“We’ve talked about the idea of ‘radical hospitality. You meet people in their neighborhoods, in places where they’re already hanging out. Start with stories they know, things they’re familiar with.”
Category: theatre
Roman Amphitheatre In Palmyra Trashed By ISIS
The militia “destroyed part of the theater [including the façade] and severely damaged a tetrapylon, a square structure of four plinths, each with four columns.”
Listen To Lin Manuel Miranda’s Early Drafts Of Songs From “Hamilton”
Listening to the tracks, it’s as though writing, composing, and starring in Hamilton wasn’t enough for Miranda—on the demos, he finally is the entire musical.
What’s Next In Theatre? A Fascination With European Avant-Garde Adaptations
“Despite being highly different in content, the intentions behind the productions were strangely similar. They articulated an emerging aesthetic of theatrical art where originality is sacrificed in favor of irony, surface meaning is discarded as false, and even technological advances can’t turn our heads away from the specter of the past.”
On Stage Now: Resistance, Catharsis, Community
Questions for now: “What will the art be like? Will it offer effective resistance to the Trump administration? Solace to the audience? Will theatrical craftsmanship suffer in the face of what Martin Luther King Jr. called the fierce urgency of now? Is this a time that will allow for nuance and complexity? Will any protest plays emerge of lasting value?”
The Ultra Popular BroadwayCon Is In A Dispute With Actors’ Equity
Uh-oh: “In a note sent to Actors’ Equity members on Friday, Flora Stamatiades, the union’s national director of organizing and special projects, wrote that last year’s contract had been reached on an understanding that the payment terms for future conventions would be changed. ‘Now the producers are refusing to make the changes to which they agreed,’ she wrote. ‘This is unacceptable.’ She then put BroadwayCon on Equity’s ‘do not work’ list.”
Can A Play Influence The Wider Debate Around Abortion Rights?
Lisa Loomer’s play “Roe,” commissioned for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, opened at D.C.’s Arena Stage just days before the inauguration of Donald Trump. It’s a story of the history of Norma McCorvey (the “Roe” of the court case) and her lawyer Sarah Weddington – and shifting stances on abortion in the U.S. since Roe was decided. The question now is, “Can art actually shape history as well as mine it?”
How Can Theatre Lead The Way Forward In 2017?
It’s time for a lot more documentary theatre. “Every human being is specific and we must tell stories that acknowledge and celebrate this inimitability. Specificity is our only hope to connect, co-exist, and break down the barriers that we believe divide us.”
Broadway Will Beat The New President With Kindness … And Show Tunes
Show tunes can do just about anything, or so this Inaugural Night fundraiser seemed to say. “Though the name of the man being installed as the new president was never once mentioned, the subtext of the benefit seemed to be a refusal to succumb to any pessimism brought on by his election.
UK Comedians Write Manifesto Against Free Work
“There is an alarming expectation that comedians will happily perform for expenses or even for free, without any promise of paid work in the future. This has created downward pressure on rates of pay and quality of working conditions for us all and can prevent participation by those with childcare and other responsibilities leading to a lack of diversity.”