Category: theatre

But one actor says there’s a downside: “I still owe people. … That can go for a while. Your project, even though it’s finished, is not fully finished if you come up with incentives that take time to do.”

“The ‘zombie apocalypse’ would be represented by the elimination of all the theater critics, meaning theater would no longer be reviewed (or presumably covered). What would that mean?”

“Rebecca, based on the Daphne Du Maurier novel, has died multiple deaths on Broadway before ever opening and it now looks like producers are trying one more time to bring the show to New York.”

The six-month study, Centre Stage, said many of London’s 105 smaller capacity theatres “face serious potential threats to their existence and may be at risk of closing”.

“Mark Cole’s decision comes less than two months after longtime artistic director David Ira Goldstein announced he will be retiring in December. It also comes after ATC — the state’s largest producer of live theater, serving Phoenix and Tucson — posted a $1 million deficit for the fiscal year that ended June 30.”

“It’s no wonder that theater-makers and institutions recoil from criticism. How often have productions died due to bad reviews? But in order for theater to become more relevant, it needs to get out of its poverty and survival mode.”

“Three quarters of the capital’s small theatres require significant upgrade or renovation, with most having raised no money at all towards the necessary refurbishment work, according to a report published this week by the London Assembly.”

“No word on if Tatum will make his Broadway debut reprising the less-than-dressed role for the stage, but the star will serve as a producer.” Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal) will write the songs; book will be by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (who helped turn around Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark).

“Perth Theatre Company and Sydney’s Q Theatre will enter mediation talks next week as a bitter legal dispute looms over the cancellation of a production whose playwright disowned his own work.”

“Enthusiasts get the chance not only to observe but on some occasions an opportunity to inter-react with this which, for them, is surely very special and for us, well, frankly we can do with the money to be able to continue doing it in the first place.”