Monday, October 26, 2020
The lawsuit argues that if bowling alleys, casinos and gyms can open, why can’t performance venues with fewer than 200 seats?
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London’s Old Vic has sold 30,000 tickets to three livestreamed shows, with more to come. “There’s a huge appetite out there,” said Warchus, the artistic director.
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Scott Rudin, the lead producer, and Lloyd’s of London settled a lawsuit that arose from the production’s decision to shut down a Broadway musical when its star became pregnant.
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In a season cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, only 18 shows are eligible for awards. The ceremony is expected to take place in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMIn a season cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, only 18 shows are eligible for awards. The ceremony is expected to take place in December.
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A rural locale. Few Covid-19 cases nearby. Performers in a bubble. And a man-eating plant that couldn’t quite chow down on its victims.
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Directors of large flexible spaces like the Park Avenue Armory are lobbying for permission to put on indoor shows for socially distanced audiences.
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“The Music Man” and other shows will have to plan new opening dates, as a new reality sets in: Many theaters are likely to stay shut through next fall.
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Three producers — in New York, Washington and Toronto — aim to offer the show, “Blindness,” for socially distanced, masked audience members.
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At issue: Who should represent performers and stage managers when theater is recorded and streamed, one of the few viable options during the pandemic.
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She’s been to 39 shows since the 2016 election, and believes Broadway will return. But she doesn’t have the “gumption” to see herself depicted just yet.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Amanda Kloots kept the world informed while her husband, a Broadway actor, lost a battle with Covid. After many grueling months, she’s trying to look ahead.
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Nicholas Edwards starred in the closely watched “Godspell” production. “Usually the stage is a safe place,” he said, “but it became a place where I was anxious all the time.”
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The coronavirus pandemic has prevented most in-person theater this year, so the prize board is changing the eligibility rules for its annual drama honor.
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Thrilled for the role, needing a paycheck and confident that the theater was safe, Jessika D. Williams left the actors’ union to take the part.
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The venues, all small nonprofits in New England, will be permitted by Actors’ Equity to put on work with union actors.
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Friday, August 21, 2020
Decision comes after months of uncertainty following a Broadway shutdown that kept many shows from opening.
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“It takes a lot of work and humility, and it requires that white people step aside,” says one of several artistic leaders who have done just that.
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Only 50 audience members apiece will be allowed to attend tent performances of “Godspell” and “Harry Clarke" in the Berkshires.
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The pandemic has darkened theaters around the country. So this summer, some are staging scenes in parks and fields for small groups of masked patrons.
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At issue: payment for media buying and marketing strategy for the Broadway revivals of “West Side Story” and “The Music Man.”
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The first professional musical staged in the United States since theater shut down is also a de facto public health experiment.
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A Barrington Stage Company production won the blessing of the actors’ union, but was unable to get permission from Massachusetts state officials.
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Calls for diversity grow louder, and there are shows in the pipeline. But many are being shepherded by newcomers, not the powerful industry regulars.
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The annual awards show for Off and Off Off Broadway theater was prerecorded and streamed after the coronavirus led to cancellation of a live ceremony.
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A 29-page document released this week amounts to a call for wholesale restructuring of the system, onstage and backstage, on Broadway and beyond.
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Theaters in the Berkshires are planning live shows, “Godspell” and “Harry Clarke,” with limited audiences and virus-related protocols in place. One will be indoors, and one outdoors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMThe Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
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The Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
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