WAMU:
Being a parent and a professional in theater can feel like a dramatic
performance with no intermission, no last act and certainly no curtain
call.
When Marni Penning landed a part in Studio Theatre’s “Admissions,” she
took solace in the fact that the schedule of rehearsals would allow her
to drop off and pick her six-and-half-year-old son at his school in
Falls Church.
But once the performances began, there was a tradeoff.
Datebook:
When audiences enter the Curran to see “The Jungle,” they’ll no doubt
be surprised by the extent of the Geary Street theater’s transformation
from a plush proscenium stage to a makeshift migrant camp built out of a
patchwork of found materials. But this kind of radical reinvention –
turning traditional theaters into immersive, site-specific fantasies –
is the hallmark of acclaimed German scenic designer Miriam Buether’s
work. She once called the most successful designs “those that don’t look
like designs at all,” and isn’t averse to disrupting the actual
architecture of a performance space to bring her unconventional visions
to life.
Hollywood Reporter:
Is Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda at risk for being sued by only
casting African-Americans in the role of George Washington in his
award-winning musical? According to a new petition before the Supreme
Court, he very well might be. Charter Communications, one of the biggest
cable operators in the nation, is now telling the Supreme Court that if
a recent Ninth Circuit ruling is left in place, white actors could
attack Miranda's magnum opus with viable discrimination suits.
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