Christine Colby Jacques and Wayne Cilento on Bringing Back Bob Fosse's Dancin'

Dance Magazine: What would Bob Fosse do? The question might arise for any choreographer or director trying to figure out what comes next at a critical juncture in a new musical. But for Christine Colby Jacques and Wayne Cilento, the first question was, what did Fosse do? And only then did they wonder how the Tony-Oscar-Emmy–winning director/choreographer of Sweet Charity, Pippin and the film of Cabaret would tackle their current project: the Broadway-bound revival of Dancin’, the mostly plotless potpourri of freestanding, unconnected Fosse numbers that they’d both been in back in 1978.

We Tried The Cheapest Cordless Power Drill At Home Depot. Here's How It Went

www.housedigest.com: Outside of buying, say, a 2x4 or a flat of pansies, what could be a more prototypical Home Depot shopping experience than picking up a cordless drill? HomeFixated's Mark Lyman says a cordless drill is the handyman's most essential tool (via Art of Manliness). Lyman also says not to be a cheapskate when buying a drill, but we aim to do just that.

With ‘Lear,’ theater leaders come together to celebrate Shakespeare and S.F.’s Fillmore district

Datebook: There are plotlines aplenty in William Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” So it feels appropriate that the number of backstage subplots involved in California Shakespeare Theater’s new production are plentiful in their own right.

Monumental Moving Canvas: A Preview of the Fall Season of Art on theMART

Newcity Stage: “I want to be clear it’s not a dance video, but a dance projection—three- dimensional, not flat,” says Jasmin Taylor, one of two artists premiering monumental-sized work this week for the fall iteration of Art on theMART: The city’s public art series that transforms the two-and-a-half-acre façade of theMART (formerly and famously known as the Merchandise Mart, since rebranded) into the world’s largest canvas for digital art.

Martin Audio and Henley Festival celebrate the essence of an English summer

LightSoundJournal.com: If there is a single festival that defines the English summer, it has to be Henley, which this year celebrated its 40th anniversary with an eclectic mix of music, comedy, art and grade A fun.

"Kurios: A Cabinet of Curiosities" Helping You Dream with Your Eyes Wide Open!

The Theatre Times: I can prescribe the remedy if you need medicine to blow up your imagination! Get a ticket to Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities! Kurios, written and directed by Michel Laprise, is the 35th creation of Cirque du Soleil and is touring worldwide. You should check if Kurios stops in your city or another city nearby.

Ruth Wilson on ‘True Things’ and How Intimacy Coaches Change Sex Scenes

The Hollywood Reporter: Based on the book by Deborah Kay Davies, it casts Wilson as Kate, a benefits worker who can’t resist a torrid affair with an ex-con known only as “Blond,” played by Tom Burke. Wilson says the pair and filmmaker Harry Wootliff loved working with “the queen of intimacy coaching,” Ita O’Brien.

The Warehouse Project launches scheme to encourage next generation of event professionals

Access All Areas: Manchester club night series The Warehouse Project (WHP) has launched a not-for-profit community project in partnership with local creative music charity Brighter Sound and online music community platform Resident Advisor.

Go Back to School Broadway-Style With These School-Themed Shows

Playbill: School is officially back in session, a perfect time to look back at these plays and musicals set in schools. Whether you're hanging out with some cut-up Greasers, mini rockstars, or even some Delta Nu sisters, all these shows will help you get ready to be back in class—whether you want to be there or not.

Gimme Some Truth, or Make ’Em Laugh?

AMERICAN THEATRE: When I edited theatre reviews at Back Stage West in the fall of 2001—i.e., in the immediate aftermath of 9/11—it seemed that, no matter the show they were covering, critics would either say something like, “This frothy laugh riot is exactly the kind of thing we need right now to take our minds off the state of the world,” or, on the other hand, “This hard-hitting drama is exactly the kind of gritty challenge we go to the theatre for in times of trouble.”

Pittsburgh Irish Festival brings Celtic culture to the Carrie Blast Furnaces

Pittsburgh City Paper: There's axe throwing, and then there's ancient Celtic axe throwing. This is according to the list of activities set to unfold at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, an annual weekend event dedicated to Irish history and tradition in the city.

How to Know If You Automatically Qualify for Student-Loan Forgiveness

www.businessinsider.com: One-time student-loan forgiveness could be hitting millions of borrowers accounts by the end of the year — and some could be eligible to get that relief automatically.

Artist and Costume Designer Arianne Phillips to receive the Campari Passion for Film Award

Biennale Cinema 2022: Arianne Phillips is a three-time Oscar-nominated, twice BAFTA-nominated, and one-time Tony-nominated costume designer known for her cutting-edge designs and attention to detail. She has also been recognized by the Costume Designers Guild on eight occasions with her one win for Madonna’s directorial debut, the biopic “W.E.” In addition to her many nominations, her long-standing relationship with Madonna has included costume design collaborations on films, photos shoots, music videos, and tours over the past two decades--most recently on the Rebel Heart album.

Arts News | Uncomfortable truths behind the 'Ragtime' cancellation

Arts & Entertainment | denvergazette.com: Three things everyone seems to agree on after a small theater company in Evergreen decided to pull the plug on its production of “Ragtime” just two weeks before its opening night: 1. It’s heartbreaking for everyone involved. 2. If a show can’t be done right, it shouldn’t be done at all. 3. And in the end, it was probably best for this troubled production not to go forward.

Theater artist Madeline Sayet wrestles with Shakespeare and Native American identity

The Seattle Times: Mohegan theater artist Madeline Sayet’s solo show “Where We Belong” takes a skeptical view of Shakespeare. In 2019, it premiered at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, they’re going to kill me. I’m going to get thrown off stage,’” Sayet said.

Labor Day and the Labor Play

New York Theater: Where are the American plays about labor? About unions, or workers, or workplaces? I’ve been asking that question every Labor Day, a legal holiday created by Congress in 1884 to celebrate not the American barbecue but the American labor union movement. This year, one answer is: On Broadway.

9 Shows You Need to See in New York This Fall

TheaterMania: I love autumn in New York. As the air becomes cooler and crisper, you can almost feel the anticipation, as if something remarkable is about to begin. For we TheaterManiacs, that is mostly about the upcoming theater season.

RME launches 12Mic-D

LightSoundJournal.com: The RME 12Mic-D features twelve microphone and line level inputs with digital, no-compromise, studio-quality conversion; remote controllable gains; integrated MADI and Dante connectivity; plus a multitude of additional functionality, designed for use in high-end studio recording, live audio, and location sound and music recording.

Weekends in the Park With Will

onStage Pittsburgh: This might not have been the exact location description, but it wasn’t too far from the lovely venue in Frick Park, where we were treated to William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights’s Dream. Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks deftly handled this complex comedy by the Bard himself, and a good time was shared by all.

How to Build Your Own Custom Playbill Program With PLAYBILLder

Playbill: Have you ever wanted to make your own Playbill program for a local production or event? Whether you’re building a full professional program for a high school or community theatre show or just making a fun program for an especially theatrical wedding or birthday party, PLAYBILLder makes creating authentic Broadway-quality Playbill programs easy and fast.

"A Once In A Lifetime Experience You Can Do Every Year": The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Playbill: There is something magical about Edinburgh in the early morning, before the city wakes to greet you. Time is suspended in the early hours, the air hazy with morning dew that brightens the eyes and quickens the lungs. The lavender break of dawn is punctuated by flocks of crows, swooping in formation as scatterings of people tread through the cobblestone streets, taking care to maintain the enchantment.

NPR Examines Ticketmaster "Monopoly" Accusations on 1A Show

www.ticketnews.com: Ticketmaster has long been dogged by claims it is operating as an effective “monopoly” alongside parent company Live Nation Entertainment, with its most recent firestorm kicked up over the pricing strategy for Bruce Springsteen and other tours as live entertainment recovers from the pandemic.

Wilhelm and Willhalm supply CODA Audio Solution for prestigious German Football Stadium…

LightSoundJournal.com: With a capacity of 30,210, the BayArena is the definition of a modern sports venue. Home of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, one of Germany’s leading professional football clubs, the stadium is noteworthy for spectator proximity to the on-field action. First opened in 1958, it has undergone successive redevelopments, and was most recently remodelled during 2008 and 2009, when it was expanded to its current capacity and added its unique nest-like roof structure.

Celebrating the Spirit in Intimacy Work

HowlRound Theatre Commons: It gives me so much joy to be sitting here with you and talking about your intimacy practice and what excites you about the industry. So, let's begin! I do have questions that are benchmarks and guidelines, but feel free to share whatever riff or rant your mind wants to take you on in this process.

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Hollywood’s Insistence on New Draconian Copyright Rules Is Not About Protecting Artists

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Stop us if you’ve heard these: piracy is driving artists out of business. The reason they are starving is because no one pays for things, just illegally downloads them. You wouldn’t steal a car. These arguments are old and being dragged back out to get support for rules that would strangle online expression. And they are, as ever, about Hollywood wanting to control creativity and not protecting artists.

Posted by David at 9/02/2022 10:35:00 AM

Wizarding World unveils new Harry Potter experiences

blooloop: ‘Back to Hogwarts’ returned to London’s King’s Cross on 1 September for the first time since 2019, with hundreds of Gryffindors, Slytherins, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs in attendance. The event is open to the public until 4 September.

Posted by David at 9/02/2022 10:31:00 AM

Did You Know – Dressing Room Power and Light

ASTC: There are fewer than 200 words in the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70 – 2020) in regard to dressing and makeup rooms, but it’s amazing how often those words seem to be misapplied. Walk into a theatre or other performing arts facility with dressing rooms and it seems more often than not the lights or power outlets around the makeup mirrors do not comply with the electrical code. It should not be this hard.

Posted by David at 8/30/2022 10:46:00 AM

Inside ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ — the most expensive show ever made

www.arabnews.com: There has never been a television series more ambitious than “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” The first season, which premiered on Amazon Prime on Sept. 2, cost a staggering $465 million to make — roughly 10 times the price of the first season of “Game of Thrones” 11 years ago — with a planned $1 billion for the intended five-season series on a whole. If any franchise can justify that kind of investment, though, it’s the world of Middle Earth.

Posted by David at 9/02/2022 10:30:00 AM

Texas Church Who Staged Illegal Hamilton Posts Apology, Will Pay Damages

Playbill: The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen Church has released an apology for their recent unauthorized production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, revealing that the church will pay unspecified "damages" for the performances. The Texas church performed the Tony-winning musical earlier this month without obtaining the legal right to do so, additionally making changes to the work that inserted biblical references.

Posted by David at 8/29/2022 10:19:00 AM

 

Hollywood’s Insistence on New Draconian Copyright Rules Is Not About Protecting Artists

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Stop us if you’ve heard these: piracy is driving artists out of business. The reason they are starving is because no one pays for things, just illegally downloads them. You wouldn’t steal a car. These arguments are old and being dragged back out to get support for rules that would strangle online expression. And they are, as ever, about Hollywood wanting to control creativity and not protecting artists.

GLP helps 311 to another massive 311 Day party success in Las Vegas

LightSoundJournal.com: Every second year, veteran American rock band 311 celebrates 11 March (3/11) with a massive party-style celebration concert for fans over two nights at the Park Theater, Las Vegas (Park MGM).

LeeAnét Noble is new artistic director of Adventure Theatre MTC

DC Theater Arts: Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) proudly announces LeeAnét Noble as its new Artistic Director after a nationwide search. Noble succeeds former Artistic Director Chil Kong, who resigned in August.

Meow Wolf announces Texas artists for new venue

blooloop: Meow Wolf has announced the Texas-based artists for its fourth permanent installation, opening in Grapevine in 2023. More than 30 artists located in Texas are collaborating with Meow Wolf to create 30 rooms, as well as select sculptures and dioramas, within the 29,000-square-foot space.

Shubert Organization to unveil James Earl Jones Theatre on Sept. 12

Broadway News: The theater, formerly known as the Cort, will be officially named in a ceremony on 48th Street that will include tours of the venue, special performances and the reveal of the new marquee. The event will be open to invited guests and members of the press.

Wizarding World unveils new Harry Potter experiences

blooloop: ‘Back to Hogwarts’ returned to London’s King’s Cross on 1 September for the first time since 2019, with hundreds of Gryffindors, Slytherins, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs in attendance. The event is open to the public until 4 September.

Inside ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ — the most expensive show ever made

www.arabnews.com: There has never been a television series more ambitious than “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” The first season, which premiered on Amazon Prime on Sept. 2, cost a staggering $465 million to make — roughly 10 times the price of the first season of “Game of Thrones” 11 years ago — with a planned $1 billion for the intended five-season series on a whole. If any franchise can justify that kind of investment, though, it’s the world of Middle Earth.

Red Wings Share Fascinating Look At How NHL Rinks Are Painted

brobible.com: If you’re a hockey fan who’s ever relied on an NHL.TV to catch a game, then you’re likely very, very, very familiar with some of the work that goes into preparing and maintaining a hockey rink courtesy of the infinitely looping clip of people doing things like laying down tape and spraying the ice that gets queued up whenever the stream cuts to commercial.

Rental Property Market Growing Due To Film And TV Productions

www.forbes.com: With high-end TV production spend at a record high throughout the world, the film and TV industry is interestingly becoming an important sector for landlords.

Artwork generated using AI software Midjourney won a state competition

The Verge: A game designer has sparked controversy after submitting an image created by an AI text-to-image generator to a state art competition and taking home first prize.

Squeek Lights takes stock of ADJ Jolt Bar FX LED fixtures

TPi: Squeek Lights was founded by Victor Zeiser, who continues to run the company alongside partners Ben Jarrett and Steve Kosiba. “We had a demo of the Jolt Bar FX and thought it was cool, so placed an order for 12 units,” explained Zeiser. “As soon as it arrived, and we had the chance to play with it, we immediately decided to order more! We really like it because it’s one fixture, but lets you create two layers of effects

Fleet locks in owner-op pay as recruitment strategy

Commercial Carrier Journal: Charlie Deull, part of the family that owns and operates the Broadway show-related freight carrier Clark Transfer, experienced the COVID-19 pandemic as an existential business threat. He watched as, quite literally overnight, the entirety of the touring-theater business came an abrupt halt, sidelining a then around 100-unit fleet made up entirely of leased owner-operators.

Bringing Identity to Staged Intimacy

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Equity, diversity, and inclusion are inherent parts of everything I do as an educator and artist. You can’t have intimacy without them. If don’t consider the individual experiences of every artist in the room, then I’m not doing my work as an intimacy professional. If I’m looking at you as just a body, then I haven’t figured out the humanity within the work on top of the choreography. I want to create concrete, desexualized, specific, and repeatable choreography that considers your individual needs around this material.

Robe at PLASA 2022

LightSoundJournal.com: Robe anticipates a busy and vibrant PLASA 2022 with the industry, shows and events back and working at full speed. It will be the official launch of Robe’s potent and impressive iFORTE™ moving light, an IP65 version of FORTE™, the brand’s current highest-powered TE™ (TRANSFERABLE ENGINE) LED luminaire.

Ars Nova Introduces a Name Your Price Ticketing Model

The New York Times: The Off Broadway incubator Ars Nova will allow audience members to pay what they wish for theater tickets in a new initiative called “What’s Ars Is Yours: Name Your Price,” the company announced on Wednesday.

CEO hits back against WYEP, WESA union efforts and media coverage

Pittsburgh City Paper: President and CEO Terry O'Reilly has indicated through an internal staff email that the Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Company management will not voluntarily recognize a union requested by workers at its two public radio stations.

A gastronomic guide to the 2022 Philadelphia…

Broad Street Review: As usual, plenty of themes are afoot in the Fringe Festival lineup: comedy and politics, reinvented classics (always like you’ve never seen before), and circus arts (so much circus). Many shows were either developed in quarantine, or reflect pandemic life, and as we come together to enjoy the cultural experiences we missed, it’s clear that many artists are hungry to explore another vital human gathering point: food.

Fringe audiences are 99% white? As a South Asian critic, I found Edinburgh’s screaming lack of diversity hugely troubling

The Guardian: I’m sitting in the audience of another Edinburgh fringe show. The month is in full swing and, as a reviewer, I’ve fallen into the pattern of rushing across the city from one venue to another to find my next seat. But, as I sit here, I have a growing sense of discomfort. Like the previous show, and the one before that, I’m the only person of colour in the audience.

Congressman Goes After Bruce Springsteen and Ticketmaster's Pricing

consequence.net: Two Garden State heavyweights are on a collision course as New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. is seeking information pertaining to Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” model, especially as it relates to New Jersey’s most famous cultural export, Bruce Springsteen.

Creative skills in times of crisis: how the arts can help

limelightmagazine.com.au: As the Jobs and Skills Summit gets underway – and as we grapple with labour shortages, economic challenges, and the immense strain on workers and sectors affected by the pandemic – I have a message of hope: our arts and culture can help.

A Day in LA with the Deepfake Artists Trying To Make the Digital World as Real as the Physical One

dot.LA: The Palisades Village is a 125,000-square feet outdoor shopping center designed to look like a luxurious resort town in a Bond movie. The pathways are cobblestone. The lights are outfitted to look like gas lamps. Every restaurant serves Italian food.

Idris Elba Calls the Debate Between Black British Actors Taking American Roles An 'Unintelligent Argument'

www.theroot.com: Idris Elba is weighing in on the discourse and concern some folks have about Black British actors taking away roles from Black American actors.

Big Changes Are in Store For Pittsburgh's Three Sister Bridges

Pittsburgh Magazine: The three Sister Bridges, named for Roberto Clemente, Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson, are among Pittsburgh’s most identifiable images, and they’ll soon be getting an upgrade.

Han Solo's Blaster From A NEW HOPE Sold for a Million Dollars

Nerdist: When we think of the iconic weapons of Star Wars, we tend to think lightsabers. But as cool as those Jedi and Sith weapons are, let us not forget there’s nothing like a handy blaster at your side, to paraphrase Han Solo.