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After Racist Comments, Shane Gillis Should Never Set Foot on 'SNL' Stage
“Saturday Night Live needs to cut Shane Gillis before he gets a chance to make 30 Rock his home.”
Fat Accessibility in Theatre
“Fat accessibility has a long way to go across the world, but there’s no reason it couldn’t begin with theatre.”
Recent Arrests Prove that Predators are Active in the Performing Arts
“If anything, these arrests tell us that sexual predators are active in this industry and using it to lure their victims.”
The Top 30 College Dance Programs for 2019-2020
Thankfully, a number of colleges in this country offer outstanding and innovative dance programs for perspective students. Here are 30 that we feel are the best.
End Post Play Preaching
You’ve probably seen it: at the end of a play about some kind of tragedy, every character in the play starts interlocking monologues that individually paint their own pictures but which add up to a bigger picture, and the audience is often forced to move their heads around like their watching the worst game of tennis ever. I can see why playwrights would do this, but I think it is hurting plays.
Chicago Show Cancelled After Director Banned from Opening Over Abuse Allegations
A Chicago based theatre company has cancelled an upcoming production after the show’s director was banned over alleged abuse
A Case for Critics
Critiquing art isn’t about tearing it down or throwing blanket support, it’s about holding art to a higher standard. Good, honest criticism comes from a place of desire for understanding and pushing the piece of art forward.
It’s Labor Day, Lets Give Non Equity a Chance
So do me a favor if you are a casting director or someone who is running auditions. If you see our resume and you see that we are a non-Equity member. Please don’t dismiss us. Just because we don’t have a card yet doesn’t mean anything.
Why You Should Boo Amar Ramasar in the "West Side Story" Revival
When Amar Ramasar takes his first bows as Bernardo, it will have been just a year and a half since he was fired from the New York City Ballet for sharing nude photos of female company members without their knowledge or consent. Yet, in typical professional theatre industry fashion, the powers-that-be decided to overlook egregious behavior and declare that talent trumps unethical behavior, no matter how vile.
So when Ramasar takes his first bows, I encourage you to give him the reception he deserves - boo him.
The Argentinian Prostitute Play: An untold story of the sex trade in 1920’s Buenos Aires
The Argentinian Prostitute Play puts an unknown, female-driven story on an off-Broadway stage. It is a complex immigrant story, a feminist story, and one where women escape their male oppressor in a time where their independence is difficult to grasp on to.
Exploring "The Rainmaker" Through a "What The Constitution Means to Me" Lens
It is more important than ever before that we continue to have strong females on the stage, as directors and on creative teams in the theatre.
Dance On, Prince George
All men, women, gender-fluid and gender non-conforming people alike should feel comfortable expressing themselves any way they'd like, primarily through dance.