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Katonah Classic Stage kicks off with strong 'Private Lives'
“Katonah Classic Stage is a non-profit, professional theatre company. Their aim is to inspire and engage audiences with a commitment to community and artistic excellence.”
This Week, This Industry Took A LOT of Steps Back & It's Really Sad!
“Why are BIPOC Artists not given the same benefit of the doubt? Seriously you still can't be blind at this point to the double standards that happen far too much in this Industry.”
Incident at 'Hadestown' over captioning device calls for greater understanding of accessibility needs in theatre
Yesterday, during a performance of Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’, a performer reprimanded an audience member multiple times over what was thought to be a recording device. It wasn’t. It was a captioning device that allows people with hearing loss to enjoy the show. The incident left the audience member traumatized and has called for a great understanding of accessibility needs in theatres.”
Losing Angela Lansbury feels like losing my grandmother all over again
“Thank you for the memories. Thank you for building a connection with my grandmother. Thank you for my childhood, where you had a constant presence.”
Did Steven Spielberg screw over an American theatre in Moscow?
“Russian media are reporting that the American theatre in Moscow is suing Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg for $1.5 million. According to Russian media outlet Mash, the Jaws director allegedly stopped supporting the project after the ‘special operation’ began, and the troupe of 50 people lost their contracts and venues.”
TX High School theater director accused of sexual harassment, assault and verbal abuse
“This past August, Bowie High School voted to honor their longtime theatre director, Diane “Betsy” Cornwell, by naming their performing arts center after her. But just over a month later, the Austin ISD teacher is under investigation by the district after several former studen”ts said she subjected them to emotional and verbal abuse and inappropriately touched other students.”
"I dreamt of Manderley" : Attending the opening of 'Rebecca The Musical' in Vienna
“Would the show have worked on Broadway? The question was inescapable as I exited the Raimund and looked at the marquee shining bright, envisioning what would have happened if I was looking at it outside of the Broadhurst Theater in New York. In this writer’s opinion, I don’t think it would have.”
The Phantom of the Opera Closing: "He'll Always Be There, Singing Songs in My Head"
“I know the score backward and forwards, and so I definitely learned some foreign words during those listens, though I also manage to find something new every time I listen to the aforementioned original. That’s one of the ways I know it’s worth loving as much as I do.”
Broadway's 'Beetlejuice' to close on Jan 8th
“It’s been reported that Broadway’s ‘Beetlejuice’ will take its final bow at the Marquis Theatre on January 8, 2023.”
The ways we honor icons in our communities
“Whether it is a song, a moment of silence, a circle in the water, the telling of stories, the things we do in the aftermath, alone and together, help us to make sense of the most perplexing aspect of our experience as humans.”
This Broadway show emphasized just how much We need a female ‘POTUS’
“Although this play was short and sweet with a running time of an hour and fifty minutes including the intermission, it was long enough to convey that women are intelligent, resourceful, powerful, and deserve to be acknowledged for the great work they do.”
The ridiculous controversy with Halle Bailey in “The Little Mermaid”
“The Little Mermaid is a mythical creature who can look like anything and anyone! You’re telling me it’s easier to believe that a character has a fish tale than that she’s Black?”