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Sunday, September 11, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Remaining Staff of Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater Fired Following Unionizing Attempt

Playbill: The Board of Directors is all that's left at the embattled Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, following the firing of the entire existing staff after their attempt to unionize with IATSE. The development is the latest outcome of ongoing struggles between the Tony-winning theatre's board of directors and its staff and artists. With this latest round of firings, the entire staff has either been fired or resigned.

As theaters move to more humane rehearsal practices, how are theatermakers adjusting?

www.seattletimes.com: Theater is going through some growing pains. Seattle-based actor, director and teaching artist Sunam Ellis, who played key roles in both “Mrs. Caliban” and “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” at Book-It Repertory Theatre this year, has seen up close how changes to rehearsal schedules aimed at eliminating a culture of overwork can be wonderful for artists while also being “its own bundle of stress.”

Big 10 2022: The 10 Most Represented Colleges on Broadway in the 2021-2022 Season

Playbill: As part of Playbill's Back to School week, take a look at our annual report on the colleges and universities with the most alumni performing on Broadway in the last season. Below you'll find this year's top 10 most represented schools on Broadway, plus a few honorable mentions that just barely missed making the top 10. Take a look and see if your school—or a school you're considering attending—made the list!

How huge 'Moulin Rouge' stage was recreated inside S.F.'s Orpheum Theather

Datebook: When Derek McLane looks back at 2019’s Broadway premiere of “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” he recalls that it took an arduous seven weeks to load the gargantuan set into New York’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre before the show’s first preview. To bring the production to San Francisco, BroadwaySF got four days.

A Music Man for Deaf Audiences

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Some might argue that a certain revival can do a play “injustice.” However, when it is a matter of an outdated script, how can “justice” play a part in a revival? How can a musical revival set in the past “make today worth remembering?”

 

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