Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: The Musical? by Leonard Jacobs

The Brick Theater is so brilliant it just terrifies me.Here's an announcement that the entire New York City theater community should applaud -- in advance.The Brick Theater, Inc.presents...

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The 20Under40 Interview Series, Part 4: Ann Gregg by Leonard Jacobs

In the first three installments of the CFR's chapter-by-chapter coverage of the new anthology 20Under40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century, I:engaged in a spirite…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I’ve Never Been Asked: Andrew Grosso and Michael Musto by Leonard Jacobs

The idea that any high school group of any kind or nature could win anything 17 times strikes me as creepy, stalky and possibly diabetic. Then again, not if you have an angle -- which Andrew…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Considering Arts Advocacy Around the World by Leonard Jacobs

A hat tip the size of a homburg -- heck, make it a stovepipe -- goes out to Judith H. Dobrzynski of the Real Clear Arts blog for writing about a study from the International Federation of Ar…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Entertation Index, Oct. 4-8: Inside the Lindsay Institute by Leonard Jacobs

The Clyde Fitch Report is pleased to introduce and welcome The Brown Tweed Society, created by Matt Shorr and C.M. Tomlin, to its family of contributors.Each week, the CFR will publish a co.…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

NYC’s Town Hall Unveils 90th Anniversary Essay Contest by Leonard Jacobs

It's a sweet idea and I'm certainly happy to promote it. Got essay? Sure you do. Start writing!Er, I mean, with all due respect, it is a little odd to limit the entrants to the contest to th…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Here Are Five Ways You Can Honor National Arts and Humanities Month by Leonard Jacobs

It might be the 12th day of the 10th month of 2010 -- meaning I'm 12 days past due to post this -- but 19 days remain in National Arts and Humanities month, which means 19 days remain to act…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Ohio Theatre Resurrected by Leonard Jacobs

Without a doubt, the resurrection of the Ohio Theatre is a very positive development for the Off- and Off-Off-Broadway community.And despite the fact that I denounced -- well, really, reprim…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Arts Advocacy Update 150: Brewtown Bragging Rights by Leonard Jacobs

The content below is from Americans for the Arts' Arts Watch email blast of Oct. 5, 2010. (Subscribe to it here.)The expressions, opinions and/or comments in italics following each story hig…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Era of Live-Streaming Live Theater Has Arrived by Leonard Jacobs

There's no question it will be theater: Joey Brenneman's play Better Left Unsaid will feature live actors on a real stage playing characters and unfurling a plot before a living, breathing a…

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Of Course, Joshua Conkel’s Right: Theatre Is Stratified by Class by Leonard Jacobs

A big, steamy tempest in a gilded, pinky-raising teapot has been stirred up by playwright Joshua Conkel on the blog of the theater company Youngblood -- big enough, apparently, to be anointe…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Performing Arts & Arts Policy Town Hall Set for March 21 by Leonard Jacobs

David Pincus, chair of the Theater Task Force at Manhattan Community Board 4 (among his many titles), will someday need to stand up and bask in the applause of the New York City arts infra…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Shipoopi: Some Thoughts on Two Meredith Willson Memoirs by Leonard Jacobs

Who wouldn't have liked Meredith Willson (1902-84)? Two of his autobiographical volumes, And There I Stood With My Piccolo (1948) and "But He Doesn't Know the Territory" (1959), long out of …

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Arts Advocacy Update 152: Saving the Colonial (Theatre) Spirit by Leonard Jacobs

The content below is from Americans for the Arts' Arts Watch email blast of Oct. 26, 2010. (Subscribe to it here.) Expressions, opinions and/or comments in italics following each story highl…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Bucks County Playhouse Could Reach Auction Block by Leonard Jacobs

Anyone have more information on the Bucks County Playhouse possibly heading for the auction block?The story, which you can read in full by clicking on the link above, comes from the Bucks Lo…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Entertation Index, Nov. 1-5: Justin Long Doesn’t Mean a Pants Size by Leonard Jacobs

Each week, the CFR publishes a condensed, best-of-the-best version of The Brown Tweed Society's acclaimed Entertation Index.It compiles the best dish, gossip and celebrity news filtered via …

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“Kill the NEA”? With GOP Eyeing Big Cuts, Will It Happen? by Leonard Jacobs

You won't be happy with what I'm writing in this post.Even before the Republican Party takes over the House of Representatives with their biggest majority since Herbert Hoover's shirt collar…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Susan Stroman Is White! A ‘Scottsboro Boys’ Observation by Leonard Jacobs

I'd like to make an observation. It concerns the Broadway musical The Scottsboro Boys tangentially but critically. I ask that you tolerate my brief digression, for I promise to return to the…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

How Many NY Arts Advocacy Groups Do We Need? Why Not Many? by Leonard Jacobs

The list of widely recognized arts advocacy organizations in New York includes, but may not be limited to, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York City Arts Coalition, Volunteer Lawyers f…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Truth About the Truth About the Provincetown Playhouse by Leonard Jacobs

The last mention of the Provincetown Playhouse on this site was June 9, 2010. Not that the saga surrounding the storied, iconic Greenwich Village theater, owned by New York University's Sch…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

More for AOL: “Manson: The Musical” and “La Bete” by Leonard Jacobs

Two more stories for AOL's recently launched City's Best. The first one is on the Off-Off-Broadway revival of Manson: The Musical: If anything can be a musical ("The Origin of Species" anyon…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I’ve Never Been Asked: Susan Yankowitz and Madame P. by Leonard Jacobs

Before I type, write, think or shed another word, I have to apologize to playwright Susan Yankowitz. Let me explain.[caption id="attachment_9036" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

For AOL: Features on “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Photograph 51″ by Leonard Jacobs

Two new stories for AOL's recently launched City's Best. The first one is on the Broadway revival of Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy, starring Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones:Daisy We…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

For Huffington Post: Ensnaring Critics in the ‘Spider-Man’ Web by Leonard Jacobs

Below you will find my latest essay for the Huffington Post.It was written (last weekend, I should note) in reaction to the debate over theater critics "pre-reviewing" Spider-Man: Turn Off t…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

David Snead vs. Legendary Playwright August Wilson by Leonard Jacobs

Lord, have mercy, here we go again.In the good name of stopping the spread of hate, someone is spreading a bad disease called censorship.As if our cherished First Amendment wasn't facing eno…

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑