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From Screen To Stage With The Broadway Writer Of The Notebook

Adapting the rom-com classic for Broadway wasn’t simple. But playwright and TV writer Bekah Brunstetter knew how to write tight. “Every single second matters because you don’t want an audience going in there and noticing the book. It wants to be so effortlessly woven into the song.” - Slate

Climate Protesters Interrupt Broadway Play

The play: Enemy of the People. The protesters: Shouting “No theatre on a dead planet.” The actor: Jeremy Strong, who stayed in character. - The New York Times

Pasadena Playhouse’s First Latinx Commission In Its History

The playwright is Hollywood showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett (One Day at a Time, With Love). She says, "Latinos are 20% of the United States population, and still only 5% , and I can’t even imagine what the numbers are for theatre.” - MSN (Los Angeles Times)

As The Vancouver Fringe Fest Turns 40, It’s Searching For Help

Rising costs and a commitment to paying artists better, organizers say, are leaving the vital theatre festival in the red. And, they say, it’s not just Vancouver - theatre fests across the country need infusions of cash to survive. - CBC

Off-Broadway Stagehands Seem Ready To Sign Up With A Union

Specifically, some, or many, say they want to become part of IATSE - a stagehands and construction crew union across the country. Said the head of sound for the play Titanique, "There’s no reason why theatre can’t be something that we love to do and we can support ourselves doing it."- American Theatre

The Terrible Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience That Went Viral Is Becoming A Musical

Have we all been deeply punked? Was this the plan the whole time? Hm: "The show's lead producer, Richard Kraft, has assembled a team of writers and producers for the project titled Willy Fest: A Musical Parody.” - BBC

Change In Rules Opens Up Investment For West End Theatre

“This is a once in a generation transformational change that will ensure Britain remains the global capital of creativity,” stated composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber. - Forbes

National Theatre In London Is Planning A $160 Million Renovation

"(The project's) number-one priority will be to ‘support urgent infrastructure updates to the National Theatre building’. … This will free up the NT’s technical staff from constantly patching things up, allowing the creation of a new National Theatre Skills Centre, which will train over 5,000 technical staff a year." - Time Out London

VAULT Festival, London’s Largest Theatre Event, Is Shutting Down

Held in the vaults under Waterloo Station, the festival hosted hundreds of plays and comedy shows during the winter months and became an important launching pad for new talent. But the landlord has other plans for the location, and funding for a new venue fell through. - Time Out London

Why Theatre Resonates: What A 19th Century Ibsen Play Has To Say About Today

It would be challenging to find a 19th century drama that speaks as directly to our pandemic-scarred society as this one. - Los Angeles Times

Canada’s Shaw Festival Reports Both Record Revenue And Record Deficit

"The repertory theatre company, based in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., reported at its annual general meeting that cost escalations and attendance shortfalls led to it ending the fiscal year in the red, despite bringing in record operating revenues of $36.7-million thanks to its best fundraising efforts ever." - The Globe and Mail (Canada)

When This French Actress Had Trouble Landing Roles, She Made Her Own Play, And Her Own Way

"The production is testament to Blanc’s ability to forge a lasting career in a performance landscape that has often felt hostile to her. … last year, she became the first actress on the core syllabus for all French high school students studying theater." - The New York Times

The Thing New Actors Misunderstand About The Job

Acting coach Howard Fine says that acting is “incredibly tough,” and if it’s not your passion, you better step away. - Slate

Performance Space New York Goes With A Triple-Leader Model

In a performance arts space, why not have three women with an equal vote making major decisions - and figuring out how to fund performance art in a challenging time? - The New York Times

Theatre For A Complex, Multivocal Street In The Nation’s Capital City

“To be able to participate in this project is to not only get to learn more about history, but also to have an outlet for the grief that I feel." - American Theatre

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