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Sunday, November 13, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

"Chaos" at Dua Lipa Show as Mobile Ticketing Strands Thousands

www.ticketnews.com: An outage in the mobile-only ticketing system in Sydney, Australia left thousands of Dua Lipa fans stranded outside of her show, which was delayed by hours while it was worked out. The outage took place on Wednesday night at Qudos Bank Arena, according to multiple reports.

LED Stages Are Suffering Because of This Filmmaking Blunder

nofilmschool.com: Virtual production and cinematography have recently gone through a massive change. Thanks largely to The Mandalorian successfully making waves in the industry for its inventive use of an LED stage and virtual production pipeline for filming, many productions want to use virtual production toolsets in their workflow rather than a traditional approach.

Workers Accuse Amazon’s Rings of Power of Environmental Damage in New Zealand

gizmodo.com: Amazon’s new hit show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, brought viewers back to the gorgeous world Middle-earth, once again filmed in New Zealand. But the country’s pristine landscape may be suffering under this production and others, as workers speaking to The Guardian described vast waste and lack of care for the local environment.

24 Hour Plays Are Coming Back to Broadway

AMERICAN THEATRE: The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway are an intensive theatrical endeavor in which artists write, direct, and perform six original short plays within 24 hours. The creative process begins the evening before, when the actors, writers, directors, and production staff gather for a meet and greet. With an hour to brainstorm, each participant shares a prop and costume, actors show off their special skills, and share something they’ve always wanted to do on stage.

Actors' Equity Honors Broadway Chorus Members With Special ACCA Award

] Playbill: Actors’ Equity Association, the national union for professional theatre actors and stage managers, honored the resilience of Broadway's chorus members during the pandemic November 9 during a ceremony marking the reopening of Equity’s New York City Audition Center.

 

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