“In good Passe Muraille tradition, McKim argues that an achievable campaign that asks a lot of people to give small sums lets all donors feel they are making a difference. But can the citizens of Toronto really value this past and this present so lightly that a contribution of $1 a week is all they can be expected to offer?”
Category: theatre
Broadway Press Agent Bans Wall Street Journal Writer Who Walks Out Of Plays
In response to Joanne Kaufman’s column about how she regularly bails out at intermission from shows to which she’s received press tickets, top Broadway publicist Rick Miramontez announced that he will “unburden Joltin’ Joanne from her hardship.”
Veteran British Actor Gets In Hot Water For Saying “Theatre Is A White Invention”
Janet Suzman, frustrated at the lack of black faces in the audience at a South African play she recently did in London, said, “I rail against that and say why don’t black people come to see a play about one of the most powerful African states? And they don’t bloody come. They’re not interested. It’s not in their culture, that’s why. Just as their stuff is not in white culture.”
Arts Council England Tells Theatres To Diversify Or Lose Funding
“We have to open up access to power and to resources. Looking up, too many see the white cliff-face of the arts establishment and feel they just cannot climb it.”
You Think Hamlet Is Long? This Play Will Last 24 Years
“‘I have a weird thing about theater feeling like lies all the time,’ he said. So, a few years ago, he and his collaborators set out to make a ‘sincere’ work – one that doesn’t just imitate life, but chronicles and interprets it.”
David Shrigley: Comedy In Misunderstanding The Context
“Comedy is not the opposite of seriousness. The opposite of seriousness is incompetence. And the opposite of comedy is not seriousness – it’s misery. The ability to laugh is a luxury that everybody should be able to afford.”
Why Theatre Should Take Risks
“Failure is an inevitable part of risk-taking, and you discover things along the way. But of course, failure and success and risk-taking all mean different things in different places and different contexts, too.”
How Michael Price Built A Little Musical-Theater Empire At Goodspeed
“A tough, old-style producer with a glad-handing public persona, … Mr. Price, a small, slender Chicago native with bright white hair and a flashing smile, can often be found working the crowd. ‘It’s like running a general store,’ he said. ‘You’ve got to know your people.'”
Movie Stars Talk About Acting On Broadway
“As much as Broadway now relies on Hollywood actors to bring in the crowds, so A-listers increasingly view stints onstage as integral to a rich career. Here, seven award-winning actors” – Bradley Cooper, Glenn Close, Jake Gyllenhaal, Patricia Clarkson, Martha Plimpton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Alessandro Nivola – “on their new roles.”
Cirque Du Soleil – A Need To Reinvent Itself As Business Declines
“Following a bleak outlook report from a consultant, a spate of poorly received shows and a decline in profits, executives at Cirque say they are now restructuring and refocusing their business — shifting some of the attention away from clowns and acrobats, towards other business ventures.”