“When I did it before, nobody was really explicitly saying the opposite of what I was saying. I was attacking implicit assumptions, unthought-through assumptions that people seemed to have. Now I’m attacking open declarations that people are making very publicly.” - Slate (MSN)
The Todd Haimes Theatre is one of five spaces owned by Roundabout, including Studio 54 and the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway. The current production of “Fallen Angels” will mark its official opening on April 19, and will run in a limited engagement through June 7. - Broadway News
Between his roles as producer, co-playwright, and star of Good Night, and Good Luck, about CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow, Clooney himself took in an estimated $9 million (if not more) for the 13-week run of the production, which grossed $48 million. - Broadway Journal
“Matt Stone and Trey Parker, having grown up around church members in Colorado, did not want to make fun of them or their religion. ‘They believe goofy stuff, but they’re really nice,’ Parker said.’" Yet, wonders Jesse Green, could the show get produced these days? - The New York Times
The playwright’s handwritten notes, stage directions and edits made during rehearsals for the play’s world premiere contain some telling and even surprising details. “Sometimes,” says Mantello, “it’s just a little clue that lodges itself in your brain.” - The New York Times
“A week after boos rained down in a ceremony honoring Chicago’s top storefront theater companies, the Joseph Jefferson Awards — known as ‘the Jeffs’ — are facing backlash. … The looming questions underneath all of the recent blowback: Are the Jeff Awards broken? After over a half-century in operation, what purpose do they serve today?” - WBEZ (Chicago)
“Even the fact that audiences were made up of Black and white South Africans mingling together was unheard of in a city where the law separated areas and people by race.” - NPR
“A narrative poem full of sex, drugs and violence, it tells the story of a crazy gathering hosted by a beautiful vaudeville singer named Queenie and her crass clown performer boyfriend, Burrs. The poem’s jazzy syncopated rhythms make it as lively and unpredictable as the action.” - The New York Times
“'There’s nobody I’d rather go to battle with,’ Bernthal said fervently of his co-star. And ‘if we do go down,’ Moss-Bachrach said, laughing, ‘it’ll be spectacular.’” - The New York Times
To celebrate, theatre makers give video messages. Willem Dafoe (a founding member of the Wooster Group) in his message: “Our challenge as theatre-makers is to avoid the corruption of theatre solely as a commercial enterprise dedicated to entertain as distraction.” - American Theatre
West End theater tickets are regularly less expensive than on Broadway, even for the same shows. Last year, the average West End ticket price was about $81, while last season the average Broadway ticket price was roughly $129. - The New York Times
Meredith McDonough, formerly associate artistic director at Actors Theatre of Louisville and, before that, director of new works at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, takes the helm at the Providence company as of August 3. - The Providence Journal
At the moment, theatre companies undertake a range of sustainability practices, including reusing set pieces in different shows and ethically sourcing and constructing sets. -ArtsHub
“’We were never notified,’ said Monifa Days, co-founding ensemble member (of Congo Square Theatre Company). ‘Our lawyers were never notified. How we found out was we would just do searches in the state’s database about where our status was ... and that’s how we found out.’” - WBEZ (Chicago)
