Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Josefina López: The Arts Can’t Be Left to the Privileged
AMERICAN THEATRE: Josefina López contains multitudes. The versatile writer-actor-producer, best known for the 1990 play Real Women Have Curves as well as the screenplay for the popular film version (which introduced America Ferrera and recently celebrated its 20th anniversary), came by TCG’s New York offices recently, ostensibly to talk about Remembering Boyle Heights: Part 2, a historical anthology show now running at Casa 0101, the theatre she founded in the East Los Angeles neighborhood of its title, through Dec. 18.You won't get shushed by ushers at two popular holiday shows in S.F. — here's why
Datebook: At one performance of “A Christmas Carol” this year, American Conservatory Theater isn’t going to turn down the house lights all the way. The sound is never going to surpass a certain decibel level. Stage lights won’t flash. Audience members can make whatever noises they want or need to. If they head to the back of the theater, they can move around while they watch. If they need to fidget with their hands, ushers will pass out small toys. If they require a break from the theater altogether, the downstairs bar is being repurposed as a cozy space with cushions, coloring pages and a televised live feed of the performance.KPOP Producers Request Apology From New York Times' Theatre Critic Jesse Green
Playbill: KPOP producers Tim Forbes and Joey Parnes are formally requesting an apology from New York Times theatre critic Jesse Green following his review of the new musical, which opened November 27 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. In a letter to New York Times Chairman and Publisher A.G. Sulzberger and Theater Editor Nicole Herrington obtained by Playbill, Forbes and Parnes describe the review as "casual racism."New York Times Theatre Critic Jesse Green Draws Criticism for KPOP Review
Playbill: In what seems to be turning into a growing trend, company members of Broadway's KPOP are speaking out following a negative review of the musical by New York Times theatre critic Jesse Green.Holiday pantos are distinctly British. This S.F. theater is trying to translate for U.S. audiences
Datebook: When theater producer Peggy Haas lived in London, from 1978 to 1982, she fell in love with a holiday theater tradition known as the panto, partly because she recognized that she and its performers shared similar urges. “I am a ham and cheese onstage,” she told The Chronicle.Can-Do Spirit and Life Skills: Carnegie Mellon Visits a Houston Magnet School
AMERICAN THEATRE: Roshunda Jones-Koumba holds court in the classroom. She is a teacher, mentor, friend, and sometimes therapist to nearly 200 students at G.W. Carver High School in Houston, where she’s served as the drama teacher for 18 years. The magnet school is a historical landmark in the Acres Home neighborhood, a predominantly Black community in the city’s northwest. Carver is known for its technology and engineering tracks, and, thanks to Jones-Koumba, a flourishing arts program with past productions including Hairspray, Memphis, Dreamgirls, and The Color Purple, which had a sprawling cast of 130. In January, G.W. Carver Magnet High School will be the first high school in the country to stage the jukebox tuner Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.
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