http://www.artsjournal.com/theatre.shtml Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:12:01 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "Livent's top finance executive kept meticulous records of all the millions of dollars in improperly recorded expenses at the company because he believed that co-founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb would deny they knew anything about them in the future, a court heard today."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/livent_trial_ex.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/livent_trial_ex.shtml theatre Thu, 15 May 2008 18:50:56 -0800 "The museum proposal, scheduled to be voted on Thursday by the Chicago Plan Commission, now resembles a private office building wearing a toupee. The toupee to which I refer is a planted roof meant to suggest that the buried museum would fit seamlessly into Grant Park."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicago_childre_1.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicago_childre_1.shtml theatre Thu, 15 May 2008 18:37:41 -0800 "Small theatres have always struggled to acquire and maintain space, but the problem has gotten worse during the real estate boom in large urban areas (the current home-mortgage crisis notwithstanding)."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/little_theatres.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/little_theatres.shtml theatre Thu, 15 May 2008 18:34:34 -0800 "An Ontario Superior Court judge has sealed affidavits in the bid by Aubrey Dan's Dancap Productions to block the sale of Toronto's Canon and Panasonic theatres to rival stage producer David Mirvish... Dancap has sued, arguing that the sale breaches prior undertakings Key Brand had made to Dan."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/records_sealed.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/records_sealed.shtml theatre Thu, 15 May 2008 06:35:54 -0800 Chicago's North Side is getting a stately new theatre, as investors have purchased a classical revival-style building with plans to convert it into an arts center which will become home to the Porchlight Music Theatre troupe."The interior of the building... will be designed by Chicago architect John Morris, whose local projects have included the Steppenwolf, Lookingglass and Raven theaters."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicago_theatre_8.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicago_theatre_8.shtml theatre Thu, 15 May 2008 05:57:42 -0800 Members of Britain's House of Lords say that "deteriorating West End theatres should be given the same tax breaks as historic churches to prevent them from falling into disrepair and becoming financially unviable.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/help_for_decrep.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/help_for_decrep.shtml theatre Wed, 14 May 2008 19:05:26 -0800 "Livent founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb ordered their employees to falsify financial statements to boost the bottom line and attract investors for their once powerful theatre production company, says a former top executive."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/livent_trial_wi.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/livent_trial_wi.shtml theatre Wed, 14 May 2008 18:58:10 -0800 Among the notable snubs in this year's Tony nominations (Mel Brooks, Disney, etc.) is Broadway veteran Harvey Fierstein. "The nominators appeared to go out of their way to ignore Fierstein's A Catered Affair, about a working-class couple struggling to make ends meet while planning a fancy wedding for their daughter."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/tonys_turn_on_h.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/tonys_turn_on_h.shtml theatre Wed, 14 May 2008 06:41:38 -0800 "The Tony nominations are in, and it would be difficult to come up with a season that presented a clearer portrait of where Broadway is headed and where it has been." From a hip-hop musical to an acclaimed play penned by a writer new to Broadway, the nominations have a decidedly transitional feel.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/an_unusual_year.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/an_unusual_year.shtml theatre Wed, 14 May 2008 06:14:31 -0800 "Critics wondered whether the company could really make a go of it on Navy Pier, known for its Ferris wheel, fried food and shorts-clad tourists -- not exactly an atmosphere conducive to drawing the typical theater crowd. It succeeded, however, by focusing on a varied schedule that includes everything from the bard's classics to family-friendly fare to performances by visiting international troupes."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicago_shakesp.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicago_shakesp.shtml theatre Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:20 -0800 "Really Useful Holdings Limited - the parent organisation for Lloyd Webber's companies including the Really Useful Group, which operates his theatres and owns the copyrights to his musicals - has reported a total operating profit of £21.9 million, thanks in part to strong production income from copyright and rights exploitation as well as strong trading results from the theatres."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/andrew_lloyd_we_1.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/andrew_lloyd_we_1.shtml theatre Tue, 13 May 2008 18:35:57 -0800 "Seaside Music Theater, a professional-theater mainstay in Daytona Beach for 30 years, has canceled its five-show summer season -- a victim of the ongoing battle between the Daytona Beach News-Journal, its biggest patron, and Cox Enterprises of Atlanta, the News-Journal's Atlanta-based corporate partner."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/florida_theatre_1.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/florida_theatre_1.shtml theatre Tue, 13 May 2008 10:53:06 -0800 And "to no one's surprise, Tracy Letts's ambitious prizefight of a family drama, August: Osage County, was the leader among the new plays, with seven nominations (a robust haul for a play), picking up three acting nods and one for its director Anna D. Shapiro."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/raphiphopsalsa.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/raphiphopsalsa.shtml theatre Tue, 13 May 2008 07:45:36 -0800 A witness tells the court that Livent officials ordered the men to charge "what has been claimed as up to $1.7 million on their personal credit cards to purchase tickets for the Los Angeles run of Ragtime. This was done, the Crown Attorney claimed, not only to paint an exaggerated portrait of the show's success, but also to increase the amount of fixed assets on the Livent balance sheet."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/livent_trial_co.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/livent_trial_co.shtml theatre Tue, 13 May 2008 07:17:35 -0800 "Robin Gibb said the project was already in the pipeline and could be on stage in the next 12-16 months."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/next_jukebox_sh.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/next_jukebox_sh.shtml theatre Mon, 12 May 2008 19:00:59 -0800 Lincoln Center's revival of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific and Tracy Letts' August: Osage County topped the list of honorees at the Outer Critics Circle Awards Sunday night.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/outer_circle_cr.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/outer_circle_cr.shtml theatre Mon, 12 May 2008 18:57:42 -0800 Adrian Bailey, 51, was taken from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, the Fire Department said. The Broadway veteran was being treated at Bellevue Hospital Center.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/broadway_mermai_2.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/broadway_mermai_2.shtml theatre Mon, 12 May 2008 17:38:54 -0800 "The difficulty for commercial theatre owners is that such expenditure yields no economic benefit in terms of the operational viability of their buildings. Not one more seat becomes available for sale as a result. Indeed, improving the audience experience whilst retaining the architectural qualities of the building normally means losing seats, which commercial theatres can ill afford to do."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/andrew_lloyd_we.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/andrew_lloyd_we.shtml theatre Thu, 08 May 2008 19:30:07 -0800 She's hosted the Oscars four times. "The 62nd annual Tonys, which honor the best of the 2007-08 Broadway season, will be broadcast live 8-11 p.m. EDT on CBS."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/whoopi_goldberg.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/whoopi_goldberg.shtml theatre Thu, 08 May 2008 19:22:06 -0800 CBS' flagship affiliate in New York has "nixed a musical number from Broadway tuner "Passing Strange" from its pre-Tony special after the net's standards and practices department declared the song We Just Had Sex inappropriate for broadcast."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/song_banned_fro.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/song_banned_fro.shtml theatre Thu, 08 May 2008 19:08:32 -0800 "About Face Theatre is expected to announce Thursday that Bonnie Metzgar will be the new artistic director of the company. And the Chicago theater scene will have snagged another new recruit of national stature, especially in the field of new plays."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicagos_about.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/chicagos_about.shtml theatre Thu, 08 May 2008 06:48:30 -0800 You've probably seen the Dove soap company's "Campaign for Real Beauty," featuring everyday women posed like models. But would you recognize it as a play? A Toronto playwright has accepted a commission from the company, and insists that the resulting stage work has nothing to do with selling soap.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/when_the_sponso.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/when_the_sponso.shtml theatre Thu, 08 May 2008 06:40:28 -0800 "Claiming conspiracy, fraud, a breach of the Competition Act and irreparable harm, Toronto theatre impresario Aubrey Dan is seeking an injunction to block the sale of the Canon and Panasonic Theatres to his downtown rival, David Mirvish."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/one_toronto_the.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/one_toronto_the.shtml theatre Wed, 07 May 2008 18:16:24 -0800 "The theatre, TV and film industries would dwindle away without a steady flow of versatile young recruits - but that's the likely effect of the cutbacks troubling Scotland's two leading drama schools. It's a damning reflection of how the education system has become preoccupied with economics instead of learning."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/cuts_in_theatre.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/cuts_in_theatre.shtml theatre Wed, 07 May 2008 17:16:24 -0800 Glory Days has closed after just one performance on Broadway. "Sadly, given the overnight reviews and our low advance sales, we believe it is prudent to close the show on Broadway immediately.'' The show had received promising, if not adulatory, reviews during its debut earlier this season at the Arlington, Virginia- based Signature Theatre.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/show_closes_aft.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2008/05/show_closes_aft.shtml theatre Wed, 07 May 2008 17:09:30 -0800