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The Future Of Broadway?
“The three organizers have seen the event grow and hope to keep it an annual event. Last year’s TEDxBroadway attracted some 200 people; this year it is expected to double that.”
Actors Who Won’t – Or Can’t – Act As We Assume They Should
“Consider, for example, the close-attention-demanding ensemble that animated the Australian-born Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, in which most of the cast members had ‘intellectual disabilities.’ Or the Israeli troupe of blind-and-deaf performers in Not by Bread Alone. Or the actors who chose to act badly in Inflatable Frankenstein and Seagull (Thinking of you).”
Michael Grandage Launches Youth Theatre
“The Futures Company is looking to recruit young people aged 15 to 25 from ‘mixed’ backgrounds wanting to work in theatre as actors, directors, technicians, stage managers and other offstage roles. The company, which is free to join, will meet once a week for a year, and will run alongside the Michael Grandage Company’s West End season.”
Julie Taymor Returns To Stage Directing With Midsummer Night’s Dream
For her first new staging since her involvement with the Broadway Spider-Man degenerated into litigious acrimony, Taymor will direct the Shakespeare comedy this fall to inaugurate the new Brooklyn headquarters of the company Theater for a New Audience.
Spider-Man Producers And Taymor Close To Settlement (Again)
“The producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark and Julie Taymor, the musical’s ousted director, are once again ready to settle their long-running court case. … The letter comes less than two weeks after the parties resumed litigation after failing to reach a final settlement of Taymor’s copyright infringement lawsuit.”
How To Create An Entire Musical In One Day
A new documentary titled One-Night Stand “goes behind the scenes of ‘The 24-Hour Musicals,’ a fundraising event in which teams of playwrights, composers, actors and directors write, rehearse and finally perform a 15-minute show over the course of a single, sleep-deprived day.”
Orlando’s Broadway Presenter And New Arts Center Try To Patch Up Rift
“After each side vowed to go it alone, the leaders of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and the organization that presents touring Broadway shows in Orlando are back at the negotiating table.”
Cultures Clash Backstage In Australian-Chinese Co-Production
“It was probably inevitable that the Australian and Chinese performers of Cho Cho, a confronting adaptation of Madame Butterfly, would experience a clash of cultures before they took to the stage. … But they didn’t expect to be lost in translation quite so quickly – from the moment the Chinese actors saw their costume and make-up designs.”
Are Discount Ticket Buyers More Discriminating?
Actors at London’s Royal Court Theatre say that the audiences at their £10 Monday performances are “often warier and more discerning than other audiences, somehow harder to impress.” Are the people who pay top price easier to please? Lyn Gardner considers.