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Sunday, March 04, 2018

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Actors Should Be Allowed To Be Parents Too

The Theatre Times: Acting, as the cliché goes, is child’s play. All that dressing up and pretending to be someone else. For those of us who do “normal” jobs, the idea of the theatre actor’s life sounds like a brilliant return to student life. You don’t have to get up early in the morning to commute to an office. Instead, you drink coffee and try to learn things off by heart during the day while in the evening, you do a couple of hours of intense work, then get drunk afterward. And then after a few months, you get to “rest” until the next job comes along.

Watch these robots measure and saw wood

Boing Boing: People who need custom furniture in the future may be able to feed the design into a program and then have robot-assisted carpentry do the rest.


Oscar-Nominated Costume Designers on Their Use of Color

Variety: People who need custom furniture in the future may be able to feed the design into a program and then have robot-assisted carpentry do the rest.


Watch how ILM created Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening space battle

The Verge: Star Wars: The Last Jedi scored a handful of Academy Award nominations this year, including one for best Visual Effects. As it did last year with Rogue One, Industrial Light and Magic has released a pair of behind-the-scenes clips that showcase how the film’s special effects came together.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Set Designer David Korins Reveals Secrets From the Set

www.broadwayworld.com: David Korins, the award-winning production designer behind shows like Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen and Grease! Live, shared a set secret from Dear Evan Hansen today on his Instagram page. Ever wonder what Evan keeps in his headboard? Now you can find out!

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