“Do traditional marketing methods do justice to and serve the product? As the commercial Broadway musical further diversifies and pushes boundaries in terms of form and content, so should our attitude and behaviour in marketing them.”
Category: theatre
The Young Vic Is About To Lose Its Longtime Artistic Director
David Lan’s Young Vic had shows that went on to huge success in London’s West End and on Broadway as well. He said, “The Young Vic is now admired and emulated internationally as well as loved by our audience in Waterloo, in London and across the UK. It’s the right moment for it to set off on a new journey and a new adventure.”
All Of The Winners – Expected And Surprises – At The Tonys
Basically, it was the night of Dear Evan Hansen, at least on the musical side.
Delta Airlines And Bank Of America Pull Out Of Funding The Public’s Julius Caesar Because Caesar’s Look Resembles That Of A Certain President
The companies pulled out “after days of criticism online and in right-leaning media outlets that was amplified by Donald Trump Jr., a son of the president, who appeared to call into question the theater’s funding sources on Twitter on Sunday morning.”
The Women And Men Who Run Everything On (And Off) Broadway
Stage managers juggle calling thousands of light, sound, action and other cues with everything from pre-show fight rehearsals and cast members’ birthdays. One SM: “I don’t expect or look for praise or acknowledgement. … I am here to support the shows I work on and the actors who do them and that’s what gives me the joy.”
Pity The Poor Tonys Voter Who Must See Everything
It’s like the Oscars, with producers campaigning for support, and with a short timeline: “The 40 days between the nominations and the awards are intense. Tony voters — 839 people who are connected to Broadway financially, as producers and investors, and artistically, as performers, directors and designers — scramble to see all the shows before the June 9 voting deadline.”
Theatre In Quebec Is Bilingual, But What About All Of The Other Cultures In The Province?
It’s quite an intense, complex topic: “Whenever the topic of diversity (or rather the absence of diversity on stage) comes up here, as it often does, the discussion doesn’t immediately go to representation, or how we view one another in Quebec and Canada. Instead the conversation is taken over by people who often see this complex issue as part of a greater, nobler debate on independence, while others use the issue to sway votes their way.”
Will ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Clean Up At Tonys?
Peter Marks of Washington, DC: “It comes down to the two shows with Washington pedigrees, both of which I feel great affection for. They’re both exciting, superbly staged and have powerful emotional cores. ‘Come From Away’ is a heartbreaking production about an extraordinary incident; ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is an extraordinary production about a heartbreaking incident. In the end, the more award-worthy achievement is the show that wrecked me more.”
How The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Is Catching The Attention Of America’s Theatre World Elite
“Among the 600 professionals annually employed by OSF are the 100 actors who make up its repertory acting company — the largest repertory troupe in the country, ranging from new faces to actors who are 20-year veterans. (Among its alumni: Denis Arndt, nominated for a Tony this year for “Heisenberg.”) With diversity a major concern for Broadway and the theater industry at large, 61% of this year’s OSF ensemble are actors of color.”
The Ten Things Drama Schools Ought To Be Teaching Actors (Per One Experienced Director)
“It’s probably not a realistic or even practical list, but let’s indulge in a little blue-sky thinking.” Tim Wilmott’s list includes the obvious (physical and vocal training), the practical (balance film and stage training), the controversial (drop improv and Meisner), the dubious (political radicalisation), and, possibly, the hopeless (we’ll let you guess which one that is).