December 20, 2011 at 12:08 am
I found an article on the NY Times ArtBeat section that starts out with a bold statement that really encompasses the theatre world from this season: “This was a year for celebrating both the enduring power of traditional theater and the creative stealth bombs that can be planted within it, for putting new and explosive […]
December 8, 2011 at 11:49 am
I was browsing the NY Times Art Beat and found an article about the cafe considered the home of the beginning of Off Off Broadway. It started simply enough – Joseph Cino provided a place for poets to perform some work – and expanded to greater things. The article makes me think about how anyone […]
December 1, 2011 at 4:23 pm
If there ever was a time for modern political plays, it’s now. Between Wikileaks and the Occupy: Movement, people have been stepping out of the shadows, fighting for what they believe in. Therefore, it only makes sense that some playwright would be inspired by all of the headlines and news coverage and everything else surrounding […]
November 26, 2011 at 12:21 am
Looking at the Guardian website, I found this article that immediately made me think about the state of the world at the moment. We’re in a time when recessions are happening and we are struggling to fund the things that we’ve always taken advantage of. The arts have long been said to be losing money. […]
November 18, 2011 at 10:25 am
The Royal Opera House has developed a game for the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch that lets anyone “step into” the world of stage management through five mini-games. The player keeps track of lights, props, scenic changes, costumes, and gathering lost sheet music. The app has both Royal Opera and Royal Ballet options. Chief Executive Tony Hall said […]
November 10, 2011 at 11:14 am
While browsing Facebook the other day, I saw that Adam McLean posted a link from NPR about opera being an earlier adaptor of modern media. The article then goes on to explain how the Met recently opened a production (the third out of four) where the background projects 3-D images. Even thought theatre in all […]
November 3, 2011 at 10:22 am
In the NY Times ArtBeat section, I found an article about Marina Carr’s new adaptation of Phaedra and the Minotaur, Phaedra Backwards. In her adaptation, Carr tells the story of Phaedra backwards, hence the name. I think this could be really interesting when paired with an adaptation/translation that is a lot closer to the original. By […]
October 26, 2011 at 10:47 am
Rosalind Elias is an opera singer who spent her time singing some of the more difficult roles. At the age of 85, she is now transitioning to Broadway to be inFollies, which raises the question of what is more important: the singing or the acting? For opera, the focus is on the music. The music […]
October 25, 2011 at 8:23 am
Royal Shakespeare Company first produced Marat/Sade in 1964, where it was widely received. In this new version, audiences have been walking out, with a record high of eighty patrons and an average of thirty. I find it incredibly interesting to see how audiences at the same theatre company have changed, how something that once was […]
October 13, 2011 at 10:52 am
I found an article on the Guardian (UK) that struck me from its title alone: “Never say never: why theatre critics should keep an open mind.” It was written in response to a NY Times ArtBeat article about a critic’s public declaration to never see work by Adam Rapp ever again. I initially read the article, but […]
October 3, 2011 at 11:57 pm
At the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, something new is happening. They’re introducing British Sign Language and hip hop as a means to communicate the show in a different way. The Globe Theatre is hosting the World Shakespeare Festival and trying something new. The festival will feature seventy different performances, in a variety of languages without the […]
September 27, 2011 at 8:23 am
I stumbled upon an article on NPR where Tony Kushner was interviewed about his play, Angels in America, his motivation at the time, and the lasting impact it has had. When Angels in America premiered in San Francisco in 1991, it was a shock for the time. AIDS during the Reagan years, sex, homosexuality – they were […]
September 18, 2011 at 2:08 pm
http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/theater/reviews/neo-futurists-present-stage-directions-from-oneill-plays.html?ref=theater The New York Neo-Futurists are doing a different take on O’Neill. Whereas his plays are usually performed in a serious manner focusing on the dialogue he provides, they’ve decided to do the opposite. The Neo-Futurists are putting stage directions center stage and interpreting them in a more humorous manner. This take on O’Neill is quite interesting […]
