They “raised about $81 million from at least 125 investors in 13 states who were told their money was being pooled to buy large blocks of tickets to be resold for a profit.” Instead, the guys spent the money on private school tuition, jewelry, and casinos.
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Absurdist Theatre Serves The Resistance To Any Regime
After the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite states, absurd theatre fell out of fashion. Then came 9/11. “Absurdism is about facing a world in which nothing seems to make sense. It is about accepting that deeply tragic events happen sometimes without much or any warning. It is about the realization that our understanding of the universe is limited and flawed. It is about the embracing the fact that our lives can be both terrifying and ridiculous, indeed the more terrifying, the more ridiculous. And it is about resistance.”
This Year’s Oscar Nominations Owe Much To The Theatre
“The sheer reach of film when compared with theatre is certainly the reason why when the two appear to together in a story, it is Hollywood that secures the dominant position over Broadway or the West End. But on Oscar night, when big-budget glamour is all the rage (even for intimate and independently made films), theatre can hold its head high knowing that Academy Award glory owes a debt to the stage, directly or indirectly, even if we have to remind people that this the case.”
New York’s Famous Half-Price Ticket Booth Finally Has An Indoor Location
Last summer, the Theatre Development Fund – hoping to add more New Yorkers to its largely tourist customer base – tried a pop-up of its TKTS booth at the location where Lincoln Center sells its own discounted day-of tickets. That arrangement has now been made permanent.
Remember Lillian Hellman? She Was A Genuinely Important American Playwright, And It’s Time We Remembered That
For decades she’s been thought of less as a dramatist than as a steely literary figure (thanks to her own efforts) or an inveterate liar (thanks to Mary McCarthy’s). DC’s Arena Stage is spending this season trying to change that.
Shouldn’t Paying Living Wages Be Part Of A Theatre’s Mission?
“Part of the promise of America is the ability to provide for your family while doing work you love, instead of just taking on a job to pay the bills. But for many theatre practitioners and arts administrators, even finding a job just to pay the bills is not in the cards; real living wages are still a rarity in the theatre, especially for freelance theatre workers. With government and private funding for the arts anemic and showing few signs of growth, many theatres are juggling payroll with the overhead needed just to keep the doors open.”
Taking Art Critics To See Yasmina Reza’s ‘Art’
Stephen Moss: “It is a clever, calculating piece of theatre, but does it really have anything to say about modern art? We set up our own three-hander to find out – Guardian art critics Adrian Searle and Skye Sherwin, and me in the middle, playing the part of the hapless Yvan, eager to get answers to big questions.”
Since November, Wallace Shawn’s Latest Play Has Suddenly Become Topical
The playwright, seven fellow cast members and the director of Evening at the Talk House speak with Alexis Soloski about political theater versus entertainment in 2017.
Russell T Davies: Theatre Is A Better Venue For Free Speech Than TV
“That’s generally why I am getting more and more interested myself in trying to find a voice for theatre. I’m definitely heading that way. I think you’ve got to – when you say that television can’t express certain things then you have to move beyond it. And I speak as someone who has got away with an awful lot on television.”
BroadwayCon Makes Peace With Actors’ Equity
“After a short dispute, Actors’ Equity Association has lifted its ‘do not work’ order on BroadwayCon, a convention for theater fans scheduled to begin Friday. The contract disagreement between the two parties was settled on Monday, paving the way for such performers as Josh Groban, Kelli O’Hara and Laura Osnes to appear at the event.”