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Sunday, November 17, 2019

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Carnegie Mellon University searching for next dean of College of Fine Arts; Dan Martin stepping down after a decade

Pittsburgh Business Times: Dan Martin is stepping down as dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious College of Fine Arts after 10 years. He will return to the School of Drama faculty, CMU said in a release issued on Tuesday.

A national search to find Martin’s successor will be announced later this fall, with the goal of naming the new dean by fall of 2020. Martin will serve in his current role until a new dean is named.

For Creatives, the American Dream Is Becoming Less Sexy and More Pragmatic

Eye on Design: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Creative person hits the creative ceiling in their not-so-creative small town. They pack their bags and move to the big city with nothing more than a head full of dreams and a pocket full of loose change. They hustle. They starve. And they make it.


In ‘Mockingbird,’ a deaf actor finally gets his wish: Not to be defined solely by deafness

The Washington Post: Russell Harvard has been waiting not so patiently for this his entire career. And now, at long last, for a deaf actor channeled inexorably into deaf roles, the moment has arrived:

Playing a hearing character.

Harvard is part of the (mostly) new cast of Broadway’s hit production of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” with Ed Harris following Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch and LisaGay Hamilton succeeding LaTanya Richardson as the housekeeper Calpurnia.

Cirque Du Soleil's "R.U.N." Opens To Terrible (And Suspiciously Positive) Reviews

Theme Park University: Las Vegas is an ever-changing landscape of new restaurants, slot machines, hotels and entertainment. Cirque du Soleil for years has dominated the strip with a whopping seven shows for quite some time now. Their newest show “R.U.N”, which has been in previews for weeks and officially opening November 14, has gotten some scathing feedback online from those who have seen early performances.

How Stage Managers Shepherd Tech Rehearsals

Dramatics Magazine: THE SAWDUST HAS SETTLED. The lights have been focused. The props are preset. You call half-hour, instructing the cast to get into costumes, mics, and wigs; grab your water, stopwatch, legal pad, and promptbook; and head to your tech table. As you hike, you check in with run crew, assistant stage managers, designers, production staff, and the director. It’s time. You take a breath, look over the space, maybe even smile … tech has begun.

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