Some contributions to the celebratory exhibit are slightly more elaborate than others: “The security guard at the NT Archive, Slav Kirichok, who also happens to be a talented photographer and film-maker, has created a short video in tribute to Danny Boyle’s 2011 production of Frankenstein.” – The Stage (UK)
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After Wave Of Criticism, Those Canceled ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Productions Can Go Forward Now
So it turns out that forcing theatres across the country to cancel or take down their productions of To Kill a Mockingbird just because a new one is on Broadway isn’t the most popular move ever. Scott Rudin, producer of the new version, recanted and offered theatres the new script at no cost – but it was far too late for some of them. – The New York Times
Broadway Producer And Harper Lee’s Estate Are Shutting Down Local ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Productions All Over America
“The theaters were planning to stage an adaptation of the novel by the playwright Christopher Sergel, which has been widely staged by adults and students for decades. Lawyers for the producer Scott Rudin, backed by the Lee estate, are telling the theaters that their productions are no longer permissible because there is a new adaptation, by the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, which opened on Broadway in December.” – The New York Times
American Repertory Theater To Move Across River From Cambridge To Boston
Greater Boston’s leading resident theater company has been on Harvard Square for decades, but it’s just been given $100 million by hedge funder David E. Goel and his wife as the lead gift for a “research and performance center” in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. (No timeline has been announced.) – The New York Times
Theatre Made By Ex-Inmates To Show Outsiders That Prison Is Not Like ‘Orange Is The New Black’
Matt Trueman meets the women of the company Clean Break and playwright Luke Barnes, who talk about their scripts and the work they produce both inside and outside prisons. – The Guardian
UK’s National Theatre Will Hold Special Casting Day For Trans Actors
“The event, the first of its kind held by the NT, will take place on April 15 in London, and is aimed at ‘professional actors who identify as transgender, trans*, genderqueer, non-binary, gender fluid and intersex’. … The Old Vic’s casting team will be attending alongside the casting department from the NT, and other industry creatives.” – The Stage
The State Of Black Theatre In America
American Theatre Magazine takes a look: “Theatres across the U.S. are staging a wider array than ever of plays reflecting varied experiences of the African American diaspora. But are Black-run institutions faring as well as some individual artists, and getting the credit and funding they deserve for building audiences and careers?” – American Theatre
Setting ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ In A Matriarchal Society
Now there‘s a way to deal with the play’s violence-against-women problem, and two current productions are trying it: one at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and the other at the RSC in Stratford. Reporter Natasha Tripney talks with the directors and actors involved. – The Guardian
Using Theatre To Bring Together (If Not Reconcile) Falklands War Vets From Both Sides
“Both the play Minefield and the documentary Theater of War are part of the same project in which [director Lola] Arias, together with veterans of the Malvinas/Falklands War of 1982, reconstruct memories in a tense and emotional production, in which the former British and Argentine soldiers are themselves the stars — former enemies, side by side.” – Hyperallergic
Ex-Professor Sues ACT For Racial Discrimination
Stephen Buescher, former head of movement for the San Francisco theater’s MFA program and choreographer for several of its mainstage productions, says that he was underpaid for his work and denied access to the building on several occasions, along with other factors that “created a hostile, discriminatory work environment for him and for other employees and students of color.” – San Francisco Chronicle