Gorsuch, Barrett Sit Out SCOTUS Decision With 2 Liberals Preventing Quorum

Newsweek: Four justices recused themselves from a copyright dispute on Monday, according to an order list released by the Supreme Court. Those recusals mean the case does not have a quorum for a decision.

Microdramas Overtake Mobile Streaming As Legal Challenges Loom

www.forbes.com: Hollywood’s next major format may be designed for a screen that fits in your hand. Microdramas, serialized, vertically shot stories typically broken into episodes of only a few minutes, have moved from an experimental corner of mobile entertainment into a multibillion-dollar business.

'The Pitt' casting call for Pittsburgh production draws tens of thousands of applicants

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The population of the city of Pittsburgh is roughly 300,000. More than 9% of that amount — at least 28,000 people — have signed up to be extras on the third season of “The Pitt,” HBO Max’s hit medical drama that will film in Pittsburgh next week.

Student Blog: Theatre Maker: What does that really mean?

BroadwayWorld: I am a theatre maker. Great. But what does that mean? As a theatre maker, I do it all. I act, I direct. I stage manage and design. I’m a dramaturg, and I produce. And I work on many shows at once. Seems simple, right? The answer is yes. But no.

Keeping Fluid Clean in the Reservoir

Power & Motion Tech: The atmosphere surrounding a hydraulic system sometimes is underestimated as a source of dirt and moisture that can infiltrate hydraulic systems—usually through the reservoir breather. The oil level continually rises and falls as cylinders extend and retract, and system cycles occur. As the oil level rises, air pushes out of the reservoir, and as it drops, ambient air is drawn in through the breather.

Main Character Energy: Raw Cereal Designs Bryson Tiller's Tour

Live Design Online: Bryson Tiller's 61-date Neo Trapsoul world tour is designed to accommodate venues from Red Rocks to Berlin's Velodrom, and a variety of guest artists emerging from a FOMO-inspiring door to backstage. Cort Lawrence, show designer and director at Raw Cereal, spoke to Live Design about its work on the tour.

WANTED to Feature Equal Justice Initiative as Co-Producer

BroadwayWorld: Equal Justice Initiative, the nonprofit organization founded by civil rights attorney and bestselling author Bryan Stevenson, will join the new musical Wanted as a co-producer. Dedicated to ending mass incarceration, challenging racial and economic injustice and confronting America's history of racial inequality, EJI joins the Broadway production inspired by the remarkable family history of Mary and Martha Clarke, two Black sisters in 1890s Texas who passed as white and, according to family legend, became outlaws to save their family.

TCG Announces Leadership Transition Amid Operational Challenges

AMERICAN THEATRE: In a letter to members today, Theatre Communications Group, the publisher of this magazine, announced that TCG, facing significant financial challenges, is undertaking a broader restructuring process. As part of that transition, the contracts of its three co-executive directors—Emilya Cachapero, LaTeshia Ellerson, and Alisha Tonsic—concluded effective Oct. 16. To guide TCG through the months ahead, the board has appointed Shaunda Miles McDill as interim executive director, effective Nov. 1.

How Will SAG-AFTRA's New Agreement Change the Game for Choreographers?

Dance Magazine: This July marked a watershed moment for the dance community: SAG-AFTRA began representing choreographers and assistant choreographers working in film, scripted television, and scripted streaming. The union’s coverage of choreographers is outlined in its four-year TV/Theatrical Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), ratified on June 4. It includes negotiable rates, pension and health contributions, and the same protected working conditions as dancers, like rest periods and meal breaks.

Interview: Jordan McKnight of RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY®

BroadwayWorld: When people think of the circus, they might think of the animal performers, BUT this is a new kind of show. The Greatest Show On Earth® is a two-hour live talent show featuring the world’s best acts. This action-packed modern circus is filled with heart-pounding stunts, incredible acrobats, and immersive family moments that keep Children Of All Ages© fully engaged. From high-flying trapeze to gravity-defying acrobatics, every act is designed to wow. Performers flip, twist, soar, and launch through the air in a nonstop display of strength, precision, and courage that pushes the limits of what feels possible.

Interview: Director Ann Hearn Tobolowsky of THE HEIRESS at Theatre 40

BroadwayWorld: The classic 1947 American romantic drama The Heiress was written by real-life spouses Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James. The pair adapted it for the screen in 1949, which was directed by William Wyler. Olivia de Havilland won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Catherine Sloper, the plain-Jane daughter of a tyrannical rich man who dominates her life and subjects her to constant comparison to her vibrant mother, who died when Catherine was young.

Building a Reparative Framework for Cultural Equity: Redesigning Creative Business Through Solidarity Economy

HowlRound Theatre Commons: In his 1969 review of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, Ayi Kwei Armah—the first Black literary critic to analyze Fanon’s work on global Blackness—highlights a vision of culture as a vital environment for survival and growth rather than a mere product. A decade later, in the 1980s, Armah took a radical step toward cultural sovereignty by founding Per Ankh Publishing, an African publication collective in Popenguine, Senegal. Modeled after the ancient Egyptian "House of Life," the cooperative was established to bypass the extractive nature of Western publishing, which Armah viewed as a form of intellectual enslavement.

Scream! Bleed! Take Off Your Clothes! goes inside the legendary Organic Theater Company

Chicago Reader: As a budding theater enthusiast growing up in DuPage County in the 1970s and early 80s, I learned what was going on in Chicago mostly by reading reviews from Glenna Syse, the theater critic for the Sun-Times. (As proud public schoolteachers and union members, my parents didn’t let the Chicago Tribune in our house, relenting only after Mike Royko moved over to the paper when Rupert Murdoch bought the Sun-Times in 1984.)

Laika's 'Wildwood': Steve Emerson on Stop-Motion VFX

variety.com: Laika’s “Wildwood” took more than five years of stage animation and visual-effects work, with 2,776 shots requiring a carefully orchestrated mix of handmade puppets, miniature sets and digital imagery. But for production VFX supervisor Steve Emerson, the defining challenge of Travis Knight’s fantasy epic was ensuring that the technology served the stop-motion performances rather than overwhelming them.

How New Federal Student Loan Rules Could Affect Acting Programs

Backstage: Twenty-seven percent of American students borrow an average of about $40,000 in federal loans to pay for college. But for students considering certain acting programs, access to those loans could soon be at risk. Under a new Department of Education provision, tying federal loan eligibility to graduate earnings, Congress has a new warning: Buyer beware.

Carnegie Museum of Art plans a major redesign of the Heinz Architectural Center

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: If you were to enter the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art today, you’d be forgiven for not even knowing you were there. In its current use as part of the Carnegie International exhibit, running through Jan. 3, it appears as a T-shaped hallway, with two darkened, adjoining gallery spaces and a cordoned-off stairway leading to an area designated for “staff only.”

Plot Luck 2026: Raw Cereal Lights Bryson Tiller

Live Design Online: For Bryson Tiller's first tour in almost 10 years, his brief for production designers Raw Cereal were the words: cool, metallic, robotic, reflective, illuminated, back lit. In place of a complicated stage environment, Tiller asked for a monolith with video and lasers, strong and simple, where he would look almost like the last man on earth.

5 Bosch 12V MAX Tools Under $200 Worth Adding To Your Collection

www.slashgear.com: It can be difficult to determine which power tool brand to choose these days, if only because consumers are positively spoiled for options. If you're looking to keep to the major cordless power tool manufacturers, however, Bosch is one name you're certain to see in all corners of the market.

Quantum’s Magical, Menacing 'radio island' is Theater Finely Tuned

Entertainment Central Pittsburgh: The world premier of Liza Birkenmeier’s new play radio island opened last night in Rockwell Park, cleverly staged (as are most all of Quantum’s productions) in an empty warehouse. Directed by Katie Brook, soon to become Quantum Theatre’s new artistic director in January, radio island is thus the last production to be staged under the leadership of Karla Boos, Pittsburgh’s most adventurous dramaturg, producer, artistic director, actress, designer and audience development director.

Student Blog: Sophomore Year 'Ins' and 'Outs' - Moving Past the Comfort Zone in College

BroadwayWorld: I spent most of my freshman year of college adjusting to a completely new lifestyle: navigating dorm life with a roommate, figuring out meals according to the dining halls, and taking classes just to fulfill my gen-ed requirements.