HowlRound: Jonathan Mandell on the shifting definitions of “amateur”, “professional theater” and “theater professional.” “Given the economic reality, don’t we have to come up with a definition of ‘theater professional’ that doesn’t exclude people who make their living in other ways?” http://bit.ly/1I3Dytg
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Directors Are Too Scared To Make Theatre
THE STAGE: Phil Willmott writes why a new generation of directors is too scared to make theatre – “I’ve had people contacting me in tears for advice after being bullied by the very union they, like me, have always supported.” http://bit.ly/1Ii6aUY
Read More »L.A. Small Theater Hit ‘Louis & Keely’ Makes Comeback After Six Years
LA Times: L.A. small theater hit “Louis & Keely: Live at the Sahara” is back on its feet after a six-year interruption and is headed for the Geffen Playhouse and Laguna Playhouse this winter in what’s billed as a new production that includes Taylor Hackford as director and Vanessa Claire Stewart as pop singer Keely Smith. http://lat.ms/1JKFfAn
Read More »When a Man With a Gun Is Upset That You Slept With His Sister
L.A. Weekly: In Lyle Kessler’s The Great Divide, director David Fofi’s final production before departing the Elephant Stages, a father and two sons enmeshed in a lifetime of resentment and abuse replay their rancor in the presence of a one-armed psychopath and his sister. http://bit.ly/1N8z7Rs
Read More »Re: the “Re” in Theatre
American Theatre: Why do we spell it ‘theatre’? As with many questions of language, there’s a simple answer but not a ‘right’ one. http://bit.ly/1Jt3EGd
Read More »Caption Contest: The 99-Seat Debate Edition
AMERICAN THEATRE: Every month, American Theatre wants YOUR input. We post up a new cartoon and you, readers, are invited to write a caption to it. This month caption this image and win a copy of Young Jean Lee’s new play. http://bit.ly/1MfTgrp
Read More »Fringe Actors Lose Minimum Wage Case
BBC News: A group of actors lose an employment tribunal case after claiming they should be paid the minimum wage for appearing in a fringe theatre play. http://bbc.in/1KaIW3q
Read More »Netflix-Style Pricing Premieres at Local Theater
First, it took the sitcoms. Now the Netflix pay model is seeping into theater culture. Finally. Third Rail Repertory is the first Portland company pitching a monthly membership subscription pricing for its shows. http://bit.ly/1K8Wexx
Read More »Equity Wars: All’s Quiet on the Western Front
HuffPost: Maybe it’s the summer doldrums, but an uneasy quiet has settled in on the Western Front wars between Actors’ Equity and LA’s 99-seat theater movement. The hiatus is understandable, but still troubling. http://huff.to/1K2ACmm
Read More »We Asked Audiences to Set Their Own Price for Tickets
the Guardian: When was the last time you went to a new theatre show you knew nothing about? In a venue you had never been to before? Where you read the blurb, looked at the image and decided to buy tickets, despite having never heard of the company or the show, or read any reviews of it? ARC’s Pay What You Decide gets a 6 month trial. http://bit.ly/1HSW6Sc
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