NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Triggered: A Defense of Theatrical Content Warnings

www.newcitystage.com: Trigger and content warnings: they are a topic of debate in all kinds of circles and have popped up frequently in my own circle largely because of the play “Downstate” at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. There is a lot of criticism targeted at trigger warnings. They can be seen as infantilizing an audience. Yet when it comes to offering people a chance to consider their own feelings, it shows that the theater takes respect of its audience into consideration.

Posted by David at 12/07/2018 11:27:00 AM

How to Network When In-Person Contact Stresses You Out

lifehacker.com: Talking to strangers in a crowded room where everyone wants something from each other is a true nightmare, and at times it’s the most direct path to career development. But there is another way to network—from behind a computer screen.

Posted by David at 12/04/2018 02:36:00 PM

Roundtable: The Wild, Weird & Fun World Of Technical Riders

ProSoundWeb: “What’s the strangest (weird, interesting, funny, etc.) thing you’ve ever seen requested on a rider?” Let’s see what our panel of audio professionals has to say.

Posted by David at 12/07/2018 11:06:00 AM

Less Is More Or Less Is Less: The Balancing Act Of Designing Big Musicals In Small Spaces

The Theatre Times: When you think of the ways that musicals have traditionally been produced you conjure up images of these large-scale, traditional, “wing and drop” shows. When I was a young designer just starting out, I soon discovered that many of the theaters that were hiring me to work on these musicals were unable to recreate them at that level. They either didn’t have the fly loft or didn’t have the wing space and they seldom had the budget. So naturally, the show had to be reimagined.

Posted by David at 12/07/2018 11:02:00 AM

Disney's New Beauty and the Beast Ride Is Amazingly Lifelike

io9.gizmodo.com: Disney’s Imagineers—the company’s term for the artists, designers, and engineers who create its theme park attractions—are about to revolutionize the art of turning the studio’s animated films into rides that bring visitors right into the movie. Tokyo Disneyland is in the process of building a Beauty and the Beast ride with animatronic characters that are like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

Posted by David at 12/07/2018 11:01:00 AM