So if #MuellerLive was a cold read of a legal document without any attempt at acting value, was it theatre? It certainly was a performance: the airing of a document with the use of theatrical tools to illuminate a text for others. – The Stage
Category: theatre
How America Became Obsessed With Drag Queens
What was once a glittery subculture on the edge of gay culture has become one of our global pop preoccupations with its own hierarchy of stars and story lines for the fans to get behind, marketing deals and Billboard chart-toppers. – New York Magazine
Do The Tony Awards Point The Way Forward?
The Tonys ceremony, a local party opened to the nation by the patronage of CBS, is a more welcoming showcase for idealism than the billion-dollar business of Broadway. But in paying tribute to those artists who stopped our breath with the unimpeachable honesty of their gifts, the awards point the way forward. – Los Angeles Times
Why Is The Tony Awards Show So Bland?
There’s a disconnect between the insistence on the theater world’s wokeness and the blandness and inoffensiveness of the show. Or perhaps there isn’t. – The New York Times
Two Actors On Their Way To Perform Assaulted In Homophobic Attack In England
The two actors were embracing in the street when “‘assailants verbally abused them and thew stones at them from their car window,’ with one of the actors being hit in the face by a stone.” – The Stage (UK)
Learning About What Theatre Artists Can Offer To Veterans – And, Of Course, What Vets Offer Artists
The Telling Project works with veterans and their families to create devised work all over the country. How does that work, really? “We are using our decades of training as artists to translate the experiences of veterans and their families into narratives, and then to translate the narratives into performances. Another way to put it is that we are helping these folks with meaning,” says founder and director Jonathan Wei. – HowlRound
The Director Of ‘Hadestown’ Won A Tony And Ripped Into The Reasons She’s The Only Woman Directing On Broadway This Year
It has nothing to do with who is ready to direct, Rachel Chavkin said. “There are so many women who are ready to go. There are so many artists of color who are ready to go. … This is not a pipeline issue. It is a failure of imagination by a field whose job is to imagine the way the world could be.” – The New York Times
Who Cleaned Up At The Tonys? The Complete List
Basically, Hadestown. Sure, it didn’t win all 14 awards it was nominated for, but eight’s not bad. – The New York Times
After Protests And Outcry, Children’s Theatre Withdraws Lawsuit Against Sexual Abuse Survivor
Laura Stearns, the survivor, says it’s a bit too late. “They should never have made the motion to begin with. … It was an insensitive choice and it’s grown bigger.” – Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Who’s Going To Win The Tonys Tonight?
Will Harry Potter and the Cursed Child get a sweep? Will Hadestown dominate in the musicals? Here’s what New York Times readers said, and at the link in this post, find out what Los Angeles Times theatre writers think. – Los Angeles Times