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Music Is Making Your Hardest Video Games Even Harder
lifehacker.com: Every part of a video game is designed to evoke specific responses from players. The user interface, the level design, and—most importantly—the soundtrack all impact your emotional state while playing. While that can be great for immersion, high-intensity music elevates the player’s sense of tension, making difficult sections of a game even harder.TeamLab goes to the opera
The Japan Times: A new production of Giacomo Puccini’s final opera, the stormy and bloody “Turandot,” comes to Tokyo after its 2022 premiere in Geneva. The production, performed by Tokyo Nikikai Opera, runs Feb. 23 to 26 at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, with musical direction by Diego Matheuz, stage direction by Daniel Kramer and stage design and scenography by teamLab.Jews in theater gather after neo-Nazis disrupt 'Parade' performance
The Forward: Ari Axelrod was out for margaritas with a friend when he first saw the videos — neo-Nazis accosting theatergoers and handing out antisemitic leaflets in front of the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. The much-anticipated Broadway revival of Parade, a musical about the 1913 trial of wrongfully convicted Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, was about to play its first preview.The magic feeling of feeling safe in the theater
OnStage Blog: Three performers—one an up-and-coming ingenue, one a world-famous musician, and one… well, me—share center stage as we take our first bow of Cinderella at Diamond Head Theatre. As I squeeze their hands and hear the cacophony of applause and cheehoos from the sold-out opening night audience, I realize that the three of us are glowing.Artists Pull Play From Cleveland Play House Over Mishandled Assault
AMERICAN THEATRE: Weeks after Cleveland Play House (CPH) announced it was canceling the February world premiere of I’m Back Now: Returning to Cleveland, playwright Charly Evon Simpson issued a statement on Feb. 8 saying that she in fact had pulled the rights to her play, in tandem with director Stori Ayers, who resigned in protest over the way the theatre handled a case of sexual assault. In a statement on Twitter, Simpson wrote, “I said NO to having my play done at Cleveland Play House…I said NO to my play being the site of and excuse for further harm. I said YES to prioritizing the health, well-being, and safety of the I’m Back Now company.”
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