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Sunday, March 08, 2020

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

How 18,000 students proved theater experts wrong

Intimate Excellent: There hasn’t been that much rapturous cheering in Madison Square Garden since the Knicks won their last championship in 1973. But the thunderous hollering heard this Wednesday at the sold-out arena was not for a basketball game. It was for a play.

We previewed Cirque du Soleil's Disney tribute, 'Drawn to Life'

www.themeparkinsider.com: After standing dark for more than two years, the Cirque du Soleil theater in Disney Springs at the Walt Disney World Resort came alive again today for a media preview of its new production, "Drawn to Life."

New to Art? Make Sure You Know These Tips for Drawing Black and White

mymodernmet.com: With an array of colors to choose from in the color wheel, drawing in black and white can seem like a drag. But sketching in grayscale is a great exercise for learning how to draw. You don’t have to worry about color theory and can instead focus on the tones (lightness or darkness) of your subject to build its three-dimensionality.

The Mona Lisa Is on the Front Lines as the Louvre Reopens With New Safety Measures to Limit the Spread of Disease

news.artnet.com: In the Louvre, the Mona Lisa is flanked by guards who usually help keep the crowds moving through the packed Salle des États. But after staff forced the Paris museum to close Sunday amid safety concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, their routine has changed. Now, the guards stand still, and visitors are left to figure out their own flow through the gallery.

Chicago’s Most In-Demand Set Designer

Chicago magazine | Arts & Culture March 2020: Yu Shibagaki has had a prolific few months. On top of designing sets for two plays showing in Chicago in March — School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play at Goodman Theatre and Her Honor Jane Byrne at Lookingglass — Shibagaki worked on a third, How to Defend Yourself, which closed at Victory Gardens last week.

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