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Cirque Du Soleil on transforming the Royal Albert Hall for Corteo
www.cirquefascination.com: With Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo opening tomorrow, 9 January, at the Royal Albert Hall, its technical director Gerard Edwards-Webb discusses how and why his team completely redesigned the layout of the venue for the show. Since Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall in 1871 you could be forgiven for thinking the venue has seen it all. It has hosted everything from Jimi Hendrix to The Proms, Sumu wrestling to an indoor marathon, but it has never been transformed in the way that Cirque du Soleil has for its production Corteo.How Shen Yun Tapped Religious Fervor to Make $266 Million
The New York Times: Over the past decade, the dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has made money at a staggering rate. The group had $60 million in 2015. It had $144 million by 2019. And by the end of last year, tax records show, it had more than a quarter of a billion dollars, stockpiling wealth at a pace that would be extraordinary for any company, let alone a nonprofit dance group from Orange County, N.Y.Atlantic Theater Closes Two Off Broadway Shows Amidst Stagehand Strike
deadline.com: The Atlantic Theater Company, one of Off Broadway‘s most celebrated theaters, has officially closed two new, previewing productions – Eliya Smith’s Grief Camp and Mona Pirnot’s I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan – amidst an ongoing strike by the stagehands union IATSE.The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents…
Broad Street Review: This is what happens when creatives collaborate. Soft/Cover displays almost 50 years of work from the Fabric Workshop and Museum’s Artists-in-Residence program, in which artists from varied media explore fabric and screen-printing, supported by FWM studio artists. More than 65 works, produced from the 1970s to the present, including newly commissioned work from current residents, unfurl across galleries on three floors.Crew Members at Major Off-Broadway Theater Go On Strike
www.hollywoodreporter.com: Crew members at the Atlantic Theater Company, a major Off-Broadway theater, have gone on strike after contract negotiations fell apart. As a result of the strike, announced Sunday, the theater has postponed its productions of Grief Camp and I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan. The strike comes after crew members voted to unionize with IATSE in February 2024, with concerns about healthcare and job security, amid a bigger Off-Broadway push.
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