Sunday, March 10, 2024

Worth a Look

Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Texas High School Laramie Project is Back On After Outcry

Playbill: After students and community members rallied against a Texas school district's decision to cancel a high school's spring production of The Laramie Project, the Keller Independent School District has elected to reverse the decision, allowing the production to continue as planned.

 

Actors' Equity Association and Chicago Theatres Come to Agreement Over Wage Increases and Benefits

www.broadwayworld.com: Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, and Producers' Association of Chicago Area Theatres (PACT), an association of 21 professional Chicago area theatres operating under the Chicago Area Theatre (CAT) contract, have ratified a new four-year agreement.

 

Film and TV industry could be facing another major strike in 2024

NewscastStudio: Just when the land of TV and movies was starting to get back to normal after dual strikes affecting hundreds of productions, the industry could be facing another strike.

 

An Oscar win for Lily Gladstone would be a huge step for Native Americans in an industry that has reduced them to stereotypes

theconversation.com: Killers of the Flower Moon is an unsettling and powerful historical epic. For her quiet but captivating performance as Mollie Burkhart, Lily Gladstone has rightly been nominated for best actress at the Academy Awards – making her the first Native American woman to compete in this category.

 

Kate Winslet Says Intimacy Coordinator Benefits Sex Scenes

variety.com: Kate Winslet championed intimacy coordinators in a recent interview with The New York Times. The Oscar winner said having an intimacy coordinator on set would’ve benefitted her every time she was required to perform a sexual situation on camera, be it more graphic scenes featuring full frontal nudity or far tamer scenes with just kissing.

 

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