Without Walls Festival Sets 2023 Dates & Venue

by NoPro Newswire | Jun, 2022 | No Proscenium: La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce the location of its 2023 Without Walls (WOW) Festival of immersive and site-inspired work. Presented in association with the San Diego Symphony, next year’s WOW Festival will take place April 27–30, 2023 at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.

Pride Member Spotlight: Andy Garner-Flexner

IATSE: Meet five-year Animation Guild, Local 839 member Andy Garner-Flexner. Andy is currently the Art Director for Disney TVA’s The Owl House, serves as the Chair of the QueerTAG Committee along with his Co-Chair Alex Quintas, and he is also a member of the IATSE DEI Committee.

Cirque du Soleil Artists Taught Me How to Hula-Hoop. Here’s How It Went.

Portland Monthly: In my line of work, you receive a lot of emails. Several times a day, I and my colleagues are asked to check out the latest EPs from “game-changing” Toronto bedroom-pop duos or consider attending immersive brand experiences from the minds that brought us French’s yellow mustard. Regularly, these emails deliver useful information; often, they beget great stories.

Avolites lights up Glastonbury 2022

LightSoundJournal.com: Avolites has performed a spectacular return to Glastonbury 2022. A total of nine Avolites consoles and four media servers were specified for the world famous event that has attracted around 200,000 attendees this year and has offered a spectacular deployment of the latest audiovisual innovations.

This St. Louis church was left in ruins. Now it begins a new life as an arts venue.

Arts and theater | stltoday.com: Not often do architects, builders and landscapers spend two years on a project with the goal of making it “feel like a ruin.” Spring Church, a 19th century limestone building, was left a shell by an electrical fire in 2001. It’s still a shell — but one that has been made safe for photo shoots, art exhibits and public visits.

A Guide to Broadway's Long-Running Hits

www.broadwayworld.com: The 75th Annual Tony Awards have concluded and the new shows of the 2021/22 Broadway season have had their time in the spotlight. Now summer is here and there has never been a better time to revisit Broadway's record-breaking, history-making hits. Which long-running show should you check out this summer?

5 Things We Learned at the Disabled Down Center Benefit

Playbill: "Broadway is really trying, and I think that's great," says Disabled Down Center performer Ethan Mathias on the accessibility of theatre, especially on the Broadway stage. "Now, I try to see all Broadway shows twice, because the first time I see it, it feels like I've seen it before, and then I see it in 2020, and it's so much different.

Russell Harvard to Star in ASL and Spoken English Production of OEDIPUS Presented by Deaf West Theatre & Getty Museum

www.broadwayworld.com: Getty Museum and Los Angeles's Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre will present a thrilling fresh take on Sophocles' Oedipus this fall featuring a bilingual production in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English. Directed by Jenny Koons (Blue Man Group, Head Over Heels at The Pasadena Playhouse), Oedipus premieres as the 16th annual outdoor theater production in the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater at the Getty Villa.

DiGiCo S31 Wins the Face-Off as Dollar Loan Center’s New Front-of-House Console

LightSoundJournal.com: They call it “The Buck” or “The Stronghold,” but either way the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada is a first-class venue for second-tier sports. It’s home to the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League and the Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League, seating over 5,500 fans for those sports. In addition, the Big West Conference announced last year that the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships would be held there starting with the West Coast teams of the iconic March Madness series.

Kendall Becerra and Nicholas Barrón Win 2022 Jimmy Awards

Playbill: Kendall Becerra of San Diego, California, and Nicholas Barrón of San Antonio, Texas, won Best Performance by an Actress and Actor, respectively, at the 2022 Jimmy Awards June 27 in a ceremony that saw student performers from across the country competing to be named the best in high school musical theatre. Both will receive $25,000 scholarships to further their educations.

6 Theatre Books for Surviving the Summer Heat

Playbill: Summer has arrived, and whether you prefer to read in the sunshine or in the shade, this season’s theatre books promise hot insights and stories from inside the American theatre.

Models Really Had to Strut in Assless Chaps and Swimwear on Runway Full of Poop

jezebel.com: How much poop is on a runway is too much poop? Fashion designer Charaf Tajer, whose line Casablanca is just 4 years old, bravely attempted to answer that question at his spring/summer 2023 show in Paris. The runway’s centerpiece was a corral of four gorgeous horses, which did what horses often do: stand around and shit on the ground.

'Pretty Woman': How Female Empowerment Was Key to Musical Adaptation

Variety: Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy “Pretty Woman” starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts continues to wow audiences through both the 1990 film and subsequent musical adaptation. But how does one translate a beloved musical from screen to stage?

Cast of Shakespeare play at Tulane cancels final shows after some wanted to address abortion rights

News | nola.com: The cast of a Shakespeare play staged at an annual festival at Tulane canceled its last two shows Saturday over a disagreement about how members could speak out from the stage in favor of nationwide abortion rights.

Lionsgate Studios Yonkers Marries Broadway Set Design Co Hudson Scenic

Deadline: Robert Halmi’s Great Point Studios has acquired Hudson Scenic, a Tony-nominated builder of set designs, custom fabrication and automation services for theater, film, TV and theme parks with credits ranging from Hamilton, Hadestown, Aladdin and The Lion King to the Times Square Ball.

So, You Want to Get an Agent?

SoundGirls.org: I have been a sound designer for almost 20 years and just gained representation earlier this year. A fellow sound designer friend of mine basically just told me that I need to get an agent now that I’m 100% freelance. I must admit that I was a little skeptical at first. I’ve made it this long without an agent, why do I need one now? Skip to almost a year later, and I’m here to say, it’s one of the best career moves I’ve made. Here are some of the questions (and recently found answers) I encountered along the way.

Emilia Clarke: ‘The best place in the world is backstage at a theatre’

Emilia Clarke | The Guardian: On 16 March 2020, Emilia Clarke went on stage with the cast of The Seagull. Previews had started, and the actor was about to make her much-anticipated West End debut after a decade starring in some of the biggest films and TV shows imaginable. At the half-hour mark, everything stopped: the government had decreed that theatres were to shut with immediate effect.

Broadway lifts audience mask requirement beginning July 1

DC Theater Arts: The Broadway League, founded in 1930, as the national trade association for the Broadway industry, announced today that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters in New York City will adopt a “mask optional” policy for the month of July, but audience members are still encouraged to wear masks when attending the more than 30 shows performing on Broadway this summer.

That’s entertainment! Musicals lift spirits on London West End’s stages

Musicals | The Guardian: “I simply remember my favourite things and then I don’t feel so bad,” sang Maria among the mountains in The Sound of Music, introducing to the world one of the most memorable musical lines of all time. Uplifting sentiments like these now seem to have set sales of tickets to musicals in the West End of London soaring to new heights, with pundits suggesting two years of misery have left people desperate to lift their spirits.

Modular NX1™ console system from Obsidian offers complete ONYX lighting control experience

LightSoundJournal.com: Following a successful launch at the Prolight + Sound tradeshow in Germany in April, Obsidian Control Systems is pleased to announce availability of the NX1™, an ultra-compact yet full-featured lighting controller designed to handlea huge variety of shows using the intuitive ONYX™ lighting control platform. The NX1 also features an expandable playback wing (NX P™)along with a 10-digit keypad (NX K™)that combined with the NX1 creates an even more powerful and flexible console.

Tony Awards, COVID-19 impact Broadway box office

Broadway News: The impact of the Tony Awards and COVID-19 were felt at Broadway’s box office last week. For the week ending June 19, Broadway grossed $29,523,307, down about 6% from the previous week. The 29 productions – two fewer than last week – played to about 84% capacity.

Actors’ Equity Not Consulted In New Audience Mask-Optional Policy

Deadline: The League, the trade organization that represents theater owners and producers, said Tuesday that in July audience members will be encouraged, but not mandated, to wear masks in theaters. The policy, which will be re-evaluated on a monthly basis, ends Broadway’s audience mask mandate that’s been in place since theaters reopened from the Covid shutdown last fall.

Broadway VS 2022 Beats Fundraising Goal By Raising $130K

Playbill: Broadway Advocacy Coalition's Broadway VS, celebrating Tony-nominated stage veterans Norm Lewis and Joshua Henry, raised $130K for the organization at their second annual Broadway VS event which took place June 20.

Star Wars X-Wing Model From The Movies Fetches Millions At Auction

IGN: Continuing the recent trend of props auctioning at huge prices, a model X-Wing used in Star Wars: A New Hope has sold at auction for $2.3 million. The model, which was seen on screen in the very first Star Wars movie, was up for sale in a Prop Store auction on Monday, with an estimate between $500,000 and $1 million.

Metastage Canada Turns Up The Volume(metric Capture)

by Noah J Nelson | Jun, 2022 | No Proscenium: One of the more exciting things over the past few years has been watching how immersive technology has been changing the way that entertainment is made at every level. From the industry changing “volumes” on which The Mandalorian and The Batman were filmed to the performance capture technology that allows for performing artists to show up in games and metaversal experiences in all their glory.

AutoCAD MacroMitt : 10 Steps (with Pictures)

Instructables: This keyboard has been designed to be used specifically with AutoCAD and has been shaped to allow the fingers and thumb of my left hand to rest on the keys comfortably. It is thus possible to press the desired key without having to look. It resembles a mitten in shape hence the name MacroMitt.

IndieSpace, Indie Theater Fund Are Getting Married

AMERICAN THEATRE: IndieSpace and Indie Theater Fund have merged into one company, with the fund becoming a program of IndieSpace. The two companies have a lot in common: They serve the same community, are run by the same executive director, and share the same priorities and values. Merging the two organizations, the Indie board explained in a statement, will given them an expanded capacity to serve many more artists on an annual basis by taking duplicative administrative hours and dollars and putting them directly into programming

Broadway Favorites Raise $35,000 at Annual Benefit Arts for Autism

Playbill: Arts for Autism made a return June 20 at the Gershwin Theater, raising over $35,000 to expand arts accessibility for those impacted by Autism. Adam Jacobs (Aladdin, the Lion King, Les Misérables) hosted the annual Broadway benefit concert which starred Broadway favorites performing with student groups from across the United States.

Top-quality audio transmission with Sennheiser Digital 6000 at Munich Kammerspiele

LightSoundJournal.com: The Munich Kammerspiele theatre company boasts an exclusive location right in the heart of the Bavarian state capital. The architectural style of the theatre, which was completed in 1901, is visibly influenced by Art Nouveau and characterised by the colours and shapes of the early 20th century.

Artists and name announced for 58th Carnegie International

Pittsburgh City Paper: Every few years, artists from around the world convene in Pittsburgh for the Carnegie International, a major contemporary art exhibition that, for over a century, has taken place at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Today, the museum announced the artists and collectives being showcased in the 58th iteration of the long-running show, which was also given a name.

Animation Guild: Behind the Push to Organize Production Workers

The Hollywood Reporter: In January, The Animation Guild announced a twofold breakthrough: By unionizing Harriet the Spy studio Titmouse New York, the IATSE local had not only initiated an expansion outside of Los Angeles County, it had also organized production staff for the first time in recent history.

Bay Area summer theater in 2022 shows an industry at a COVID turning point

Datebook: Knock on wood, but it feels like Bay Area theater is figuring out how to live with COVID. Cases still pop up among casts and crews, but no longer do whole schedules get wiped out as a result.

GLP delivers flexibility, energy efficiency and ‘under-hat’ lighting for Udo Lindenberg’s Udopium Live tour

LightSoundJournal.com: In a more than 50-year career, German rock icon Udo Lindenberg has created a wealth of songs that remain relevant in 2022 thanks to their authentic messages. With his current album, Udopium, the so-called ‘panic rocker’ has created a retrospective that includes the most successful songs from all five decades of his musical work, as well as four new tracks.

Claypaky expands the Tambora family with TAMBORA LINEAR

LightSoundJournal.com: Following on from its successful range of LED bars introduced last year, Claypaky has now expanded the Tambora family further and introduces TAMBORA LINEAR, an advanced line of static LED Pixel mapping bars designed for versatile lighting effects and artistic set decoration.

Marie Antoinette meets Syrian refugee in Off the WALL’s latest

Pittsburgh City Paper: Having spent decades acting, directing, designing, and writing for the stage in New York, Los Angeles, and London, international theater artist Elizabeth Elias Huffman is thrilled to make her hometown debut this week in the newest iteration of her imaginative solo show, Not My Revolution, at Carnegie’s Off the WALL productions.

Steel prices tumbling back to levels before the war in Ukraine

www.thefabricator.com: Very quickly the steel market has reverted back to where it was before the war in Ukraine. The big question now is not whether prices fall, but how fast and where the bottom might be. Chatter in the market suggests some wonder if prices will fall back to or below $1,000/ton, roughly where they were just after Russian forces launched their full-scale invasion.

Interview: Building a Live and Virtual Orchard, With Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht

TheaterMania: In the middle of the 2021 portion of the pandemic, director Igor Golyak and his company, the Arlekin Players Theatre, came together to create ChekhovOS, a blend of theater, cinematography, and virtual reality. Coming out of the pandemic, Golyak has merged the universe of the internet with the real-life theater world to create The Orchard, a new in-person and virutal production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, now running at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

TEDxBroadway Ten, Featuring Irene Gandy, Junior Mintt, Emanuel Azenberg, More, Now Available on Demand

Playbill: TEDxBroadway's 10th anniversary program, TEDxBroadway TEN, presented at Off-Broadway's New World Stages May 17, is now available as a Video on Demand on Stellar through June 29.

Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble Tackles Chekhov's ‘Cherry Orchard’

Portland Monthly: When a 44-year-old Anton Chekhov succumbed to tuberculosis in a German spa, he was working on a play about the Arctic. The Cherry Orchard, which tells the story of an aristocratic family uneasily coping with the rise of the Russian middle class, had premiered six months earlier. It would become the legendary playwright’s final work for the stage.

Little Amal, a Refugee Puppet Who Traveled Europe, Will Visit New York

The New York Times: Little Amal, a 12-foot-tall puppet depicting a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, has seen about a dozen countries, visited London’s Royal Opera House and other sightseeing destinations, and even met the Pope.

Ireland marks Bloomsday with play about Ulysses obscenity trial

James Joyce | The Guardian: The United States v One Book Called Ulysses, as the case was termed, put James Joyce’s masterpiece, which had been banned for obscenity, on trial in a New York courtroom in 1933. The landmark ruling in favour of Ulysses resounded across the world and helped lift bans in other jurisdictions, including the UK.

FOX 5 Broadcast Workers Ratify New Deal

IATSE: Broadcast workers of Fox 5 New York (WNYW), My 9 New Jersey (WWOR), Fox 5 DC (WTTG), and Fox 5 Plus (WDCA) have voted to ratify a new 3-year agreement with Fox Television Stations, LLC that marks the end of over a decade of negotiations between the media giant and The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Locals 794 and 819.

To Preserve La MaMa’s Legacy, a Shift in Leadership Styles

The New York Times: Artistic directors tend to be in the spotlight twice: When they are appointed and when they leave. But looking at what happens several years into a tenure — especially one that includes a global pandemic — can be a helpful exercise for anybody interested in arts management.

Dallas' WingSpan Theatre Company closes the curtain after 25 years

CultureMap Dallas: "WingSpan Theatre Company completed its journey after 25 years," reads a Facebook post dated June 14, 2022. "We are very proud of our contribution to the Dallas-Fort Worth theatrical community. Special thanks to the Bath House Cultural Arts Center and to all of our patrons."

Defining a Pittsburgh artist should not be limited to physical borders

Pittsburgh City Paper: I’m sitting in the lobby of the hotel where I had my high school senior prom. Teenaged me: pink silk dress with an ivory sash. Adult me: dark semi-professional-looking outfit with a little homemade bling, ready for my meeting with a major foundation. Both versions of me: excited, anticipatory, hopeful.

Lola Tung Is Ready for Her Close-Up in ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’

Vanity Fair: Lola Tung taped her audition for the lead role in The Summer I Turned Pretty, Isabel “Belly” Conklin, at the suggestion of her new manager. At the time, the freshman Carnegie Mellon acting major was focused on her schoolwork; she hadn’t even read the best-selling Jenny Han book on which the series is based.

92 High School Students Announced as Nominees for the 2022 Jimmy Awards

www.broadwayworld.com: The Jimmy Awards have just announced this year's 92 nominees, coming from 46 high school musical theatre awards competitions across the U.S. The show will feature dynamic ensemble and solo performances and will culminate with the presentation of a Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor award, as well as other honors and scholarships. Winners will be chosen by a panel of industry experts.

Joe King's Match Gayme features drag queens and Gisele Fetterman

Pittsburgh City Paper: With an excited crowd and a colorful cast on stage, Joe King held his famous live game show the Match Gayme on Wednesday in the Pittsburgh Hard Rock Cafe, where the audience enjoyed a thrilling and fun performance.

‘In Our Time / Stories from the Front Lines of the Medical Fields’ a script-in-hand play workshop on Friday, June 17th

onStage Pittsburgh: Following months of interviewing female ICU physicians from around the country about their experiences during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Anya Martin, Hiawatha Project’s Founding Artistic Director and playwright, created a script that weaves transcripts from these interviews with excerpts from Hemingway‘s groundbreaking novel In Our Time. The book is based on Hemingway’s time at the front during WW1 and the 1918 flu pandemic.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Drops Mask Requirements Beginning June 14, 2022

onStage Pittsburgh: Due to Allegheny County COVID-19 Community Level changing to “medium” status, starting June 14, masks will not be required while attending indoor events at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust theaters and facilities. Masking is required in Trust venues only when the Community Level reaches “high” status.

Warning signs that a job shop employee is about to quit without notice

www.thefabricator.com: When it comes to the everyday hustle of a metal fabrication job shop, the little things tend to blur within the big picture. Little habits or clues of what is to come often go unnoticed and become an afterthought. These could be safety concerns, quality, performance, or warning signs that an employee may be on their way out. I have always told folks that our employees at Barnes MetalCrafters tend to stick around for a while. That’s usually true for the most part, but from time to time we’ll see an uptick in turnover.

Who Is Lola Tung? About The Newcomer In ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’

Hollywood Life: The highly-anticipated TV adaptation of The Summer I Turned Pretty is about to be everyone’s ultimate binge-watch of summer 2022. Lola Tung leads the series as Isabella “Belly” Conklin. In the show, Belly heads with her family to Cousin’s Beach for summer vacation and finds herself in a love triangle with brothers Jeremiah and Conrad.

Inside Gifford’s Circus: the Cotswolds institution bringing magic to middle England

The Independent: Once a year, every year, my mum asks whether it’s too late for her to pack her career in and join the circus. I’m holding Gifford’s Circus responsible. Back in 2000, the touring company began life on the village greens of Gloucestershire.

Verge Aero pulls off dynamic drone show next to Las Vegas airport at the Experiential Marketing Summit

LightSoundJournal.com: The Verge Aero drone team pulled off the seemingly impossible at this year’s Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) at the MGM Grand Las Vegas – flying a drone show high above the ballroom right next to Harry Reid International Airport.

“Two Trains Running” at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre

The Pittsburgh Tatler: August Wilson’s 1990 play Two Trains Running transports us back to a Pittsburgh Hill District that no longer exists – in fact, it takes us to the very point in time when the city was using its powers of eminent domain to finalize its shredding of the neighborhood. It’s a play about that neighborhood: about the struggles residents held in common, and about the different ways individuals within the community faced their common challenges and frustrations.

Review: ’1776′ bounces back to life with women playing the Founding Fathers

The Washington Post: A moment arrives in the deeply moving, Broadway-bound revival of “1776” when one’s conscience and senses are assaulted with the blunt force of a prizefighter’s upper cut. It happens during Sara Porkalob’s crackling delivery of “Molasses to Rum,” the Act 2 song scathingly denouncing the Continental Congress’s Northern delegates for their hypocrisy over slavery.

Pioneer PRO AUDIO Goes Dutch at Amsterdam Venues with CM Series

LightSoundJournal.com: The Dutch capital city of Amsterdam is globally renowned as a cultural hotspot. A magnet for international tourists, the city’s nightlife is legendary and the range of cuisine available in its thriving restaurant scene rivals that of anywhere in the world. Every restaurant and bar works hard to create its own style and atmosphere, and music is more often than not a central part of the aesthetic.

COME FROM AWAY Becomes Longest Running Show in Schoenfeld Theatre History Tonight

www.broadwayworld.com: Come From Away officially becomes the longest running show in the 105-year history of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre today with its 1,544th Broadway performance, surpassing the original production of JEKYLL & HYDE. The Tony & Olivier Award-winning musical will celebrate this milestone with an honorary street renaming of West 45th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues to "Come From A-Way" for the day.

When City Streets Record Fading Performance Traditions

The Theatre Times: Attired in a crisp white dhoti with a red zari border, bleached white shirt and angavastram, one could mistake Krishna, a “Haridasu,” for a wandering pilgrim. He ambles along the silent city streets of Hyderabad, filling them with music that does not belong to this age. His voice carries the imprint of the past, of medieval balladeers that moved away from temples to recreate sonic sacred geographies as they meandered, incorporating local sights into free-flowing lyrical verses. Presently, his song entertains a now-invisible, anonymous public, residing in vertical buildings.

2022 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes Live Audiences for Its 90th

www.dancemagazine.com: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival is back, and in a befittingly big way. For the first time since 2019, the festival will operate in a familiar—that is, resembling “normal”—fashion, following 2020’s digital-only offerings and 2021’s hybrid approach limiting in-person performances to its outdoor spaces.

OSF Promotes Anyania Muse to Managing Director

AMERICAN THEATRE: Oregon Shakespeare Festival has promoted Anyania Muse, who joined the theatre’s leadership team in spring 2021 as its first director of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA), to the position of managing director: director of IDEA, people, culture, and operations. In this new role, she will oversee the human resources, information technology, safety, physical plant, and company management departments.

Kinetic Theatre's The Illustrious Invalid does Molière proud

Pittsburgh City Paper: The world premiere of Kinetic Theatre Company’s The Illustrious Invalid at City Theatre is a lighthearted farce that reimagines the last hours of canonical French playwright Jean-Baptiste Molière.

Adam Odsess-Rubin’s National Queer Theater, Still Dreaming Forward

AMERICAN THEATRE: Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic and other systemic problems, National Queer Theater’s artistic director Adam Odsess-Rubin is still dreaming forward. Founded in 2018, National Queer Theater is an organization committed to programming and fostering the creation of new plays and performances that uplift and empower queer folks around the world.

Pride Member Spotlight: Doug Boney

IATSE: Today we lift up Costume Designers Guild Local 892 Assistant Executive Director and Business Representative, Doug Boney. Since joining the IA in 2010, Boney has worked as an Assistant Production Coordinator for Local 871 and as a Business Representative of Local 884.

ETC Gear Shines a New Light on the Marlene Boll Theater

et cetera...: The Marlene Boll Theater is housed inside the Detroit Metropolitan YMCA; a 2500-foot black box space, the theater regularly hosts plays, social events, film screenings, and award ceremonies. When the YMCA received a capital gift to further the arts in their community, Seth Amadei, Director of Event Operations at the theater, reached out to TLS Productions, Inc. to upgrade their lighting.

The Tony Awards celebrate a homecoming and a rebirth for Broadway

Broadway News: Judith Light said it best just before she presented the second Tony Award of the night: “We’re finally home!” Every single person — from the carpet to the broadcast to the winners circle — was ecstatic to be back at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the 75th Annual Tony Awards.

‘A costly mistake’: Andrew Lloyd Webber booed as Cinderella closes in West End

Theatre | The Guardian: A letter from Andrew Lloyd Webber, read on stage at the closing night of Cinderella, suggested that opening his new musical during the pandemic “might have been a costly mistake”.

Royal Party – Cameo illuminates the Queen's 70th anniversary at Buckingham Palace

LightSoundJournal.com: With more than 16,000 small to large street parties, the people of Great Britain celebrated the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II‘s throne during the first weekend of June. But by far the biggest show took place on this day in front of Buckingham Palace in London.

Seattle actor uses pandemic downtime to create play highlighting stories of African American theater

The Seattle Times: After more than 30 years of successful acting, Seattle’s Reginald Andre Jackson is ready to fully embrace the hyphen in his title of “actor-playwright.” Jackson, primarily an actor who has experience with directing and writing, used his pandemic downtime to create “History of Theatre,” his play about the untold stories of African American theater.

Shauneille Perry, Pioneer on Page and Stage

AMERICAN THEATRE: Shauneille Perry, a cousin of playwright Lorraine Hansberry once hailed as “Chicago’s gift to the world of drama,” who established herself as an actress, director, playwright, and writer, died at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y., on June 9 at the age of 92. Her death was confirmed by her daughter.

Ailey Dances at Lincoln Center to Honor a Decade of Artistic Director Robert Battle

Playbill: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is back at Lincoln Center from June 15–19, after completing the first national tour since the start of the pandemic. Culminating Artistic Director Robert Battle’s 10th anniversary season, the engagement includes a program on Saturday featuring his signature choreography and a special gala on Thursday bringing together all parts of the organization to celebrate his innovative leadership, which has artfully advanced the Ailey legacy over the past decade.

‘A Strange Loop’s Michael R. Jackson And Producer Barbara Whitman On “Widening The Lane” For Broadway Storytelling: “It’s OK To Be Weird”

Deadline: After A Strange Loop capped the Tony Awards by taking the Best Musical prize, playwright Michael R. Jackson offered his main takeaway from the show’s unlikely path to the top: “It’s OK to be weird.”

Pulitzer and now top Tony, ‘A Strange Loop’ makes history

Datebook: “A Strange Loop,” an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, as voters celebrated Broadway’s most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.

From the Winner's Circle: A STRANGE LOOP Author Michael R. Jackson Talks LGBTQ+ Impact and More

www.broadwayworld.com: A STRANGE LOOP composer and author, Michael R. Jackson, is the 2022 winner of Best Book of a Musical! In his visit to the press room after his big win, Michael discussed his 20 year journey to the Tony Awards stage and the advice he would have for the struggling young composer he once was.

Tony Awards Host Ariana DeBose Hails Broadway Diversity In High-Energy Show Opening: “‘The Great White Way’ Is Becoming More Of A Nickname Than A How-To Guide

Deadline: Dazzling in a bright white topcoat and pants, Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose trumpeted progress on Broadway in a high-energy opening number and monologue. See video of the musical portion above.

Why a play about Ireland's native language finds new resonance in Anglo-Irish relations today

theconversation.com: Caitríona McLaughlin’s version of Brian Friel’s seminal play Translations is coming to Ireland’s national theatre, the Abbey, this summer. Her striking adaption shows how Friel’s masterpiece is as relevant today as it was when it was first performed in 1980.

Fragments, Loss, and Language: On the Jewishness of Pinter and Stoppard

AMERICAN THEATRE: If finding a playwright’s “voice” is a key to realizing their work onstage, a crucial aspect of both Pinter’s and Stoppard’s life histories is that both are Jewish. Not only Jewish, but Central European Jews who came of age in the traumatic period of the Second World War and the Holocaust. This salient fact has begun to be more deeply explored in recent years; for me, the “Jewish thread” has consistently informed my own understanding about, and interpretation of, their work. In the New York theatre, where Judaism is pervasive, the fact that these two major figures happened to be Jewish may seem inconsequential.

Molly Smith announces an exit after 25 years leading Arena Stage

The Washington Post: Molly Smith, who has led Arena Stage for nearly a quarter-century as a champion of American plays and the force behind a glittering transformation of its Southwest Washington complex, announced Friday that she will leave the job in July 2023.

5 Joyce Award Projects to Receive Largest Grants Ever

AMERICAN THEATRE: The Joyce Foundation has announced the winners of this year’s Joyce Awards, which support the creation of new works by pioneering artists of color across disciplines in conjunction with arts institutions. Playwright Nancy García Loza with the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), musician Nabil Ince (a.k.a. Seaux Chill) with the Harrison Center, choreographer Michael Manson with Living Arts, artist Aram Han Sifuentes with the HANA Center, and artist Pramila Vasudevan with Public Art Saint Paul will each receive grants of $75,000 to support high-impact projects intended to foster culturally vibrant, equitable, and sustainable communities in the Great Lakes region, with at least $25,000 awarded directly to the commissioned artist. This year’s grants mark the largest total Joyce Awards granted to date, after the award amount was increased from $50,000 to $75,000 last year.

Stage flight: theatregoers aflutter after bat swoops into London show

Stage | The Guardian: Audience members at Sadler’s Wells theatre in London were taken aback when a bat unexpectedly flew in and out of a production of The Rite of Spring on Wednesday night.

Broadway By Design: Adam Rigg, Montana Levi Blanco, Yi Zhao, and Palmer Hefferan Bring THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH from Page to Stage

www.broadwayworld.com: Recipient of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Thornton Wilder's visionary masterpiece The Skin of Our Teeth illuminates the endurance of the human spirit as it follows the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey as they persevere through an Ice Age, a biblical flood, and war.

The Drama Book Shop to Celebrate 105 Years as a New York Institution

www.broadwayworld.com: The Drama Book Shop, a 105-year-old independent bookstore in New York City owned by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and James L. Nederlander, will celebrate its first anniversary since reopening its doors at 266 West 39th Street on Friday, June 10, 2022. Complimentary cookies from Schmackary's, the official cookie of Broadway, will be offered to the first 105 customers. In addition, patrons with any book purchase of $25 or more will receive a free drink from the cafe throughout the day.

Living Dead Weekend welcomes horror fans back to Monroeville Mall

Arts + Entertainment | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: As retail moves increasingly online, American malls, it seems, are dead. For the Monroeville Mall, that sentiment will become literal when Living Dead Weekend takes over, giving horror fans access to celebrities, memorabilia, and other fun dedicated to some of their favorite locally shot zombie films.

Upgrade Your Theatre Seat For More Legroom?

Butts In the Seats: I caught a story on NPR’s Marketplace yesterday that discussed the way airlines use premium seating. One of the people interviewed mentioned that airlines craftily use the separation of time to get people to upgrade. Because the flyer is offered the opportunity to change to premium economy around the time they check in, months or weeks after they purchased the ticket, consumers view the upgrade payment as a different transaction from the initial seat purchase rather than thinking about the total amount they have spent.

Solotech contributes to ABBA Voyage concerts

LightSoundJournal.com: Several years in the making, the show opened on May 26 in a purpose-built arena designed by Stufish Entertainment Architects at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. Early reviews confirm that it is like nothing seen before, as it adds a new element to the live music experience by blurring the lines between computer-generated imagery (CGI) and reality that can only be seen in person to fully understand, with The Guardian calling it a “jaw-dropping avatar act that’s destined to be copied.”

Merlin R&D | Merlin Entertainments seeks innovators

blooloop: Merlin Entertainments has redefined the visitor attractions landscape over the last two decades, with its rapid strategic growth taking it from a £7 million EBITDA to a £569 million business with 140 attractions worldwide. Merlin’s R&D department is its creative crucible, driving forward innovation and finding new ways to delight, thrill and entertain its millions of guests who visit every year.

Pride Member Spotlight: Nate Richmond

IATSE: Meet Canadian Office Operations Manager and Chair of the Pride Committee, Nate Richmond. Richmond has been a member of both Locals 411 and 667 in Toronto, Canada. He represents the IATSE on the Canadian Labour Congress’ (CLC’s) Solidarity and Pride Working Group. With a background in film, Nate has worked in the camera department at both William F. Whites and Panavision, and then in the production office as an IA member.

How do you make a lavish spectacle sustainable? Theatre’s radical green agenda

Stage | The Guardian: ‘Theatre will be measured by its response to the climate emergency.” Those were the words of Paddy Dillon at the end of a daylong conference on Monday at the National Theatre entitled Making Theatre Green.

Market Square turns global in celebration of Pittsburgh's culturally diverse communities

Arts + Entertainment | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: Pittsburghers will soon see Market Square on a global scale when the Downtown plaza transforms into World Square. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, World Square - Welcoming All of Pittsburgh's Neighbors, will be held in Downtown’s Market Square from Fri., June 10-Sun., June 12.

5 Skills That Students Gain Through Arts Education

www.broadwayworld.com: Engaging in art is essential to students and humans alike. As soon as children develop motor skills, they communicate through artistic expression. Today, most schools put the majority of their focus on standardized testing and some negate the arts altogether. Arts education and arts integration has been shown to make school work more enjoyable and makes students think about things in a new way. Giving students the materials for artistic expression can lower stress, improve their memory, and make students feel more socially connected.

Review Roundup: Broadway-Bound 1776 at A.R.T.; What Did the Critics Think?

www.broadwayworld.com: The Broadway-bound production of 1776 began performances last month at American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Jeffrey L. Page and A.R.T. Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus direct a new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, reexamining this pivotal moment in American history with a cast that reflects multiple representations of race, gender, and ethnicity.

Tony Awards Will Not Require Masks for Nominees at Radio City

The Hollywood Reporter: The star attendees at the Tony Awards on June 12 will not be required to wear masks during the ceremony, but will need to be tested for COVID-19 before attending, the awards show confirmed Monday.

How 'Moon Knight' Costume Designer Built Hero Suits Using 3D Printing

Variety: Meghan Kasperlik, costume designer on Marvel’s newest limited series “Moon Knight,” was tasked for creating the looks for these new additions to Marvel’s vast universe. A key costume was bringing the Moon Knight outfit to life.

Kyiv opera house reopens after 3 months

NPR: Earlier today, Ukraine's capital was rocked by explosions. Two missiles exploded just outside Kyiv, hitting a rail yard in the first attacks the city has experienced in weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that more strikes on other targets are likely if Ukraine continues to receive military aid from the West.

Perception: Las Vegas to welcome new immersive art museum

blooloop: Las Vegas is getting a new immersive art experience on 10 June called Perception, featuring digital art installations such as Leonardo: The Universal Man. Perception Las Vegas is a state-of-the-art digital art museum located on the Las Vegas Strip. The attraction will immerse visitors in the lives and works of the world’s most celebrated artists.

In it for the long Hall: Future-proofing the heart of the Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House: The Concert Hall is alive with movement. The Opera House’s biggest venue has been closed for more than two years, yet behind its shuttered doors the beat goes on. The hum of thousands of excited concert-goers has been replaced with the buzz of hundreds of workers, busy future-proofing the venue for decades to come.

Was the Queen's Virtual Carriage Ride a Real Hologram?

gizmodo.com: The Platinum Jubilee, a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year rule, was celebrated in the United Kingdom this past weekend, with a parade on Sunday featuring the same solid-gold carriage she took in 1953 for her coronation. But the Queen wasn’t in the coach this time, instead opting to have a film from 1953 sit in her place. Many news outlets have called the film a “hologram,” but does it actually qualify as a hologram?

'1776' Review: Diane Paulus' Revolutionary Take On An Old Warhorse

Variety: When the Tony-winning musical “1776” debuted on Broadway in 1969, it celebrated America’s ideals on the eve of its Bicentennial. Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique front and center, while treating those ideals as a chimera rather than a promise fulfilled. The production’s pre-Broadway tryout at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., holds this truth to be self-evident: that the Declaration of Independence’s promises of freedom and justice were mere words, compromised and betrayed from the very moment of ratification.

A new approach to recruitment is needed

Access All Areas: The pandemic showed many people that the events industry is not a secure place to work. Like many people who had worked in events all their lives, within a week at the end of March 2020, every contract our company had in place had been cancelled and our income was reduced to zero.

Ingenious solution for Column of Fire production involved several Robe moving lights

LightSoundJournal.com: Copenhagen’s Bellevue Theatre asked lighting designer Mark P Jones to create a practical and versatile lighting scheme to facilitate their recent touring version of “A Column of Fire”, a musical production based on Ken Follet’s gripping work encapsulating politics, passion, religious divisions and other 16th-century melodrama of the moment. It was initially staged at the theatre in 2019, directed by Mads M Nielsen with set designed by Benjamin la Cour and lit by Mikael Sylvest.

Hollywood Talks Environmental Issues at Hollywood Reporter/EMA Sustainability Event

The Hollywood Reporter: As the world turns and temperatures shift, sustainability has become an urgent issue across all industries, including entertainment. Hollywood, known for its dissemination of images and messaging, is on the front lines of a cultural sea change, dedicated to prioritizing the environment and the challenges it faces, said a group of industry leaders Thursday at The Hollywood Reporter’s Pictures for the Planet event, presented by Walmart at the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit.

NFTs Are So Much More Than Just Jpegs, They Are Redefining Access And Ownership In Media And Entertainment

www.forbes.com: Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are still a bit head-scratchy for some. While there’s a lot of excitement around NFTs within the media and entertainment industries, there’s also a lot of skepticism and criticism. Some critics discredit NFTs as nothing more than expensive jpegs that are bought and sold online. Even the skeptics who take a more subdued stance often describe NFTs as if they are synonymous with the NFT art or the digital art file.

'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Pop-up to Hit Los Angeles this June

Variety: Titled “Making LA Marvelous,” the pop-up site will feature sets inspired by the recent fourth season of the popular Rachel Brosnahan starring comedy series, including a recreation of Susie Myerson’s office from the show, as well as areas inspired by real-life New York locations Russ & Daughters deli and the Blue Note Jazz Club. The Russ & Daughters pop-up will feature Jewish appetizers, while the Blue Note club will feature hourly performances inspired by the jazz music of the ’60s. Other highlights from the pop-up include a magician, mahjong tables and a photo both inspired by Coney Island.

‘It Came from Outer Space’ musical, inspired by cult classic film

Chicago Sun-Times: Before there was “Alien,” before there was “Star Trek,” before there was “Star Wars,” there was “It Came from Outer Space.” The 1953 sci-fi film may look cheesy by today’s standards but that, and its Ray Bradbury pedigree, has only added to its status as a cult classic.

Direct sound printing

Nature Communications: Photo- and thermo-activated reactions are dominant in Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes for polymerization or melting/deposition of polymers. However, ultrasound activated sonochemical reactions present a unique way to generate hotspots in cavitation bubbles with extraordinary high temperature and pressure along with high heating and cooling rates which are out of reach for the current AM technologies.

NYC's Times Square now has a giant rainbow spanning its length

www.timeout.com/newyork: In honor of Pride Month, the Times Square Arts organization is presenting "Polar Rainbow" to all New Yorkers. The public art piece is an augmented reality sculpture of a rainbow created by Latvian-British artist Kristaps Ancāns that will be on display through June 30.

BroadwayCon Unveils Lineup Featuring BEETLEJUICE, SIX, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, and More!

www.broadwayworld.com: BroadwayCon, the premiere fan convention for all things Broadway, today announced the programming lineup, featuring performances and appearances from some of Broadway's biggest shows and influential names in theater. Taking place July 8-10, 2022 at the Manhattan Center & The New Yorker Hotel, this year's BroadwayCon marks the convention's first in-person gathering in two years, bringing theater fans closer than ever to some of Broadway's newest and most exciting shows.

‘Lorca’ a rich tribute to the dark and light of the Andalusian poet laureate

www.chicagolandmusicaltheatre.com: To celebrate their twentieth anniversary and return to live performance, Water People Theater, in league with the Instituto Cervantes, brings LORCA, Living the Experience to Chicago. As advertised, it’s an immersive dive into the world of Andalusian poet and composer Federico García Lorca, featuring music, flamenco dance, larger-than-life video. to Instituto Cervantes.

ALMOST FAMOUS Musical is Headed to Broadway This Fall, Starring Anika Larsen, Solea Pfeiffer, Drew Gehling, and More!

www.broadwayworld.com: Producers Lia Vollack and Michael Cassel Group announced today that Almost Famous, the new musical with book and lyrics by Academy Award® and Grammy Award® winner Cameron Crowe, based on his iconic film, will open on Broadway this fall.

Astera Launches New HydraPanel Product

LightSoundJournal.com: Astera launches its latest ingenious and innovative wireless LED lighting product – the HydraPanel – which features the company’s award-winning Titan LED engine. The HydraPanel stands out in a busy ‘LED panel’ marketplace offering many unique features not found in any ‘pixel’ product, like a beam-shaper module, magnetic mounting, and the Titan LED engine’s superior colour mixing, dimming characteristics and exceptional quality of light.

Top Gun: Maverick Aerial Coordinator Kevin LaRosa on Striking Footage

The Hollywood Reporter: Originally hired to be the film’s camera pilot, the veteran aerial cinematographer quickly impressed the producers, who in turn promoted him to the coordinator role, which included leading briefs before footage flights.

Inside the production of ABBA's holographic pop residency

www.avinteractive.com: Swedish pop royalty ABBA spent five weeks in a film studio wearing figure-hugging motion capture suits during the development of a London holographic concert residency which opened last week.

The 2022 Tony Awards could be a boon for Broadway’s box office

Broadway News: According to data provided by The Broadway League, as of May 15, 2022, the 2021-2022 Broadway season had grossed $812,064,730. At that time, during Broadway’s last uninterrupted season (the 51st week of 2018-2019), the season had grossed $1,793,406,470. That’s a deficit of $981,341,740, or 112.5% (although this current Tony-eligible season began in August 2021 rather than May). A different look: The week after this year’s Tony nominations grossed $30,349,653; that same week in 2019 took in $35,092,351 — a difference of $4,742,698, or 15.6%.

‘3-D’ Fireworks will light up sky over Quassy Amusement & Waterpark

Amusement Today: There will be a blast from the past this July 4th at Quassy Amusement and Waterpark here as “3-D” fireworks light up the sky over Lake Quassapaug.

Deity Gets Serious About Affordable Timecode

nofilmschool.com/a>: Timecode is by far the best way to sync cameras and sound, and Deity is on a tear making it more affordable for independent productions. First shown at NAB 2022 and now officially launched, Deity Microphones has launched two timecode tools, and an app, that should make it easier to keep your footage and audio in sync.