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Sunday, February 23, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Shepherding the Show: A Day in the Life of Hamilton’s Stage Manager

Playbill: By the time Hamilton’s Amber White takes her perch in the stage manager’s booth at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, an entire theatrical engine has been hard at work, ready to cross its final hurdle: show time. As students are returning to campus to pursue their theatrical studies and Playbill celebrates Back to School week, White gives an in-depth look at the technical side of running a show on Broadway, taking us through what it takes to raise the curtain on Great White Way.

Live shows get your heart racing – scientists prove it

Stage | The Guardian: Science has proved what theatre and concert-goers have long known. When it comes to emotional impact, watching a live performance is so much more thrilling than a version on screen.

Scientists from University College London (UCL) measured heart rates and sweat glands of audience members as they watched both theatre productions and films. They found that heart rates go up and down with the narrative arc of a story and that the highs are highest and lows lowest at a live show.

A new ‘Frozen’ comes to Broadway

Broadway News: On Tuesday night, a new version of “Frozen” will be playing Broadway.

In a step rare for the industry, Disney Theatrical Productions has opted to make changes to the musical, which has been running on Broadway for close to two years. The major changes, which were adopted from the touring production, include a new duet for lead characters Anna and Elsa in the second act, a trimmed entr’acte number (“Hygge”) and the elimination of Anna’s solo, “True Love.”

Are Escape Rooms Locked?

Room Escape Artist: No, you aren’t truly trapped in an escape room.

Every modern escape room should always allow players to free themselves in the event of an emergency.

If you visit an escape room company and they insist on locking you in without an emergency exit, you should demand a refund and leave.

How to Block Out the World When You're Trying to Work

lifehacker.com: Sometimes, you want to be alone, but your coworkers, pets, or kids won’t go away. Goodbye, productivity. Thankfully, there are plenty of techniques you can use to carve out a little bubble of comfort for yourself when you’re trying to burn through all the items on your to-do list.

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