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Sunday, March 22, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Cirque du Soleil CEO Daniel Lamarre Fired Thousands of Employees via Crude Video

jezebel.com: At noon today, Daniel Lamarre, president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, circulated a video among employees informing 95 percent of them that they are now unemployed, according to multiple newly laid-off employees who say they received an email containing a link to the video.

‘Batwoman’ production assistant paralyzed in on-set accident

nypost.com: A production assistant working on the CW’s Batwoman has been left paralyzed from the waste down after suffering an injury on the set of the Warner Bros. TV-produced superhero drama series, which films in Vancouver.

Amanda Smith, 30, was working below the Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver during a location shoot setup on March 11 when “the bucket of a lift lowered onto her head,” according to a GoFundMe page created for Smith.

‘If There’s No Broadway, There’s No Business’

The New York Times: The Radio City Rockettes’ dazzling Christmas outfits. The tutus and feathers that adorn the company of the New York City Ballet. The catsuits of “Cats.”

If you’ve seen it on a New York stage, Ernest Winzer Cleaners has probably cleaned it.

Coronavirus spikes demand for the Met's streaming opera broadcasts.

slate.com/culture: The New York Metropolitan Opera’s website crashed Monday night as tens of thousands of people attempted to simultaneously stream George Bizet’s Carmen, the first in a series of operas the Met will make available online, free of charge, after closing its doors in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Pittsburgh Public Theater goes online to bring classic plays to homebound theater lovers

Features | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: As the COVID-19 virus outbreak grows, state leaders have called for all nonessential businesses across Pennsylvania to temporarily shut down. This includes theaters, which means many plays and other live stage productions will never get to see an audience. To stay active and bring the stage to fans, the Pittsburgh Public Theater will present Playtime, a new live online reading series described as bringing “great classic plays and the work of extraordinary Pittsburgh writers right to your living room, computer, or device.“

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