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How Thin Is Too Thin to Play Tracy Turnblad?

How thin can Tracy Turnblad be before the casting starts changing the story Hairspray is trying to tell? A local production outside Atlanta has sparked that exact debate.

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Scare Actors Deserve More Respect

Scare actors deserve more respect. They’re performers. They’re doing physically demanding work. And underneath the makeup, masks and costumes, they’re still people.

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A Broadway Musical About AI and Automation? Read the Room.

A financial tech company built around AI and automation is bringing a musical about paying bills to Broadway for one night only. With everything coming out about AI and the threat it poses to creative work, maybe this wasn’t the moment.

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