The news that Chicago is losing the American Theater Company–here’s the Chicago Tribune story–is stunning. Artistic Director Will Davis was let go, and the board has decide…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:23PMAnother Giving Tuesday, another day spent deleting emails unread and maybe unsubscribing from the places that send more than two in a day. And I work in the arts. But every year, it’s the …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:24PMThis past weekend on NPR’s Weekend Edition, Scott Simon talked with David Marcus, a senior contributor to The Federalist and the artistic director of a theater company in New York City…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:03PMAfter careful consideration and conversation, it’s time. The 2amt hashtag is shifting to #2thtr. This week’s events and hashtag fever have been catalysts, but we’ve been mo…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 03:52PMAbout six and a half years ago, we started the #2amt hashtag on Twitter. If you’re on this site, you know it’s a conversation about theatre–performance, production, promoti…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:45PMLet’s see if I have this straight. Women write about bias–unconscious or not–in an industry, they set up a group to support fellow women in said industry, men immediately c…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:50AM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Theatre | Technology} blog salon, curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton.) JACQUELINE LAWTON: First, please tell …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:00AMIt’s been said that good design is 99% invisible. Heck, that’s the title of one of the best public radio shows/podcasts out there, if you’re curious. But just because it…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:10PMI think I had Twitter open for all of ten seconds today when this story popped up: Chipotle cups will now feature stories by Jonathan Safran Foer, Toni Morrison, and other authors. I didn…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:34PM(This post is a part of the Audience Engagement blog salon curated by David J. Loehr for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). It’s right there in the name. This…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:50PM(This post is the first post of the Audience Engagement arc #TCG13 blog salon–learn more here). It’s time to think outside the black box. That’s what we do over at 2amt–check us …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:01PMAsking and giving. Three videos and a question. First, Peter Sagal on letting people access the joy of giving. Next, Amanda Palmer on the art of asking. And finally, Adam Thurman on the gift…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:38PMHeroes. They’re not just for comic books anymore. With the rise of more serious, “realistic” portrayals of comic book heroes has come a trend of real people making themselv…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 06:51PMDo you know about QLab? It’s the software you want if you’re running sound. Doesn’t matter if it’s a storefront or a stadium, a church or a theatre, this is the progr…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 07:02PMAre you registered to vote in this year’s election? I shouldn’t have to tell you why it’s important, especially this year and especially if you work in the arts. But whiche…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:40PMI’ve been going to fringe festivals for a while now, both as an audience member and a producer. Each time, we’ve produced my own work–the playwright works cheap, which helps. B…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:50PMWelcome to the first episode of our new podcast series, Twenty. Why Twenty? Simple. Quick, twenty minute conversations with theatre artists and professionals from around the world. Sometimes…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:20PMThis afternoon, the New York Times ran a story by Patrick Healy about the producers of Three’s Company & their reaction to 3C, a play by David Adjmi. At issue is the question of c…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:00PMI should be writing other things. And I hate to have two posts in a row reacting to Michael Kaiser’s posts at Huffington Post. But here we are. Instead, here are some quick reactions t…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:43PMSo you’re at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and you’ve got a few minutes. You’ve seen the art, you’ve looked at the gifts, you’ve had a bourbon. Mayb…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:28AMAs Adam Feldman pointed out this week on the Time Out New York site: “(Mike) Daisey acknowledged that he had erred in presenting his work—a hard-hitting look at the brutal Chinese la…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 07:54PMThere are two kinds of light: the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures. — James Thurber In the rush to parse statements and assign blame this weekend, it seems like we’r…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:46PMI love Into the Woods. I love the music, I love the book, it’s one of my favorite musicals. So I’m more than a little nervous at the thought of Disney and Rob Marshall teaming up to brin…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 04:35PMHappiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. — Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing Over at Arts Journal, they’re hosting a discussion & debate this week called Lead Or Follow? In their…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:45PMWhat can we learn from the birth of the regional theatre movement? Which arts administrator has reached a mass-critical critical mass? Where did Verdi and Shakespeare work to support their w…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:06AMThanks to Travis Bedard, I don’t need to say anything about Michael Kaiser’s latest post. And if that weren’t enough, you could read more from Jeremy Barker and Isaac Butler in reactio…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 03:13PMOver the weekend, #newplaytv streamed three interesting, presumably unrelated talks. The first was from Steppenwolf’s First Look Festival, titled How to engage 21st Century Audiences for N…
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