關於 what is broadway ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

【Sushi with Cicely Tyson】#repost from my hubby✨🍣👇🏻

On February 29th, 2012, my wife Minami was set to join the second national tour of Mary Poppins. This was her first Equity Production contract which is a big milestone for any actor. We decided to celebrate with a nice sushi dinner on Manhattan's East Side.

Seated at the sushi bar, there was only one other person a few seats away. It became apparent that the woman at the end of sushi bar was a regular of the restaurant and had known the sushi chef for decades, but there was a language barrier. Gradually, Minami started to translate allowing these old friends to communicate more fully.

Soon, we were ordering a la carte and sharing sushi recommendations. Asked if she'd like sushi or sashimi, it was always sashimi. "Rice makes you fat!" She said emphatically.

As we dined, she mentioned coming back from the west coast and how concerned she was about Bobby-Kristina after the death of Whitney Houston among other polite conversation.

As the evening was coming to a natural conclusion, we shared that Minami was heading on the road and I was playing trumpet for the broadway run of Porgy and Bess. She said, "My husband was a trumpet player."

"Oh really?" I replied. Still not realizing to whom I was speaking, I said, "You know, it's a small world. What was his name? Perhaps I have heard of him."

"Miles Davis." She said with a little smile.

My mind started to race through the pages of the Miles Davis autobiography I read in college. This was Cicely Tyson I shockingly realized. Her west coast trip was for the awards season for the movie "The Help." Her concern about Whitney's daughter wasn't because she was a fan, she was family.

I did my best to try to regain my composure even admitting to her "There are a thousand things I'd like to ask you, but I'm trying to be cool."

Minami and I grabbed a cab back to our apartment while I replayed the dinner back in my head to make sure I hadn't said anything completely stupid.This was truly an "only in New York" type of story. I like to think that Ms. Tyson enjoyed having a conversation with us as regular people before revealing that she was royalty.

#rip #cicelytyson

Look out Broadway, Raj and Caleb are coming your way! What happens when you pair two people who can’t really sing nor dance to join to musical theatre class? An unexpected burst of talent! 🤩
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Today, we feature Monday Show School of Musical Theatrel which offers musical theatre, dance and vocal classes! Caleb and Raj tried out their first ever musical theatre class and they were so incredibly welcomed despite having zero experience. We highly recommend you try their classes if you’re keen to learn more about musical theatre!
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#葉郎每日讀報 #一週大事版
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「打倒壞點子的方法是曝光它、
討論它、說服它，而不是試圖
摀住它或是祈求它趕快消失」
——150名作家和學者公開信
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全球多數電影院仍關閉的狀況之下，今年夏天的第一個娛樂文化現象已經不是漫威宇宙或是星戰電影。輪到正常營業的各大串流平台貢獻了......


漢米爾頓現象
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自《The Mandalorian曼達洛人》第一季完結之後之後就後面臨內容荒的Disney+，上週終於迎來Disney花7500萬美元重心買來的百老匯音樂劇演出錄影《Hamilton漢米爾頓》上架。

Disney特地為此取消Disney+的免費試用規定，結果證明他們的如意算盤確實精準命中：

不僅上個週末Disney+ App的下載次數爆增72%，外流的錄音檔顯示Disney執行長Bob Chapek在會議中對員工宣佈《漢米爾頓》帶來大量新訂戶，並成為Disney+成長的重要動力。

雖然台灣目前看不到，但《漢米爾頓》已經成為今年暑假第一個娛樂文化現象，所以我們仍然不能錯過一週下來各媒體對這個現象的分析：

Hollywood Reporter認為Disney 7500萬美元的豪賭成功，將使演出錄影成為百老匯的下一個產業熱點。Polygon也認為《漢米爾頓》音樂劇製作人用潛在演出票房損失（可能有人因此覺得不必搶票）換來了更容易親近觀眾的串流通路，未來勢必將掀起一場百老匯革命。連紐約時報的劇評人在對談中也認同演出錄影上架串流平台可以促成觀眾、創作者和藝術作品本身的三贏。

當然也有堅持「現場體驗」派的劇場愛好者對於用串流看劇場演出不以為然。另外一個紐約時報的劇評人在文章中表示線上劇場不是劇場，因為觀看電視螢幕根本不等於劇場體驗，而這種觀看只能稱作對於劇場關門的一種悼祭。

新的嘗試總會受既有遊戲規則的排擠。《漢米爾頓》不只受到部分劇場人的不以為然，接下來恐怕也會受到好萊塢的歧視待遇：

2021年奧斯卡的報名資格已經放寬為原本預定要上戲院但因為疫情而被迫在網路首映的電影也可以符合報名資格，《漢米爾頓》也確實原本排定檔期要上映，最後在疫情中直接上架Disney+。問題是美國影藝學院已經明文排除「劇場演出錄影」的電影報名奧斯卡。

好消息是該片應該有機會報名資格比較寬鬆的艾美獎。


那些已經被串流扭轉的遊戲規則
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奧斯卡要不要接受是一回事，但串流產業已經默默地改變了許多好萊塢的日常運作規則。

七月底之前暫時還沒有任何暑假檔好萊塢大片上映。另外一部不起眼的Netflix波蘭色情電影《365 Days 禁室365天》卻悄悄在網路上爆紅。該片不僅極可能是六月份整個Netflix上最受歡迎的電影，透過Netflix病毒行銷的推波助瀾，hashtag #365Days 早在三月就成了TikTok國際版抖音上熱門關鍵字，相關影片合計已經有15億的觀賞人次。

好萊塢的暑假例行公事原本是爭相投入數以千萬（美元）計的行銷費用購買各種鋪天蓋地的媒體廣告來將消費者強行推至票口。但Netflix向來更專注在神不知鬼不覺的網路行銷，來讓節目上架之前成為網路話題甚至網路迷因（還記得《Bird Box蒙上你的眼》？）。就算未來電影院能活著回來，暑假檔繼續存在，Netflix在夏天的角色將越來越重要，他們的網路行銷方式也將在暑假檔越來越有存在感。

另外一個被串流和疫情改變的遊戲規則是試片：

就像其他產業一樣，好萊塢會把產品拿出來做焦點團體訪談來測試消費者的反應。過去擔心內容外流的風險而使片廠不敢做線上試片，但疫情使這些試片活動仍然不得不轉到線上。實體試片活動的問題是成本高、樣本少。此外串流大戰促使內容產品多元化，使用演算法的推薦影片功能也讓非主流產品慢慢建立自己的利基市場，但焦點團體經常難以精準鎖定這些特定族群的反應。

如今已經出現多家科技新創專門協助片廠做線上版試片，甚至用攝影機分析同意參與試片者的即時臉部表情，用以測量他們對特定橋段的反應。這些線上工具的成本相較於租用試片室和補貼交通費、誤餐費等等麻煩的做法，大大降低了焦點團體訪談的成本，讓片廠可以用更少的經費取得更多的樣本，因而得到更精確的數據。

至於上架之後的數據監測則是另一門新的科學。

Nielsen的收視率調查曾經統治整個世界，但串流時代徹底讓他們廢了武功。其中一個主要因素是Netflix始終不願意揭露數據，永遠只在慶功時揭露標準不一的片面有利資訊。

一家新創公司Parrot Analytics認為他們找到了串流時代如何判斷一個節目是否叫座的公式：他們將使用者的各種行為參數放進公式裡，用以評估這個節目到底多吸引觀眾。這些被他們放進去的使用者行為不只包含觀看節目，還包含Google搜尋、Facebook按讚、Wikipedia流量以及盜版下載次數等指標。比如他們監測到《The Witcher 獵魔士》的受歡迎程度是其他節目平均值的57倍，也符合後來Netflix公佈說該節目是該台有史以來最受歡迎的第一季節目。

Netflix始終拒絕分享數據的其中一個理由是確保他們的合約談判優勢，因為劇組人員永遠不會知道自己的節目到底多叫座。因Netflix爆紅的脫口秀演員黃艾莉就抱怨Netflix迄今仍拒絕告訴她節目的收視數據。Parrot Analytics則打算用每月59美元的服務費來解決這種的資訊落差。


羅琳性別小教室引發關於審查不同意見的辯論
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J.K. Rowling的「性別(偏見)小教室」本週再度開張：

Rowling日前再度對跨性別人士的人生出手表示意見。她批評經常用來提供給跨性別者或非性別二元者的賀爾蒙治療藥物以及性別轉換治療是一種「懶惰」的治療方式，質疑醫療專業者為什麼不認真地治癒他們的「心靈」，而寧願選擇用藥。她甚至將賀爾蒙療法和教會長期推動、惡名昭彰的「同性戀轉化療法」相提並論，認為這些都是下下之策的糟糕治療，因為都會導致年輕人喪失生育力或是性功能。

能夠讓這個世界更好的性別觀點很容易取得，就不在這裡複述。

有趣的進展是就在Rowling的謬論發表一天後，包含Rowling本人、《The Satanic Verses 魔鬼詩篇》作者Salman Rushdie和《The Handmaid's Tale 使女的故事》作者Margaret Atwood 等150名作家、藝術家和學者突然發表了公開信呼籲包容不同意見，拒絕言論審查的社會氣氛。

這封刊登在Harper雜誌上的公開信，譴責無所不在的言論審查社會氣氛，讓整個社會對不同意見缺乏包容性，並不斷在辯論中對持非主流意見公開羞辱甚至實施放逐。「打倒壞點子的方法是曝光它、討論它、說服它，而不是試圖摀住它或是祈求它趕快消失」信中說。

但也有被要求連署但拒絕的歷史學者Kerri Greenidge公開表達她不認為真的有這種威脅存在。她說在歷經多少世紀的學術壓迫歷史之後，要求任何人在寫作或發言時考量種族主義和白人至上主義威脅一點都不過份。

此外《使女的故事》作者Margaret Atwood似乎覺得需要講清楚她是反對審查不同意見，而非支持Rowling的個人觀點，所以在連署公開信的同時，她特定在自己的Twiter上轉貼一篇關於跨性別研究的文章，同時強調所有人都應該尊重性別多元的無限光譜。

最後再次重申，我一點都沒有很想一再散播J.K. Rowling「性別小教室」的各種觀點，但就像那封公開信說的：曝光它、討論它、說服它。

「放下它」暫不在選項之中，阿彌陀佛。


｜新聞出處｜

7/6~7/12一週大事

J.K. Rowling Suggests Hormones are ‘Conversion Therapy for Young Gay People’（https://bit.ly/3izuQwX）

‘Hamilton’ Drives Up Disney Plus App Downloads 74% Over the Weekend in U.S. （https://bit.ly/3f6gFNB）

‘Hamilton’ Can’t Win Any Oscars But Has a Shot at the Emmys（https://bit.ly/2ZIpmaw）

What Counts as a Streaming Hit? A Start-Up May Have Answers（https://nyti.ms/3gCtRKt）

Rowling, Rushdie and Atwood warn against ‘intolerance’ in open letter（https://bit.ly/3fbtGW9）

Hamilton’s legacy is still about a more accessible Broadway （https://bit.ly/2O73rnV）

Digital Theater Isn’t Theater. It’s a Way to Mourn Its Absence. （https://nyti.ms/2ZdzPMf）

Disney CEO stresses Hamilton’s importance to Disney Plus in private all-hands meeting （https://bit.ly/3fhHzCd）

The Data-Driven Tech Engine at the Heart of Hollywood’s Content Factories（https://on.wsj.com/3gNJgYD）

Goodbye Traditional Marketing? The Secret Behind Streamers' Small-Screen Success（https://bit.ly/32a0vPC）

I don't iron his shirts
I don't sew on his buttons
I don't know all the jokes he tells
Or the songs he hums
Though I may hold him all through the night
He may not be here when the morning comes

I don't pick out his ties
Or expect his tomorrows
But I feel when he's in my arms
He's where he wants to be

We have no memories
Bittersweet with time
And I doubt if he'll spend New Year's Eve with me

I don't share his name
I don't wear his ring
There's no piece of paper saying that he's mine
But he says he loves me, and I believe it's true
Doesn't that make someone belong to you

So I don't share his name
So I don't wear his ring
So there's no piece of paper saying that he's mine
So we have don't have the memories
I have enough memories
I've watched enough mornings
I've cried enough evenings
I've had enough birthdays to know what I want

Life is anyone's guess
It's a constant surprise
you don't plan to fall in love
But when you fall you fall

I'd rather have fifty percent
of him
Or any percent of him
Than all of anybody else at all

一首輕快的歌並不是要輕視最近的情況，而是提醒大家不管發生什麼事，我們都可以選擇反應的方式。 我們正處在一個令人困惑害怕的境地，但所有人都一樣，所以沒有必要指責他人或過度囤貨。 保持冷靜，繼續前進。

feat. me, Lara 梁心頤 and Fanny

This PSA was brought to you by the three of us, as well as anti-discrimination, face masks, and Hair, the Broadway musical.

The coronavirus is a serious issue but that doesn't mean we can't take a light-hearted approach to remind everyone we're all in this together.



music and lyrics adapted from the song ‘Air’
taken from the Broadway musical Hair
by Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado


new lyrics by Dawen, translated by Lara


"Hello, Coronavirus"



Hello, coronavirus
嗨，新冠肺炎
You think you can destroy us
你以為能擊敗我們
The air, the air is everywhere
空氣，空氣無處不在
Breathe deep while you sleep, breathe deep
睡覺時深呼吸，深呼吸

Airplanes, no one will board now
沒人敢搭飛機了
Toilet paper we’ll hoard now
所有人都在搶衛生紙
The fear, the fear is everywhere
恐懼，恐懼無處不在
Breathe deep while you sleep, breathe deep
睡覺時深呼吸，深呼吸

Welcome a new sense of hygiene
迎接新的衛生習慣
Keep filth out of your bloodstream
讓髒污遠離血液
Since everything’s cancelled to keep you away
一切都取消就是希望你別來
South by Southwest, the NBA
西南偏南藝術節，美國職籃
What better to do than to keep yourself clean
不如把握機會讓身體保持清潔
With Netflix and chill in self-quarantine
來點「看影集放鬆一下」的自我隔離

People are so irrational
有些人如此不理智
Who made hysteria fashionable?
是誰說歇斯底里在流行？
Just please don’t blame others who don’t look like you
請別責怪和你長得不一樣的人
Cause we don’t need racists to add to this flu
我們不需要再添加種族歧視的問題
The thing to remember is try and stay calm
要記住的是保持冷靜
We’re in this together and we’ll carry on
我們會陪伴彼此，一起加油
So take a deep breath
所以深呼吸
And put your mask on!
然後戴上你的口罩！

Welcome, coronavirus
來吧，新冠肺炎
You think you can destroy us
你以為能擊敗我們
The air, the air is everywhere
空氣，空氣無處不在
Breathe deep while you sleep, breathe deep, deep, deep!
睡覺時深呼吸，深呼吸，深！呼！吸！

#StayHome #WithMe #跟我一起 ＃宅在家 #王大文 ＃梁心頤 #coronavirus ＃covid19 #hairthemusical #air

A look around Akihabara at how much anime figures cost in the shops, as well as games and electronics.

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How expensive is Akihabara? Compared to prices at comic con in the UK, it's much cheaper to buy anime figures in Japan. You might be able to match prices online, but shopping in Akihabara is such a fun experience - there's anime music, posters of characters and games arcades everywhere. Take a look around the shops with me and see how expensive figures are in Tokyo.

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