“Ticketholders complained that they were being moved to other parts of the theatre to make way for celebrity guests attending the last performance. Customers who had booked seats in the stalls on April 9 were subsequently offered tickets in the Grand Circle instead.”
Category: theatre
Audience Member Steps In After Actor Taken Ill And Makes Her Theatre Debut
In what has been described as a “fairytale in itself”, Melissa Bayern put herself forward for the role of the Witch in Into the Woods after attending a performance in which Gillian Bevan, who should have been playing the role, was taken ill. Bayern subsequently found herself making her professional stage debut in the musical.
Philly’s Society Hill Playhouse To Shut Down
Over 55 years, “the theater has sought to balance the appeal of public theater with a steady schedule of premieres. So while plays like Nunsense and Lafferty’s Wake ran for years there, the theater also put on works by modern masters such as Jean Paul Sarte, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, and Bertolt Brecht.”
Why Do Actors Want To Act? Anthony Hopkins Explains
“Did I ever want to quit? Yes, several times. Every day I think about quitting, but they come and offer me a job, and I say okay, because I’m an actor. We are mad. All actors want to be loved – I think that’s something in all actors. We want more, more, more.”
Why The Young Helen Mirren Was Perfect For Playing A Rock Star (It Wasn’t Because She Could Sing)
David Hare, on his 1975 play Teeth ‘n’ Smiles: “Helen’s ways of not listening to direction were far more sophisticated than those of anyone I had previously encountered. Once she received me naked for a notes session in her dressing room. She discarded the Evening Standard, which had briefly obscured her, clearly with the aim of putting me off my stride. She succeeded.”
Edinburgh Fringe Appoints A New CEO
“Shona McCarthy, who spearheaded the reign of Derry-Londonderry as UK City of Culture, … will replace Kath Mainland, who is leaving the post next month after almost seven years at the helm of the event, which now sells almost 2.3 million tickets, compared to 1.5 million a decade ago.”
Why ‘Hamilton’ Probably Isn’t The Start Of A New Style Of Great Musical Theater
Jesse Green: “[The show’s] success has depended too much on the nearly unique combination of influences, talents, and tastes of one man, and on his will to deliver the results himself. What are the chances of another such person coming along anytime soon?”
Why Broadway Is More And More Using Chicago To Try Things Out
“Over the last several years, Chicago has emerged as the go-to city for Broadway tryouts, consolidating a key position in the commercial theater industry as a stream of new musicals try to find their footing here. The reasons are manifold.”
Big Changes Coming To Philly’s Wilma Theater
“In an announcement late Monday, the Wilma Theater announced … a makeover, a name change, a fund-raising campaign, and the establishment of a permanent company.”
Mime Isn’t Dead, It’s Just – Quiet (Ahem)
“In the United States, mime is generally understood as a gimmick. Even mocking it seems outdated. … But there’s also new blood carrying on the art. Broken Box Mime Theater is one of two active mime companies in New York City, and its founder is not yet thirty years old. The American Mime Theatre, NYC’s other mime company, has been active since 1952. Most of its members are the same age as those in Broken Box.”