Making Fake French Fries
Props: "The Book of Grace had a moment where Grace, a diner waitress, carried a tray of food across the stage. She started out with a hamburger we had in stock. The director wanted us to add some french fries. To the French Fry Machine!"For some plays, venue size matters
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "When it comes to presenting and performing plays, size matters.
Fitting a play into the proper size theater can make the experience as pleasant as slipping your foot into the proper size shoe.
Take 'August: Osage County,' a presentation of PNC Broadway Across America -- Pittsburgh that has its final performance this afternoon at the Benedum Center, Downtown."
The arts take to Twitter
Post Gazette: "Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet,' Twitter version:
'But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grie...'
Apparently, social media has its limits. But sending out 140-character snippets of literature online and by text message can be very useful in other forms of the arts, as local organizations are quickly discovering."
How do you measure theatre success?
guardian.co.uk: "A group of the UK theatre world's leading industry bodies – The Society of London Theatre, Theatrical Management Association and Independent Theatre Council – have recently come up with what they believe is a completely new way of measuring the effectiveness (or otherwise) of a theatre production." via ArtsJournal
CMU says it needs $20 million to defray costs for needy students
Post Gazette: "Keeping a needy student enrolled in an elite college no doubt is hard for families who have lost income in the recession. It can be rough on campuses, too.
That was evident in a new projection from Carnegie Mellon University that the school will need an extra $20 million over three years to honor its commitments to partially defray the attendance cost for those students.
The additional $4 million in financial aid this year for new and continuing students, plus $16 million combined for fiscal years 2011 and 2012, complicates the outlook for a university that -- like the rest of higher education -- is trying to rebound from the economic slump."
Monday, April 12, 2010
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