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130-632: In 2014, Newsweek magazine ranked Amity 112th among public high schools nationally, higher than any other high school in the state. During the 2014–2015 academic year, the school district spent $ 17,091 per pupil, as compared to the state average of $ 16,249. Approximately 51% were residents of Orange, 29% were residents of Woodbridge and 20% were residents of Bethany. About 87.3% of the students were white, 7.9% were Asian-American, 2.6% were Hispanic, 2.0% were African-American and 0.2% were American Indian. There were approximately 122 teachers and 1,636 students, for an average student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, although

260-559: A $ 50 million injection from its shareholders and a $ 200 million loan from the Quebec government, on 29 June 2020 the company announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection and was terminating 3,500 employees who had previously been laid off. CEO Daniel Lamarre stated the intention of the company was to rehire "a substantial majority" of terminated employees once coronavirus-related shutdowns were lifted and operations could resume, business conditions allowing. In connection with

390-489: A $ 750,000 deficit. To enable a 1986 tour, the Desjardins Group covered $ 200,000 of bad checks, financier Daniel Lamarre represented the company for free, and the Quebec government allotted it an additional year of funding. La Magie Continue , their 1986 production, proved more artistically successful with the direction of Franco Dragone. This extended to the creation of their 1987 show Le Cirque Réinventé . In

520-489: A 2015 column in the New York Post , after returning to print publication, Newsweek was selling c. 100,000 copies per month, with staff at that time numbering "about 60 editorial staffers", up from a low of "less than 30 editorial staffers" in 2013, but with plans then to grow the number to "close to 100 in the next year". In 1970, Eleanor Holmes Norton represented sixty female employees of Newsweek who had filed

650-550: A bar and lounge inspired by Cirque du Soleil featuring live characters and projections. However, due to lukewarm reception, Celebrity Cruises announced in October 2005 that it would be removing the live characters and projections from the lounges and retooling its Cirque du Soleil offering so as to create a more standard circus performance. In December 2005, the collaboration premiered the 30-minute acrobatic show A Taste of Cirque du Soleil on both ships. It continued through 2006 and

780-403: A budget deficit of $ 2.8 million was caused by financial mismanagement. The residents of the three towns demonstrated their unhappiness by rejecting seventeen proposed budgets during the 2002-3 fiscal year. In April 2010, Sue Cantin, a former secretary in the school district office, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of embezzling $ 107,512 in student activity funds. She was expected to repay

910-566: A claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that Newsweek had a policy of allowing only men to be reporters. The women won, and Newsweek agreed to allow women to be reporters. The day the claim was filed, Newsweek 's cover article was "Women in Revolt", covering the feminist movement; the article was written by Helen Dudar, a freelancer, in the belief that there were no female writers at

1040-675: A faceless female in spiky red heels, having her dress lifted up by a cursor arrow", and its content, described as "a 5,000-word article on the creepy, sexist culture of the tech industry". Among those offended by the cover were Today Show co-host Tamron Hall , who commented "I think it's obscene and just despicable, honestly." Newsweek editor-in-chief James Impoco explained "We came up with an image that we felt represented what that story said about Silicon Valley. ... If people get angry, they should be angry." The article's author, Nina Burleigh , asked, "Where were all these offended people when women like Heidi Roizen published accounts of having

1170-859: A former foreign-news editor for Time . He obtained financial backing from a group of U.S. stockholders "which included Ward Cheney , of the Cheney silk family, John Hay Whitney , and Paul Mellon , son of Andrew W. Mellon ". Paul Mellon's ownership in News-Week apparently represented "the first attempt of the Mellon family to function journalistically on a national scale". The group of original owners invested around US$ 2.5   million (equivalent to $ 58.84   million in 2023). Other large stockholders prior to 1946 were public utilities investment banker Stanley Childs and Wall Street corporate lawyer Wilton Lloyd-Smith. Journalist Samuel T. Williamson served as

1300-729: A mixed reception and was not followed by another production until Saltimbanco 's 1995 European tour, which better solidified Cirque du Soleil's presence in the European market. Cirque du Soleil also toured Japan in the summer of 1992 at the behest of the Fuji Television Network . Combining acts from their previous shows Nouvelle Expérience and Le Cirque Réinventé , they created their first arena show Fascination which toured Japan from May to August of that year. Fascination 's positive reception allowed Cirque du Soleil to play Saltimbanco there in 1994, thereby establishing

1430-408: A more affluent subscriber base for its advertisers. During this period, the magazine also laid off staff. While advertising revenues were down almost 50% compared to the prior year, expenses were also diminished, whereby the publishers hoped Newsweek would return to profitability. The financial results for 2009 as reported by The Washington Post Company showed that advertising revenue for Newsweek

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1560-439: A new focus on longer fashion and pop culture features. A larger culture section named "Omnivore" featured art, music, books, film, theater, food, travel, and television, including a weekly "Books" and "Want" section. The back page was reserved for a "My Favorite Mistake" column written by celebrity guest columnists about a mistake they made that helped shape who they are. On July 25, 2012, the company operating Newsweek indicated

1690-753: A new staged performance called Music In Motion was put into a trial production. Two shows were held on October 23 and 24, 2009. This new stage production contained a variety of the Amity Band concepts, including marching, jazz, drumline, colorguard and dance. The show included music from The Phantom of the Opera , the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , and the theme music from television show The Simpsons . In addition, several band members put together an imitation of

1820-414: A night, 5% of the city's visitors, adding to the over 100 million people who have seen Cirque du Soleil productions worldwide. In 2000, Laliberté bought out Daniel Gauthier's stake in the company, and with 95% ownership continued to expand the brand. In 2008, Laliberté sold 20% of his share to the investment groups Istithmar World and Nakheel of Dubai , but later bought back their stake following

1950-431: A nonprofit holding company named "The High-Heeled Club" ( Club des Talons Hauts ) to mitigate the losses of the previous summer. This allowed Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul to break even by fall 1981. The following summer, Laliberté and Ste-Croix founded La Fête Foraine , a street performance festival that featured circus performances and workshops to teach the circus arts to the public. Laliberté managed and produced

2080-535: A photo of Palin used in the August 2009 issue of Runner's World . The photographer may have breached his contract with Runner's World when he permitted its use in Newsweek , as Runner's World maintained certain rights to the photo until August 2010. It is uncertain, however, whether this particular use of the photo was prohibited. Minnesota Republican Congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann

2210-739: A report for President George W. Bush and his cabinet outlining a strategy for dealing with Afghanistan and the Middle East in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 . The meeting was held at the request of Paul D. Wolfowitz , then the Deputy Secretary of Defense . The unusual presence of journalists, who also included Robert D. Kaplan of The Atlantic Monthly , at such a strategy meeting was revealed in Bob Woodward 's 2006 book State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III . Woodward reported in his book that, according to Kaplan, everyone at

2340-414: A round of layoffs at their Montreal and Las Vegas headquarters, including the complete closure of their Las Vegas costume and fabrication workshops. Each Cirque du Soleil production is a synthesis of circus styles from around the world, with its own central theme and storyline. Shows employ continuous live music, with performers rather than stagehands changing the props. The duration of each touring show

2470-696: A secret meeting in November 2001 called by Paul D. Wolfowitz, then Deputy Secretary of Defense, incorrectly referenced Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and a Newsweek columnist, regarding his participation. Mr. Zakaria was not told that the meeting would produce a report for the Bush administration, nor did his name appear on the report. The cover story of the January 15, 2015, issue, titled "What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women" caused controversy, due to both its illustration, described as "the cartoon of

2600-568: A story claiming that the First Lady of Poland refused to shake U.S. President Donald Trump 's hand; fact-checking website Snopes described the assertion as "false". Newsweek corrected its story. In 2018, Newsweek ran a story asserting that President Trump had wrongly colored the American flag while visiting a classroom; Snopes was unable to corroborate the photographic evidence. In August 2018, Newsweek incorrectly reported that

2730-553: A study that discovered 2 in 3 women who were 40 and single in 1986 had married since. The story caused a "wave of anxiety" and some "skepticism" amongst professional and highly educated women in the United States. The article was cited several times in the 1993 Hollywood film Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan . Comparisons have been made with this article and the current rising issues surrounding

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2860-447: A variety of projection surfaces. 45 Degrees produces custom-made experiential content for clients who are seeking high-end creative services for their events. From the 1990s until 2015, Cirque du Soleil produced a variety of public and private events and performances under its Special Events division. In April 2015, the company announced that its Special Events division formed a subsidiary company called 45 Degrees. Led by Yasmine Khalil,

2990-599: A venture capitalist stick her hand in his pants under a table while a deal was being discussed?" In January 1998, Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff was the first reporter to investigate allegations of a sexual relationship between U.S. President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky , but the editors spiked the story. The story soon surfaced online in the Drudge Report . Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil ( French: [siʁk dy sɔlɛj] , Canadian French: [sɪʁk d͡zy sɔlɛj] ; "Circus of

3120-428: Is profitable, growing 20–30% per year; between May 2019 and May 2022, its monthly unique visitors rose from about 30 million to 48 million according to Comscore . Since Pragad became CEO in 2016, readership has grown to 100 million readers per month, the highest in its 90-year history. Harvard Business School published a case study of the company in 2021. News-Week was launched in 1933 by Thomas J. C. Martyn ,

3250-414: Is typically between 2 and 2 hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission. Permanent shows are usually between 70 and 90 minutes in length without an intermission. Typically touring shows as well as resident shows perform a standard 10 shows a week. Touring shows usually have one "dark day" (with no performances) while resident shows have two. With the intent of diversifying its activities worldwide,

3380-591: The International Business Times , rebranded itself as Newsweek Media Group, and in 2014, relaunched Newsweek in both print and digital form. In 2018, IBT Media split into two companies, Newsweek Publishing and IBT Media. The split was accomplished one day before the District Attorney of Manhattan indicted Etienne Uzac, the co-owner of IBT Media, on fraud charges. Under Newsweek ' s current co-owner and CEO Dev Pragad, it

3510-475: The 2008 global financial crisis . In 2015, TPG Capital , Fosun Industrial Holdings , and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec purchased 90% of Cirque du Soleil while Laliberté retained a 10% stake in the company. In February 2020, Laliberté sold his remaining 10% stake in the company to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for $ 75 million. Following a bankruptcy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic ,

3640-648: The CIAC Class L championship in 1998 and the CIAC Class LL championship in 2005. The girls' track & field team had undefeated 2011 and 2012 outdoor seasons. The boys' cross country team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2005 and 2010, and the CIAC Class L championship in 2008. The girls' cross country team won the CIAC Class L championship in 1988 and 1989. The boys' indoor track team won

3770-560: The CIAC Class LL championship in 2004 and 2005 and the CIAC Class L championship in 2009. The boys' outdoor track team won the CIAC Class LL championship in 2000 and 2010 and the Class L championship in 2009. In 2006 the Amity girls' soccer team tied the Class LL state championship with Trumbull High School , after the game went into double overtime and ended with a score of 0–0. In 2008,

3900-424: The CIAC Class LL state baseball tournament in 2006 with an 18-2-0 record, in 2007 with a 20-0-0 record, followed by four consecutive titles in 2013 with a 16-4-0 record, 2014 with a 12-8-0 record, 2015 and 2016. Current Head Coach Sal Coppola has held the position since 1994 and won his 500th career game in 2022 and holds the all-time CT record for most state championships with 6. The girls' indoor track team won

4030-410: The CIAC Class LL state team tournament in 1987, 2004 with a record of 18–0 and 2015 with a record of 21–0.Amity has compiled 4 SCC tournament championships under Head Coach Chris Raffone who has a 255–42 record at Amity. The Amity softball team won the CIAC Class LL tournament in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012 and 2018. The baseball team won their first Housatonic League title in 1987. They then won

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4160-826: The Las Vegas Strip . It premiered in December 1993. Its success as the company's first permanent production would later allow for the creation of two more permanent shows in 1998: O in Las Vegas and La Nouba at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida . During this time of expansion the company also founded their International Headquarters in Montreal's Saint-Michel neighbourhood and their multimedia division, Cirque du Soleil Images. In 1999 they premiered their film Alegría , also directed by Dragone. Following

4290-581: The Sweden Democrats , a far-right party, could win a majority in the 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections. Polls showed that the party was far away from winning a majority. By September 2018, Newsweek 's article was still up. In November 2022, during the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran, Newsweek incorrectly reported that Iran had ordered the execution of over 15,000 protesters. The claim

4420-629: The 1st annual Stephen Sondheim Awards at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, CT, winning the award for Best Musical. In December 2018, the theater program performed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time , featuring an actual Black Labrador . That show and the program's April 2019 musical, Catch Me If You Can , both received positive reviews. During the 2019–2020 school year,

4550-623: The 2019–2020 school year, the Amity Debate Team competed in the International Public Policy Forum competition. The team advanced to the Elite Eight finals, ranking Top 8 internationally and given the chance to compete for the championship. Unfortunately, the competition was cancelled due to COVID-19 shutdowns, and the team was awarded $ 2,500. The Amity Debate Team is also known for competing monthly in

4680-570: The 45 Degrees subsidiary had become a division named "Cirque du Soleil Events + Experiences" under which the company now develops its special events and projects. In March 2004, Celebrity Cruises announced its first collaboration with Cirque du Soleil. By the end of that year, the collaboration had launched "The Bar at the Edge of the Earth" on both the Constellation and Summit cruise ships,

4810-461: The 56 miles (90 km) from Baie-Saint-Paul to Quebec City on stilts . This gave them funding for the stilt-walking troupe Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul , which then toured Quebec the following year in 1980. Although well received by audiences and critics alike, Les Échassiers was a financial failure. Laliberté spent the following winter in Hawaii while Ste-Croix stayed in Quebec to set up

4940-512: The Amity boys' ice hockey team won the state Division II title. In 2010, the team won the state Division II title. At the beginning of the 2007-2008 year, Amity started its first competitive marching band, known as the Amity High School Spartan Marching Band. Under the direction of Phil Dolan, Amity held its first competitive show in early October 2007. Its 2007 show contained music from the film Pirates of

5070-561: The Amity community had mixed feelings on the production as it depicts homosexuality , drug use and AIDS. On December 12, 2009, the department performed the play And Then They Came for Me . The play is about two Jewish refugee families and their connection to Anne Frank . The production received Honorable Mention in the Moss Hart Awards from the New England Theater Conference. The department performed

5200-550: The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl while its 2008 show contained music from the Cirque du Soleil show La Nouba . The Amity Marching Band, while new to the competitive nature of marching band, often came close to the scores of bands who have competed for decades. In addition, they won first place at both of their season's final competitions. In the 2009–2010 season, the Amity Marching Band went on hiatus, while

5330-493: The Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group as the name of the organization's new umbrella company. On 25 April 2018, the company announced that 45 Degrees, their special events subsidiary, had taken over the main company's creation and production department. On 5 July 2018, they announced their acquisition of the children's entertainment company VStar Entertainment Group and its subsidiary Cirque Dreams . Cirque du Soleil launched

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5460-486: The Cirque du Soleil has created subsidiaries, such as multimedia environments and ticket selling tools. Outbox was built around the idea that event producers need a white label system to support them in selling tickets directly to customers. It allows all live entertainment venues to control their inventory, pricing, and consumer data without any third party involvement. 4U2C creates multimedia visual environments that combine video, sound, lighting and special effects for

5590-600: The Connecticut Debate Association, championing multiple debates every year from 2017 to 2020 and being the school with the most amount state finals qualifiers in 2019 and 2020. In 1980, a three-student team from Amity Regional High School won the championship of the inaugural Connecticut High School Bowl, an academic quiz show produced by New Haven TV station WTNH in association with Albertus Magnus College from 1980 to 1991. In 2006, Amity Regional High School revived this extracurricular activity as

5720-701: The Light Group opened the Light nightclub in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in concurrence with the premiere of Michael Jackson One . It would later be host to the musical For the Record , the company's first project out of its theatrical division. In October 2015, Cirque du Soleil renounced its intention to be involved in Las Vegas nightclubs and has since dissociated itself from all its lounges and clubs. Both

5850-673: The National Arts Centre Award, a companion award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards , and in 2002 was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame . In 1979, after having quit college and learned the art of fire breathing , Guy Laliberté organized a summer fair in Baie-Saint-Paul with the help of Daniel Gauthier and Gilles Ste-Croix. As part of a publicity stunt to convince the Quebec government to help fund this production, Ste-Croix walked

5980-512: The November 23, 2009 issue discussing Palin's book, Going Rogue: An American Life . "It's sexist as hell", wrote Lisa Richardson for the Los Angeles Times . Taylor Marsh of The Huffington Post called it "the worst case of pictorial sexism aimed at political character assassination ever done by a traditional media outlet". David Brody of CBN News stated: "This cover should be insulting to women politicians." The cover includes

6110-601: The Rainbow " exclusively featured other sections such as colorguard and jazz band, respectively. Other musical groups include the concert band, wind ensemble, strings and choir. They practice individually and perform together for holiday and spring concerts as well as a POPS concert, held annually since 1969. In 2007 the Amity Board of Education created a fully funded theater department with classes in acting, technical theater and dance. A new auditorium opened that year with

6240-544: The Sandbox Hospitality Group, 45 Degrees, 4U2C, and Outbox Enterprises. In April 2014, Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities , a touring tent show, premiered in Montreal to critical acclaim and was followed in November 2014 by Joyà , both the company's first resident show in Mexico and their first dinner theatre production. On 20 April 2015, Guy Laliberté announced that he had sold a 90% joint stake in

6370-632: The Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel , Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 June 1984 by former street performers Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix . Originating as a performing troupe called Les Échassiers ( IPA: [lez‿eʃasje] ; "The Stilt Walkers"), they toured Quebec in various forms between 1979 and 1983. Their initial financial hardship

6500-411: The United States throughout 1988 and 1989, during which time plans for a second touring show named Éclipse started being developed. Due to artistic differences with these plans, Guy Caron, along with a number of artists, left the company causing the plans to be shelved. Gilles Ste-Croix, who had been away from the company since 1985, subsequently replaced Caron as artistic director. By the end of 1989,

6630-707: The absence of performing animals helped define Cirque du Soleil as the contemporary circus ("nouveau cirque") that it remains today. After financial successes and failures in the late 1980s, Nouvelle Expérience was created—with the direction of Franco Dragone —which not only made Cirque du Soleil profitable by 1990, but allowed it to create new shows. It expanded rapidly through the 1990s and 2000s, growing from one production to dozens of shows in over 300 cities on six continents. The company employed 4,900 people from 50 countries and generated an annual revenue of approximately US$ 1 billion in 2017. The multiple permanent Las Vegas shows alone play to more than 9,000 people

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6760-480: The academic challenge team. The latest team is best known for participating in the Connecticut version of The Challenge , a quizbowl -type game show courtesy of Cablevision 's News 12 Networks . Since then, the unique group has become increasingly popular, with many students tuning in to watch their classmates compete on television. In May 2009, Amity made it to the state quarterfinals of The Challenge for

6890-621: The acts tell a story. Further influences from the Circus of China, Cirque Arlette Gruss, and Circus Roncalli led Cirque du Soleil to approach their shows in a more theatrical fashion with live music and no technical crew on stage. To assist in this shift towards a theatrical production, Laliberté and Caron hired Belgian director Franco Dragone to direct segments of their 1985 production, Cirque du Soleil . The company's first non-Quebec performances in Ontario in 1985 were unsuccessful, leading to

7020-538: The actual ratio varies by course and teacher contract. Until 2005, only sophomores through seniors attended Amity High School, while freshmen attended either the junior high school in Orange (for residents of Orange) or the junior high school in Bethany (for residents of Bethany and Woodbridge). Seventh and eighth graders also attended the junior high schools. In 2005, the ninth graders began to attend Amity High School and

7150-409: The board; they each own 50% of the company. In August 2010, revenue decline prompted The Washington Post Company to sell the publication to the audio pioneer Sidney Harman , for a purchase price of one dollar and an assumption of the magazine's liabilities. Later in the year, Newsweek merged with the news and opinion website The Daily Beast , forming The Newsweek Daily Beast Company . Newsweek

7280-971: The children's show Big Top Academy through TVO in October 2018. In November 2018, it premiered the touring tent show Bazzar in India, the company's first production to tour in that region. In 2019, the company opened six shows: the touring tent show Alegría: In a New Light ; the touring arena shows Axel and Messi10 ; the touring theatre show 'Twas the Night Before ; and two resident shows — X: The Land of Fantasy in Hangzhou, China and R.U.N in Las Vegas. During this time Cirque du Soleil also acquired The Works Entertainment company for $ 40 million to further diversify its subsidiaries. In February 2020, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced that it had acquired Guy Laliberté's remaining 10% stake in Cirque du Soleil, bringing its total ownership in

7410-531: The claim was filed, Newsweek 's cover article was "Women in Revolt", covering the feminist movement; the article was written by a woman who had been hired on a freelance basis since there were no female reporters at the magazine. Edward Kosner became editor from 1975 to 1979 after directing the magazine's extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. Richard M. Smith became chairman in 1998,

7540-518: The closure of Zed due to poor ticket sales as a direct result of the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . In November 2011 MGM Grand asked the company to close and replace Viva Elvis by the end of 2012 due to poor ticket sales. In February 2012, the company announced the closure of Zaia due to disappointing ticket sales and in November 2012, despite critical praise, announced the closure of Iris, also due to low ticket sales. In December 2012,

7670-450: The company announced a new division — Cirque du Soleil Média — in conjunction with Bell Media, followed by the release of their second film Worlds Away . At this time Cirque du Soleil also announced 50 layoffs. The layoffs consisted mostly of 30 employee positions at their International Headquarters in Montreal, including three vice-presidents. With the high output of shows between 2007 and 2011 in combination with its multiple closures,

7800-448: The company began gradually reopening several of its shows, beginning with all its Las Vegas-based resident shows (with the exception of Zumanity , which permanently shut down in November 2020) and some of its touring shows in late 2021 and 2022. However, some touring shows that had been temporarily suspended due to the pandemic were retroactively permanently closed at this time, including Totem , Volta , and Axel . In November 2021,

7930-504: The company began slowing down its operations. In 2012 and 2013 it only opened two shows: the touring tent show Amaluna and the resident show Michael Jackson: One in Las Vegas. On 16 January 2013, Cirque du Soleil announced that it would be laying off 400 of its 5000 employees worldwide, most of which at their International Headquarters. The company noted that it had not been profitable in 2012 despite having garnered over $ 1 billion in revenue that year. Later that year, on 30 June 2013,

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8060-487: The company faced headlines when acrobat Sarah "Sasoun" Guyard-Guillot died after falling during a performance of Kà in Las Vegas, its first on-stage death in its history. In January 2014, Cirque du Soleil announced the creation of Cirque du Soleil Theatrical, a division aimed developing more traditional theatre productions in order to diversify their production output. The company subsequently announced numerous subsidiaries in addition to its Theatrical division, including

8190-435: The company from 10% to 20%. On 19 March 2020, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic , Cirque du Soleil announced that all 44 active shows worldwide would be suspended, and that 4,679 employees, comprising 95 percent of their staff, would be temporarily laid off, effective immediately. These actions brought the company into a state of financial collapse with a debt of over $ 1 billion. Although it received financial support with

8320-613: The company once again faced deficit due to internal conflicts amongst the company's leaders as well as from lukewarm reception to their revamped tour of Le Cirque Réinventé in the United States. In response to this, Cirque du Soleil took their plans for their previously shelved show Éclipse and developed it into Nouvelle Expérience . Franco Dragone returned as director in addition to a creative team made up of Dominique Lemieux, Michel Crête, René Dupéré , Luc Lafortune , and Debra Brown. Nouvelle Expérience premiered on 8 May 1990 in Montreal to critical acclaim, touring North America through

8450-531: The company premiered the touring show Corteo . The same year, the Cirque du Soleil switched ticketing companies to go with Outbox's technology, a white label system, of which it also became a shareholder. Cirque du Soleil premiered two shows in 2006: Delirium , their first significant touring arena show, in January of that year and The Beatles Love , their first collaboration with The Beatles , in June. Similarly, in 2007 they opened two more productions with

8580-615: The company to the investment groups TPG Capital, Fosun Capital Group, and La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) for approximately $ 1.5 billion, while retaining a 10% stake in the company himself. The sale received regulatory approval from the Government of Canada on 30 June 2015. Under the new ownership, the company began majorly restructuring its executive leadership in order to focus on increasing their profitability. Their finance director, chief operating officer, and numerous vice-presidents were all replaced within six months of

8710-465: The company was sold to a group of its creditors led by Catalyst Capital Group in November 2020. The company's creations have received numerous prizes and distinctions, including three Drama Desk Awards ; seven Primetime Emmy Awards ; multiple Gemini Awards ; a Daytime Emmy Award ; a Juno Award ; and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2000, Cirque du Soleil was awarded

8840-402: The company's Creative Content and New Ventures divisions, respectively. In 2002, the company created the touring show Varekai and in 2003 premiered the resident show Zumanity in Las Vegas, their first " X-rated " show performed only for adults aged 18 years and older. The company also produced their first television shows that year: the documentary reality miniseries Fire Within and

8970-473: The company's first ice show . Under the ownership of TPG Capital, Fosun Capital Group, and La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Cirque du Soleil took steps to diversify and rebrand the company. On 6 July 2017, Cirque du Soleil announced that it had acquired the Blue Man Group as a new subsidiary of the company for a reported cost of US$ 65.5 million. On 21 November 2017, the company announced

9100-563: The company's market in the Asia and Pacific region for their subsequent tours in the late 1990s and 2000s. In 2000, the company produced their IMAX film Journey of Man . Shortly afterwards, at the beginning of 2001, Daniel Gauthier left the company and was bought out by Guy Laliberté, bringing his ownership stake in the company to 95%. Gilles Ste-Croix also soon left to found the horse-based touring show Cheval , leading Laliberté to hire Lyn Heward and Daniel Lamarre as Presidents and C.O.O.'s of

9230-454: The company's previously announced 2021 production Nysa was cancelled as a direct result of the pandemic. With the exception of the resident shows Joyà and X: The Land of Fantasy , which reopened with limited capacities in the summer of 2020, Cirque du Soleil did not reopen its shows for over a year following its worldwide COVID-19 performance suspension in March 2020. In the summer of 2021,

9360-486: The company's sale. Notably, the position of Chief Operating Officer held by Charles Décarie was given to finance lawyer Jonathan Tétrault. In November 2015 the company premiered the touring arena show Toruk — The First Flight based on James Cameron's Avatar franchise. It was followed shortly after by the touring tent show Luzia and the company's first Broadway musical Paramour , both opening in April 2016. By

9490-466: The dance group Stomp , using push brooms and garbage pails to create a chorus of percussion. As of 2010 following 2009's success, Music and Motion permanently replaced the marching band. For the 2010 show, Amity put on a performance including multiple numbers from the show which inspired the program, Blast! such as " Malagueña ", " Boléro ", and Gee, Officer Krupke! (from West Side Story ). In addition, numbers such as " Chameleon " and " Somewhere Over

9620-455: The deal, Harriman and Astor provided $ 600,000 (equivalent to $ 12,717,000 in 2023) in venture capital funds and Vincent Astor became both the chairman of the board and its principal stockholder between 1937 and his death in 1959. In 1937 Malcolm Muir took over as president and editor-in-chief. He changed the name to Newsweek , emphasized interpretive stories, introduced signed columns, and launched international editions. The magazine

9750-555: The end of 1991 and later residing in Las Vegas in 1992 and 1993. Their following touring shows — Saltimbanco , Alegría , Quidam , and Dralion — proved to be equally successful. The success of Nouvelle Expérience 's contract in Las Vegas led to a deal between Cirque du Soleil and the Mirage Casino-Hotel to create a permanent show, Mystère , residing in Treasure Island Hotel and Casino on

9880-430: The end of 2016 the company had also launched the preschool television series Luna Petunia on Netflix. In 2017, it launched three more productions. Séptimo Día — No Descansaré , an arena show based on the music of Soda Stereo , premiered in March for a short year-long tour targeted largely at South and Central American audiences. In April 2017, it premiered the touring tent show Volta and in October, Crystal ,

10010-653: The fair for 2 more years, becoming a moderate financial success. In 1983, the government of Quebec gave him a $ 1.6 million grant to host a production the following year as part of Quebec's 450th anniversary celebration of the French explorer Jacques Cartier's arrival in Turtle Island (North America). This became Cirque du Soleil's first production Le Grand Tour du Cirque du Soleil . The company's first production Le Grand Tour performed in Quebec for 13 weeks in summer 1984. Although several issues persisted during

10140-432: The filing, Cirque du Soleil entered a stalking horse bid from its shareholders with the intention of drawing outside bidders to buy the company. In July 2020, the company's shareholders offered a proposal that would allow its creditors to obtain a 45% stake in the company while the current shareholders would maintain a 55% shared stake. On 17 July 2020, a takeover proposal by the company's creditors valued at US$ 1.2 billion

10270-407: The first editor-in-chief of News-Week . The first issue of the magazine was dated February 17, 1933. Seven photographs from the week's news were printed on the first issue's cover. In 1937, News-Week merged with the weekly journal Today , which had been founded in 1932 by future New York Governor and diplomat W. Averell Harriman , and Vincent Astor of the prominent Astor family. As a result of

10400-432: The first time in school history, but lost to the eventual Connecticut champion, Greens Farms Academy of Westport . Newsweek Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine . Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, Newsweek was widely distributed during the 20th century and had many notable editors-in-chief. It is currently co-owned by Dev Pragad , the president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis who sits on

10530-565: The first tour (including a collapsed tent and conflict between artists), it was a financial success. After securing funding from the Canadian government for a second year from the help of Quebec premier René Lévesque , Laliberté hired Guy Caron, head of the National Circus School , as Cirque du Soleil's artistic director . Laliberté and Caron reworked the company's performance style to emulate that of Moscow Circus by having

10660-405: The former Zumanity theatre at New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, followed by the touring show Echo in 2023. In July 2024, the touring theatre production Songblazers premiered, but was shortly cancelled in November of the same year due to "logistical reasons." That same month, the company announced the closure of two performance venues in its Blue Man Group subsidiary as well as

10790-492: The increasing difficulty of maintaining a paper weekly magazine in the face of declining advertising and subscription revenues and increasing costs for print production and distribution. The online edition was renamed Newsweek Global . In April 2013, IAC chairman and founder Barry Diller said at the Milken Global Conference that he "wished he hadn't bought" Newsweek because his company had lost money on

10920-424: The inference that the people faced a death sentence. In October 2023, Newsweek incorrectly reported that a viral video of U.S. senator Tommy Tuberville falling down a flight of stairs while exiting an airplane had been recorded that month. The reporting by Newsweek drew comparisons to Tuberville's criticism of President Joe Biden similarly tripping on stairways. In reality, the video highlighted by Newsweek

11050-411: The junior high schools were renamed Amity Middle School. The high school building was rebuilt in the early 1990s, although the auditorium and gymnasium were not replaced. Subsequent to the construction, some staff and students experienced problems caused by mold and poor ventilation. The auditorium was closed in 2003 and then demolished and replaced in 2007. In March 2002, an investigation reported that

11180-544: The leader of a Christian sect called "the Community". In February 2018, under IBT ownership, several Newsweek staff were fired and some resigned stating that management had tried to interfere in articles about the investigations. Fareed Zakaria , a Newsweek columnist and editor of Newsweek International , attended a secret meeting on November 29, 2001, with a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations that produced

11310-898: The list; these are categorized instead as "Public Elite" High Schools. In 2008, there were 17 Public Elites. Smith resigned as board chairman in December 2007. During 2008–2009, Newsweek undertook a dramatic business restructuring. Citing difficulties in competing with online news sources to provide unique news in a weekly publication, the magazine refocused its content on opinion and commentary beginning with its May 24, 2009, issue. It shrank its subscriber rate base, from 3.1   million to 2.6   million in early 2008, to 1.9   million in July 2009 and then to 1.5   million in January 2010—a decline of 50% in one year. Jon Meacham , Editor-in-chief from 2006 to 2010, described his strategy as "counterintuitive" as it involved discouraging renewals and nearly doubling subscription prices as it sought

11440-414: The magazine and called the purchase a "mistake" and a " fool's errand ". On August 3, 2013, IBT Media acquired Newsweek from IAC on terms that were not disclosed; the acquisition included the Newsweek brand and its online publication, but did not include The Daily Beast . On March 7, 2014, IBT Media relaunched a print edition of Newsweek with a cover story on the alleged creator of Bitcoin that

11570-451: The magazine capable of handling the assignment. Those passed over included Elizabeth Peer , who had spent five years in Paris as a foreign correspondent. The 1986 cover of Newsweek featured an article that said "women who weren't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband". Newsweek eventually apologized for the story and in 2010 launched

11700-437: The magazine was forced to recall several hundred thousand copies of a special issue called Your Child , which advised that infants as young as five months old could safely feed themselves zwieback toasts and chunks of raw carrot (to the contrary, both represent a choking hazard in children this young). The error was later attributed to a copy editor who was working on two stories at the same time. In 2017, Newsweek published

11830-547: The magazine's financial liabilities. Harman's bid was accepted over three competitors. Meacham left the magazine upon completion of the sale. Sidney Harman was the husband of Jane Harman , at that time a member of Congress from California. At the end of 2010, Newsweek merged with the online publication The Daily Beast , following extensive negotiations between the respective proprietors. Tina Brown , The Daily Beast 's editor-in-chief, became editor of both publications. The new entity, The Newsweek Daily Beast Company ,

11960-514: The meeting signed confidentiality agreements not to discuss what happened. Zakaria told The New York Times that he attended the meeting for several hours but did not recall being told that a report for the president would be produced. On October 21, 2006, after verification, the Times published a correction that stated: An article in Business Day on October 9 about journalists who attended

12090-466: The musical Les Misérables in Spring 2010, for which it won four awards at the 2010 Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards. In December 2010, the theater department performed the play Bang, Bang, You're Dead , and in Spring 2011, the musical Chicago . For that production, Amity received 12 nominations at the 2011 Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards, but only took home one. In 2013,

12220-614: The new company continued to produce special events for Cirque du Soleil while expanding to offer creative content outside Cirque du Soleil as well. 45 Degrees later merged with the C-Lab (creative laboratory) division of the main company, continuing to produce special event performances while also designing shows with new concepts (such as the dinner-show concept in Joyà and the ice concept in Crystal ). In April 2019, Cirque du Soleil announced that

12350-634: The opening of The Beatles Love in Las Vegas in June 2006, Cirque du Soleil opened the Revolution lounge at The Mirage resort in 2007, its first venture into the Las Vegas nightlife business. The lounge was based on the work of The Beatles , in conjunction with the concept of The Beatles Love . In 2009, the company opened the Gold Lounge at the Aria Resort and Casino based on the life of Elvis Presley and their show Viva Elvis . In May 2013

12480-469: The past two years and was put up for sale. The sale attracted international bidders. One bidder was Syrian entrepreneur Abdulsalam Haykal, CEO of Syrian publishing company Haykal Media, who brought together a coalition of Middle Eastern investors with his company. Haykal later claimed his bid was ignored by Newsweek 's bankers, Allen & Co . The magazine was sold to audio pioneer Sidney Harman on August 2, 2010, for US$ 1 in exchange for assuming

12610-517: The play The Laramie Project . In the Spring 2008 semester the theater department performed the musical Grease . Later in 2008, the department performed the play The Boys Next Door , for which it won the Moss Hart Award for Best High School Production by the New England Theater Conference. In Spring 2009, Amity was the first high school in the state to perform the controversial musical Rent: School Edition . Many parents and students in

12740-476: The play The Play That Goes Wrong , and the musical Beauty and the Beast During the 2023-2024 school year, the program performed the play Love / Sick, and the musical Mean Girls. During the 2024-2025 school year, the program announced the performances of the play The Minutes , and the musical The Little Mermaid. One of the most active and competitive clubs at Amity include the Amity Debate Team. In

12870-453: The premiere of La Nouba in 1998, the creative team that had developed all of the company's shows from 1990 to 1998 left. Starting with the creation of Dralion in 1999, Cirque du Soleil began producing shows with entirely new creative teams. Le Cirque Réinventé marked the company's first performances outside of North America when it performed in London and Paris in 1990. The show received

13000-570: The probe "focused on loans the company took out to purchase the computer equipment", and several Newsweek reporters were fired after reporting on the issue. Uzac pleaded guilty to fraud and money-laundering in 2020. In September 2018, after completing the strategic structural changes introduced in March of the same year, IBT Media spun off Newsweek into its own entity, Newsweek Publishing LLC, with co-ownership to Dev Pragad and Johnathan Davis of IBT Media. In 2020, Newsweek' s website hit 100 million unique monthly readers, up from seven million at

13130-603: The process. In 2024, it rolled out an AI video production tool and started hiring an AI-focused breaking news team. In 2003, worldwide circulation was more than 4 million, including 2.7 million in the U.S; by 2010 it reduced to 1.5 million (with newsstand sales declining to just over 40,000 copies per week). Newsweek publishes editions in Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Rioplatense Spanish , Arabic , Turkish , Serbian, as well as an English-language Newsweek International . Russian Newsweek , published since 2004,

13260-415: The program performed the play Dancing At Lugnasa , but the musical The Drowsy Chaperone was cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. The next year, they had It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play and the musical, Anastasia was held outside. During the 2021–2022 school year, the program performed the play Puffs , and the musical Mamma Mia! During the 2022–2023 school year, the program performed

13390-402: The publication was likely to go digital to cover its losses and could undergo other changes by the next year. Barry Diller , chairman of the conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, said his firm was looking at options since its partner in the Newsweek / Daily Beast operation had pulled out. At the end of 2012, the company discontinued the American print edition after 80 years of publication, citing

13520-704: The resident show Wintuk in New York City and the touring tent show Koozå . In July 2007 the company made their first effort to convert tent shows to arena settings by launching Saltimbanco 's arena tour in London, Ontario (this custom would be followed by other tent shows in later years). The company opened three resident shows within the span of 3 months in 2008 — Zaia in Macau , China, Criss Angel Believe in Las Vegas, and Zed in Tokyo, Japan — which furthered their practice of producing multiple shows at

13650-494: The resident show Drawn to Life premiered — the company's first new production since the start of the pandemic. Later that month, Cirque du Soleil announced that Daniel Lamarre would be stepping down as president and CEO of the company and transitioning into the role of executive vice-chairman of the board, while former chief financial officer and chief operating officer Stéphane Lefebvre would take over as president and CEO, effective 1 December 2021. In 2022, Mad Apple opened in

13780-451: The same time. That year Cirque du Soleil also announced that they sold a 20% stake in the company to Dubai investors Istithmar World and Nakheel in order to finance their goals, including plans for a resident show in Dubai directed by Guy Caron and Michael Curry (according to Laliberté, these plans were later "put on ice" due to the 2008 recession ). In 2009, they launched 3 more shows:

13910-527: The social stigma of unwed women in Asia called sheng nu . Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was featured on the cover of the November 23, 2009, issue of Newsweek , with the caption "How do you Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" featuring an image of Palin in athletic attire and posing. Palin herself, the Los Angeles Times and other commentators accused Newsweek of sexism for their choice of cover in

14040-517: The start of 2017. In 2021, its revenues doubled to $ 75 million and traffic increased to 48 million monthly unique visitors in May 2022 from about 30 million in May 2019 according to Comscore. In September 2023, Newsweek announced it would be making use of generative AI in its operations. Its AI policy states that generative AI can be used in "writing, research, editing, and other core journalism functions" as long as journalists are involved throughout

14170-584: The summer of 1987, Cirque du Soleil was invited to present Le Cirque Réinventé at the Los Angeles Arts Festival. Despite only having enough money to make a one-way trip, the company agreed to open for the festival in September of that year. Le Cirque Réinventé 's first American performances were an instant critical and financial hit, allowing them make a profit of over $ 1.5 million by the end of 1987. The show continued to tour Canada and

14300-467: The theater department showed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and took home Best Musical, Best Orchestra, Best Key Performer, and other awards to total eight awards won that year. In 2014, the theater department showed In the Heights , and only won the newly created Sound Design Award. In 2018, the theater department produced The Addams Family for which it was nominated for 8 awards at

14430-419: The title "Taylor Swift Is Not a Good Role Model", which claimed that American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was a bad role model for young girls due to being unmarried, childless and having been in multiple relationships. The article was condemned as sexist, including by tennis player Martina Navratilova . Unlike most large American magazines, Newsweek has not used fact-checkers since 1996. In 1997,

14560-467: The touring tent show Ovo , the touring theatre show Banana Shpeel , and the resident show Viva Elvis in Las Vegas. At this time Cirque du Soleil began being criticized for the quality of their productions. Banana Shpeel became labelled as one of the company's first "failures" when it was panned by both critics and audiences; Criss Angel Believe and Viva Elvis also received negative reviews. The touring show Totem premiered in 2010 and

14690-466: The variety series Solstrom . In 2004, Cirque du Soleil premiered the resident show Kà at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, directed by Robert Lepage. In September of that year, the company launched their record label, Cirque du Soleil Musique, after their agreement with BMG Canada expired. In 2005, Lamarre took over as President of Cirque du Soleil from Laliberté while Heward took on the role of executive producer for special projects. In that same year

14820-429: The week with a brief article accompanying each one. The "NewsBeast" section featured short articles, a brief interview with a newsmaker, and several graphs and charts for quick reading in the style of The Daily Beast . This is where the Newsweek staple "Conventional Wisdom" was located. Brown retained Newsweek 's focus on in-depth, analytical features and original reporting on politics and world affairs, as well as

14950-682: The whole sum by April 2012. The school sports teams are known as "The Spartans" and "Lady Spartans" and compete in the Housatonic Division of the Southern Connecticut Conference . In 1978, the football team won the CIAC Class LL championship. The Amity girls' volleyball team competes in the CIAC's highest division. The team won the CIAC Class L tournament in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2003 and 2018 The Amity boys' tennis team won

15080-598: The year that the magazine inaugurated its "Best High Schools in America" list, a ranking of public secondary schools based on the Challenge Index , which measures the ratio of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams taken by students to the number of graduating students that year, regardless of the scores earned by students or the difficulty in graduating. Schools with average SAT scores above 1300 or average ACT scores above 27 are excluded from

15210-454: Was 50% owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp and 50% by Harman. Newsweek was redesigned in March 2011. The new Newsweek moved the "Perspectives" section to the front of the magazine, where it served essentially as a highlight reel of the past week on The Daily Beast . More room was made available in the front of the magazine for columnists, editors, and special guests. A new "News Gallery" section featured two-page spreads of photographs from

15340-639: Was approved as a benchmark bid in the company by the Quebec Superior Court . On 17 August 2020, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec reported that it had to write off the US$ 75 million investment which it had made only four months prior, in February. On 24 November 2020, it was announced that the company emerged from bankruptcy and was sold to a group of its creditors led by Canadian investment company Catalyst Capital Group . In January 2021,

15470-592: Was criticized for lacking substantive evidence. The magazine stood by its story. IBT Media announced that the publication returned to profitability on October 8, 2014. In February 2017, IBT Media appointed Matt McAllester, then editor of Newsweek International , as global editor-in-chief of Newsweek . In January 2018, Newsweek offices were raided by the Manhattan District Attorney 's office as part of an investigation into co-owner and founder, Etienne Uzac. Columbia Journalism Review noted

15600-433: Was down 37% in 2009 and the magazine division reported an operating loss for 2009 of US$ 29.3   million (equivalent to $ 41.61 million in 2023) compared to a loss of US$ 16   million in 2008 (equivalent to $ 22.64 million in 2023). During the first quarter of 2010, the magazine lost nearly US$ 11   million (equivalent to $ 15.37 million in 2023). By May 2010, Newsweek had been losing money for

15730-422: Was eventually discontinued. On 9 November 2015, Cirque du Soleil announced that it would be re-entering the cruise ship business in collaboration with MSC Cruises . The partnership plans included a $ 21 million investment by MSC to create special theatre spaces in four of their Meraviglia class ships while Cirque du Soleil would create eight new shows, two on each ship in alternating performances. The partnership

15860-565: Was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine in August 2011, dubbed "the Queen of Rage". The photo of her was perceived as unflattering, as it portrayed her with a wide eyed expression some said made her look "crazy". Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin called the depiction "sexist", and Sarah Palin denounced the publication. Newsweek defended the cover's depiction of her, saying its other photos of Bachmann showed similar intensity. In June 2024, Newsweek published an opinion piece with

15990-478: Was filmed in 2014, nine years prior, before Tuberville's tenure as senator. The Manhattan District Attorney 's office raided Newsweek 's headquarters in Lower Manhattan on January 18, 2018, and seized 18 computer servers as part of an investigation related to the company's finances. IBT, which owned Newsweek at the time, had been under scrutiny for its ties to David Jang , a South Korean pastor and

16120-466: Was jointly owned by the estate of Harman and the diversified American media and Internet company IAC . Newsweek continued to experience financial difficulties leading to the cessation of print publication and a transition to an all-digital format at the end of 2012. In 2013, IBT Media acquired Newsweek from IAC; the acquisition included the Newsweek brand and its online publication, but did not include The Daily Beast . IBT Media, which also owns

16250-709: Was later branded as Cirque du Soleil at Sea. In June 2017, it launched its first two productions on the MSC Meraviglia — Viaggio and Sonor . This was followed by Syma and Varélia on the MSC Bellissima in March 2019 and Cosmos and Exentricks on the MSC Grandiosa in November 2019. Two more shows were planned to launch on MSC Virtuosa in 2020 until the COVID-19 pandemic forced all Cirque du Soleil at Sea productions to close. Following

16380-451: Was purchased by The Washington Post Company in 1961. Osborn Elliott was named editor of Newsweek in 1961 and became the editor-in-chief in 1969. In 1970, Eleanor Holmes Norton represented sixty female employees of Newsweek who had filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that Newsweek had a policy of allowing only men to be reporters. The women won and Newsweek agreed to allow women to be reporters. The day

16510-573: Was relieved in 1983 by a government grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to perform as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations of Jacques Cartier 's voyage to Canada. Their first official production Le Grand Tour du Cirque du Soleil was a success in 1984, and after securing a second year of funding, Laliberté hired Guy Caron from the National Circus School to recreate it as a "proper circus". Its theatrical, character-driven approach and

16640-506: Was shut in October 2010. The Bulletin (an Australian weekly until 2008) incorporated an international news section from Newsweek . Based in New York City, the magazine claimed 22 bureaus in 2011: nine in the U.S.: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago/Detroit, Dallas, Miami, Washington, D.C., Boston and San Francisco, and others overseas in London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Jerusalem , Baghdad , Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, South Asia , Cape Town , Mexico City and Buenos Aires . According to

16770-755: Was soon followed by three more shows in 2011: the resident show Iris in Los Angeles and the touring shows Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour and Zarkana . Although the company was still growing at this time, it continued to face several issues with its newer productions. Zarkana and Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour received poor reviews and the company had a string of closures. Banana Shpeel closed in Toronto in October 2010 after cancelling its previously-announced engagement in San Francisco. In July 2011, Cirque du Soleil announced

16900-477: Was widely shared on social media, including by actresses Trudie Styler , Sophie Turner and Viola Davis , and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau . The number was actually derived from estimates from a United Nations human rights rapporteur and other human rights organizations of how many people were detained in Iran in connection with the protests, and Newsweek later retracted the underlying claim leading to

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