THE STORIES THAT STAYED WITH US.

TOP NINE. The stories readers loved and shared most, gathered month by month.

Top 9 are Skene’s most-read performing arts stories, gathered month by month. The nine features, interviews, and guides that drew the biggest audiences.

Skene Top 9: The Best Stories of August 2026.

August revealed something about what this community cares about. Readers were drawn again and again to the people who shape what we see and feel but rarely take a bow. Alex Vásquez Dheming, Alexandre Corazzola, and Christopher Scott Murillo led the month, three designers working in light, motion, and space, proof of a real hunger for the craft behind the curtain. Alongside them, readers reached for the practical, the guides and tools that help artists build their own work, and for the resources that keep the art accessible to all. A month about craft, community, and the architecture of live performance.

TOP NINE: AUGUST

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