Category: theatre

“Anything Goes” and “Sister Act” led in nominations with eight and nine respectively. Winners will be announced on May 16, and the annual awards ceremony will be on May 26 at Sardi’s.

“This spring alone, [five] multimillion-dollar musicals … have all arrived on Broadway with doctors attending the patients.” What was once “a discreet Broadway tradition – script doctors and show doctors, usually hired to rework the story or the overall production – has evolved into a standard insurance policy.”

“Counterfeit tickets were first identified at the Eugene O’Neill Theater about two weeks ago; a group entered with eight tickets for orchestra seats, but when each ticket was scanned by an usher it came up as an invalid seat in the theater’s mezzanine.”

“[A play’s] subjects agree to testify for one reason: to set the record straight. And somewhere during the process from recording to page to rehearsal to stage, that record is bound to get distorted.” The problem is more than just selective editing. “[J]ust as an actor can never give the same performance twice, so too is it impossible to remain completely faithful to the play’s original subjects.”

“Sydney theatre audiences are accustomed to notices posted in foyers warning of such hazards as smoke haze, herbal cigarettes, strobe lighting and loud noises. But recently these have expanded to include all manner of potentially objectionable content as a new generation of theatre-makers pushes the boundaries of what can be shown and theatre managements seek to insulate themselves against complaints.”

“Their successes -Denzel Washington, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Scarlett Johansson all won Tony awards for the 2010 season – have inspired others to give it a try. And producers have made it easier for them, by putting together more and more shows with limited runs.”

Lost Horizon Night Market is “a nocturnal art carnival making its fifth appearance in New York, where trucks transform into interactive dioramas, small theaters for sublime and bizarre entertainments. If Joseph Cornell were alive today and a performance artist, he might invent something like this.”

“Kate Whoriskey, picked by Bartlett Sher to succeed him as artistic director of Intiman Theater in Seattle, is parting ways with that beleaguered institution, at least for now.”

“[L]ast weekend [Intiman’s board] canceled the rest of the long-standing Seattle theater’s 2011 season because of ongoing financial troubles. Soon the board, with input from local theater artists, supporters and funders, must answer the big existential question: Should Intiman continue to exist? Or work to settle its remaining $500,000 debt and call it quits?”

“The show, which was due to preview at the Landor Theatre from next Wednesday, has been cancelled by producers Thomas Hopkins and Danielle Tarento” after they ran out of money.