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Monday, April 02, 2012

NWTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Why Straight Plays Can't Make It on Broadway

Sightings by Terry Teachout - WSJ.com: Nina Raine's "Tribes," which opened off-Broadway earlier this month, is a superb new play about a dysfunctional family whose youngest member is deaf. Beautifully staged by David Cromer, it was hailed by the critics, myself included, and has extended its run through September. This was the last sentence of my review: "Why can't we have plays like this on Broadway?"
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Amid complaints, N.J. high school pulls plug on play about murder of gay college student

NJ.com: Bowing to pressure from parents and the school community, Notre Dame High School has canceled its spring production of “The Laramie Project,” a play based on the violent 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard. The decision to shut down the production has proved to be just as controversial as the play’s edgy and dramatic portrayal of a Wyoming town gripped in the aftermath of a hate crime.
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Moving To NYC: Expectations Vs Reality

buzzfeed.com: When we move to NYC, we think our lives will be luxurious and decadent because of what we've seen on TV. But eventually we all realize living in the city can be a bit hard, and sometimes even gross. So before you move here, take a look at what you're getting yourself into.
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Tracking LED Wall Animation


YouTube: Animation demonstrating the integration of PRG Mbox EXtreme® v3 Media Server and the Stage Command™ System while encoding video to track with/without movement.
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Clear-Com Presents USITT Stage Management Award to Carnegie Mellon Student

audiovideoproducer.digitalmedianet.com: Clear-Com, a global leader in critical voice communications systems, continues to demonstrate its dedication to the live sound industry through its ongoing support of the USITT (United States Institute for Theater Technology) Young Designers & Technicians (YD&T) Awards. This year, as the sponsor of the organization's Stage Management Award, Clear-Com and USITT honored Carnegie Mellon senior, David Beller, for his excellence in stage management and dedication to the performing arts. The award is part of USITT's annual Conference & Stage Expo, which attracts roughly 4,000 design and production technology professionals each year.
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