Archives for: March 2009, 29
3/29/09 [updated 11:05AM EST]
By Andy Propst on Mar 29, 2009 | In Days Top News
LATE MORNING ADDITIONS
BroadwayWorld.com
* Toxic Avenger Blog: PREVIEW WEEK #2: SALUTE TO MERCHANDISE!
MinnesotaPlaylist
Minneapolis announces new arts award program
The Minneapolis Arts Commission has announced a new award program to recognize contributions to public art in the community by individual artists or arts organizations in these areas:
Hufington Post
John Lundberg: Allen Ginsberg Is Coming To The Big Screen
Parabasis
More Seven Jewish Children Coverage
This time from the Washington Post. Peter Marks certainly seems to have attended a provocative evening of theatre. I also find it interesting that Seven Jewish Children is apparently so (insert word here... powerful/hateful/dangerous/provocative/stupid/anti
Theatre Ideas
Mick Montgomery on Mike Daisey
New York Times
Playing Against Type, Angels in Tow
Tovah Feldshuh, who stars in “Irena’s Vow” on Broadway, swears she has two angels on her shoulder.
Sing Thee Out, Bespectacled Monster Slayer!
“Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage” is the new show from Banana, Bag & Bodice, the adventurous theater company.
Neil LaBute Has a Thing About Beauty
The notorious playwright and screenwriter — and the misanthropic, misogynistic guys he creates — are coming to Broadway, and it won’t be pretty.
New York Daily News The Cultural Tourist
Irene Sharaff Awards
Paradoxical as it may seem, sometimes people who love the theater need to have their faith in the theater restored.
New York Post
The shows must go on (the road) without tax break
They're movin' on out. Television shows shot in New York will be going the way of the Betamax if lawmakers don't allow for film and television industry tax breaks in the new state
Bergen Record
Sanitized for the Drama Club
How do high schools stage some of the big Broadway hits — now that Broadway is a singing, dancing cornucopia of bad language, nudity, sexual explicitness, scatology and homicidal razor-wielding barbers?
Playbill
* ON THE RECORD: Wright and Forrest's (and Rachmaninoff's) Anya and Forbidden Broadway Goes Rehab
BroadwayWorld.com
* Toxic Avenger Blog: PREVIEW WEEK 2: A HARROWING DOG REENACTMENT
Ryan J. Davis Blogs
Behind The Scenes at Mr. Broadway Promo Shoot
Curtis Brown, who took the steamy Mr. Broadway promo pics, has put together a video of the shoot. If you enjoyed the pictures, you'll love the video.
Associated Press
'High School Musical 3' Wins Kids' Choice Award
''High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' graduated with honors Saturday at the Kids' Choice Awards.
Washington Times
ACLU takes walk-on role in 'Rent' flap
A Southern California high school that briefly canceled the gay-themed musical "Rent" has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for sanctioning a "sexist and homophobic" atmosphere on campus
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Budget losses may be theatergoers gain
With tighter budgets at the region's theaters, actors should find themselves more attractive to local directors and producers.
Boston Globe
Theater has lost shock value
Globe theater critic Louise Kennedy writes that when productions suspensefully withhold but then dramatically unveil information it's condescending.
Createquity.
Compensation in the nonprofit sector
Last weekend, while hanging out in San Francisco with some friends from my job last summer, we got to discussing the issue of executive compensation, which has been a hot topic lately to say the least. This question divides the people I come into contact with in my various travels perhaps more sharply than any other. My business school ...
the nytheatre i
David H. Koch Theater Gets Aisles
This item came across my desk, and strikes me as very welcome news indeed! Note: The David H. Koch Theater is the Lincoln Center space that used to be called the New York State Theatre. If you've ever seen a show there, you'll know why the aisles are such a necessary innovation.
Visible Soul
Thoughts on Devised Work
Over the last few years, I've been in on the ground floor of creation of three theatre companies as an actor, producer, and a playwright. Each of the companies have either created or attempted to create devised pieces for the stage which usually, with one exception, were either unsuccessful or never completed (usually because the ensemble became impatient with the process and moved onto other projects).
Treasure Coast Palm
'Black box' theater to be built within Sunrise Theatre for smaller events
Coming soon to a theater near you: a theater inside of a theater.
Raleigh News & Observer
Puppets with a Twist
Master manipulator [Basil Twist] adds dimension to Duke theater's tale of a dying king ['Exit the King']
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
A crooked path
It took a while, but Minnesota farm kid Joel Hatch has found his way to Broadway.
Encore Michigan
* Lansing festival seeks original Shakespearean short plays
Houston Chronicle
Society for the Performing Arts unveils 2009-10 slate
A conversation with pre-eminent musical-theater composer Stephen Sondheim, a mixed bill by the iconic Mark Morris Dance Group, legendary Brazilian singer-guitarist Gilberto Gil, the Soweto Gospel Choir and a concert teaming entertainer Joel Grey and composer Marvin Hamlisch are among the notable attractions in Society for the Performing Arts’ 2009-10 season.
Denver Post
Moore: It's the Denver Center, whether it's the Denver Center or not
Los Angeles Times
Playwright Theresa Rebeck likes to tell stories
And that's precisely what bothers some people. All that structure and all that plot may keep the audience interested, but some say they confine creativity.
San Diego Union-Tribune
S.D. Rep's season: Opportunities and challenges
Art, love, the end of the world: San Diego Repertory Theatre's 2009-10 season tackles the big topics, even if the five planned productions tend toward the small in scale.
Daily Telegraph
Getting naked with Patricia Hodge
As Patricia Hodge prepares to take her clothes off in the West End in Calendar Girls, she explains why she is performing a vital public service
The Independent
Close-up: Oliver Thornton
He may have the boa – but can the Welsh actor fill Guy Pearce's platform shoes?
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