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American regional theaters are rethinking everything
NPR: Say "theater" and many people think "Broadway." The musical 1776, perhaps, in a freshly revolutionary, re-gendered mounting by Tony winner Diane Paulis and Emmy-nominated Jeffrey L. Page. Or Hamilton, Rent, A Chorus Line. Or maybe they think of some of the plays that have won Pulitzer Prizes in the last 30 years.11 Plays and Musicals That Broke Obscenity Laws and Were Kicked Off the Stage
Playbill: What do an ancient Greek playwright, Roaring Twenties film icon Mae West, and Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw all have in common? They all wrote plays that came with jail fines. With Banned Books Week raising awareness about the censorship of literature, a look back through theatre history reveals some of its own intriguing stories of plays and musicals that pushed boundaries.How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music?
The New York Times: “I’m a cellist, and I have played in orchestras my entire life,” Blake-Anthony Johnson, the president and chief executive of the Chicago Sinfonietta, said recently. “I used to ask the other musicians, ‘What is the most you would pay for your ideal concert?’ And it was nowhere near what our patrons actually pay.”Carnegie Mellon graduates invade the MCU on Disney+ 'She-Hulk' series
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh has been slowly creeping into the MCU for years now, from Ming-Na Wen’s role as Agent May in the ABC series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to Michael Keaton going full villain as The Vulture in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” to Jeff Goldblum playing space Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster in 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok.” No Marvel property has shown off more homegrown talent, though, than the new Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”VR and Theater Finally Make a Climate Baby: “From Sea To Rising Sea” Interview with Creator-Director-Choreographer Mary John Frank
The Theatre Times: After my seventh time seeing Chekhov brought to life through NFTs, robots, and an electric blue cherry orchard at the Baryshnikov Arts Center this summer (Arlekin Players Theater’s “The Orchard,” starring Jessica Hecht and Mikhail Baryshnikov, headed to Boston in early November), I couldn’t get over the idea that the keys to our future maybe forged in an unusual alliance of technology and theater.
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