Category: theatre

“The drama school, which has historically been at the forefront of teaching the Alexander technique, is understood to be reducing students’ tuition in the subject – from around 80 one-to-one lessons spread over three years to just nine lessons in a single term.”

“Audience participation has long been an element in Fringe performances but some people feel audiences need to be warned about the more extreme participation.”

“Is this for real? After delays and numerous rumors of shutdowns and financial problems, Broadway’s new Spider-Man musical has announced a new official opening date in December.”

“Theatre has taken a long time to come to terms with the idea that TV and film have done better what 19th-century theatre did. A lot of the interest in ‘intimate’ theatre is about discovering what a live performance can do that nothing else can.”

“Deb Margolin sent a copy of the script to Mr. Wiesel, who promptly replied that he found it ‘defamatory’ and ‘obscene’ and threatened to sue in order to prevent it from being performed at ‘any time in any venue’.”

“It’s very difficult for a private investor to come in and buy these buildings, shouldering millions to restore them and keep them up.”

“How do you distill 7,400 episodes, 2,000 storylines and 1,700 characters into two hours of live theatre? That was the task presented to writer Jonathan Harvey when ITV asked him to write a play to celebrate 50 years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap.”

Sydney Theatre Company’s well-known production of A Streetcar Names Desire, starring company co-director Cate Blanchett and directed by Liv Ullmann, received one nomination, for sound design. Leading the pack with 11 nominations is composer Brett Dean’s operatic adaptation of Peter Carey’s novel Bliss, followed by the Australian production of Jersey Boys with 10.

“The playwright Theresa Rebeck (The Understudy, Mauritius) has become the first dramatist to be named as associate artist of Roundabout Theater Company, the nonprofit theater said on Wednesday, as part of its effort to develop more new work for its stages.”

This show’s title is And Now This Is Happening. What’s it about? Says actor Hunter Bell, “Just like [title of show], if we tried to explain in the early incarnations what it was about I don’t think I’d know.”