Category: theatre

“A string of West End hit shows, including the Lion King, Wicked and James McAvoy’s sellout performance as Macbeth, could be hit by strikes after talks broke down between the Ambassador Theatre Group and the union representing front and backstage staff.”

“The National Civil War Project is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the war (1861-65) by developing 12 new theatrical works about, or inspired by, the conflict, as well as scholarly and public presentations and student projects.”

“The Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre board of directors today fired founder and artistic director Andrew Paul and told him he would not be working on the four plays he was scheduled to direct.”

The producers of the Cannes of stand-up comedy are launching Just for Laughs Theatricals, a New York-based production company that plans to develop musicals for Broadway and the West End and to license French versions of those shows for Montreal.

“When economists bemoan the foreign drain on homegrown talent and skills, they probably don’t have trapeze artists, acrobats or high-wire walkers in mind. Yet Britain has lost a generation of highly-trained performers to circus troupes based abroad. In response, the first nationwide attempt to keep more skilled entertainers working on these shores will be launched Monday.”

“Actors used to be buried with a stake through the heart. Those peoples performances so troubled on-lookers that they feared their ghosts.”

“Collaborative work seeks to address essential questions of how we make theater, why we make theater and how, as artists, our work can embrace, embody and convey our values, our vision of the world as we would like to see it. This type of work has never been about trends or marketing or ‘branding’ your theater company to be ‘the new thing.'”

“There is a stable of acting talent in the area and many got their training at Wayne State’s Hilberry Theater. Set builders and designers abound — as the Dearborn Players Guild’s ingenious sets attest — and a cadre of quality musicians already perform as part of the Dearborn Symphony.”

“Williams refused to conclude that happiness was the normal, let alone invariable, condition of Americans. He was like a travelling salesman of unhappiness.”

Wait, are: “The Body of an American,” by Dan O’Brien, and “All the Way,” by Robert Schenkkan.