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Sunday, February 06, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

‘If you’ve handled an opera director, you can handle a five-year-old’: creatives who changed jobs during the pandemic

Culture | The Guardian: A stone’s throw from London’s West End, the Groucho Club is exactly the sort of spot you’d expect to find a theatre producer holding court, surrounded by rumpled media types and within earshot of a Netflix exec or three.

How your culture informs the emotions you feel when listening to music

theconversation.com: I open my eyes to the sound of a voice as the twin-engine Pakistan Airlines propeller aircraft flies through the Hindu Kush mountain range, west of the mighty Himalayas. We are cruising at 27,000 feet, but the mountains around us appear worryingly close and the turbulence has woken me up during a 22-hour trip to the most remote place in Pakistan – the Kalash valleys of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region.

THE MUSIC MAN Will Not Invite Critics to Preview Performances

www.broadwayworld.com: The Broadway production of The Music Man has opted not to invite critics to preview performances ahead of its opening night. Breaking from the long-held Broadway tradition, the musical, led by Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, has instead invited critics to its opening night performance on February 10.

'Phantom of The Opera' Brings Its First Black 'Christine' to Broadway

www.theroot.com: New York City is rejoicing! After major pandemic related setbacks, Broadway is back. And with strong attempts made to diversify its full time casts, there is additional reason to celebrate. Broadway’s longest running musical, ‘Phantom of The Opera’ has debuted its first Black actress to play the lead role of Christine Daaé.

Blind stage manager finds acceptance in theater

www.kshb.com/news: Audience members won't see Rebekah Grieb on stage during performances of "The Full Monty," currently in production at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center, but she's the one who keeps everything running smoothly behind the scenes. She also happens to be legally blind.

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