149 stories by "Leonard Jacobs"
The following excerpted press release, below, is courtesy of publicist Dale Heller.It's certainly a swell and all-too-rare opportunity and I hope y'all will spread the word and that the fell…
I pulled out what's left of my hair mulling a recent event I attended, called "The Wicked Women of Off-Broadway." It took place Sun., Oct. 3 at the Snapple Theater Center, the latest in a se…
Two announcements this past week could well shake up the known geopolitical universe.Or at least shake up the Broadway commercial theater industry.Or at least give it some pause.Or perhaps...
There is nothing but abundant good news in this statement released yesterday by the Mayor's office and excerpted below. Yes, you read the headline correctly: Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Paterson a…
The fundraising, casting and pre-production organizing involved in the groundbreaking live-streaming live theater production I posted about last week -- Joey Brenneman's Better Left Unsaid -…
The content below is from Americans for the Arts' Arts Watch email blast of Dec. 8, 2010. (Subscribe to it here.) Expressions, opinions and/or comments in italics following each story highli…
Her name is Phyllis Somerville. And if it isn't immediately familiar to you, take a moment and study the face. Yep, that's right: She plays the role of Marlene on Showtime's deliciously seri…
This announcement comes courtesy of an email today from Susan Brady, an archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.The American Society for Theatre Researc…
Remember when we told you that Marx Brothers Place is going to the dogs? We weren't kidding.But just to reiterate:The supporters of the effort to create Marx Brothers Place -- a stretch of …
Long before there were studies, theories, rabble-rousing, fretting, blogging, grousing, cheering and funding, there was Ensemble Studio Theatre. It was founded by the late Curt Dempster, acc…
"...put down the cigarette and let's dance."
"It takes a special person (or masochist) to self-select this job..."
You heard about that auction where a Cezanne or a Picasso or a Klimt was auctioned off for hundreds of millions of dollars, and you think to yourself: How exciting would it have been to be t…
A mashup of fact with fiction (and marketing).
The same irascible and infuriating CFR: the nexus of arts and politics.
Dear Readers:
On Jan. 11, 2011, I received an offer to become Director, Cultural Institutions Unit, at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. I have accepted the offer. My first …
I'm not an actor, heaven knows, but I did work as an editor and reporter at Back Stage, the trade publication and website for actors, for the better part of 10 years (freelance and full-time…
I am really proud to recommend this new play by my dear friend, Donna Fiumano-Farley, to all of you.
I met Donna some years ago when we were in the master's theater program together at Hunt…
And dish on Chris Brown, Duran Duran, Lady Gaga, Rob Lowe, Taylor Swift and Justica Timberbiel
"Daniel Radcliffe is to be honored by the Trevor Project for his work with the organization to prevent LGBTQ youth suicides."
That's great.
But I've had a nagging thought about this announ…
The content below is from Americans for the Arts' Arts Watch email blasts of March 2011 (subscribe to it here).
Expressions, opinions and/or comments in italics following each story highl…
Embodying a cinematic style of "shadowy expressiveness."
The privileged often do excellent work. It's easier when you're not working to pay your bills.
All these orgs support a proposal for a property tax abatement for NYC nonprofit performing arts.
