“The Wave,” Fascism Cautionary Drama, Restored at OCVTS in New Jersey

hesherman1.substack.com: School Violence Awareness Week at Ocean County Vocational and Technical School’s Grunin Performing Arts Academy in New Jersey will come and go this month without one of its tentpole events, performances by students of The Wave (aka The Third Wave), a play designed to show how easily societies – and high schoolers – can fall under the sway of Fascist ideologies.

Presidential Crowd Work in ‘FDR’s Very Happy Hour’

AMERICAN THEATRE: Almost alone among American presidents, our 32nd, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is still remembered not for a single incident or tic but for a cluster of iconic landmarks and attributes: the New Deal and World War II, the ivory cigarette holder and pince-nez glasses, fireside chats in an arch mid-Atlantic accent, the wheelchair.

Student Blog: Lifelong Lessons Learned from Theatre

BroadwayWorld: I’ve been acting in the theatre industry since I was four, and I've had the opportunity to perform in productions ranging from school to professional and regional work across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. From a very young age, I learned crucial skills that will stick with me forever and have little to do with talent, acting, singing, or dancing ability.

Stream The Stage Managers’ Association 2026 Del Hughes Awards

Live Design Online: On Monday October 26th, 2026, the Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) will present its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management at the National Opera Center’s Marc A. Scorca Hall in NYC. The event will also be live streamed: register for free virtual tickets here: Del Hughes Award live stream.

What Walt Disney Taught Tim Downey About Building Communities

Builder Magazine: Walt Disney might not be the most obvious influence for a real estate developer. For Southern Land Co. founder and CEO Tim Downey, however, Disney’s obsession with the details that shape an experience has provided a blueprint for four decades of business.

AV Sustainability Summit urges education and collaboration

AV Magazine: Marjolein Koens-Schaddelee presented the keynote Designing AV for a Net Zero Future. The MD of AVEX made an analogy between sustainable practices and owning your first home; they both involve a sense of freedom with responsibility. She made the point that the AV industry needs to adopt a system approach rather than focus on individual behaviours and told summit attendees that it’s OK to fail, and that we can pick ourselves up and try something else.

Sound artist May Wilcher on finding community at Open Improv Lab

90.5 WESA: Sound artist May Wilcher was a self-described “homebody” before she started attending Pittsburgh Sound Preserve’s Open Improvisation Lab. “I’ve just been interested in weird stuff for a long time.” Wilcher said. “If you are at the margins, you won’t feel so welcome in, like, a standard musical environment.” Open Improv Lab is an every-other-Monday night gathering at Bantha Tea Bar in Garfield, where — as Wilcher puts it — “there are almost no rules.”

More than half of theatre workers taking jobs outside of sector to survive – survey

www.thestage.co.uk: More than 50% of respondents to an Equity survey have had to take work outside of the sector to survive, with only a quarter thinking they will be working in the industry in three years’ time. The findings are part of a survey of more than 2,100 Equity members, with general secretary Paul W Fleming saying the results highlight “a precarious workforce”.

Mae Jemison, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Co-Produce Broadway's Galileo Musical

Playbill: Former NASA astronaut and the first woman of color in space, Dr. Mae Jemison; scientist, educator, and television host Bill Nye; and astrophysicist, author, and Hayden Planetarium Director Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will be co-producers of the forthcoming new Broadway musical Galileo, scheduled to begin previews November 10 at the Shubert Theatre prior to an official opening December 6.

Broadway’s ‘School Girls’ will be available for streaming during final week of performances

www.broadwaynews.com: Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) and the League of Live Stream Theater (LOLST) will stream a live capture of Broadway’s “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play” during its final week of performances. “School Girls” is currently playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, where its limited run began previews on Sept. 8 and opened on Sept. 28.

She Kills Monsters May Be Seen at Copley High in Ohio

hesherman1.substack.com: After more than a month of turmoil following the announcement that Copley High School in Ohio’s fall show, Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters, would be canceled, despite rehearsals already being underway, it’s now likely that show will be seen on the high school’s stage – although the high school won’t take responsibility for it.

Visualization: from creative vision to buildable reality

blooloop: They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” The world of themed entertainment is no exception. Visualization, the process of translating words and abstract concepts into something that can be seen, explored and evaluated, is one of the most crucial tools in experience design.

Poor Theatre in a Rich Town

HowlRound Theatre Commons: My mom worked at Wal-Mart for fifteen years as a cashier. During this time, she experienced unsafe work environments, unpredictable scheduling, unreliable hours, and, of course, low pay. She was making $11.25 an hour when she retired in 2021. Growing up, my dad’s white-collar job kept us financially stable, but I was always aware of the financial reality my mom’s job represented for many other people.

Student Blog: How to Balance Doing Everything Without Burning Out

BroadwayWorld: We are officially 9 weeks into the fall semester, and I am burnt out. So I thought it would be a good time to look back on how I got here. Coming back to school was great, and I was so ready to get started. I had a million things I wanted to accomplish this semester. I did really well accomplishing those same things over the summer, so why would this fall be any different?

B.C. union launches petition seeking film tax-credit change

Vancouver Sun: A petition backed by B.C.’s International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 891 union is calling on Ottawa to change how the production services tax credit is calculated. Article content The move, the union says, would make B.C. and Canada more competitive for film and TV production.

From Magnetic Tapes to Intelligent Digital Archives

TV Tech: There was a time when preserving an audiovisual recording meant protecting a physical object. Film reels, magnetic audio tapes, U-matic, Betacam, VHS, Digital Betacam and other professional formats demanded careful handling, controlled environments and, above all, working playback machines.

Real World Gear: The Latest Subwoofers

ProSoundWeb: Initially developed to extend low-frequency response in the 1960s, subwoofers have grown to become the most ubiquitous specialty enclosure. For years, dedicated subs accompanied modular full-range loudspeakers with predictable tops-to-subs deployment ratios, depending on the type or style of music: two-to-one for pop music, one-to-one for rock and one-to-two for reggae and rap. This was as complicated as subwoofer math initially got.

DEI Law Prompts School to Cancel 'Little Shop of Horrors'

www.mediaite.com: A suburban Dallas school district claimed a state law that references “social transitioning” prompted it to cancel a high school production of Little Shop of Horrors after a female student was cast in the role of Seymour, the nerdy flower shop assistant at the center of the tale.

ANNIE to Offer Sensory-Friendly Performance at Goodspeed

BroadwayWorld: To make live theatre accessible to all, Goodspeed Musicals will be offering a special Sensory-Friendly Performance for the 50th Anniversary production of Annie on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 6:30 p.m. The Tony-winning musical made its pre-Broadway premiere at The Goodspeed in 1976 and now makes its triumphant return to The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn.

Sparks Audio Launches New ClipMap For Pro Tools Workflows

ProSoundWeb: The macOS and Windows application reads .ptx files directly, allowing users to access session content without Pro Tools installed. ClipMap can open multiple sessions in browser-style tabs, enabling engineers, mixers and editors to compare mixes, locate alternate takes and retrieve sound effects or other material without repeatedly switching between projects.