“His work is more than just a collection of songs. It’s art. It’s a puzzle. It’s a playground. It’s revered text.”

“This Thanksgiving season, I encourage you to find gratitude within the grind. Remember why we missed these rehearsal rooms so much when we weren’t allowed to be in them. Remember the passion that led us to the theatre in the first place.”

“Today, November 19th, students at Maryville High School in Maryville, MO were supposed to continue the weekend run of their Fall musical, Legally Blonde. However, just one day before they were set to open, school administrators stepped in to postpone the show over content which one of them thought was inappropriate.”

“With additional allegations of sexual abuse being brought forward against costume designer William Ivey Long, it seems that certain Broadway entities are taking action, even if ever so quietly.”

“As many of us prepare to return to in-person theatre, there’s been an emphasis on safety like never before. While COVID precautions are vital, we must also take precautions to keep our casts safe from dangerous people. Simply put, predators appear anywhere people gather. But over time I’ve found person after person who somehow thinks that we theatremakers are immune from incidents happening in our communities. The truth is, we’re not.”

“So, coming out of a shutdown, should local theatres be looking to do more of Suzan-Lori Parks’ work or Neil Simon’s? Is this the time to be bold and reinvent? Or should community theatres try to fill as many seats as possible by doing beloved “chestnuts” and worry about boldness for a later time?”

“Actors can have boundaries about where they want to be touched and still tell the story. The entire production team needs to think about boundaries if we are going to have a more humane profession.'“

"Guy Sanville, the artistic director of the Purple Rose, is stepping down according to a letter that the Purple Rose sent out to donors on Friday.

Sanville was the subject of a 7-part report this week here at OnStage Blog which detailed allegations of abuse dating back decades.”

“The Purple Rose Theater Company, which has been accused of multiple forms of abuse and operating a toxic environment, has been making several changes in the past 20 months—and they say many started before that.”

“The Purple Rose Theatre, a resident Equity company in Chelsea, Michigan founded by Jeff Daniels, has been accused of fostering an unsafe work environment that does not recognize boundaries and mocks the idea of needing an intimacy professional. Meanwhile, artists have said they were forced into situations that were uncomfortable or had to observe incidents that crossed boundaries, in particular for female-presenting or LGBTQ+ artists.”

“In the complaints lodged against the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, MI, a regional Equity house founded by actor Jeff Daniels and run by Guy Sanville, many artists have said it was made very clear that LGBTQ+ actors are not welcome there.”

“On a recent Stephen Colbert episode, Purple Rose owner Jeff Daniels mentioned George Floyd and said that white America has to do better about issues of race. It was an episode that had many people seething because they felt he was not taking care of race-related issues in the Chelsea, Michigan theater he founded, The Purple Rose.”