Pittsburgh: Project Amelia - No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything Immersive

Pittsburgh: Project Amelia - No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything Immersive: Bricolage Production Company, Pittsburgh’s immersive theater, is partnering with software engineers at Probable Models to present Project Amelia — a next-level immersive experience — this September. Since their production of STRATA in 2012, the downtown theater company has been growing in capacity alongside regional, national, and international acclaim. With 8 more immersives under their belt since breaking into the scene 7 years ago, the company is primed for its inventive theater production that marries innovations in software with theatrical interventions to alter the relationship between participants and technology.

Pittsburgh CLO tries a change of pace with quieter, gentler 'Once'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: For every Tony-winning mega-musical such as “The Producers” and “Hamilton,” there have been the little successes that could — and did — reap Broadway’s top prize.

New Standard Revisions Part of OSHA’s Plan for Improvement

Window Film Magazine | Key Communications Inc.: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated several regulations that went into effect last week. Its purpose is to clarify and adjust standards that may be confusing, outdated or unnecessary.

design one Lighting design for WorldPride2019

Live Design: What better place than New York City’s iconic Times Square as the epicenter of the culmination of WorldPride, honoring the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Held on June 30, the ceremony featured a roster of musicians who represent the LGBTQIA+ community, including Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, Melissa Etheridge.

Lack Of Permit, Insurance Sinks Three Rivers Regatta, According To City And County Officials

90.5 WESA: Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials announced Tuesday the annual EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta has been cancelled due to an events management company's "failure to deliver on promises."

The event was supposed to take place this upcoming weekend.

The Necessity of a New Green Federal Theatre Project

HowlRound Theatre Commons: The most recent United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report gives humanity twelve years to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in order to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Over 1.5 degrees and widespread climate disruptions—heatwaves, floods, fires, droughts, of the sort we see happening now—will intensify, adversely affecting everyone on the planet (though, of course, the poor suffer first and most). Other reports give us as little as eighteen months to act.

Deepan Sivaraman on Going Beyond Words to Embrace The Visual Language of Theatre

The Theatre Times: For well over a decade now, Deepan Sivaraman, an associate professor at the School of Culture and Creative Expressions in Ambedkar University, New Delhi, has been questioning notions of stage and text, both as writer-director and as curator of theatre festivals. In his quest to highlight a new theatre language that is primarily visual rather than verbal, Sivaraman has faced flak from traditionalists. In this interview, Sivaraman talks about what it means to lead the charge of the avant-garde.

MISS SAIGON Tour Cast Speaks About Representation in Theatre

www.broadwayworld.com: The heat is on because cast members from the national tour of Miss Saigon, including Emily Bautista, Christine Bunuan, and Red Concepción, sat down with FilAm Arts and One Down Media to speak about representation in the performing arts and how their culture relates to their careers on stage.

Hijinks Galore at Apple Hill Playhouse's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"

Pittsburgh in the Round: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is one of those shows that vividly proves that the Greco-Romans of the B.C. era really knew how to live with drama nerd flair. This seems like a pretty patently provable claim if you think about it—consider the pompous flamboyance of gladiator fights; think of the wild histrionics of Sextus and his friends in our Ecce Romani textbooks. So, when Stephen Sondheim (of course) created the quintessentially bonkers musical A Funny Thing.., he was really showing the Romans in their best, gaudiest light.

The Three Rivers Regatta is canceled and the event group is under fire

www.nextpittsburgh.com: For the first time in 41 years, Pittsburgh’s summer will pass without a regatta.

In a reversal that stunned many observers, the board of directors of the Three Rivers Regatta announced today that the annual festival, scheduled to begin in just three days, has been canceled.

The 6 Things Theater Owners Should Do To Stay Relevant In The Streaming Era

www.forbes.com: Unless you've been under a rock somewhere in the (melting) Arctic Circle, you know that streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu are about to get some very famous company. Competing for our entertainment dollar over the next year will be new platforms from Disney, AT&T, Comcast and a little company called Apple.

The 'horrifying and comic' Hand to Hand features steampunks, jam-band prog, and two 600-pound animatronic hands

Theater | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: One day in mid-July, Steve O'Hearn was wondering if his hands were maybe just a little too big. As co-artistic director of the Pittsburgh-based art collective, Squonk, O'Hearn had spent the previous night rehearsing for his group's new production, which was set to debut in Baltimore 48 hours later.

Waiting For A Nice Chat

Butts In the Seats: I came across an article about English towns that are installing “chat benches” with signs saying, “The ‘Happy to Chat’ Bench: Sit Here If You Don’t Mind Someone Stopping To Say Hello.”

If this sounds vaguely familiar, you may recall that four years ago, I posted about a bus company in Brazil that reserved seats on buses and provided conversation prompts for people who wanted to meet someone new.

Squonk Opera Lends Two Hands At The Regatta

90.5 WESA: Indoor stage or outdoor? For Squonk Opera, it seldom has been a question: For most of its 27 years, the troupe has focused on open-air extravaganzas, filled with its melodic art rock and big, surreal props.

Squonk Opera performs "Hand to Hand": multiple performances daily Fri., Aug. 2-Sun., Aug. 4, at the Three Rivers Regatta, Point State Park, Downtown.

For instance, the group’s five musicians performed one recent show, “Cyclesonic,” while perched atop a matching set of pedal-powered platforms.

EPIC "HOLOSPHERE" Created for Eric Prydz

Lighting&Sound America Online - News: The highly anticipated Eric Prydz EPIC 6.0 HOLOSPHERE debuted at Belgium's Tomorrowland Festival last weekend, with Prydz performing inside a giant video-mapped, 3D transparent LED sphere.

Masque Sound Launches Production Services Division

Lighting&Sound America Online - News: Masque Sound, a leading theatrical sound reinforcement and installation company, announced the launch of its Production Services division (MPS). The newly created division provides equipment rentals and production services for live and recorded events for clients outside of Masque Sound's proven Broadway theater productions business. MPS serves shorter term events such as concerts, TV shows, corporate presentations, galas, and a range of special events.

How to bounce back from creative burnout

www.fastcompany.com: Burnout is devastating for anyone. But it can be especially hard on those whose jobs depend on being creative and innovative every single day. Burnout snuffs out your creative spark. It makes simple tasks hard and creative ones nearly impossible.

Navigating Your Arts Career: Resources and Financial Tools for People with Disabilities

NEA: On June 19, 2019, the National Endowment for the Arts and Art Beyond Sight presented the second in a series of six webinars that are part of a toolkit designed to help expand employment and career development opportunities for people with disabilities as artists and cultural workers, which will be launched later this year.

Lockdowel receives global patents for Channel Lock Fastening System

Woodworking Network: Lockdowel Inc. announced it has received global patents for its Channel Lock Fastening System.

The company said it has incorporated a security taggant within the Channel Lock Fasteners, enabling customers worldwide to ensure the purchase of authentic, Lockdowel products. Using a non-invasive handheld laser gun, Lockdowel said customers can authenticate their fastener quickly and easily; the United States patent number is 10,197,081.

Caliban Never Belonged to Shakespeare

Literary Hub: In the front of the classroom, the tenured professor teaching this Introduction to Literary Criticism course my sophomore year of college lectures on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. I am the student of language; he, the master of language. This is the reason I came to get a higher education, after all, hoping my mastering of language and my becoming expert in a field will secure me a job, a white picket fence, a 401k, financial security. I want to be all-knowing like this white professor and my white peers, like the white teachers in high school and the white children in my kindergarten classroom—because they are so smart, I tell myself, because their language is so pretty.

'Hamilton the Exhibition’ is closing early in Chicago

Chicago Tribune: In the first significant disappointment for the hugely successful team behind “Hamilton,” one of the most successful Broadway musicals of all time, the spinoff known as “Hamilton the Exhibition” is to close down in Chicago on Aug. 25. And the original plan to move the exhibition around the country following the end of the Chicago stand has now been abandoned.

Refreshingly Unsafe: Artistic Director Stephanie Ybarra Challenges Traditional Rules of Engagement at Center Stage

BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art: Theatergoers, picture this: You’re in your seat dutifully being as quiet as possible. You’re watching a story unfold onstage when, out of the corner of your eye, you spy somebody a few seats or rows over raising her phone before her face. She’s so engrossed by what’s going she wants to take a photo. No flash, no audible shutter click, just a quick raised smartphone. Would you summon an usher? What if—hold onto your pearls—she was so enrapt by the play she verbally responded. Answered a rhetorical question. Right on’d a character. Would you shush her?

Friends Pop-Up Opening in New York City

Consequence of Sound: NBC’s Must See Thursday is taking over the Big Apple. Not to be outdone by The Seinfeld Experience, Friends will also receive a pop-up event in New York City. The activation celebrates the show’s 25th anniversary and will run from September 7th to October 6th.

These 9 meeting hacks can help you get back hours each week

www.fastcompany.com: Done right, meetings provide an excellent structure for getting work done, making decisions, and moving projects forward. Done incorrectly, meetings keep you from focusing on your most important priorities and are a complete waste of your time.

20 Best Business Card Design Templates (Free + Pro Downloads for 2019)

business.tutsplus.com: Business cards are indispensable for promoting awareness of brand identity and sharing contact information with potential clients and customers. If you’re in the market for a new card and aren’t sure where to begin, your best bet is to use a business card design template.

Pascrell Rips Live Nation "Monopoly", Name-Drops Metallica in Testimony

www.ticketnews.com: Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) came out firing Thursday in testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce about H.R. 3248, slamming Live Nation as a monopoly and peppering his remarks with references to Metallica. Speaking during Member Day remarks, Rep. Pascrell pushed for his bill, the Better Oversight of Secondary Sales and Accountability in Concert Ticketing (BOSS) Act.

The 5 weirdest things we've witnessed at the theatre

www.timeout.com: Most of the time, good behaviour is just common sense. Holding a door open for someone; saying please and thank you; not farting in an elevator: life’s little courtesies aren’t rocket science.

And what’s true for everyday life usually goes for those more niche occasions too, like a trip to the theatre.

Las Vegas' MSG Sphere at The Venetian Will Be An 'Architectural Marvel'

Billboard: Billed as a venue that will incorporate all the senses, MSG Sphere has begun to rise from its 18-acre footprint on the corner of Koval Lane and Sands Avenue in Las Vegas. Located across the street from partner The Venetian Resort, approximately 110,000 cubic yards of dirt and caliche are being moved to make way for what will be one of the most state-of-the-art live entertainment and sports complexes in the world.

How Does the New Moulin Rouge! The Musical Compare to the Real Thing in Paris?

Dance Magazine: On opening night, there were a few members in the audience with a unique perspective on the show: Dancers and artistic staff members from the actual Moulin Rouge in Paris. Samantha Greenlund, an Everson, Washington, native, spent the past three years as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge, and spoke to DM the morning after the red carpet event to offer her take on the musical.

What You, Theatremaker, Can Learn from Theatre for the Very Young

HowlRound Theatre Commons: “Where’s the TV?” a five-year-old sitting on a chair with pretzeled legs asked. “There is no TV,” the mother answered, “this is a live show.”

That conversation happened next to me in early May during a production at the Alliance Theatre’s Toddler Takeover in Atlanta, Georgia—an annual festival of international performances designed for audiences aged zero to five and their guardians. The Alliance’s trailblazing commitment to theatre for the very young has been shepherded by their director of theatre for youth and families, Rosemary Newcott, who is retiring at the end of this season.

Are theatre's schemes and awards deterring a new generation of talent?

Exeunt Magazine: There’s a scheme that asks you to programme three shows, and do two rounds of interviews, for the chance to be in a pool of potential assistant directors. One that asks for thousands of words pitching a pie-in-the-sky show, right down to the marketing strategy. One that starts with reading eight plays and producing a written proposal about your favourite, then attending a meeting at the theatre and contacting a whole – still only potential! – creative team, then presenting a visual concept with a designer; shortlisted applicants must also produce a full model box, and do a full weekend of directing workshops and interviews.

"Uprootedness Is Not Always Negative": Nalini Malani

The Theatre Times: One of our most thought-provoking contemporary artists, Nalini Malani, known for her lush, politically charged mixed-media paintings and drawings, videos, installations, and theatre, was recently awarded the prestigious Joan Miró Prize for 2019. Malani’s works give voice to the silenced, particularly women. The award covers the production of a solo exhibition scheduled for 2020 at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona.

Skyrocketing Seattle prices and lack of space for artists led to the start of this arts festival

The Seattle Times: It all started with a backyard party.

And now, festival:festival — a multi-arts event taking place Aug. 2-3 on Capitol Hill and in the Central District — is in its third year, energizing and supporting the local arts scene, while focusing on underrepresented and underpaid cultural workers.

Review Roundup: Were the Critics Enchanted By INTO THE WOODS at the Hollywood Bowl?

www.broadwayworld.com: The star-studded cast features Skylar Astin as the Baker; Sierra Boggess as Cinderella; Chris Carmack as Rapunzel's Prince; Anthony Crivello as the Mysterious Man; Sutton Foster as the Baker's wife; Tamyra Gray as Granny and Cinderella's Mother; Edward Hibbert as the Narrator; Gaten Matarazzo as Jack; Edelyn Okano as Cinderella's Stepmother; Patina Miller as the Witch; Cheyenne Jackson as Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf; Hailey Kilgore as Rapunzel; Rebecca Spencer as Jack's Mother; and Shanice Williams as Little Red Riding Hood.

Travels of a Scenic Artist and Scholar. Opportunity is Not a Lengthy Visitor

Drypigment.net: When I place the Cleveland Scottish Rite within the context of many other Masonic buildings that have been sold over the past few years, I think of one particular line from the musical “Into the Woods” – “Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.” Many Masonic buildings are being sold for a fraction of their worth and now is the time to invest if you have the funds. Those buying these massive entertainment complexes have a strategy to turn a profit, a strategy that I wish the remaining Scottish Rite facilities would consider before selling.

Beyond the Bathrooms

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Many arts organizations across the United States have started to vocally back the fight for transgender and non-binary equality. In a lot of cases, gender inclusion—at least for the New England theatre organizations where we work—has taken shape in the form of gender-neutral restrooms.

How Did They Make The Lion King? A Report From the Set

io9.gizmodo.com: Long before Disney’s remake of The Lion King hit theaters, it was a beacon of curiosity. Obviously, director Jon Favreau and his team weren’t going to film real lions, they were going to use digital technology to create all the animals, as he did with great success in The Jungle Book. But The Jungle Book is The Jungle Book. This was The Lion King, a remake of an even more popular, culturally resonant film. What would making this movie look like in real life? I was lucky enough to find out.

Lighting Designer Justin Townsend Lights Moulin Rouge Musical

www.livedesignonline.com: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on the 2001 film by Baz Luhrmann, transports us to Paris, France where Christian, an English poet/writer, falls in love with Satine, star of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Montmartre. The musical, directed by Alex Timbers, has a score composed of hit songs of the last 50 years, including iconic songs from the film, as well as music from the past 15 years, since the film came out.

Why there's no such thing as an urgent email

www.huckmag.com: Before leaving work for her Christmas break in December 2017, Dr Erin Williams gave herself a life-changing gift. Instead of setting her standard Out Of Office email, the University of Edinburgh lecturer wrote something different in the auto-reply box. She stared at the screen and paused as her hands hovered over the keyboard.

TREND ALERT: Is the new model for musical revivals on Broadway NOT to be on Broadway?

The Producer's Perspective: This past season there were only two musical revivals on Broadway. And one of the duo was produced by a non-profit.

And next season, I only see one comin’ . . .

Why the sudden lack? Are we running out of musicals to revive?

Get A Behind-the-Scenes Look at MOULIN ROUGE's Costumes!

www.broadwayworld.com: We're stepping into the world of the Moulin Rouge for a look behind-the-scenes at the lavish costume design for Broadway's Moulin Rouge courtesy of the show's costume designer, Catherine Zuber.

Confessions of a Sexist Playwright

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Thanks in part to the #MeToo movement, mansplaining, gaslighting, and privilege have become familiar terms in theatre communities. Whether in the rehearsal room, the office, onstage, backstage, or in the scene shops, straight, white, male, cisgender, and temporarily able-bodied privilege is being called out. Up and down the lines of production, people are challenging inequity and speaking truth to power. And while calling out oppressions and isms is crucial, for many theatremakers the call needs to come from inside the house.

Finding Her Tribe: A Conversation with Rachel Hauck

Stage Directions: Glance at the current resume of set designer Rachel Hauck and under “Recent Off-Broadway” you’ll find more than 50 productions. Look at “Recent Regional” and you’ll find yet another 50 shows. Under Broadway, no “recent” is required, because Hauck has but three credits, but what impressive credits they are and one ends with a Tony Award. Her first Broadway credit was for John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons. The other two are for productions that have been running simultaneously during much of 2019.

Summer Friday Nights at The Frick

Made In PGH: Think of it – what are you most likely to do on a Friday evening, especially when the Summer season rolls in. Yes, there are countless outdoor festivals, concerts and parades to last a lifetime, and lets not forget about the nightlife scene here in Pittsburgh. From South Side to East Liberty, you would be pressed to not find a place to spend a loud, fun evening.

Sex and the Solo Show

Theatre Development Fund – TDF: In their new solo shows, Jacqueline Novak and Lois Robbins talk honestly and hilariously about sex, but they have very different takes on the subject. In Get On Your Knees at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Novak, a millennial stand-up comic, presents a personal and intellectual history of blow jobs. Lois Robbins, an actress of a certain age, chronicles her romantic relationships in L.O.V.E.R., which begins performances at the Pershing Square Signature Center on August 21. Novak's show is lewd, sarcastic and heavily academic, examining the absurdity of physical sexual desires and acts. Robbins' piece is more emotional and confessional, beginning with her memories of childhood orgasms courtesy of the family washing machine. Despite their varying approaches, both writer-performers find it empowering to talk so openly about sex onstage.

Review Roundup: MOULIN ROUGE Opens On Broadway - See What The Critics Think!

www.broadwayworld.com: Directed by Alex Timbers (Tony Award®-nominated for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Peter and the Starcatcher) Moulin Rouge! The Musical has a book by John Logan (Tony Award® for Red), choreography by Sonya Tayeh (Lucille Lortel Award and Obie Award for Kung Fu, and Emmy winner), and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson).

Create Realistic Faux Dirt That Travels Well & Installs Easily

Rosco Spectrum: Brigitte Bechtel is a scenic artist whose paintbrushes have taken her from Boston, MA to Tucson, AZ and beyond! While working at The Arizona Theatre Company, she discovered a delightful new challenge. ATC has venues both in Tucson and Phoenix, about 110 miles apart, and each production of ATC’s season performs in both venues. That means every ATC set design needs to be planned, built, and executed as a touring production.

Over 80% of Ballets Are Still Choreographed By Men

Dance Magazine: In the past several years, ballet has been called out time and again for not fostering, presenting and commissioning the work of women. Recently, highlighting women ballet choreographers has become somewhat of a trend, with companies pioneering initiatives to try to close the gender gap, or presenting all-women programs.

But numbers don't lie, and unfortunately, we still haven't made much progress.

Review Roundup: ROAD SHOW at Encores! Off-Center

www.broadwayworld.com: Directed and choreographed by Will Davis, with music direction by James Moore, Road Show tells the somewhat true story of the Mizner brothers who inherit a small fortune at the turn of the 20th Century and set out to grab their piece of the American Dream in a country where anything seems possible. The production will star Chuck Cooper (Papa Mizner), Raúl Esparza (Wilson Mizner), Jin Ha (Hollis Bessemer), Mary Beth Peil (Mama Mizner), and Brandon Uranowitz (Addison Mizner).

Picklesburgh Doubles Footprint For Fifth Year

90.5 WESA: Picklesburgh hasn’t exactly been in a pickle. Last year, its fourth, the pickle-themed festival drew an estimated 100,000 or more to the Roberto Clemente Bridge. And the three-day specialty-foods event has continued attracting national attention. But with vendors lining both sides of the bridge, and visitors crowding blacktop and sidewalks alike, things could get both a little hot and a little crowded.

Black, Queer, and Here

AMERICAN THEATRE: Last month, when Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop earned unanimous praise upon opening at Playwrights Horizons, it was a pivotal moment for me as a spectator. As someone who is also a Black, gay, and a musical theatre writer, I saw myself and my story onstage for the first time. I guffawed, clapped my hands, snapped along, celebrated the pageantry of Black excellence, and even teared up a bit during the play’s climax.

Scenic Design: Is Digital Technology Erasing The Need For Drawing?

www.theatreartlife.com: In today’s world technology has enabled Scenic Designers to create their worlds entirely in the digital sphere. These developments in scenic design have been amazing, as they allow for planning with increased detail, presenting realistic models with 3D viewing options, as well as ease of updates and seamless delivery across the globe essentially in real time.

“Rock of Ages” at Pittsburgh CLO

The Pittsburgh Tatler: I’m likely the least suited person in the world to write about this show. Mainly because I’ve never been a fan of rock music, and particularly of hard rock music. So although I’m the right age to have this “jukebox musical” take me on a nostalgia trip back to the eighties, I don’t really have the kind of associations with the music or culture that would evoke in me that sentimental glow

DanceAfrica: Pittsburgh returns to Kelly Strayhorn Theater for three days of African cultural immersion

Dance | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: Now in its eighth year, the event features performances from local dancers and choreographers and is done in partnership with the Legacy Arts Projects, a Pittsburgh-based organization dedicated to preserving the history and traditions of African art as represented throughout the diaspora.

Five Ways Stage Managers Facilitate Rehearsal

Dramatics Magazine: IN THE FOREWORD to Thomas A. Kelly’s The Backstage Guide to Stage Management, Sir Peter Hall says that it’s the stage manager’s duty to “create an atmosphere in which everything is possible.” That sounds amazing, right? Well … amazing and perhaps a bit daunting. But here are five ways a stage manager can build a rehearsal room climate of trust, creativity, and efficiency.

CUE 2019 - a weekend to remember

et cetera...: This was definitely a CUE to remember. Our pre-console training attendees made it into Madison on Wednesday with little issue, but that was one of the only predictable events over the next couple of days. Storms blew through the Midwest on Wednesday and Thursday causing flight after flight to be delayed. And only about 50% of our attendees made it for the opening reception on Thursday evening.

Travels of a Scenic Artist and Scholar. LHAT Historic Theater Tours – The Forrest Theatre, July 17, 2019

Drypigment.net: The Forrest Theatre tour took place on the final day of the League of Historic American Theatres National conference in Philadelphia. The LHAT program noted, “The Forrest is a quintessential ‘road house’, used primarily by touring theatre and dance companies. It was built in 1927 to compete with rival A.L. Erlanger’s planned new playhouse at Market and 21st Streets.

Is Dance Underfunded Because It's Undervalued?

Dance Magazine: I hate asking for money. I am tired of feeling like we, as dance practitioners, are constantly begging for every morsel of sustenance. We are often seen as the poor stepchildren of the arts, usually thought of as having nothing tangible to sell.

Pittsburgh Classic Player's "A Streetcar Named Desire": A Study in Meaningful Theatre

Pittsburgh in the Round: Pittsburgh Classic Player’s A Streetcar Named Desire is not an easy thing to sit through. This is in no way a reflection on the quality of the show as a whole—which is extraordinary—nor the performances given by the actors—which are inimitable. Rather, PCP’s adaptation, led fearlessly and artfully by Director Shannon Knapp, is unremittingly committed to presenting every excoriating, uncomfortable, and profoundly human of Tennessee Williams’ play, but through a modern lens that demystifies the legacy of the story that is so problematic. When you are overwhelmed at intermission, it is because everyone involved is doing their jobs very well.

How Electricity Impacted Modern Art in Paris, the City of Light

Artsy: “An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris,” asserts Friedrich Nietzsche in his 1888 autobiography Ecce Homo. For artists in the late 19th century, a stint in Paris was an important right of passage for the development of their philosophies and practices. As it approached the end of the century, Paris entered a period of rapid modernization and urbanization, a time characterized by a sense of prosperity and optimism among its population.

Social Media Influencers On Set Irk Union Photographers

Variety: With many people getting most of their information via social media, publicists have started following the eyeballs online and turning to Instagram-famous personalities to snap on-set pics promoting movies and TV projects to their audience of followers.

Milwaukee Self-Feed Bits: A Switchblade That's Legal Everywhere

PTR: We worked with Milwaukee on accessories for our epic 50+ drill shootout to cover light and heavy load testing. On the light side, their Red Helix Titanium Twist Bits gave us a benchmark for high-speed work. To put our drills under a heavier load, we turned to Milwaukee self-feed bits, particularly their SwitchBlade bits that give you the ability to change the blade instead of the entire bit.

OSHA says fatality investigations up, overall investigations down in FY 2018

Safety+Health Magazine: OSHA conducted its highest number of fatality/catastrophe investigations in more than a decade in fiscal year 2018, while overall inspections decreased 1.2% from FY 2017, the agency’s latest enforcement summary shows.

OSHA recorded 941 fatality/catastrophe investigations in FY 2018, spanning Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018. That’s a 12.4% increase from its 837 total in FY 2017 and the agency’s highest number since 1,043 in FY 2007.

Las Vegas Esports arena evolving with latest gaming trends

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Prior to the opening of the Triple Crown Royale at the HyperX Esports Arena at Luxor, employees were buzzing about a new opening hype video.

The video showcased not only the arena’s production capabilities but was a step toward proving this isn’t your ordinary video game gathering spot.

A Test for Assessing Skill Levels of Carpenter Job Candidates

Remodeling: At Nuss Construction Co., in Marlton, N.J., carpenter and lead carpenter candidates take this test because, as president Tammy Herbert points out, “Anyone can interview ... and say they can do this, but how do you know their skill level?”

MSG Sphere construction in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Representatives of The Madison Square Garden Co. gave the first glimpse of progress Tuesday of the under-construction MSG Sphere — a first-of-its-kind performance venue with high-tech audio and visual capabilities.

7 Essential Strategies to Create Quality Projects Under Tight Deadlines

ALC Training News: Successful project management require you to manage numerous moving parts. Add to the mix strict deadlines and you’ll have little room to make mistakes. With a detailed project plan and smart project management tools however, you can achieve your project goals and fulfil the required quality standards.

Echo Theater fires a director and cancels the play 'Pass Over.' What happened?

Los Angeles Times: It was the type of announcement any theater, large or small, would dread sending: a notice about the cancellation of a play. But for the first time in its 23-year history, the Echo Theater Company in Atwater Village did just that.

On the day before the California premiere of Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over,” a play about the harsh realities facing black men in America, Echo staff on July 12 sent an email to patrons and posted a notice on its website: “‘Pass Over’ is not going to open due to internal artistic differences that cannot be reconciled.”

6 Things Dance Majors Should Do To Prepare for Graduation

Dance Magazine: As graduation day looms, college seniors might find themselves reeling with both excitement and dread. "They have to navigate this tender moment where they're opening their wings and about to jump out of the dance department and wondering if the ground is going to catch them," says Courtney Harris, interim chair of the dance and choreography department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Today's job market is no cakewalk, but there are meaningful steps that students can take throughout college to make the transition easier.

Activating the Audience

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Across the many different kinds of theatrical work, the presence of a live audience is one of the few elements that remains constant. Historically, the positioning of the audience inside a performance has taken many forms. In Victorian-era melodrama, audiences determined the outcomes of plays by yelling and throwing food at the stage; in the less violent Commedia dell’arte, audiences gathered in their community spaces to watch groups of traveling players. When it comes to contemporary theatre, many artists—working with historical precedents like these in mind—craft unique and engaged performer-spectator relationships in order to tell their stories.

Travels of a Scenic Artist and Scholar. LHAT Historic Theater Tours – The Walnut Street Theatre, July 17, 2019

Drypigment.net: On July 17, League of Historic American Theatre (LHAT) conference attendees toured the famous Walnut Street Theatre. Located at the corner of Ninth & Walnut Street in Philadelphia, the theater opened its doors on February 2, 1809. Initially the structure featured a ring for equestrian acts. Initially built for the Circus by Victor Pepin and Jean Breschard, over the course of two centuries, the building underwent many renovations.

San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Activation Coverage

noproscenium.com: Well, the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con has come to an end and with it, a host of impressive experiential activations have come and gone. This year, I tried my best (and failed) to make it to them all (and, ya know, still catch some panels, shop, party, see friends…)

Suffice it to say, the experiential marketing pop-ups are here to stay and have rapidly become a draw in and of themselves. This year, the Gaslamp District was host to so many, in fact, that I only had time for maybe two thirds of the “big” ones (and sadly none of the “smaller” ones).

Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at THE LION KING

www.broadwayworld.com: The smash hit musical The Lion King has been showing audiences the circle of life for a remarkable twenty-one years on Broadway, and now the show is giving Business Insider a look backstage at the productions' intricate puppets and set design.

Provoked and Triggered

HowlRound Theatre Commons: As a theatre studies professor at Vanderbilt University, I regularly assign attendance at theatrical performances to my students, and this May I had the opportunity to design a course completely around live performance. Each summer, Vanderbilt offers a series of “maymesters”—month-long intensives held in international locations.

Theatres Are Evolving To Reconnect Us To Each Other And The Environment

The Theatre Times: Theatre is a dynamic art form that combines bodies, light, sound and materials into exciting live events. But while each show – whether it’s a play, concert, dance, or something else – is unique, they are always conditioned by the spaces and places in which they are made and performed.

Review Roundup: The Critics Are Welcomed to the Rock at COME FROM AWAY in Melbourne

www.broadwayworld.com: The ground-breaking new musical is based on the incredible real-life events in the wake of the September 11 tragedy when 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 people from over 100 countries were redirected to Gander, Newfoundland, almost doubling the population of the remote Canadian town.

Theatre News: ‘Ruby Griffiths Awards’ Honor Local Theatres

Maryland Theatre Guide: This past Sunday, the local theatre community came together to celebrate an outstanding year of community theatre achievement. The 2019 Ruby Griffith awards were handed out on a gorgeous Maryland afternoon at the Bretton Woods Golf Club.

Asian Theatre Community Criticizes The Shed For Yellow Face Casting

www.broadwayworld.com: The Asian American Performers Action Coalition along with several theatre companies and Asian American advocacy groups today released an open letter to the artistic leadership of The Shed, the new multi-million dollar cultural center in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, in response to the casting of a Caucasian actor in an Asian role in their current production of Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise.

Billboard Bombshell: Live Nation Admits Artists Scalp Own Tickets

www.ticketnews.com: In a rare admission of a commonly known tactic among industry insiders, Live Nation told Billboard that the company has facilitated the practice of bands and promoters directly moving their ticket inventory through resale markets – scalping their own held-back tickets – without them ever being made available to the public.

The Secret to Success Is Failure

www.lifehack.org: You see a job that you’d love to do; and, you decide to go for it.

You submit your application, and then are pleased to find a few days later that you’re invited for an interview. This goes well, and you begin to have quiet optimism that a job offer will be coming your way soon…

It doesn’t.

‘The Privilege of Escape’ Subverts the Escape Room Form (The NoPro Review)

noproscenium.com: We lost. We were given 45 minutes and we lost. We did not pass Go; we did not collect $200.

That is to say: we did not escape the room in time. The game was over.

We left dejected, frustrated, and a little sad. We had tried our best, a group of mostly strangers, and still had not succeeded despite our best efforts.

The Video Game Industry Can't Go On Like This

kotaku.com: At about this time next year, we’ll have a pretty good idea of what the next generation of video games will look like. New consoles will likely be shown off, bold new streaming initiatives will begin to launch, and we’ll see all the wonderful kinds of games they will bring us. All these new things will come, and we’ll close the book on a generation that saw the industry that makes games come under greater scrutiny than ever before, as studios shuttered, developers burned out, and toxic work culture fostered environments hostile to marginalized people.

Agencies Seek to Hold Key Court Hearing Before WGA Elections

Variety: The four major agencies asked a court on Monday to expedite a key hearing in the Writers Guild of America lawsuit, as the agencies seek to have portions of the case thrown out before the WGA’s internal elections in September.

Oriza Hirata's "In the Heart of a Forest": Mastering Multilingual Performance

The Theatre Times: Tokyo’s cozy 60-odd-seat Komaba Agora Theater isn’t perhaps where you would expect a cutting-edge multilingual drama experiment to be staged, but that’s just where Oriza Hirata has chosen to work his latest magic.

Developers just discovered a billion dollars of hidden NYC real estate

nypost.com: For years, Broadway theater owners have been selling air rights above their rather squat, landmarked stages to developers.

Developers use those air rights to add extra floors to skyscrapers. But now the Nederlander Organization, which owns nine Broadway theaters, has unlocked something new: basement rights!

Battle To Unionize Art Directors Guild’s Staff Turns Acrimonious

Deadline: Amid allegations of “union-busting,” the office staff at the Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, will vote this month in a contentious battle over whether they want to be represented by a union. In early June, a slim majority of the bargaining unit – which now stands at 28 – signed union representation cards with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 537.

Resume For Entertainment Technicians: What Employers Look For

www.theatreartlife.com: I recently gave a talk at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas to junior and senior theatre students. Among the questions, I was asked how to craft an effective resume. Interestingly this has always been a reliably frequent topic of conversation. Versions of the same question come up when I sit for Q & A’s in the theatre, when I visit college classrooms, and in other professional and educational settings.

Best Project Management Tools for Event Planners

Endless Events: There’s not one perfect tool for every event. Depending on your needs, budget, and event size, you might find that one program works better than others. To cover your bases, here are 11 of the best options for event planners. These cover everything from general task management tools to programs with specific event planning functionality. Experiment with these programs until you find one that meets your needs.

Long Reach Long Riders Finish the 2019 Charity Ride

Live Design: With a healthy mix of Colorado’s mountain peaks and mountain goats, spectacular curves, amazing views and the close-knit camaraderie of the participants, the Long Reach Long Riders have completed their 16th Annual Charity Ride, dubbed “The Altimeter Tour.”

How to become a: stage show and TV lighting designer

www.designweek.co.uk: I work as a lighting designer across the entertainment and broadcast industries, so I look after the visual look and feel of a show once a set design has been delivered, using a brief from a creative or artistic director. This could be anything from a rock music show, to theatre, to television. A lighting designer is heavily involved in helping to create a show’s overall aesthetic, working alongside the set designer and video graphic designer.

Production Lighting Design | Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep

Live Design: Billie Eilish is having quite the year, to such an extent, that introductions feel unnecessary. Her rise to fame has been chronicled extensively. There are countless think pieces on her androgynous style, and how it makes her a very different kind of pop star.

Review Roundup: What Did Critics Think of MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW?

www.broadwayworld.com: MCC's New York Premiere production of Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow celebrated opening night on July 18th. Previously scheduled for a limited run through August 3, the production will now play through Saturday, August 17

A Dance Show for Theatre Lovers

Theatre Development Fund – TDF: Three years ago, when a job Al Blackstone had fell through, the choreographer decided to put his unexpected free time to good use by focusing on his passion project: Freddie Falls in Love, a 75-minute dance-theatre piece told entirely through movement.

24/7 Wellbeing Helpline for Performing Arts

Theatrepeople: Arts Centre Melbourne’s Arts Wellbeing Collective is thrilled to announce the launch of a new pilot program, the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline, as part of its suite of mental health and wellbeing initiatives, tailored for those who work in the performing arts.

Actors' Equity's Secures Profit-Sharing for Broadway Dancers

Dance Magazine: For a Broadway dancer, few opportunities are more exciting than being part of the creation of an original show. But if that show goes on to become wildly successful, who reaps the benefits? Thanks to a new deal between Actors' Equity Association and The Broadway League, performers involved in a production's development will now receive their own cut of the earnings.

Capturing Authentic Emergency Vehicle Lighting Effects With DMG Lumière MIX®

Rosco Spectrum: Car chase scenes are a staple of any action movie, and many times they involve some sort of police or emergency-response vehicle with a flashing lightbar on the top. While creating the assets for our recent True Rosco Color™ MIX blog, which was centered around a police detective capturing a criminal with a squad car and other officers as back up – we also shot a video that demonstrated the Emergency Vehicle Effect built into our DMG Lumière MIX LED lights and how those effects could be used during a car chase shoot.

“Scapino” at Kinetic Theatre Company

The Pittsburgh Tatler: Take a bunch of commedia dell’arte conventions, run them through the genius of Molière to give them a comic plot on which to hang their zany antics, and then plop them into the world of the modern American mafia, and what do you get?

You get Jeffrey Binder’s looney tunes, funny-meets-slapstick-violent Scapino

Metallica Struck Deal with Live Nation to Put Tickets Directly on Resale Market

Consequence of Sound: Live Nation has acknowledged that it, at times, has facilitated the transfer of concert tickets directly into the hands of resellers at the request of certain artists.

The rare admission was made after Billboard obtained a tape conversation between Live Nation president of U.S. concerts, Bob Roux, longtime Metallica associate Tony DiCioccio, and an independent promoter named Vaughn Millette.

LED FAQs (Part 5): CCT

et cetera...: Ready to get fancy? As I mentioned in my earlier post, if a light source does not plot exactly on the blackbody curve, a perpendicular line is drawn from the source’s chromaticity coordinates through the blackbody curve. Where they intersect is the correlated color temperature, abbreviated CCT. Here’s the example I gave in the third installment.

Alley Theatre Appoints Michael Locher as Director of Design

Stage Directions: The Alley Theatre and Rob Melrose, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Alley Theatre, announce the appointment of Michael Locher as the Director of Design. In the newly created position, Locher will oversee the design process for the theatre’s productions, beginning with the ExxonMobil Summer Chills production, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.

“To the heart, she led them there”

HowlRound Theatre Commons: As recounted in her 2016 TED Talk, theatre director Madeline Sayet, a member of the Mohegan tribe, sought vocational guidance early in her career from a prominent elder of the Native theatre movement, Assiniboine playwright and actor William Yellow Robe, Jr. Yellow Robe advised Sayet that in order to have a “really strong Native theatre movement,” Native theatre artists need to “use words from our own languages for what we are doing.”

Backstage Video: Working in Theatre: Stage Manager, Ross Jackson

Stage Directions: Here’s a video from the Center Theatre Group’s Working in Theatre series. This edition is on the Stage Manager and features an interview with Stage Directions magazine’s Contributing Writer and Illuminations blogger, Ross Jackson.

Everything You Need to Know About the Upcoming Broadway Season!

www.broadwayworld.com: The 2019-2020 Broadway season is in full gear! Twenty-two productions have been announced so far to hit the Great White Way this season, and with thirteen theatres without confirmed productions, we have plenty more to look forward to! With all such a variety of musicals and plays, new works and revivals, we're getting you prepared by giving you a peek at each of the productions announced to arrived on the Great White Way this season!

Sony's copyright bots remove a band's own release of its new video

Boing Boing: The Sheffield-based experimental music act 65daysofstatic has a new album coming out in September, called "Replicr, 2019." Today, the band began its launch publicity by releasing a video from the album, only to have the video blocked on multiple services by copyright bots working on behalf of Sony, which distributed the band's label, Superball.

Woodstock 50 Applies for Vernon Downs Permit Yet Again

Variety: For better or worse, Woodstock 50 isn’t giving up on Vernon Downs, despite being rejected twice already: The producers have applied for another permit to hold the festival at Vernon Downs, according to the Utica Observer Dispatch.

Kinetic's excellent 'Scapino' features 'impressive cast of clowns'

Pittsburgh Current: Hey! Who wants to see a play written in 1671?

Normally my answer would be a mumbled: “Ah, sorry, I’m out of town that week.” But Kinetic Theatre decided to stage Scapino, based on Moliere’s 17th-century comedy Scapin the Schemer and because of the gross injustice of my not being allowed to review plays I haven’t actually seen, off I went.

Toronto woman honoured to become Cirque du Soleil assistant artistic director

CTV News Toronto: A Toronto-born woman says she is honoured to hold the position of assistant artistic director of Cirque du Soleil, shaping the creative direction of the global theatrical production.

Kafi Pierre assumed the role last year and says she feels blessed to be a part of the company.

Pittsburgh CLO delivers charming 'Peter Pan'

Pittsburgh Current: If they gave out prizes for the Wackiest Successful Broadway Musical, surely they’d just hand ’em all to Peter Pan and retire the award. Though I was dateless for Pittsburgh CLO’s production of this fantasy musical, I kept whispering to my imaginary seatmate: “Did that just happen?” “What the hell was that number about?” “On what planet does this make any sense?”

‘Sesame Street,’ Sally Field and Linda Ronstadt are among this year’s recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors

The Seattle Times: Weather aside, it will be a sunny day in December at the Kennedy Center Honors, when Big Bird, Elmo and the rest of “Sesame Street” make history as the first television program to receive the nation’s performing arts award.

How Billy Porter Spent Three Decades Creating the Career He Always Wanted

W Magazine: Over the course of his nearly thirty year career, Billy Porter has won a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and come September, may soon be adding an Emmy to his collection thanks to his new nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role of Pray Tell on the FX show Pose. Still, it wasn't always an easy road to success for the actor, who turns 50 years old in September.

News | Karen O and Danger Mouse Rely on Meyer Sound for Total Immersion in “An Encounter with Lux Prima”

AV-iQ: For four days in late April, more than 3,500 visitors experienced a 35-minute multisensory art installation called “An Encounter with Lux Prima.” Conceived by Karen O and Danger Mouse as an immersive introduction to their new album collaboration, the audacious event — sixteen sessions in all — was held at the Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles. Audiences were fully enveloped by a custom-built spatial sound system from Meyer Sound, experiencing both music and effects ‘to the bone’ with infrasonic waves emanating from three VLFC very low frequency control elements.

When the lights went out in NYC, Broadway performed impromptu sidewalk shows

Boing Boing: On Saturday night, a blackout darkened Manhattan's West Side for several hours. But that didn't stop cast members from several Broadway shows, and Carnegie Hall, from performing. Not in their scheduled stage performances but impromptu ones outside on the sidewalks.

How Costume Designer Arianne Phillips Transported Audiences On 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'

www.forbes.com: Costume designer Arianne Phillips has had an amazing career, not just in entertainment but fashion in general. Born in New York and raised in Northern California, Phillips has cultivated a string of impressively eclectic credits, from being Madonna's go-to designer for 22 years to holding two Oscar nominations under her belt (for the 2005 country biopic Walk the Line and the 2011 period drama, W.E.). Now, Phillips is swathing the cast of Quentin Tarantino's big-screen tribute to 1969, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and took time to talk about her phenomenal career and the teamwork required to pull off Tarantino's vision.

Reimagining 'Medea' Through a Latinx Lens

Theatre Development Fund – TDF: When people ask Sabina Zúñiga Varela, "What are you?," she never says Hispanic. She despises that the term recalls the violent legacy of the Spanish conquistadors. Instead the actress responds, "I'm New Mexican," which she feels better encompasses her diverse Mexican/Spanish/Irish/Native American heritage.

ICE, The Next Challenger To IMAX And Dolby, Is Coming To America This Fall

www.forbes.com: We just got word that AEG and CGR Cinemas are bringing "ICE" theaters ("immersive cinema experience") to North America for the first time. The technology, which has been around in France for awhile, is the newest "Premium Large Format" idea to arrive in the U.S. to challenge IMAX (and Dolby Vision) and get moviegoers to pay a little extra for a little extra.

Theatre Factory Spices Up High School Angst in "Heathers: The Musical"

Pittsburgh in the Round: In looking at popular media from the last fifty years, you’d be forgiven for thinking every single high school in America is an inescapable hellscape where the popular students are merciless, the unpopular kids are powerless, and the adults are clueless. This viewpoint may or may not always shake out in reality, but it serves an obvious and useful purpose as a metaphor. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Heathers: The Musical, currently playing in a winning production by the Theatre Factory.

Town of Vernon Denies Permit For Woodstock 50, Questions Arise

www.ticketnews.com: Woodstock 50, a festival commemorating the 1969 event, has faced numerous hardships over the past few months, and now, their proposal to hold the festival in the town of Vernon, New York has been denied.

Drawing a Line

HowlRound Theatre Commons: A flood of well-publicized articles on the decades of harassment plaguing the theatre sector cemented the severity of the #MeToo movement. Despite this, discussions around how to address the harassment have been fraught and muddled. Boilerplate harassment policies simply aren’t effective when the work sometimes requires individuals to change clothes, touch or kiss, and discuss sexual content with their coworkers.

Some remorselessly petty quibbles with West End shows

Exeunt Magazine: It feels like an itch, like a nagging flea in your plushy red theatre seat. That pedantic voice in your head that says “Really?” or “How?” or “I very much doubt it!” And yes, the secret to enjoying big budget theatrical spectacles is to get swept along on a wave of deliberately suspended disbelief as the plot takes implausible turn after turn. But sometimes it’s fun to let that inner voice roar. In this piece, Exeunt’s writers give vent to the quibbles that have been eating away at them.

Melbourne International Arts Festival 2019

Theatrepeople: With six world premieres, 12 Australian premieres, three Australian exclusives and countless unforgettable experiences, the 2019 Festival program covers theatre, dance, contemporary and classical music, and visual arts filled with international superstars, once-in-a-lifetime events and slick surprises.

Shax, The Hong Kong Theatre Group That Is Shaking Up Shakespeare

The Theatre Times: Rosalind Wong didn’t plan to win the Hecklers Award 2016 for Best Director – but she did, walking away with Hong Kong’s top theatre prize at the tender age of 27. Nor did she expect the Shakespeare theatre group she founded as a student to end up collaborating with the prestigious Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. But it will, as the brand-new concert and play Ode to Shakespeare premieres this month.

Pose Has Emmy Nominations — What's Next For Queer TV?

www.refinery29.com: A performer stands and arches their back on a New York City street. Their long, flowing brown curls are on display as they show off their Calvin Klein sports bra. The caption under the photo reads, “I don't identify as inherently male or female. I'm not a woman. My pronouns are they/them.”

OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy: What Employers On Construction Sites Need To Know

www.mondaq.com: Multi-employer worksites are a frequent occurrence in the construction industry as employees from various companies often occupy the same site while a project is being completed. While the need for employees from different companies may be necessary to perform the various tasks required by a project, the presence of multiple employers, and their employees, on the same worksite can result in an increased risk of safety hazards.

Crazy Rich Decor

Engage with CMU - Carnegie Mellon University: An award-winning set decorator for blockbuster films and top television shows, Andrew Baseman (A 1982) immerses viewers in lush, vibrant scenes from wildly varied times and places.

Comic-Con founders reflect on 50 years of memories

Las Vegas Review-Journal: No one expected their culture would ever become mainstream when a few hundred comic book and science fiction enthusiasts and creators gathered in the basement of a San Diego hotel 49 years ago for what would become known as the first Comic-Con.

Broadway Loses Millions due to Blackout; StubHub Out $500,000

www.ticketnews.com: While the aftermath of a sudden power outage in New York City on Saturday saw uplifting footage of artists on the street performing for fans after their theaters went dark, the bottom line for many in the event industry wasn’t nearly as rosy. The five-hour power failure, which largely hit the venue-dense mid-town portion of Manhattan, prompted the cancellation of 26 out of 30 Saturday night Broadway performances, as well as the postponement of a Jennifer Lopez show scheduled at Madison Square Garden, and presumably scads of other shows at smaller spaces.

Did You Know – Who Is Asking?

theatreconsultants.org: It’s essential to know who is asking.

When performers ask for a green room, I know exactly what they mean. They mean something related equally to a Strategic Air Command pilot ready room and the Noh Theatre Mirror Room, both of which are places to wait in a high state of readiness for an all-consuming task.

Stagedoor Manor Unveils New Massive, State-of-the-Art Costume Shop

www.broadwayworld.com: When you're the world's premier performing arts summer camp, what do you do when you need to fit 900 kids for multiple costumes each as part of 42 full-production shows each year? You build a state-of-the-art costume shop to house the more than 17,000 hanging costumes and countless accessories, providing each actor with his or her own Broadway-like experience for fittings and styling.

Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals Broadway Plans for His Modern CINDERELLA

www.broadwayworld.com: As BroadwayWorld previously reported, a London workshop recently took place for Andrew Lloyd Webber's modern musical remake of Cinderella, which welcomed some of Broadway's most notable producers and theatre owners. Now the composer has revealed in an recent interview with Good Morning Britain that the musical will open on Broadway next year.

Activists Urge BTS To Cancel Concert In Saudi Arabia

www.ticketnews.com: The K-pop boyband BTS, also known as Bangtan Boys, have been stealing hearts across the globe and breaking records. However, their scheduled performance in Saudi Arabia has some fans outraged due to the country’s human rights abuses against women and the LGBTQ community.

Did You Know – Close That Fire Safety Curtain!

theatreconsultants.org: Often overlooked, the requirement that a Fire Safety Curtain remain closed at all times except when the stage and/or auditorium was in use was codified in the 2010 edition of NFPA 80

For Apollo 11's 50th Anniversary, The Washington Monument Becomes A Rocket

The Picture Show : NPR: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a life-size projection of the Saturn V rocket on the Washington Monument on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Need Some Inspo? Watch These 8 Great TED Talks Given by Dancers

Dance Magazine: It's no surprise that dancers make some of the best TED Talk presenters. Not only are they great performers, but they've got unique knowledge to share. And they can dance!

If you're in need of a midweek boost, look no further than these eight presentations from some incredibly inspiring dance artists.

Town of Vernon Denies Permit For Woodstock 50, Questions Arise

www.ticketnews.com: Woodstock 50, a festival commemorating the 1969 event, has faced numerous hardships over the past few months, and now, their proposal to hold the festival in the town of Vernon, New York has been denied.

The Curious Incident at The Ohio State University: Scenic Design

Live Design: A novel by Mark Haddon, an Olivier and Tony Award-winning play by Simon Stephens with a London production at the National Theatre, a hit on Broadway, and now an interesting college production with media design by Alex Oliszewski, lighting design by Mary Tarantino, scenic design by William Ledbetter, and costume design by Julianne Nogar. The professional designers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which ran April 10-20, 2019, at The Ohio State University, comment on their work.

Ryobi Cordless Glue Gun P305 Review

Pro Tool Reviews: Like anyone else, you’ve likely got at least a few things around the shop that could use a healthy dose of hot glue to get them back to working order. We definitely do. Or, maybe you like to work on arts and crafts in your spare time. Who knows? We’re not judging. Helpful as they are, glue guns generally require you to plug them in, don’t have cord lengths that are particularly forgiving from a mobility perspective, and are usually tucked away in some forgotten nook of your closet or something. The Ryobi Cordless Glue Gun brings you the kind of mobility that only battery power provides.

How to choose an air compressor

Pro Construction Guide: Air compressors can power a huge variety of tools that will make just about any job quicker and easier. So you don’t overspend or under-specify, you need to know how to choose an air compressor. First, analyze the requirements of the air tools you will be using. Each tool has a minimum requirement for air compressor tank capacity, pumping power (cubic feet of air pumped per minute or CFM), and the maximum psi of storage pressure.

‘I am the blues’

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Interactive : August Wilson, poet, playwright and Pittsburgher, wrote in the language of the blues. He learned it in his hardscrabble youth spent in the Hill District, and he learned it from the recordings of artists such as Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, the Mother of the Blues.

NYC Centers for Live Entertainment Go Dark in July 13 Blackout

PLSN: In terms of sheer size and duration, the 2019 NYC Blackout was minuscule compared to the 1977 blackout that hit the whole city exactly 42 years earlier. It also struck on July 13, 42 years earlier, and continued to the next day, whereas in 2019, the lights came back on within five hours.

Stage Design & Video Design with Augmented Reality for Marco Borsato

Live Design: On June 5, Dutch singer Marco Borsato performed in front of a crowd of 250,000 at Stadion Feijenoord or De Kuip in Rotterdam, Netherlands, backed by an imposing display of lights and augmented reality video images on an 85m x 15m canvas.

Surviving Office Politics With ‘Focus Group, A Focus Group’ (Review)

noproscenium.com: I despise office surveys. They provide false hope that change can occur in the future based on employee recommendations but can also be weaponized as a tool for management to suss out troublemakers. So in preparing to see Nomad Art Collective’s debut immersive show Focus Group, A Focus Group, I found myself begrudgingly filling out the first survey I’ve taken in over a decade, filled with the kinds of corporate growth questions I hate, like rating from one to five on how good I think my boss is at their job. How are you supposed to not put down “five, being the best” on a named survey for such a question?

Favorite Tool Finds Under $10

Maker Project Lab: I’m Donald Bell for Cool Tools and in this video I’m going to reel off some of the most interesting tools I’ve come across this year that are under $10. Some of these relatively new to the market, and some were just off my radar. If anything catches your eye, I have Amazon links to all of these tools in the description, and if you pick something up it helps out my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Without Payless, Where Will Low-Income Dance Students Buy Shoes?

Dance Magazine: Capezio, Bloch, So Dança, Gaynor Minden.

At the top of the line, dancers have plenty of quality footwear options to choose from, and in most metropolitan areas, stores to go try them on. But for many of North America's most economically disadvantaged dance students, there has often been just one option for purchasing footwear in person: Payless ShoeSource.

Nothing is an Answer, Everything is a Signal

HowlRound Theatre Commons: There is an area of New York City that I have had to visit only a handful of times in the few years I’ve lived here. Located between 30th and 36th Streets between 10th and 11th Avenues, this rail yard is basically as far west as you can go on the Manhattan Isle without leaving Midtown. It is in this area that the Megabus picks you up to take you out of the city. The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center sits quietly nearby awaiting the next hoard of [fill in the blank] superfans ready to geek out over the subset of culture they most love.

Review: Shi Yi Tool Sy365-8 Desoldering Iron, Second Cheapest You Can Find

Hackaday: Readers with long memories will recall there was a time when I amused myself by tacking inexpensive tools or electronic devices to my various orders from the Chinese electronic Aladdin’s Cave. Often these inexpensive purchases proved to be as disastrous or ineffective as you might expect, but sometimes they show unexpected promise, true diamonds in the rough. It’s been a while and life has intervened over the last year, but it’s time to resume this harmless diversion.

Putting on a Black Play Doesn't Break Down Barriers: How Trinity Rep Creates Community Dialogue

OF/BY/FOR ALL: “I grew up in a family that only saw art as a luxury item. When we had a bit of money, we went bowling or to a fast food restaurant. Art was for the "other." I always viewed my role as an art maker as a job that was expendable. I understood my place as an art maker from a place of commodity versus from a place of service,” said Joe Wilson Jr.

Want to be more creative? Playing Minecraft can help, new study finds

Ars Technica: Minecraft is one of the most popular computer games, having sold more than 100 million copies since its release in 2011. Claims that it boosts creativity have been circulating for several years, and now there's a bit of scientific evidence to back up that claim, according to the results of a new study published in Creativity Research Journal.

Why Trans Representation in the Theater Industry Lags Behind Film and TV

them.: The odds are against Samy Younes.

In November 2017, they stepped into the spotlight at New York’s oldest cabaret theater, The Duplex, and started to sing. The performance was for Trans Voices Cabaret, a show that seeks to feature top-tier trans musical theatre performers.

This is How Close-Minded Individuals Would Oppose Every High School Production of a Tony Winning Musical

OnStage Blog: It happens with every new school year. So much so, you could bet your life savings on it. Somewhere in America, school administrators and parents will try to censor or shut down a high school theatre production.

Have Dirt, Must Travel

Guild of Scenic Artists: The Arizona Theatre Company presents a delightful challenge to creative teams: With venues in Tucson and Phoenix, about 110 miles apart, each production coming through the Arizona Theatre Company needs to be planned, built, and executed as a touring production. While there are many facets to approaching a production in this way, I will focus on one particular scenic challenge – Making dirt travel.

A Guide to Broadway's Longest-Running Shows of All Time

www.broadwayworld.com: It takes more than just a Tony Award to guarantee a long run on Broadway. While some of the most critically loved shows in Broadway history are long gone, others have found commercial success an enjoyed decades entertaining the masses. Which Broadway shows are the longest running of all time? Which current Broadway productions have a chance of breaking the top ten? We've got the full list!

The Basics of Theatre Criticism

HowlRound Theatre Commons: As a field, theatre criticism finds itself at a pivotal juncture. With the continued trend of print media moving towards skeletal arts criticism, much of the field has migrated to online platforms: blogs of varying types (from organizational to personal), Facebook, Yelp, Google, even Twitter.

"You're Pretty Good at This for a Girl"

OnStage Blog: As a female carpenter in a predominately male environment, I have witnessed my fair share of misogyny. From comments on my strength, technique, all the way down to my physical characteristics, I have been a target for male co-workers to criticize.

A People's History: How Daisey does it

DC Theatre Scene: As much as I have been knocked out by Daisey’s hilarious and trenchant material—which is about America’s history and his own—I have been marveling at his command of it. Each 90-minute show is different and unscripted. He improvises from handwritten notes on the table in front of him that he scarcely glances at. Now and then he’ll pick up a page to read aloud from a historical source, quoting from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.

Meet the Motion Capture Star Who Brings Hollywood's Creatures to Life

Dance Magazine: When Hollywood needs to build a fantasy world populated with extraordinary creatures, they call Terry Notary.

The former gymnast and circus performer got his start in film in 2000 when Ron Howard asked him to teach the actors how to move like Whos for How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Notary has since served as a movement choreographer, stunt coordinator and performer via motion capture technology for everything from the Planet of the Apes series to The Hobbit trilogy, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and this summer's The Lion King.

Translating Shakespeare

The Theatre Times: Translation of Shakespeare’s works is almost as old as Shakespeare himself; the first German adaptations date from the early 17th century. And within Shakespeare’s plays, moments of translation create comic relief and heighten the awareness that communication is not a given. Translation also served as a metaphor for physical transformation or transportation. Claudius speaks of Hamlet’s “transformation” and asks Gertrude to “translate” Hamlet’s behaviour in the previous scene so that Claudius can “understand … the profound heaves.” Gertrude not only relays what Hamlet has just done but also provides her interpretations, as a translator would, of her son’s actions.

The key to having a successful career today

www.fastcompany.com: To understand what it takes to have a thriving career in the fast-changing economy of the 21st century, go to the movies. Or, more precisely, give a little bit of thought to how the motion picture business has changed over the last century.

Backstage Video: The Cameras and Switchers for Network on Broadway

Stage Directions: Blackmagic Design announced that the hit Tony-winning Broadway play Network used its products to help create an immersive experience for audience members, putting them right in the middle of a live news broadcast. In this video from the National Theatre, Video Designer and Cinematographer, Tal Yarden explains the use of cameras in the London production

Podcast: CRM and Social Media Integration

AMT Lab @ CMU: In the latest episode of the AMT-Lab Podcast series, Chief Technology Manager Ashley Anderson Kowach interviews AMT-Lab contributor Megan Ma about her research on how a nonprofit organization can integrate social media data with an existing CRM system to better understand their constituents interests which could lead to better engagement between the organization and the audience.

Backstage Video: Peter Nigrini, Projection Designer

Stage Directions: Projection Designer Peter Nigrini, nominated for a 2019 Tony Award for his projection designs for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (with Kenneth Posner) for Beetlejuice and Best Scenic Design of a Musical (with Robert Brill) for Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, recalls his early childhood experiences of being different from everyone around him