NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Pixar Designer Talks About Sexism at the Company

The Mary Sue: In a harrowing personal essay, former Pixar graphic designer Cassandra Smolcic discusses the habitual sexism and harassment she endured while working for the storied animation giant. Smolcic describes a pervasive atmosphere of harassment and objectification that defined Pixar’s corporate culture, starting with its CCO John Lasseter.

Posted by David at 6/28/2018 02:01:00 PM

Theatre shuts out the working class. I’m devastated to think of the voices silenced

Mish Grigor | Stage | The Guardian: In 2015, I made a theatre show, The Talk, about my working class family and their working class sex lives. I interviewed them about their sexual histories, and edited their stories into verbatim scenes that I get audiences to read.

Posted by David at 7/02/2018 02:17:00 PM

A Guide to Theater Etiquette the New York Way

www.timeout.com: I am a dyed-in-the-ethically-sourced-sustainable-cashmere coastal lefty elitist. I am strenuously inclusionary and empathetic to a fault. I apologize to inanimate objects when I bump into them. I am a socialist Democrat and pacifist to the core. I love everything and everyone and the divine in me honors the divine in you. Truly.

Posted by David at 6/29/2018 02:50:00 PM

Sound Designer Kai Harada on the Audio Systems for The Bands Visit on Broadway

Stage Directions: Following the Tony Awards ceremonies in early June, the subtly engaging new musical, The Band’s Visit was recipient of an astonishing ten awards, along with a Tony Award for Best Sound Design in a Musical for Sound Designer Kai Harada. Once again Meyer Sound systems were a part of Harada's sound design. Meyer Sound products are used for this production as well as powering the music along the Great White Way, with numerous hit productions relying on LEO Family line arrays and UltraSeries loudspeakers.

Posted by David at 7/05/2018 02:41:00 PM

Who Else Misses Old-Fashioned Theatre Tickets?

Theatre Development Fund – TDF: At least I didn't have to worry about forgetting the tickets. In my many decades of theatregoing, that had only happened once. But now, so much else could go wrong. For Disney's Frozen, my phone was my ticket. Technologically challenged as I am, I only chose this new-to-me option because it was the cheapest way to purchase the rather expensive seats.

Posted by David at 7/03/2018 10:53:00 AM