MID-MORNING ADDITIONS
Cleveland Plain Dealer On Stage Blog
Beck Center raises one-third of $150,000 goal; PD goes on ‘Around Noon’ to discuss financial crisis in the arts
Lakewood’s Beck Center for the Arts, which last week announced a financial crisis, has raised $50,000 toward the $150,000…
TheaterMania
* Guy Boyd to Read Story by Clay McLeod Chapman at Players Club April 13
* Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Curve Theatre’s Light in the Piazza
About Last Night
OPINION BORN OF EXPERIENCE
“Nowadays the conflict-of-interest cops would come down hard on any editor who dared to permit a Broadway director to double as a drama critic. …”
Culturebot
video of the day: “to have ideas that are yours, not because they’re cultural but because they’re necessary to you”
Harold Clurman – director, critic, and co-founder of the Group Theatre – rails against the state of American theater at a talk in at the Mark Taper Forum in the 70’s:
off-stage right
Cris-i-tunity
The post below is something I wrote for a new blog or perhaps even a book that I plan to start writing soon. It has been on the sidebar of Off-Stage-Right for a while, but some readers suggested I bring attention to it by making it a post. I will still leave it on the sidebar, it is a guide for me in a deeply personal way. As I was thinking today about why I am writing this blog, I realized the friends who suggested it be a post here were right: …
Theatre is Territory
Binary and theatrical narration
You have read the books. Taken the classes. Scratched the lottery tickets. Soaked your feed. Checked your watch. Tied your shoes. Broken down the boxes. Painted the walls. Changed into something with higher contrast. Photographed the room. Recorded the important bits in your notebook. And committed the rest to memory. The only thing left to do is get up there and show your mother how it feels.
Travalanche
Stars of Vaudeville #2: Walter Huston
Londonist
Preview: Don John At Battersea Arts Centre
Kneehigh Theatre are back, bringing with them their latest show Don John to Battersea Arts Centre (BAC). Opening this week ….For a longer trailer, click here.
The Stage UK
West End’s Three Days of Rain recoups
Producers of the West End revival of Three Days of Rain have revealed that the show has recouped its investment with a month of its run left.
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THE DAY’S FIRST TOP STORIES
The Guardian Performing Arts Blog
Andrew Haydon: What should we teach our young critics?
Should we encourage aspiring critics to produce ‘proper’ reviews, or hope they will find a new way of writing about theatre?
New York Times
Book Review: ‘The Letters of Samuel Beckett’
The publication of Beckett’s letters, both brilliant and humanly forthcoming, is an elating cultural moment.
Book Review: ‘Mainly on Directing’
Still going strong, Arthur Laurents looks back at a Broadway career of writing and directing musical theater.
New York Times ArtsBeat Blog
In the Wings
The LAByrinth Theater will join forces with Alchemy Theater to present “Sweet Storm” by Scott Hudson, directed by Padraic Lillis, beginning June 11 at the Kirk Theater. Jamie Dunn and Eric T. Miller starred as a newly married couple when the play was presented as part of the Public LAB series at the Public Theater … Gorilla Repertory Theater Company, which presents free Shakespeare in city parks, (they did “Hamlet” at the Cloisters last summer) will offer two non-Shakespeare productions this year, …
New York Post
Swan song for famed Manny’s
The day the music died is drawing near for West 48th Street’s famed “Music Row.” The street’s anchor, Manny’s Music, is shutting down next month after 74 years of serving…
New York Magazine
They Will Rock You
Two new rock musicals, Hair and Rock of Ages, have breached the fourth wall. But will you enjoy having a cast member in your lap?
TheaterMania
Playing the Waiting Game
Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin, John Goodman, John Glover, and director Anthony Page discuss the Roundabout Theatre’s revival of Waiting for Godot.
Bergen Record
Feldberg: Actress ready for a star turn on Broadway
When Alice Ripley walks down West 45th Street, she sees an enormous pair of eyes staring at her from the marquee of the Booth Theatre.
Reuters
Farrah Fawcett in L.A. hospital: reports
Actress Farrah Fawcett, who has been battling cancer for almost three years, has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital, according to news reports.
Bloomberg.com
Travelex’s Dorfman Sees Sondheim Romp, Risky New Plays as Wise Investments
In a time of financial volatility, a clever entrepreneur can still find ways to make unlikely investments pay, even in the arts.
Variety
‘Americas Off Broadway’ unveils slate
Panych, Dykstra part of festival
Chicago Sun-Times
Theatre on the Lake offers second chance to see top Chicago plays
Austin American Statesman
Lone Star laureates
From Laura Bush to Betty Buckley, Clint Black to Robert Rodriguez, this year’s Texas Medal of Arts honorees have added to the fabric of Texas cultural life.
Miami Herald
Noted director, UM students plan to do Jane Austen proud
Two months ago, Mark Lamos was in New York directing Maria Guleghina and Placido Domingo in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Metropolitan Opera. Two weeks ago, you could find him commanding attention in a University of Miami rehearsal space, working with students to bring the world of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to life.
Raleigh News & Observer
’1960′ knits past and present
Two white actors argue the merits of educating a black man, one calling it “ruinous and unnatural.” In the next scene, African-American cast members playing slaves hoe an invisible crop and wipe make-believe sweat from their brows.
Createquity.
Compensation of support employees in the nonprofit sector
Last weekend I posted a couple of essays on compensation in the nonprofit sector which attracted a decent amount of feedback. The Cliffs Notes version, in case you don¡¯t have time to read them, is that I don¡¯t believe increasing executive compensation levels at large nonprofits will necessarily lead to a higher quality of …
The Stage UK
Horne and Staunton to return for final week of Entertaining Mr Sloane
Mathew Horne and Imelda Staunton are set to return to the stage of the Trafalgar Studios tonight, for the final week of Entertaining Mr Sloane.
Polish director Lupa picks up €60,000 European Theatre Prize
Polish director and teacher Krystian Lupa has been presented with the 13th Europe Theatre Prize at a ceremony in Wroclaw, Poland.
The Times UK
Maureen Lipman, the merriest widow
With her career now in its fifth decade, the actress has had her share of sorrows, but she just can’t help being funny
Whatsonstage.com
Feature: Lucy Parker On … Her West End Awakening
16 year old Lucy Parker was studying for her A levels when she landed the role of Ilse in alt-rock musical Spring Awakening, which marks her professional stage debut. The UK premiere production opened at the Lyric Hammersmith on 3 February (previews from 23 January), and recently transferred to the West End’s Novello Theatre.
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