“Larger budgets for the arts can help students to learn valuable skills, express their stresses through words or painting sets, and spread the wonderful feeling of ‘home.’”

“This one is for the actors who move well. This is for those who step, change, kick, turn, kick, change their way through many a harried afternoon, and vow to never be broken by the inadequacy they feel on those days.”

“Recovering from a bad audition for theatre can be challenging, but it's important to remember that everyone has off days and setbacks are a natural part of any performer's journey. Here are some steps you can take to bounce back and move forward after a disappointing audition:”

“There are moments in the musical, How to Dance in Ohio, where the parents of the autistic characters worry aloud about the future of their children after they pass on. To me, this was probably the most important moment of the entire show, and the story that was being shared.”

“A community theatre in Arizona is facing backlash today over canceling a show due to a complaint of racial discrimination over the removal of a non-Mexican-American performer cast in a role written for that heritage.”

“There’s nothing worse than showing up to an audition fully prepared to be brilliant and then letting the holding room jungle sabotage you.”

“Is it worth having middle schoolers and high schoolers do Shakespeare shows when they are not introduced to the opportunity of doing the scansion and leaning into poetry correctly?”

“Folks, most of us in community/school theatre know this, but please be honest when letting a director know that you’ll accept any role. It can be a huge help in casting a show and throw an enormous kink into it if someone is lying about that.”

“It is believed the violence was triggered by someone in the audience asking another to stop talking.”

“While I’m sure there are plenty of those who think this is a great idea or don’t see a problem with developing a campy musical surrounding events from more than 300 years ago, it doesn’t sit well with me at all.”

“It’s hard to find the words to describe such a legendary career and the impact that she made for generations of performers. But I’ll try.”

“This wacky and confusing action is being considered at Montclair State University where college president Jonathan Koppell is considering closing the L. Howard Fox theater.”