Wednesday, May 27, 2015
“Acting is often spoken of as a narcissistic pursuit, but it seemed much more humble at Theatre for One. Why crave the attention of multitudes when the most we can ask for is to be see…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 26, 2015
“The Broadway League said Tuesday that box offices reported a record total gross of $1.36 billion " up from $1.27 billion from the previous season. The trade association for theater ow…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:43PM[SHARE]"We know from soldiers today coming back from Iraq or Afghanistan that they have these hallucinations," Michael Fassbender said. "You could be walking down the Croisette here and then it's B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04AM[SHARE]“The use of on-stage tropes to represent colonial oppression has been written about extensively by many scholars in my field of Theatre Studies. The over-arching theme is that non-Indi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:01AM[SHARE]Friday, May 22, 2015
“The subject is sensitive, awkward and uncomfortable but also, a growing priority for even the most established theater companies in Chicago, many of which are still relatively new at …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 21, 2015
“Both Paparelli and his theater company " the two were inseparable " were at their creative peak. During Paparelli’s seven-year tenure, ATC produced a slew of highly regarded wor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:55PM[SHARE]“Thanks in part to the box-office drawing power of Hugh Jackman, Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren, Larry David, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and other celebrated performers, Broadway's o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:14PM[SHARE]“Creative Arts Awards, including Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical and others such as Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Orchestrations and more, are typically handed out off th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 20, 2015
“The five songs that were cut before rehearsals include a tune called “Lady Liza,” sung by Higgins and his buddy Colonel Hugh Pickering; “Please Don’t Marry Me,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:13PM[SHARE]While 20 have been nominated, only four will win. “Here, a look at who's ahead, who can upset and who should just be happy to be there.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:57PM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2015
Musical theatre accounts for more than half of all box office income despite comprising just 15% of all productions staged, a report has suggested.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 14, 2015
“PatronLink360, offered on a software-as-a-service licensing model, aims to help theaters and producers boil down complex patron data into easily comprehensible nuggets of information,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2015
"With this framework, we have a real opportunity to transform pay and terms and conditions in the theatre industry."
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:52PM[SHARE]“Built in 1997, the city-owned $31.6 million facility has been largely dormant, with the exception of pop-up retail ventures, since last June when the Rep announced it was filing for b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2015
"I know from experience that the public are extremely generous in their financial support for what they think is to benefit the fabric of the building. With this £10,000 flying out of the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:07PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2015
"Even when someone from working class origins is in the profession we are finding that they are about £10,000 less well off than other people, in theory for doing the same jobs."
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:46AM[SHARE]Friday, May 1, 2015
Dominic Dromgoole, who took over from Mark Rylance as artistic director in 2006, called it an “excellent appointment in keeping with the Globe’s traditions of boldness and advent…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2015
“Cleveland Playhouse prides itself on being a longtime champion for new work, having presented Tennesee Williams before "The Glass Menagerie" and, more recently, premiering titles by K…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
“Cirque has already played to over 160 million people around the world and I firmly hope it will continue to dazzle us with sights and wonders. But you'll have to prove to me that a fi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:20PM[SHARE]“The new wage could quadruple what actors earn from a typical production. But opponents say a change could backfire on actors by shutting down the most economically fragile theaters an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:58AM[SHARE]Friday, April 17, 2015
Announcing her resignation, Tessa Ross said only one person should be in charge. “It has become clear to me that the new leadership structure, with a separate role of chief executive, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 16, 2015
As "Finding Neverland" has developed, so have conflicts that on any other show would likely have remained backstage. The spats, which ranged from battles with journalists to staff conflicts,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2015
“In short, a mediocre play, at least by Shakespeare's standards, and in this instance, mediocre is perfect: It's hard to understand how good Shakespeare could be until you've seen him …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:40PM[SHARE]Friday, April 10, 2015
“We can tentatively add another play to the Shakespeare canon. Using a unique form of text analysis, in which they weigh the "psychological signatures" of three possible authors, psych…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Tim Jennings will lead the Shaw Festival. Originally from Georgetown, Ont., he “has had a long career in theatre management, having worked at the Canadian Opera Company and held the po…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2015
“There has never been a better time to be a comedian: The talent pool is broad, deep, and more diverse than ever before; a new generation of passionate fans is supporting experimental …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 5, 2015
The hotel I stayed at in San Diego last month has been following me around for weeks. Seriously, it's getting annoying – a one-night-stand that refuses to recede gracefully into memory…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:26PM[SHARE]Friday, April 3, 2015
“After 18 years performing at the tiny but storied Adrienne Theater on Sansom Street, InterAct Theatre Company will be picking up its props and sets and leading a group of four other t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2015
“The American Theatre Critics Association, ATCA, the only national organization of American theatre critics, has been struggling with their criteria for membership. Right now they admi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:19PM[SHARE]“The play is a highly transformative parody of the television series that, although it appropriates a substantial amount of ‘Three’s Company,’ is a drastic departure …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Actors' Equity has been aiming to educate the consumer and protect its members with an "Ask If It's Equity" campaign that today expanded to Washington and eight other cities. (It tested earl…
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