Friday, March 16, 2018
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 04:23PMTuesday, November 28, 2017
Another 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 04:24PMTuesday, February 14, 2017
This 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 04:03PMFriday, June 17, 2016
After 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 12:45PMThursday, March 19, 2015
Let’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 11:50AMWednesday, June 18, 2014
(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 03:00AMThursday, June 12, 2014
It’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 05:10PMThursday, May 15, 2014
I 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 01:34PMWednesday, May 29, 2013
(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 09:50PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
(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 12:01PMMonday, March 25, 2013
Asking 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 12:38PMTuesday, September 18, 2012
Heroes. 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 06:51PMSunday, September 9, 2012
Do 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 07:02PMThursday, September 6, 2012
Are 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 01:40PMTuesday, August 28, 2012
I’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 11:50PMThursday, August 23, 2012
Welcome 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 05:20PMTuesday, July 17, 2012
This 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 09:00PMTuesday, June 5, 2012
I 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 01:43PMFriday, March 30, 2012
So 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 10:28AMFriday, March 23, 2012
As 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 07:54PMTuesday, March 20, 2012
There 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 05:46PMThursday, February 23, 2012
I 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 04:35PMMonday, January 23, 2012
Happiness 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 01:45PMFriday, November 18, 2011
What 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 09:06AMTuesday, November 15, 2011
Thanks 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 03:13PMWednesday, November 9, 2011
Over 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…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:54PMTuesday, October 4, 2011
It’s always nice to be on the same page as Polly Carl. If you haven’t read her latest HowlRound post, A Theater of YES!, go check it out. One reason I appreciate her train of tho…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:28PM 
