“Founded in 1980 on a shoestring budget, the Rep, which presented a mix of seven dramas, comedies, musicals and classics annually, has been financially flailing in recent years. In 2006, on the edge of insolvency, the theater, which had a $5 million annual budget and 51 employees, turned to the city for a $2 million bailout that later was restructured into a long-term mortgage-type loan.”
Category: theatre
Putting ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ To Work
“Augusto Boal, Brazilian artist and activist, developed the performance methodology in the 1960s based on his theory that performance could empower the underclass. ‘Theatre is a form of knowledge,’ he claimed. ‘It should and can also be a means of transforming society.'” Lance Richardson watches that methodology put into practice with transgender youth in New York.
The Tony Broadcast Cut The ‘In Memoriam’ Segment – And Lots Of People Are Unhappy
Said one Broadway producer, “It looks like somewhere along the way theater people have lost control of the Tonys, and CBS is pushing them around. So we end up with a star like Jennifer Hudson singing a song from Finding Neverland even though she isn’t in the musical – and the musical isn’t even on Broadway.”
When I Met The Apartheid-Era Assassin I’m Now Playing Onstage
“Eugene de Kock was the head of South Africa’s death squad, which tortured and killed opponents of apartheid. Matthew Marsh, now playing De Kock in A Human Being Died That Night, recalls an astonishing meeting with the assassin in a Pretoria jail.”
After Recent High-Profile, Abrupt Show Closures, Actors Want More Notice Before The End Comes
“Actors are now calling on Equity to negotiate an increase to this period, prompted in large part by the cancellation of the 50-city US tour of Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ben Forster just days before it was due to open.”
Guess What? Making Live Theatre Is Hard
“Lots and lots of Americans have never seen a musical or a play on Broadway. How to make them care?”
Where To See Theatre (Outside Of New York And London)
From a little town in Serbia to Chicago, from Tokyo to Melbourne, here’s a list of a bunch of true theatre towns around the world.
Here’s Who Won Tonys
“The best musical win for “Gentleman’s Guide” was hard to predict, as the show, a sly operetta, was locked in a tight race among Tony voters with the crowd-pleasing “Beautiful” for the one prize that typically lifts the box office.”
The New York Times’ Tony Awards Live Blog
In case you just can’t wait.
When A Successful Leader Leaves, How Does The New One Get Established?
“The early period is crucial: the future is being constructed, and internal loyalties must be tested and negotiated, particularly if staff have worked with the same director for years and are used to doing their jobs a particular way.”