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Sunday, January 22, 2023

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

5 Essential Facts About Broadway Swings

Playbill: Flipping through the section of Who’s Who in your Playbill, you may see multiple cast members credited as “Swing.” Swings have some of the most mentally taxing jobs in theatre as, by definition, they are responsible for understudying multiple ensemble tracks (sometimes all of the ensembles tracks) in a show.

Best Work Boots 2023 | Most Comfortable Boots for Men and Women

www.protoolreviews.com: How in the world do you recommend the best work boots for men and women in the trades? Every trade has different features and priorities and everyone’s foot is different. Add in literally thousands of choices from plenty of quality brands with different designs and styles, and it’s overwhelming.

LA Opera Costume Shop Workers Unanimously Approve First Union Contract with Crucial Improvements

IATSE: The stagehands, dressers, treasurers and ticket sellers, musicians, performers, stage managers, and hair and make-up artists of the Los Angeles Opera are all represented by unions, and work with the protections that a union contract provides. However, it wasn’t until Tuesday that the craftspeople of the LA Opera’s costume shop, who are largely LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, or women, gained these same benefits.

How to internalize success and beat imposter syndrome

www.fastcompany.com: My client Jill, a seasoned marketing strategist, had a long list of achievements. Over her 20-year career, she had received numerous industry awards and was even promoted twice in one year. Despite these accolades, Jill was constantly haunted by thoughts of her inadequacy. When we first met, she told me, “I worry that, at any moment, my boss and colleagues will realize I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m not truly an expert; I’m simply making things up as I go along.”

So You've Been Told Your Show Is Closing

Playbill: It’s January. The most dreaded month of the Broadway year. Sales drop precipitously from the holidays, and many shows aren’t able to survive until spring. They close, and other shows take their places. The circle of Broadway life.

 

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