OnStage: This past year, we released our rankings for the best BFA and BA programs in the country. In prepping for this, we did a ton of research on many schools throughout the country. We looked at everything from curriculum, facilities, productions, faculty, alumni, cost, etc.
While we all know the big names like Yale, Tisch and Carnegie Mellon, there so many other colleges in this country that provide an incredible educational experience in theater.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Anton Ego and Jesse Eisenberg: some notes on the presumed objectivity of critics
MZS | Roger Ebert: From the Tempest in a Teapot department: actor Jesse Eisenberg surprised and infuriated a lot of my colleagues with his New Yorker "Shouts and Murmurs" piece this week, "An Honest Film Review."
It's written in the voice of a film critic reviewing a nonexistent "Stephen Kern" movie titled "Paintings of Cole." As the piece goes along, we learn that the critic is not as detached as we might like.
It's written in the voice of a film critic reviewing a nonexistent "Stephen Kern" movie titled "Paintings of Cole." As the piece goes along, we learn that the critic is not as detached as we might like.
IAAPA Legends Panel: How Disneyland Changed the Industry, and How the Industry Changed Disney
www.themeparkinsider.com: Disneyland opened 60 years ago this year, but how have Disney's theme parks continued to change the theme park industry? That was the question at the heart of this year's Legends panel at the 2015 IAPPA Attractions Expo.
Le Bataclan, Past And Future
Pollstar: Le Bataclan has, in its 151-year history, hosted ballet, theatre, traveling acts including “Buffalo Bill” Cody, movies and, in its most recent incarnation, artists of any and all genres. On Nov. 13, it became a slaughterhouse for terrorists who burst in, held hostages for five hours and murdered 89 people.
Silence is Golden: The Electric Properties of Subtext in Playwriting
Breaking Character: Most of us walk around spiritually starved and emotionally depleted. It’s no wonder we hold on to songs of love and heartache. They allow us to feel something. This is why silence in storytelling is so necessary. It compels us to contribute our own reality to the story, to fall in love, and to take the story home.
The secret history of the Haunted Mansion's hall of changing paintings
Boing Boing: Disneyland's Haunted Mansion sports a hall of changing paintings in which people and scenes are transformed into sinister versions of themselves. Though these have gained in technical sophistication over the years, transitioning from rear-projection slide-fades to crisp electroluminescent effects synched with the lightning in the opposite windows, the core graphic concepts have been largely invariant since the Mansion first opened its doors.
3 Things To Improve Your Photography: Color, Fog And Magic
Rosco Spectrum: One of the earliest users of these new kits was photographer Eva Creel. After seeing her fabulous work on Facebook and seeing the images she shared with us using the CalColor Flash Pack, we learned that Eva uses color in a very creative way – she creates her mood with it, and then she turns it into magic. Her photographs inspired us to shoot this video that showcases how she put the three new Flash Packs to work on a photo shoot.
Miley Cyrus: Crazy Outfits From Dead Petz Tour Photos
collegecandy.com: If you thought Miley Cyrus‘ fashion couldn’t get weirder than when she hosted the VMAs this year, think again.
Miley Cyrus hit Chicago with The Flaming Lips to play the first gig on her new Dead Petz tour, and her outfits were all kinds of crazy. Her numerous outfit changes included her dressing as a stick of butter, a disco astronaut, and some things we can’t even put into words.
Miley Cyrus hit Chicago with The Flaming Lips to play the first gig on her new Dead Petz tour, and her outfits were all kinds of crazy. Her numerous outfit changes included her dressing as a stick of butter, a disco astronaut, and some things we can’t even put into words.
The Decision
Dimmer Beach: I’ve said it before: It’s all the little things that make touring hard.
Each little thing taken by itself is no big deal, but roll them all into one big ball and look out. This week I’ll dissect a struggle that every road dog has experienced. I’m going to look at this subject side by side with the same problem while at home.
Each little thing taken by itself is no big deal, but roll them all into one big ball and look out. This week I’ll dissect a struggle that every road dog has experienced. I’m going to look at this subject side by side with the same problem while at home.
A new, fearless generation makes this a revolutionary moment in American playwriting
LA Times: This fall season has provided Los Angeles theatergoers the opportunity to become better acquainted with the most exciting generation of playwrights to have burst onto the scene since I became a theater critic more than two decades ago.
Who Trains the Critic?
HowlRound: While working as a bookseller at the Harvard COOP last fall, I found myself the master of the writing section. I was given permission to order stock for any section that needed it. Happy to conduct this search on company time, I began looking up books on writing. My ulterior motive? Finding any books that could help me learn more about writing arts criticism.
We Are Our Public: Faint Glimmers of What It Means to Pledge Organizational Citizenship
HowlRound: I’m beginning this post at The Redwing Café in the Rainier Beach neighborhood in Seattle’s south end. Even in an at times over-broad conception of the “cultural sector,” cafés are rarely lassoed into the same corral with museums, operas, theatres. But where else do you go to find out what’s really going on?
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Wiring The Stage Efficiently & Safely
Pro Sound Web: Among many of the recent entrants into the sound profession, I’ve noticed a lack of knowledge when it comes to wiring a stage.
Perhaps it’s due to a lot of sound engineering schools being essentially studio-based courses. Or maybe it’s simply that it’s difficult to get a young mind to concentrate on something as mundane as running cable when there is a digital board with loads of lights and buttons sitting in the corner of the room!
Perhaps it’s due to a lot of sound engineering schools being essentially studio-based courses. Or maybe it’s simply that it’s difficult to get a young mind to concentrate on something as mundane as running cable when there is a digital board with loads of lights and buttons sitting in the corner of the room!
Stage review: Pals' reunion takes an outrageous turn in barebones play
Think of that surface as a bubble and get ready for the shock waves when it bursts.
Rosco Opens New Office in Middle East
Lighting&Sound America Online - News: Rosco Laboratories, a provider of lighting and color technologies for the film, television, entertainment, and architecture industries, announces the opening of its new Middle East office located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Nocturnal Wonderland
“Small Engine Repair” at barebones productions
33rd Annual Hemsley Internship Program Announced
Diablo Game Changer Innovation from STAFDA 2015
Pro Tool Reviews: For the past three years, Diablo has kicked off the STAFDA show (Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association) by introducing us to their latest innovations. Last year, we saw new carbide tipped reciprocating saw blades and a Pergo flooring blade along with their new Snap Lock Hole Saw system. We heard a lot of talk about looking at the cost per cut when comparing prices to similar accessories. That was certainly a valid argument for professionals, but there was a different twist that showed up during our 2015 STAFDA news coverage—competitive price points.
Triple E Tracks Help Revive Le Lido Paris
The famous Lido on the Champs-Élysées closed at the end of 2014 for renovation, which included remodeling the ceiling and installing new track systems. The venue now boasts a brand new show created by Dragone, the cultural creation company founded by Italian-Belgian theatre director Franco Dragone, who also directed the show.
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