NFTRW Weekly Top Five

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

Blue Man Group’s 34-Year New York Run Comes to an End

The New York Times: After 17,800 shows and 82,150 gallons of paint, Blue Man Group is hanging up its bald caps at the Astor Place Theater for good on Sunday. It arrived there in 1991, when George H.W. Bush was president, cellphones were rare and the World Wide Web was two years away. (The group’s first profile in The New York Times existed only on paper.) In the generation since, the trio of hairless, earless, silent, blue-and-black clad performers, who spit paint and sculpt marshmallows, gobble Twinkies and drum in primary colors, unexpectedly became a culture-infiltrating sensation.

Which Knot Is Stronger? Humans Aren’t Great Judges

Scientific American: Humans are pretty good at guessing whether a towering stack of dishes in the sink will topple over or where a pool ball will go when a cue hits it. We evolved this kind of physical reasoning to navigate our changing and sometimes dangerous environments. But a new study highlights one area of intuitive physics that’s deceptively difficult: judging how strong a knot is.

Best Tape Measure Reviews for 2025

Pro Tool Reviews: Tape measures are a staple in everyone’s toolbox from the most seasoned Pro to the greenest DIYer. Ranging in length and price, most cost less than $30, and there are options under the $10 mark. But are all tape measures created equally? Of course not. We’re breaking things down into the categories our Pro team says are most important when looking for the best tape measure.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Will Hold First ASL Interpreted Performance

www.broadwayworld.com: The Play That Goes Wrong will hold its first ever American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performance on Wednesday February 26 at 2 PM at New World Stages. ASL interpreters will be present for the performance to offer audiences a new way to experience the hit show.

After the Curtain Falls: Show Closures on Broadway

StageLync: January is notoriously brutal for Broadway. The holidays end, ticket sales dip, and one by one, shows pack up their sets and say goodbye. Just this month, we’ve seen Back to the Future, Suffs, Stereophonic, and Our Town take their final bows. And it doesn’t stop there—Cult of Love, All In, Eureka Day, the new Romeo & Juliet, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, English, and even the long-running Blue Man Group are all set to close in the coming weeks.