Just to be clear, Schumer's bill applies only to investors in commercial productions (the orginal SB 2180 upon which this amendment is based can be viewed here), so don't expect this to be much of a boon to local companies, none of which operate for-profit.

And while I applaud anything that supports live performance in general, I'd much rather see Congress pass an update to the IRS' "Qualified Performing Artist" tax category; something that would be of much more direct benefit to working performers across-the-country, rather than to a relative handful of NYC-based actors & technicians (much as I love what they do), or more significantly, to the multinational corporations and one-percenter investors who get way too many breaks as it is.

Far Tortuga (by Matthiessen) is my favorite of his - an amazing work. Best read in hardback for the use of white space on page

I'm really liking the recent exploration into animated GIFs as art, whether the base imagery is photography or illustration. Here are more clever examples on the
illustration side.

Kurt Cobain, as he would look in 2014:

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/musi…

What Chris said @1.

Although the amendment does speak well for the all-but-exclusive nonunion productions touring throughout the South. Not to mention the Dinner Theater phenomenon, increasingly prevalent the further East you travel from the Mississippi.

Another great Mathiessen, a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse