Sunday, June 28, 2015
“The violence in Greek tragedies is a form of therapy and education for the audiences both then and now, Doerries argues, a communal response to suffering. The violence in many of the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:45AMMonday, June 22, 2015
“A plan to stage an American theater company’s gay-themed play in Moscow, with support from the United States government, has stalled amid tensions between the two nations and at a t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AMSunday, June 21, 2015
“It could be a way to grow audiences, possibly across the commercial and subsidised sector, the big subsidised houses and smaller venues, for the benefit of all.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:00PM“There might be some Elgar, there might be some jazz of the periods. Some of the actors will likely recite. We’ll have a screen. We may have the music live to several scenes. Julian …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:45AM“Life is rife with lack of understanding, lack of tolerance, and a persistent impatience that has become a part of our everyday lives. The campaign against independent theatre companie…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMMonday, June 15, 2015
“We’ve been looking at other models for making political theatre. We’ve found that devised theatre, collaboratively made over an intense period of four to five weeks, gives us a ch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:15AM“If by ‘loser’ you’re referring to a man who is greeted eight times a week by a thousand people who stand as one, applauding until their hands are raw, cheering until the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AMSunday, June 14, 2015
“Might [race] be erased, no longer an issue between the two men – or for the audience, who just get to watch two top-drawer actors? Or might it be highlighted, even encouraging us to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00PM“The idea of a mirth-maker being granted a title was preposterous. No entertainer ever received a knighthood before the actor Henry Irving in 1895.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:15PM“Any good sound designer understands that technology is making our jobs more fulfilling and manageable. But it is also making it easy for noncollaborative design to emerge. Anyone can,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMMonday, June 8, 2015
“Anyone who makes things knows — you always go into it naive. You wouldn’t do it if you knew what was going to happen to you; you are transformed by it. In that deep imagining, in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM“The victory came at the end of Broadway’s biggest night, and suggested Tony voters were in an artistic mood this year, choosing ambitious, sophisticated productions over more conven…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:10AMSunday, June 7, 2015
“The Tony Awards really need kids. If the Theater Wing could find a way to give kids a routing interest by getting more of them in to see these wildly overpriced productions (I know, i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:30PM“Despite the Encuentro’s diverse programming, which featured 15 plays from the four corners and Puerto Rico, no Texas-based theatre companies were represented. On the surface, this c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:30PMWho will triumph tonight?
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:01PM“To pass the time, the actors performed impromptu renditions of ‘The Circle of Life’ and ‘Arabian Nights, and [Tony winner James Monroe] Iglehart dropped an impressiv…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMMonday, June 1, 2015
“A lot of the verbally abusive stuff that Hedwig slings at Yitzhak has become, for lack of a better word — or perhaps it’s the best word to use — darker. It feels close to ho…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:20AMSunday, May 31, 2015
“Inside my head, they are whirls and blurs of energy in a show that never sleeps, where even in the small hours the blood runs down the walls. I construct the scenery and source the pr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:15PM“Perhaps what we don’t talk about enough is the pleasure of theatre, how it makes us feel, and why those of us who go frequently love it so much.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:15AMMonday, May 25, 2015
“The poison of a bad review is not the public shame, although that doesn’t feel great. And it’s not the fact that an expert believes you may be an untalented writer or a ho…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00PMSunday, May 24, 2015
“When most audience members watch Wong perform, on the set of ‘Is It True?’ or at one of his theater shows, they’re not just seeing him for the first time: It’s their f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:30PMMonday, May 18, 2015
“This was so fraught with emotion. There was so much investment in all of the work that had gone into both companies. The name needed to reflect what was mutually fertile.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:45AMSunday, May 17, 2015
“When people are trying to save money, if you don’t force them out of that situation they’re going to choose free actors every time.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:45PM“These stars are just the latest wave of big-name actors to appear on the London stage, which can burnish an already glowing reputation, reboot a career or simply provide a challenge l…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AMMonday, May 11, 2015
“After decades of stability and growth, Shakespeare & Company has — in the last seven months alone — exiled an artistic director and lost an executive director before his firs…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMSunday, May 10, 2015
“Many audience members didn’t take a class in how to give constructive criticism. Add to that the complete lack of self-awareness, a tendency towards jaw jacking, and an almost manic…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AMMonday, May 4, 2015
“There’s no doubt that Rice will have respect for Shakespeare, but she is unlikely to be over-awed or cowed by the performance history of the plays. That can only be a good thing, pa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM“My mom kept sayin, ‘You know, you could do community theatre if you’re a dentist in the day, because then you could make your own schedule.'”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMSunday, May 3, 2015
“Here in the Cage we believe that making theatre is like making a child: If you want to be truly successful, you need more than just a penis.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:30PM“If others can relate to this story, maybe they will begin to dream about peace on Earth, a planet where no child suffers unnecessarily from a war for greed, or a mania for power. It c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:15AMTuesday, April 28, 2015
“What the latest research demonstrates is how little progress has been made in the last 10 years on gender and play production. A decade ago, 30% of new plays produced in UK theatres w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:10AM 
