He wrote last year on the website UnHerd that he had been “elected a non-person by the Left many years ago,” and added: “It’s uncomfortable, and it’s costly and sad to see the happy fields in which I played all those decades — Broadway, book publishing, TV and film — fold up and Hail Caesar, but there it is.” - The...
"While hardly a new genre, confessional theatre is unique in its focus on the true stories of its creators and its intimate insights into their personal lives. But why have we seen a wave of these theatre stories in recent years?" Writer Jo Pickup offers some explanations. - ArtsHub (Australia)
In all, the 31 productions reporting grosses took in a combined $28,329,869 for the week ending April 10, down a small 2% from the previous week. Attendance was 225,256, a tiny 1% drop. Average ticket price for all shows was $125.77. - Deadline
"Santoya Fields said it wasn't an illness that led to her being unable to take the stage; it was the impact of what she described as an unsafe workplace and a lack of organizational support." - The Washington Post
The revival of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley won seven awards, including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, and all four acting categories for musicals. The adaptation of Yann Martel's Life of Pi took five trophies: Best New Play, both male acting prizes and two design awards. - Playbill
Adding all those plays and musicals — 16 new productions plus three returning from hiatuses are opening over a five-week stretch — was always going to be a gamble, since no one knows, in this not-yet-post-pandemic era, whether there are enough tourists and theatergoing locals to sustain that many shows. - The New York Times
TikTok is a new frontier for investors and producers to find new works—and for creators to create and promote them—but it remains to be seen whether it can translate into a viable new model for live theater. - Fast Company
The musical, a high school adaptation of the Broadway show “Be More Chill,” was scheduled to run Thursday through Sunday, according to signs posted at the school. The signs advise “mature themes - parental guidance suggested.” - Modesto Bee
The late co-founder and longtime owner Mitzi Shore always envisioned the historic institution on L.A.’s Sunset Boulevard as an “artists colony,” a protected enclave where young talent could grow without worrying about money, consequently she mostly didn’t either. - Variety
"Blurring the lines between a walking tour and the theater, Chasing Andy Warhol sets off from New York's Astor Place Cube, with actors lying in wait with carefully positioned props. All throughout, a bewigged Warhol consistently eludes the audience and the play's tour guide." - Artnet
Artur Solomonov describes the mood in the Russian theaters in the wake of the invasion as “complete shock . . . the realization that our way of life has ended.” - Stage Raw
"Not only were narratives of sexual abuse – long regarded as too risky for commercial theatre audiences – being listened to, they were actively being sought out. ... But the fundamental changes that #MeToo promised have not been as meaningful or lasting as many in the industry hoped." - The Guardian
Theaters and art venues appeared to be one of the most fragile institutions with the war. Most of them stopped functioning and closed up with the first sound of the sirens. Many actors joined in territorial defense, some went into the army, many are volunteering. Almost all theaters ceased to exist. - Arts Fuse
"Because to write about anything, you have to declare something and I find that very hard to do. I do very much feel: 'Is my blue the same blue as your blue?' I have that about everything." - The Observer (UK)
Adapting Mockingbird for the stage, Sorkin knew Atticus shouldn't be an icon of rectitude. "I realized I didn't have to create a flaw for Atticus, that he already had one. It's just that it had been presented to us as a virtue." What was that flaw? - MSN (The Boston Globe)
