Tuesday, April 21, 2015
“Cirque has already played to over 160 million people around the world and I firmly hope it will continue to dazzle us with sights and wonders. But you’ll have to prove to me that a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:20PM“The new wage could quadruple what actors earn from a typical production. But opponents say a change could backfire on actors by shutting down the most economically fragile theaters an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:58AMFriday, April 17, 2015
Announcing her resignation, Tessa Ross said only one person should be in charge. “It has become clear to me that the new leadership structure, with a separate role of chief executive, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:25PMThursday, April 16, 2015
As “Finding Neverland” has developed, so have conflicts that on any other show would likely have remained backstage. The spats, which ranged from battles with journalists to staff confli…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:39PMWednesday, April 15, 2015
“In short, a mediocre play, at least by Shakespeare’s standards, and in this instance, mediocre is perfect: It’s hard to understand how good Shakespeare could be until you’ve see…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:40PMFriday, April 10, 2015
“We can tentatively add another play to the Shakespeare canon. Using a unique form of text analysis, in which they weigh the “psychological signatures” of three possible authors, p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:43PMWednesday, April 8, 2015
Tim Jennings will lead the Shaw Festival. Originally from Georgetown, Ont., he “has had a long career in theatre management, having worked at the Canadian Opera Company and held the po…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMTuesday, April 7, 2015
“There has never been a better time to be a comedian: The talent pool is broad, deep, and more diverse than ever before; a new generation of passionate fans is supporting experimental …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AMSunday, April 5, 2015
The hotel I stayed at in San Diego last month has been following me around for weeks. Seriously, it’s getting annoying – a one-night-stand that refuses to recede gracefully into memo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:26PMFriday, April 3, 2015
“After 18 years performing at the tiny but storied Adrienne Theater on Sansom Street, InterAct Theatre Company will be picking up its props and sets and leading a group of four other t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AMThursday, April 2, 2015
“The American Theatre Critics Association, ATCA, the only national organization of American theatre critics, has been struggling with their criteria for membership. Right now they admi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:19PM“The play is a highly transformative parody of the television series that, although it appropriates a substantial amount of ‘Three’s Company,’ is a drastic departure …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:40PMWednesday, April 1, 2015
Actors’ Equity has been aiming to educate the consumer and protect its members with an “Ask If It’s Equity” campaign that today expanded to Washington and eight other cities. (It tes…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:55AMTuesday, March 31, 2015
“The Stratford Festival ended its 2014 season in the black – but the latest news on the Ontario theatre festival’s attendance is less black and white.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:17AMFriday, March 27, 2015
She’s disturbed by the way “many large-scale institutional theaters today have become roadhouses to incubate commercial productions headed for Broadway,” alarmed at the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:57PMThursday, March 26, 2015
Renée-Claude Ménard, senior director of public relations for the circus, told CBC News the company is searching for a “strategic partner. This is a very long process and [founder and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:25PMTuesday, March 24, 2015
A spokesman for Amazon said that, up until this week, the retailer’s theatre ticket offering had been based around “deals” and discounted tickets. “Although that will…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:52PMFriday, March 20, 2015
“Yeah, this is embarrassing. And the Broadway ego takes a shellacking every time a list like this gets published. How are we supposed to uphold our reputation as being the biggest and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:56AMThursday, March 19, 2015
In the 2013-2014 season, Broadway shows touring across North America drew 13.8 million attendances. Broadway saw only 8.52 million attendees. The Road Audience is almost 2x the size of the B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:40PMThursday, March 12, 2015
“When the Shubert Organization sold the oxygen above its landmarked house for $17.1 million in May, Broadway’s biggest and richest landlord sheltered the proceeds from taxes in part …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:52AMWednesday, March 11, 2015
“Now, there are fewer young companies and there has been an incredible drop in the number of drama teachers working. And that seems to me to be a fairly urgent thing that theatres need to …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMFriday, March 6, 2015
“We all carry a physical signature in our bodies. When we’re under any kind of stress, our bodies behave in their usual habits – it’s called “physical leakage”. Your real per…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:29AM“Immersive theater takes place without a stage of any kind, in deserted industrial spaces, nightclubs, hospitals, hotels and more. It invites audience members to explore the action at …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:20AMFriday, February 27, 2015
“Of course the heightened visibility of plays written by women is welcome. But all over the country, even at venues which are attempting to make female playwrights’ voices heard, the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:40AMWednesday, February 25, 2015
“We spoke with, and listened purposefully to members of racially diverse communities and particularly with our most direct constituents, Asian-Americans, regarding how tackling this wo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AMTuesday, February 24, 2015
“Now that Broadway-minded songwriters no longer have a universal musical language on which to draw, it isn’t possible to write a show with genuine broad-gauge audience appeal. It say…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:05AMThursday, February 12, 2015
“Work seems to be being supported and assisted at a community level. So there’s a perception that people with learning disabilities can enjoy participatory activity but – on the other …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:47AMTuesday, February 10, 2015
By the end of 2015 The Shaw Festival “will announce Jackie Maxwell’s successor as artistic director, Elaine Calder’s replacement as executive director and, if the new leaders are u…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMFriday, February 6, 2015
“The Support Theaters in America Growth and Expansion Act would mean that shows and live theatrical productions would enjoy an incentive given to film and TV productions for certain co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:45AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Scott Timberg’s book Culture Crash makes a case that the transformation of our culture right now is killing artists’ ability to make a living making art. He cites a number of rea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:21PM“Theatregoing is the second most popular cultural activity in Scotland after the cinema, according to a survey that shows that 32% of Scots went to the theatre in 2013.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:47AM 
