, a master's candidate in materials science and engineering, created a Facebook event — 'Operation Heal the Fence' — which attracted hundreds of students to the Cut that night to reclaim and repaint the Fence.

Posted by David at 3/28/2011 02:38:00 PM <-- Comments Here

Quantum postpones opening of 'Maria de Buenos Aires'

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Quantum Theatre has postponed its opening of 'Maria de Buenos Aires' that was to have opened tonight in the former YMCA building in East Liberty.
Performances had been scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Posted by David at 3/27/2011 03:21:00 PM <-- Comments Here