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Sunday, May 09, 2021

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

What Makes People Feel Safe Visiting Museums and Performing Arts Entities? (DATA UPDATE)

Colleen Dilenschneider: The United States is making progress in vaccine distribution! At the time of writing, it’s been reported that about 43% of Americans have received at least one shot and nearly one in three are fully vaccinated. This is long-awaited positive progress for museums and performing arts organizations, which have observed significant drops in attendance since the pandemic began. Though 2021 likely won’t see attendance fully recover to 2019 levels, visitation is projected to continue improving as vaccinations keep rolling out. This is great news! But feeling safe right now isn’t only about the vaccine, according to cultural organization-goers in the United States.

Broadway Is Reopening. But Not Until September.

The New York Times: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says that most pandemic capacity restrictions will ease in two weeks. Mayor Bill de Blasio says he wants the city to fully reopen on July 1. But Broadway, a beacon for tourists and an engine for the economy, is not quite ready to turn on the stage lights.

Why gendered leadership traits are a myth

www.fastcompany.com: When I started my career in the corporate world, I absorbed, by osmosis, the way that I thought leadership was. I worked in a male-dominated environment, in that most of the senior leadership was male, and the women that had risen to the top tended to have more stereotypical “masculine” traits.

Disney reveals 'real' lightsaber for May the 4th, Galactic Starcruiser delayed

attractionsmagazine.com: To celebrate May the 4th, AKA “Star Wars Day,” Disney Parks has shared a look at the “real” lightsaber shown to the media last month, as well as announced a delay for one of its newest experiences in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.

Why You Should Add Your Stories to This Theatre History Time Capsule

Playbill: “Theatre history is a way of understanding of what’s going on in the world,” says Dr. Eric Colleary, the Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. “It’s a snapshot. You can look at a play or a musical, and you can understand what’s going on in the country and world in that moment. You’re able to read a broader sense of social and political history.”

 

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