The news that Chicago is losing the American Theater Company–here’s the Chicago Tribune story–is stunning. Artistic Director Will Davis was let go, and the board has decide…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:23PM[SHARE]Another Giving Tuesday, another day spent deleting emails unread and maybe unsubscribing from the places that send more than two in a day. And I work in the arts. But every year, it's the sa…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:24PM[SHARE]This past weekend on NPR’s Weekend Edition, Scott Simon talked with David Marcus, a senior contributor to The Federalist and the artistic director of a theater company in New York City…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:03PM[SHARE]After careful consideration and conversation, it’s time. The 2amt hashtag is shifting to #2thtr. This week’s events and hashtag fever have been catalysts, but we’ve been mo…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 03:52PM[SHARE]About six and a half years ago, we started the #2amt hashtag on Twitter. If you’re on this site, you know it’s a conversation about theatre–performance, production, promoti…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:45PM[SHARE]Let’s see if I have this straight. Women write about bias–unconscious or not–in an industry, they set up a group to support fellow women in said industry, men immediately c…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:50AM[SHARE](This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Theatre | Technology} blog salon, curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton.) JACQUELINE LAWTON: First, plea…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:00AM[SHARE]It’s been said that good design is 99% invisible. Heck, that’s the title of one of the best public radio shows/podcasts out there, if you’re curious. But just because it…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:10PM[SHARE]I think I had Twitter open for all of ten seconds today when this story popped up: Chipotle cups will now feature stories by Jonathan Safran Foer, Toni Morrison, and other authors. I didn…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:34PM[SHARE](This post is a part of the Audience Engagement blog salon curated by David J. Loehr for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). It's right there in the name…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:50PM[SHARE](This post is the first post of the Audience Engagement arc #TCG13 blog salon"learn more here). It's time to think outside the black box. That's what we do over at 2amt–check us out at…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:01PM[SHARE]Asking and giving. Three videos and a question. First, Peter Sagal on letting people access the joy of giving. Next, Amanda Palmer on the art of asking. And finally, Adam Thurman on the gift…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:38PM[SHARE]Heroes. They’re not just for comic books anymore. With the rise of more serious, “realistic” portrayals of comic book heroes has come a trend of real people making themselv…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 06:51PM[SHARE]Do you know about QLab? It’s the software you want if you’re running sound. Doesn’t matter if it’s a storefront or a stadium, a church or a theatre, this is the progr…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 07:02PM[SHARE]Are you registered to vote in this year’s election? I shouldn’t have to tell you why it’s important, especially this year and especially if you work in the arts. But whiche…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:40PM[SHARE]I've been going to fringe festivals for a while now, both as an audience member and a producer. Each time, we've produced my own work–the playwright works cheap, which helps. B…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:50PM[SHARE]Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series, Twenty. Why Twenty? Simple. Quick, twenty minute conversations with theatre artists and professionals from around the world. Sometimes…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:20PM[SHARE]This afternoon, the New York Times ran a story by Patrick Healy about the producers of Three’s Company & their reaction to 3C, a play by David Adjmi. At issue is the question of c…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:00PM[SHARE]I should be writing other things. And I hate to have two posts in a row reacting to Michael Kaiser’s posts at Huffington Post. But here we are. Instead, here are some quick reactions t…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:43PM[SHARE]So you’re at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and you’ve got a few minutes. You’ve seen the art, you’ve looked at the gifts, you’ve had a bourbon. Mayb…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:28AM[SHARE]As Adam Feldman pointed out this week on the Time Out New York site: “(Mike) Daisey acknowledged that he had erred in presenting his work"a hard-hitting look at the brutal Chinese labo…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 07:54PM[SHARE]There are two kinds of light: the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures. — James Thurber In the rush to parse statements and assign blame this weekend, it seems like we're …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:46PM[SHARE]I love Into the Woods. I love the music, I love the book, it's one of my favorite musicals. So I'm more than a little nervous at the thought of Disney and Rob Marshall teaming up to bring it…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:35PM[SHARE]Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. — Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing Over at Arts Journal, they're hosting a discussion & debate this week called Lead Or Follow? In their w…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:45PM[SHARE]What can we learn from the birth of the regional theatre movement? Which arts administrator has reached a mass-critical critical mass? Where did Verdi and Shakespeare work to support their w…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:06AM[SHARE]Thanks to Travis Bedard, I don't need to say anything about Michael Kaiser's latest post. And if that weren't enough, you could read more from Jeremy Barker and Isaac Butler in reaction. I w…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 03:13PM[SHARE]Over the weekend, #newplaytv streamed three interesting, presumably unrelated talks. The first was from Steppenwolf's First Look Festival, titled How to engage 21st Century Audiences for New…
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