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Monday, September 23, 2024

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

If A Tree Falls In The Forest... Philosophy Of Sound For Live Engineers & Techs, Part 1

ProSoundWeb: “If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” This old philosophical chestnut hints at the inherent strangeness of sound – its seemingly nebulous existence that somehow connects to our perception (hearing), the fleeting nature of sound, and the different ways in which we all casually speak about its location and various characteristics.

How I Created a Productive Morning Routine

Lifehacker: A few months ago, I realized I was kind of a gross mess in the morning. I was snoozing my alarm way too long, then jumping out of bed in a panic, forgetting a bunch of things I needed to do and grab on the way out the door, and starting each day off on entirely the wrong foot.

Seattle Based The Feast Theatre Company Casts ChatGPT in Latest Production

www.broadwayworld.com: The Feast theater company is set to stage Elmer Rice’s 1923 play The Adding Machine in a new production titled The Adding Machine: A Cyborg Morality Play. The show began performances on September 12th, at The Lee Center for the Arts on Seattle University’s campus. Performances run through October 6th, 2024.

Director Jon M. Chu and Designer Nathan Crowley Detail WICKED Movie Sets

www.broadwayworld.com: Ozians, rejoice! In a new story at Architectural Digest, director Jon M. Chu and production designer Nathan Crowley have shed some new light on the intricate and detailed sets featured in the upcoming Wicked movie, favoring physical creations to CGI.

The great big Broadway squeeze

www.broadwaynews.com: When you water it all down, there are really only two sides to any business equation: money in, money out. In passion- and purpose-filled arts and entertainment industries like Broadway, it’s sometimes hard to make space and confront the financial realities that the money-in-money-out forces bring.

 

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