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Sunday, February 19, 2023

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

All-male Beckett play canceled for only hiring male actors

www.irishcentral.com: A Dutch production of the Samuel Beckett play "Waiting for Godot" was canceled because the show's Irish director only allowed men to audition, despite Beckett clearly stating that the cast should be five men.

The Wild Logistics of Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show

WIRED: When you’re the person (at least partially) responsible for Left Shark, you have to think about every possible way Super Bowl audiences watch halftime shows. That’s one of the many things Bruce Rodgers has learned over the 16 years he’s spent as production designer for the mid-game performance during American football’s biggest night. “Never again,” Rodgers laughs when asked if he considered including blue fish dancers for Rihanna’s Super Bowl LVII performance.

Lake George’s immersive Ice Castles are back for the season

www.timeout.com/newyork: Starting Monday, February 6, you can visit Ice Castles and climb through ice-carved tunnels, gaze at beautiful frozen fountains, slip down ice slides, sit in frozen thrones, and be surrounded by cascading towers of ice embedded with color-changing LED lights.

Justina Miles, the ASL Performer From Rihanna’s Half Time Show

mymodernmet.com: Meet Justina Miles, the American Sign Language interpreter who almost stole the show as she energetically signed the pop star's greatest hits for the telecast. Not only did she make the thrilling performance accessible, but she also became the first deaf woman to provide ASL interpretation during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Playbill Article Opens Conversation About Danger, Safety and Standards for Broadway, So Why Aren’t We Talking About That?

rescripted.org: My fellow journalists seem to suddenly be asking all the wrong questions. What was an opportunity for discourse about inequity, hospitality, and safety in our theatrical houses has become a watercooler conversation about why this article was pulled. The focus needs to be put back on the people that matter.

 

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