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Category: theatre
What Happens When A Shakespeare Festival Goes Bust?
In short, it’s not good for the theatre that usually hosts the plays.
London’s National Theatre Has Never Been More Popular (So Now A Need For Something More Experimental)
“The National’s three stages (and West End hits like “War Horse” and “One Man, Two Guvnors”) have never been more popular, with about 1.5 million theatergoers in London in the 2012-13 season compared with 817,000 four years earlier.”
Patrick Stewart And Ian McKellen Talk About Performing On The Stage
“Stewart recalled that in the early days of his “Star Trek” series, when he was in denial about his newfound television success and living above a garage in Hancock Park, he started creating one-person shows to perform on weekends on college campuses in California, so terrified was he of losing his confidence in performing before a live audience.”
The Scottish Play Is Everywhere
“The play is more than 400 years old and we all know how it ends, but suddenly William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is back in vogue. The Scottish tragedy is enticing a number of actors ranging from young to the far side of middle age to play the murderous Thane of Cawdor.”
Here’s A Switch: England Risks Losing Acting Talent To Scotland
“England risks a ‘talent drain’ of artists taking advantage of a more welcoming Scottish funding and political climate, Laurie Sansom, the artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland, has warned.”
Little Shed Perks Up Great Big National Theatre
“The Shed, a temporary small theater under the aegis of the National Theater in London, has helped bring vitality to its venerable bigger sibling.”
For Once, Actors Get To Throw Tomatoes (Real Ones) At Critics
“Performers at the Edinburgh Fringe were given a chance to have their revenge on critics this week, by pelting them with tomatoes. A handful of critics … volunteered themselves as human targets.”
Does The Edinburgh Fringe Need A Fringe?
“The festival has swelled to an untameable 2,871 shows, most of them well-behaved and aspiring. It’s time, some say, for a fringe of the Fringe.”
Beatles Jukebox Musical Flops On Broadway
“Let It Be, a concert show in which musicians dressed as the Beatles trace the group’s history and recreate its top songs, has been a hit in London since it opened at the end of 2012. But its New York producers announced on Monday that instead of running through Dec. 29, as planned, the show would close on Sept. 1.”