Up Here, by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, “will tell the story of a socially awkward computer repairman named Dan who becomes attracted to Lindsay, a t-shirt designer. But his overactive imagination keeps getting in the way of a potential relationship.”
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When The Wall Street Journal Tells You You’re The Voice Of American Muslims In The Theatre …
“I think the alleged proposition is you are going to go see my work and learn something about ‘those’ people. And a lot of times people come away thinking, ‘Actually, I’m illuminated about myself.'”
West End Avoids Strikes As Pay Deal Reached (For Now)
“The meeting went on into the early hours of the morning, but both organisations finally agreed on a deal that will run for 36 months.”
What Will Happen To L.A.’s Marionette Theatre When A New Development Builds Around It?
“‘We plan on using some area with puppetry as its theme,’ said Albert, whose resume includes mixed-use apartment complexes throughout Los Angeles. ‘There may be an area where people who want puppet shows can carry on that tradition.'”
London’s Booming Immersive Theatre Scene Might Indicate A Bit Of A Problem With Escapism
“Immersive theatre producers ‘put audience members centre stage’ in an apparently tailored experience, including audiences in the action ‘to make their “escapist” experience all the more unique and personal to them.'”
“Hunger Games” To Become Stage Show (And Theme Park?)
“The stage show is just the latest extension of Lionsgate’s popular, Jennifer Lawrence-starring franchise, with the company considering a theme park among other ancillary business opportunities.”
Theatre Rushes In Where UK Film And TV Fear To Tread: Politics
“Political theatre ebbs and flows, but if it is resurgent right now, that is for a variety of reasons. One, clearly, is the prevailing discontent with current political discourse and a sense that the media often fail to grapple with existing realities.”
Here’s What Happens When You And Your Colleague Play Conjoined Twins
As Emily Padgett and Erin Davie have played Daisy and Violet Hilton in Side Show – in San Diego, D.C. and now on Broadway – “they find they often say the same word at the same time, or move in the same way, or arrive at rehearsal dressed alike. Crew members call them by the wrong names daily.”
Shakespeare’s Globe To Offer Streaming-Video-On-Demand
More than 50 of the theatre’s productions will be available, including the summer seasons from 2009 onward and the complete 2012 Globe to Globe festival of Shakespeare stagings from all over the world.
Drama Schools “Can’t Teach You How To Act” Says Derek Jacobi
“I think you’re an actor before you go in – they teach you all the other things that you need you to lose or acquire. But they can’t teach you how to act. … The attitude nowadays seems to be to get famous quickly, to get ‘celebrity’ quickly, to get known quickly … without actually learning your job.”