The Stage Newspaper published an article last year about how actors can "ingratiate" themselves with stage managers. The whole article was unnecessary and should never have been printed in the first place. It has received widespread criticism from the stage management community here in the UK and further afield.

So why was it so offensive?

I’m a college senior on the verge of graduation this spring. I honestly didn’t get cast very often. I spent a lot of my time behind the scenes because theatre makes me happy whether I’m front and center or backstage.  No matter what I always did my best to make my contribution to the show and the department was my best effort.

Seeing a Broadway show can be expensive. This isn't exactly a mystery. With the costs of producing these shows, ticket prices surely are on the rise. Also, with the emergence of the third party buying/selling, it's not rare to see tickets for shows like Hamilton, Dear Even Hansen and Hello Dolly! reach close to $1,000 for two tickets. With mega-spectacle shows on the way like Frozen, this trend of raising ticket prices isn't going to end anytime soon. 

A Day 1 Recap of BroadwayCon from our Missouri writer, Erin Karll!

Here at OnStage Blog, we spend months compiling, researching and comparing college theatre programs to come up with what we feel are the very best colleges in the country. While names like Tisch, Juilliard, Emerson and Baldwin Wallace get plenty of attention, there are a ton of schools out there with incredible programs that deserve more. 

So we wanted to highlight some of these underrated programs. Whether they are programs that have amazing facilities and curriculum or have a ton of value when it comes to their cost, these are schools that are doing tremendous things in theatre that might not be known on a national level. 

If I had a penny for every time I’d heard that phrase, I’d never need to bother finding a “proper career”…

If you’ll permit me, I’d like to have a little rant about something. Acting is one of my main passions and has been for quite some time but, as a student, I have often been asked to consider a “more sustainable career path”.

Sometimes, we need it to be proven and reminded that our loftiest dreams and ambitions are more within our reach than we realize. I was able to be a witness to this fact while attending a Broadway masterclass held a couple of months ago here at Stockton University with Krysta Rodriguez and Alexander Sage Oyen. Having been reached out to by Stockton's assistant professor of theatre, David Reiser, both Rodriguez and Oyen shared their insight and experiences in their work within the professional world of theatre. 

A celebration of Leonard Bernstein's life and legacy is currently on display at the New York Public Library For the Performing Arts in Lincoln Center, and the details and artifacts great and small make it must see for anyone serious about music or theatre.

Personally, I love it when a college tries to make the most of the resources it has to create the best theatre program possible. Whether it's through bold show choices, updating facilities, or hiring a more diverse faculty, anytime a theatre program tries to better itself, it's a win. 

Except when they try to over-extend and becomes something they're not. 

There’s something happening in the New York theatre right now.  Something so deliciously indulgent, so wonderfully hysterical, so ridiculous, so sexy, so generous to its audiences, such a joy on every visceral level, that I won’t even attempt to break it down in any meaningful manner.