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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

'There Is A Genuine Desire Across The Board To Do Things Right': The Successes And Challenges Of Working In DEI At A Games Studio

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aftermath.site : My original plan this week was to run a single big feature on DEI at major games companies, interviewing a number of people...

Radio Riot Brings Big Gig Sound To The UK Pub Circuit With Martin Audio

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ProSoundWeb : Radio Riot, a UK-based three-piece pub and function band delivering Britpop and guitar-driven covers spanning five decades, tr...

Category 2 vs Category 3 Safety Systems Explained

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machinerysafety101.com : When engineers first encounter ISO 13849-1, one of the most common points of confusion is the practical difference ...

2026 Tony analysis, 'Ragtime' and 'Schmigadoon!' out in front

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www.goldderby.com : Sam, since we offered our first reactions to the Tony nominations, there has been a lot of activity among the smaller vo...

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Announces Company Promotions

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onstagepittsburgh.com : Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) has announced the promotion of three PBT company artists. The artists were all promo...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Why Cody Renard Richard Created a Scholarship to Diversify the Backstage of Broadway

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Playbill : When stage manager Cody Renard Richard was first starting his career in New York, he remembered feeling alone. Even though he was...

Photos: Producers Jamie deRoy Receives Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree at Carnegie Mellon

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www.broadwayworld.com : Last week, 1967 alumna and 15-time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Jamie deRoy received an Honorary Doctor of F...

Their Play Was Cancelled By the University—These College Students Are Putting It On Anyway

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Playbill : Maggie Lawson and Liberty Welch are best friends. They're roommates and they're both pursuing theatre education-performan...

30 Broadway Professionals Share Their Training and Favorite Theatre Teachers

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Playbill : As part of the ongoing Playbill feature series How Did I Get Here—which spotlights not only actors, but directors, designers, mus...

The Girls Are Screaming

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The New York Times : The scream begins as a ripple, starting with the most unlikely character first, and then crescendos from one teenage gi...
Friday, May 15, 2026

State funding changes hit Pittsburgh art, education programs

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90.5 WESA : Sweeping changes in how the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts (PCA) funds arts initiatives in the state include the end of the A...

The National Theatre Launches Touring Partnership With 12 Theatre

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www.broadwayworld.com : The National Theatre has announced National Theatre Nationwide: a new landmark partnership with 12 leading theatres ...

Ian McKellen Will Return to the Stage in LEAR at The Yard Theatre's New London Venue

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www.broadwayworld.com : The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick, London, has announced its first season in its new building. Six productions runnin...

TCG Reveals 2026 Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship Recipients

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www.broadwayworld.com : Theatre Communications Group has announced Tianyu Lei and Viktoriia Shlenova as the 2026 recipients of the Willa Kim...

Lowry's Creative Writing Challenge Celebrates Young Writers From Across the North West

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www.broadwayworld.com : Children from across the North West stepped into the spotlight on Saturday 9 May for the Lowry's annual Creative...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Immersive PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Event is Coming to London Next Year

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www.broadwayworld.com : Secret Cinema and TodayTix will present a new immersive production inspired by Disney's iconic blockbuster film ...

Tianyu Lei, Viktoriia Shlenova Receive 2026 Willa Kim Scholarships

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AMERICAN THEATRE : Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for theatre and publisher of this magazine, has announced Tianyu ...

Details Revealed For New 594-Seat West End Venue The Arts at Marble Arch

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www.broadwayworld.com : Further details have been revealed for The Arts at Marble Arch powered by TodayTix, a brand-new 594-seat theatre ven...

Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards Adds Kehlani, Meagan Good as Honorees

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www.thewrap.com : Hollywood Unlocked is stacking up its list of honorees for its sixth annual Impact Awards next month, announcing Wednesday...

PortAventura World and Vekoma partner for new mixed reality company

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InPark Magazine : PortAventura World and Vekoma have reached an agreement to drive the creation of WeRiseUp, a new independent company spun ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

State of Play

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AMERICAN THEATRE : A little over 17 years ago, Todd London, then the artistic director of New Dramatists, began work on a study for the Thea...

The Company Way: What Happened to the Acting Ensemble Ideal

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AMERICAN THEATRE : Rodney Witherspoon II started his post-college career as an administrative fellow at Trinity Repertory Company in 2015. W...

For Starters: How to Launch a Theatre Company in 2026

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AMERICAN THEATRE : Every theatre company starts somewhere. Every small, grassroots arts organization and massive, multimillion-dollar produc...

Raw Talent and Boricua Pride

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AMERICAN THEATRE : Our TCG Conference advance team—Erica Lauren Ortiz, Kamilah Long, and I—arrived in San Juan for our initial site visit on...

Tough Love and Liberation

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AMERICAN THEATRE : I sometimes joke in editorial meetings that the overarching theme of any issue of ours should simply be What the hell is ...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Announcing the 2026 Outer Critics Circle winners — full list

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www.broadwaynews.com : Winners have been announced for the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Recognizing plays and musicals that opened on B...

Review: Perpetual Permutation: Exhaustion in Jeanine Durning’s ‘The Play’

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onstagepittsburgh.com : Upon entering Attack Theatre for the informal showing of Jeanine Durning’s The Play presented in Pittsburgh this pas...

Museum to Open at Site of The Beatles' Final Public Performance

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consequence.net : Called The Beatles at 3 Savile Row, the seven-floor museum will house never-before-seen material from the band’s Apple Cor...

Golden Goose and PlayLab present a playful exhibition to ignite childlike wonder

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Wallpaper* : Multidisciplinary creative studio PlayLab has collaborated with some of the biggest names across music, fashion and design – in...

Ars Nova Launches $5M BIG DREAMS, BIG SWINGS Campaign, $1M Leadership Gift From Miranda Family Fund

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www.broadwayworld.com : Ars Nova has launched Big Dreams, Big Swings, a fundraising campaign designed for the resiliency and sustainability ...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Pittsburgh Public Theater, CLO announce joint programming

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90.5 WESA : Pittsburgh’s two biggest theater companies have yet to finalize their merger. But Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO o...

If Everything Depends on You, That’s a Problem

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Church Production Magazine : Legacy is one of those words we often make too complicated because of the weight it carries. We often wonder wh...

Naked puppets take the stage at Montecasino

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sundaytribune.co.za : TV Programmes like Sesame Street in America and Takalani Sesame here in South Africa teach values and life-skills to y...

‘Your Career Starts at the Beginning of the AI Revolution,’ NVIDIA CEO Tells Graduates

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NVIDIA Blog : “You are entering the world at an extraordinary moment,” NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang told graduates as he delivered th...

Navigating Servomotor Selection: A Technical Guide

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blog.seweurodrive.com : Choosing the right servomotor is crucial for the efficiency and success of any automation project. With a variety of...
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