A group of 40 Welsh writers and theatre artists has written an open letter to the company’s chairman, arguing that NTW is not producing enough work — only two productions are currently scheduled through the end of next year, one of which is a photo exhibition — and that what work is being presented is given to artists from outside Wales. “We want it to be a theatre. We want it to be Welsh,” write the signatories. “These are two things we thought we could take for granted.”
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Exit Interview: Steven Woolf, Artistic Director Of Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis
Q: “You’ve said the theatre was in trouble [when you arrived in 1986]. How did you save it?”
A: “It was about stabilizing the programming. I don’t think there was anything magical. We were in crisis, so we had to pick some titles that people would respond to.”
How One Theatre Is Mobilizing Theatre To Protect Public Lands
In addition to mobilizing civic engagement at a grassroots level, the plays also act as an indelible record of the largest loss to public lands our country has ever seen. They document a community’s unique history and culture at a particularly urgent moment in that community’s journey. Because they are based on true stories, the plays are marked by an authenticity of character and voice, and a sometimes-disarming honesty. They are very real and very accessible, and have the rare power to touch people on a deeply personal level, galvanizing communities to take action.
Giving Shakespeare’s Longest Female Role The Play It Deserves
“Shakespeare gave Queen Margaret more lines than any other female character, and more lines than King Lear. Now, she’s finally been given her own play” — one assembled from her scenes in the Henry VI plays and Richard III.
Broadway Roulette: You Can Get Cheap Advance Tickets To A Show, But They Won’t Tell You Which One
Liz Durand Streisand’s online platform — which is, in fact, called Broadway Roulette — is basically the Hotwire of theatre: producers, like airlines, may be willing to release discount tickets in order to sell seats, but they don’t want the whole world to know that they’re resorting to cutting prices. So the customer will specify a date and order tickets, but the actual show will be a surprise.
It’s 50 Years Since Theatre Censorship Was Ended In Britain. Here’s What It Was Like Before
The job of policing the morals and decorum of play scripts had been centered in the Lord Chamberlain’s office since 1737, but by the 20th century postwar period, a new generation of playwrights had had enough. Nick Smurthwaite looks at what theatremakers had to go through before 1968 and at the artists who campaigned to change it.
“Theatre Talk” TV Show Comes To An End After 25 Years
Despite its passionate fan base and access to Broadway’s high-wattage talent, “Theater Talk” has come to close. Its last show aired in July. Susan Haskins, the show’s host and executive producer and a co-creator, said the show ended after a change in leadership at CUNY TV, which broadcast the program, led to a dispute over editorial control.
How Does A Theatre Weather ‘Hamilton’ At A Rival Venue?
Turns out that sales actually go up, at least for this nonprofit theatre in Utah – though that might partly be because, smart move, they “even rode Hamilton’s coattails a bit, staging a concert version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s earlier musical, In the Heights.”
For High Schools That Experience Natural Disasters, Samuel French Launches A ‘Script Bank’
From hurricanes to fires to tornadoes, high school theatres have been asking Samuel French to help them rebuild their lost play libraries. That was catch as catch can for years – but now it’s official (and those in the path of Hurricane Florence are likely to need it).
The British Equity President Says Rooting Out Sexual Harassment In The Theatre Can’t Be Left Up To ‘The Usual Suspects’
Maureen Beattie: “We must not give up because when the media has moved on and it’s not famous people [being accused] anymore, that’s when the bastards are going to crawl out from under their slimy stones and go, ‘I’m here again, nobody’s going to be watching us.'”