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Sunday, November 20, 2022

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Student Blog: 45 Hours in Costume Shop

www.broadwayworld.com: Thirty-four, thirty-two, thirty-two, twenty-eight, fifty-No. That can't possibly be right. I run the numbers in my head, pulling the garment from the rack to resize later. "I'm almost done with the pants!" I call to my supervisor. CRASH!

‘& Juliet’ is a pop musical that remixes the Bard with Backstreet Boys

Broadway News: Allow Juliet to reintroduce herself. Or rather, let Anne Hathaway do it for her. No, not the Oscar-winning actress known for “The Devil Wears Prada.” The Anne Hathaway I’m referring to is William Shakespeare’s wife — the presumed inspiration behind his most famous love story, “Romeo & Juliet.” In the new musical “& Juliet,” however, Hathaway insists on being more than a muse. Unsatisfied with her husband’s affinity for tragedy, Hathaway steps up as co-auteur of a new version of the age-old story, one in which Juliet never takes a dagger to the heart, but rather, a trip to Paris with her besties. The confetti-laden chaos that ensues in David West Read’s hyper new musical currently running at Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre is part-pop music fantasia, part-failed feminist retelling, but all heart.

Lorde Explains Why Touring Is So Hard for Artists in 2022

Billboard: On Wednesday (Nov. 9), the “Solar Power” singer sent a newsletter to fans that included a “spiel” on the difficulties artists are facing on the road, highlighting “a storm of factors” that have led to this moment.

Playbill Leaves Twitter, Says Platform Now Blurs “Actual News and Insidious Rhetoric”

The Hollywood Reporter: Theater publication Playbill said it will no longer post content on Twitter after the platform “has greatly expanded its tolerance for hate, negativity, and misinformation.”

When dance meets social justice

Performance | santafenewmexican.com: Shira Greenberg’s joke is that Keshet Dance Company and Center for the Arts in Albuquerque, which she founded 26 years ago, has almost reached the point of achieving her vision. Good things take time. The word Keshet means “rainbow” in Hebrew.

 

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