In its response to Mark Rylance’s comments, the National said it was “committed to sharing our work with as many people as possible. We agree with Mark that affordable ticket pricing plays an important role in that, and use our public funding to help achieve that accessibility.” Tickets to its main house shows, its spokesperson continued, ranged from £15 to £55, with no additional booking fees.
Category: theatre
Patti LuPone Confiscates Audience Member’s Cell Phone Mid-Performance
See? It’s not just music critics doing it. “It’s a lesson that audiences have yet to learn. … Patti LuPone will not tolerate your foolery in a Broadway theatre. Or off-Broadway. Or in a Las Vegas concert hall.”
‘I Don’t Know What To Do Anymore. I Was Hired As An Actor, Not A Policeman Of The Audience’: Patti LuPone Talks About Snatching That Phone
“We could see her text. She was so uninterested. She showed her husband what she was texting. … When we went out for the second act I was very close to her, and she was still texting. I watched her and thought, ‘What am I going to do?'”
Meet The Guy Who Tried To Charge His Phone On A Broadway Stage Set
“He said the incident was not a dare. It was not intended as a joke. His iPhone 6 was just low on juice. Why did he do it? What was the emergency? ‘Girls were calling all day. What would you do?'”
Why One Of New York’s Great Stage Actresses Is Giving Up On Theater
Five-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell: “The kinds of roles I was being offered were just – I’d been there and done that, and I just didn’t want to do that anymore. … I’m 58 years old, and it’s a lot of work and a lot of responsibility. It’s eight shows a week, and I’ve been disappointed in the kind of theater that you can make a living doing.”
Here’s What Happened When We Asked Audiences To Set Their Own Ticket Prices
“Customers were asked to book tickets in advance – so we still captured their data – but they did not pay until after the show. There was no obligation to pay anything, entirely removing their financial risk. … Six months on, I’m pleased to say it has been a huge success, with some startling results.”
Aeschylus Addresses Europe’s Boat-People Crisis
As desperate refugees fleeing African and Middle Eastern war zones drown in the Mediterranean and flood Italy, Greece, and Malta, a director uses Syracuse’s ancient Greek amphitheater to stage The Suppliants, about a much earlier group of Egyptians seeking asylum.
Why Even Julie Taymor (Who Filmed It) Says ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Is Unfilmable
“Taymor’s film reveals more of the spectacle than any one spectator at the theater could have seen. Nonetheless a filmed version of a stage production cannot quite capture the sense of being there, even if the wizards currently developing the science of virtual reality no doubt are conceiving ways to eliminate the distinction.”
Anatomy Of A Critically-Acclaimed Broadway “Failure”
“The size of the venue may be a part of the problem in how we perceive the success or struggles of the On the Town revivals, but it cannot be the only reason why revivals of this musical struggle financially.”
Ridding ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ Of ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ Misogyny
Darko Tresnjak: “Taming of the Shrew is designed to give uproarious pleasure over the subjugation of a woman. In Kiss Me, Kate, she is an equal-opportunity offender. We made sure that she slugs him 10 times as much as he spanks her.”