Here are some articles you might want to peruse today…
- Jesse Green in The New York Times addresses a topic that we've addressed here: The fact that Las Vegas can make and is making Broadway shows a better offer than they can get in Manhattan.
- And speaking of alternative venues for Broadway shows, this article details how playwrights and composers, starting with S. Sondheim, are allowing youth groups and schools to edit/rewrite their shows so they can be performed by young actors.
- Andrew Sullivan profiles Army Captain Ian Fishback, who has been something of a whistle blower on torture by U.S. soldiers.
- Here's an L.A. Times article [registration may be necessary] headlined, "U.S. Generals Now See Virtues of a Smaller Troop Presence in Iraq." I gather that one or more of the generals quoted herein has (have?) since backed-off on some of the quotes but it's interesting that they're even willing to even suggest that "staying the course" and escalation are not the only options they see.
- And here's a profile of Jon Stewart in the weekend edition of The Guardian.