"The eight films, which feature some of the UK's top performers, will receive their premiere screenings at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, the city in Kent where the writer was born. The viewings, between 16-24 August, will mark the 460th anniversary of Marlowe's birth." - BBC
The one-act by American writer Joshua Kaplan, titled TERF, doesn't premiere until next month at the Edinburgh Fringe, yet right-wing media on both sides of the Atlantic have attacked it — sight unseen — as hostile to Rowling, a well-known critic of alleged excesses of the trans rights movement. - The Hollywood Reporter
BAD exists for actors who’ve been shut out of roles for being insufficiently white, thin or cisgender, who’ve not felt welcome in audition rooms because of a physical disability, neuro-atypicality or any other aspect of their identity. Here, they’re not relegated to the margins of the chorus line. They play heroes, love interests and ingenues. - San Francisco Chronicle
Stéphane Capron from radio station France Inter filed a defamation claim against Spanish actor-director Angélica Liddell after she read one of his reviews aloud, called him a cabrón, told him and other critics to "face your own vileness," and mooned the audience from the stage at the Avignon Festival. - The Guardian
As was the original plan with Hamilton, and as happened with Here Lies Love, The Who's Tommy, and Evita, the show — an adaptation of the 1979 film and 1965 novel about a gang falsely accused of murdering a rival — will take shape first as a concept album. - Bloomberg (MSN)
It’s not just fans who are angry. Theatre’s biggest stars regularly rail against high ticket prices, even though they help pay their salaries. - The Guardian
Their convergence at the Public in the mid-2010s would resonate as far more than happy memories: Now each of them has become a Woman With Power, in a beleaguered field in vital need of new inspiration. - The New York Times
Prosecutors charged director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk over their 2021 play Finist the Brave Falcon, a cautionary tale about Russian women who were lured to marry ISIS militants in Syria and imprisoned upon returning to Russia. The production won two Golden Masks, Russia's highest theatre awards. - BBC
"The Biennale’s theater department was founded in 1934, following the establishment of its art, music and cinema branches. Its previous directors include Renato Simoni, Luca Ronconi, Franco Quadri, Carmelo Bene and Lluís Pasqual, and it is programmed yearly alongside major cultural events like the Venice Film Festival." - Variety
As the first week of the festival unfolded, the spotlight shone repeatedly on amateurs and artists from countries rarely represented on the biggest European stages. - The New York Times
Thus, the audience at the Old Vic got to watch - or hear - the penalty shootout (and its good result for England’s men’s team) before the play began. - BBC
Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!’s creator and star, “has been a revered cult figure in the comedy and New York cabaret scenes for more than 15 years. But they’ve never come close to such exposure.” - Washington Post
The front of house folks and stagehands would like to have a word - perhaps a few words. So far, no one has even asked them what they think. - Oregon ArtsWatch
The reset “is the time before a show when the theatre becomes a hive of backstage buzz, as cast and crew ensure everything is in order before the audience take their seats.” One photographer described it as “pretty bonkers.” - The Observer (UK)
