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First Night Pittsburgh is looking for crew for this year’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration. The pay is good and the work is not bad. If you are staying in town and looking to make some money over the break, this is a great way to do it in a few days. If you are interested, email Jen Owen at j.owen42@gmail.com for more information.

Conservatory Hour

Conservatory Hour for Monday Nov. 17th

Is from 5-6pm in the Checco (Studio A)

This week’s focus will be a critique of

Heart of a Dog.

Attendance is required for all involved with the production and all freshmen.

All others are strongly encouraged to come participate in this discussion.

DOLLAR 'BILLY' LEAPS TO MINE

New York Post: "HERE'S the difference be tween writing a hit movie and writing a hit musical, according to 'Billy Elliot' creator Lee Hall:
'I get statements from the movie company that say, ' 'Billy Elliot' earned $100 million. But the advertising costs were $150 million. So we don't owe you anything.' What's nice about a musical is that you get a percentage of the gross. The writer actually gets paid.'"

Am-dram can only benefit from the free theatre ticket scheme

guardian.co.uk: "The National Operatic and Dramatic Association is outraged today on behalf of its members – the country's admirable amateur companies. NODA has taken exception to the Arts Council and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport linking up to encourage young people's interest in theatre by distributing free tickets to see excellent professional productions. NODA's chief executive Tony Gibbs fumed: 'If DCMS and the Arts Council really want to encourage young people to participate in the arts, they should be focusing on funding those very young people to participate at a local level in the first instance as opposed to issuing such gimmicks.'"

So Long, Seattle

City Arts Seattle: "Laurence Ballard has had enough of being a struggling actor. Here's why you won't be seeing one of our most accomplished performing artists working on local stages any time soon."

The Museum of Online Museums

Tor.com: "Charley Parker, of the most excellent art blog Lines and Colors, has posted about The Museum of Online Museums. He warns it’s a total time sink and, holy cow, is he right."

Speed up your work with command aliases

AutoCAD tips: "I usually provide menu, toolbar, or ribbon access for commands, but the quickest way to work is to type command aliases on the command line. You just need to know them."

Study abroad booms as do student visits here

Post Gazette: "Kristin Podboy didn't go to Chatham University for Mayan ruins or rain forests, but her first-ever study abroad trip to Guatemala and Belize may prove the most memorable part of her college years."

Led: 4.5 million LEDs Dazzle at Japan Winter Light Show

Gizmodo: "Last Saturday, 4.2 million LEDs lit up the Nabana no Sato theme park of Kuwana, Japan, kicking off their annual Winter Light Show that runs until March 8th."

Collaborative Drawing On The Dabbleboard

MakeUseOf.com: "The chalk gives way to the mouse. The canvas to the screen. But essentially online whiteboards try to do the same thing that real world whiteboards used to do in our good ol’ school days. Online whiteboards though have gone a few steps beyond the mimicry."

Google SketchUp 7 wants to make you an artist | Webware

CNET: "Like previous iterations of the software, SketchUp 7 will still allow you to model just about anything you'd like as long as you start with a pre-designed template. The software offers simple templates that help you gauge size through feet or meters, but it also includes architectural design, Google Earth, and a product design template to aide you in your modeling endeavors."

Helena Ruoti explores her inner advice giver

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "David Rambo's 'The Lady With All the Answers' is the 13th production that Ruoti has acted in at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and her third play there since 2006."

Playing an icon takes preparation

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Now, Ruoti is adding a fourth real-life woman to her repertoire -- advice columnist Anne Landers -- in the Pittsburgh Public Theater production of David Rambo's one-woman play 'The Lady With All the Answers.'"

Problems exist in revised version of 'Grapes of Wrath'

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "When the opera 'The Grapes of Wrath' by composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Michael Korie first was performed by The Minnesota Opera in 2006, the massive dislocation of the population of New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina provided an uncomfortable contemporary parallel."

Spotlight - White Plains - Building a Love for Live Theater

NYTimes.com: "MOMENTS before a recent performance of “Camelot” at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, Jack W. Batman, the executive producer, walked onto the stage. Speaking amiably, he thanked people for coming and asked for their support. It was a folksy, decidedly un-Broadway beginning to the professional production that followed, but it reflected the way the nonprofit center has built its audience since Mr. Batman’s arrival 18 months ago. Subscriptions are up, single ticket sales are up, and according to Bruce Robert Harris, the center’s associate producer, Broadway actors and directors are clamoring to work here."

In His New Show, ‘Taking Over,’ Danny Hoch Attacks the Gentrifiers

NYTimes.com: "IN his relationships with women, the hip-hop writer and actor Danny Hoch often finds himself playing the role of the exotic native New Yorker to girlfriends who hail from other parts of the country."

In ‘Continuous City,’ the Builders Association Interfaces With the Online World Onstage

NYTimes.com: "DURING every performance of “Continuous City,” Rizwan Mirza has a live, unrehearsed video chat with his cousin in London and his nephew in Virginia. While their faces are projected on giant screens, they tell him about their days, almost as if they’re having normal conversations. Except Mr. Mirza’s relatives don’t call him Rizwan. They call him J. V."

Dancers spark in 'Connections'

Post Gazette: "The George Roland White Studio at Point Park University made its debut last spring during the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Dancers' Trust Benefit. But this upscale black-box theater showcased the true potential for Point Park's student performers in the Conservatory Dance Company Friday night."

August Wilson protege returns for play reading

Post Gazette: "Todd Kreidler, 35, is back in Pittsburgh today on a circuitous journey that started in college.
He was just here Oct. 6 to participate in a panel at Pittsburgh Public Theater about August Wilson and 'Radio Golf,' subjects he knows better than anyone, having served the last nine years of Wilson's life as his assistant, close friend, dramaturg and, eventually, youthful alter ego."

Who's Laughing Now? - an Improv/Comedy Show

School of Drama!

This Saturday night after the closing performance of Into the Woods, come see (drumroll please) -

Who's Laughing Now? - an Improv/Comedy Show

Starring:

David Berger-Jones

Will Brill

Gabe King

Peter Moses

Ethan Saks

Michaela Watkins

Saturday November 22nd, 11:00 PM in Studio A

$5 tickets at the door

All proceeds benefit the Senior Showcase.

Thank you so much for your support!