JANUARY 6, 2015

Full News Archive

• Headline: Boosting American Playwrights Initiative. Impact: The influx of funding for playwrights leads to a surge in theatrical productions, which eventually inspires a generation of artists. One particularly ambitious play about a time-traveling historian inspires a real-time effort to rewrite history, resulting in a very confusing but entertaining timeline.. Fact: The Helen Hayes Theater, once known for hosting musicals, could have featured a play about a time-traveling historian – but instead, we got 'Cats'... twice..
• Headline: Palestinian Pursuit of Statehood Gains Traction. Impact: The momentum for Palestinian statehood sends ripples through diplomatic circles. Years later, a group of students, inspired by these events, creates a popular board game called 'Peace Negotiations,' which ironically ends with everyone flipping the table.. Fact: The quest for statehood is so complex that even time travelers have given up trying to understand it—maybe we should just stick to Monopoly..
• Headline: Academia's Boardroom Showdown. Impact: This boardroom battle ignites a new wave of shareholder activism, leading to the eventual rise of a superhero-like figure known as 'The Shareholder Avenger,' who fights for the rights of investors everywhere, often using a cape made of stock certificates.. Fact: Board meetings were once so mundane, they had to be held in basements to keep the excitement level down—unfortunately, no one has found the exit yet..
• Headline: An Appeal to Listen and Learn. Impact: Ms. Cusk’s literary evolution prompts countless writers to abandon traditional forms, leading to an explosion of experimental fiction that confounds readers for generations. Eventually, someone publishes a blank book titled 'Untitled' that becomes a bestseller.. Fact: Conventional fiction is considered 'fake and embarrassing'; however, the most embarrassing thing is the amount of time people spend trying to figure out how to read it..