Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Of death – and laughter: how to write plays in Ukraine during wartime
Theatre | The Guardian: In a studio theatre tucked into a courtyard behind Kyiv’s main Khreshchatyk Street, six playwrights and six directors were hammering out a fraught question: how to write plays about war, during the war. One unexpected outcome of their workshops was: through jokes.
Teamsters, IATSE United About Contract Talks With Studios: “They Should Fear Us”
Deadline: With their current contracts set to end on July 21, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Teamsters Local 399 will stand in together in solidarity in upcoming negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The sit-down with the Carol Lombardini-led AMPTP will begin March 4, sources tell Deadline.
Non-disabled Richard III actor to press on despite calls for recast
Shakespeare's Globe | The Guardian: The artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has pushed on with playing Richard III in a summer production, but vowed not to “alter [her] physicality” following a backlash over not casting a disabled actor in the role. The Globe was criticised after it announced that Michelle Terry would play the role of Shakespeare’s scheming king who describes himself as “deformed, unfinish’d”.
Following lawsuit, rep admits “AI” George Carlin was human-written
Ars Technica: The estate of George Carlin has filed a federal lawsuit against the comedy podcast Dudesy for an hour-long comedy special sold as an AI-generated impression of the late comedian. But a representative for one of the podcast hosts behind the special now admits that it was actually written by a human.
Issa Rae, Keke Palmer, Taraji P. Henson Slam Hollywood Issues
www.theroot.com: If there’s one group of people you can always bet on to keep it real at all times, it’s Black women. When it comes to the shortcomings of Hollywood and its mistreatment and undervaluing of Black talent and shows in particular, Black women—namely Taraji P. Henson, Keke Palmer and most recently Issa Rae are sounding the alarm and proposing a complete exit from the industry as a whole.
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