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Friday, January 17, 2025

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Sunday, December 08, 2024

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Photo Captures Everyone Who Helped Restore the Notre Dame

mymodernmet.com: It’s been five years since a devastating fire heavily damaged the famed Notre-Dame cathedral, and now the Parisian landmark is finally about to reopen. Tourists and locals have long been waiting for the beloved church to return to its former splendor—something that couldn't have been achieved without hundreds of workers. To truly capture all the effort that went into this project, French president Emmanuel Macron shared a photo showing all the people involved in the restoration of Notre-Dame.

Posted by David at 12/06/2024 10:28:00 AM

Fleetwood Mac Producer Settles Lawsuit Over Broadway's ‘Stereophonic’

www.billboard.com: The creators of the hit Broadway play Stereophonic have reached a settlement to resolve a copyright lawsuit claiming they stole elements of the show from a memoir about the infamous recording of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.

Posted by David at 12/05/2024 12:57:00 PM

IATSE Joins Workplace Misconduct Reporting Platform MyConnext

www.hollywoodreporter.com: Starting Tuesday, the crew union IATSE is offering the tool to some 85,000 U.S. members who work across television, film and commercials. MyConnext, created to address calls in industry surveys for a tool to record bad behavior in the workplace, provides users with a means to log these experiences with a timestamp for their own personal use, with employers and/or their unions.

Posted by David at 12/04/2024 10:31:00 AM

Viewpoint: Pittsburgh needs to step up for the performing arts

Pittsburgh Business Times: One of the best-kept secrets in Pittsburgh – though ironically not among the rest of the national or global performing arts scene – is the extent to which our region punches far above its weight as a haven of theater, music and dance. Ask any professional performer who makes a stop here, and they’ll tell you. Our venues, our talent, our education programs and our productions rank just a tick behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago in their renown, amazing given that our population is only a fraction of theirs.

Posted by David at 12/03/2024 10:54:00 AM

How Do You Manage?

AMERICAN THEATRE: In November 2022, Lisa Smith was weighing whether to continue stage managing or to scale up her part-time job at a gardening center into a full-time gig. She’d been stage managing in the Twin Cities for 20 years, 15 of those as a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), when the forced break of the pandemic reminded her what a full night’s sleep felt like. When theatres opened again and she returned to stage management, she grew wary of some companies’ plans for reopening and their failure to create contingency plans for any personnel but performers. Understudies are great—but what happens if the stage manager gets Covid and there is no backup?

Posted by David at 12/02/2024 01:54:00 PM

Friday, December 06, 2024

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Monday, December 02, 2024

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CMU launches Pathway Program to expand education accesibility

The Tartan: Carnegie Mellon has launched the Carnegie Mellon Pathway Program, a new initiative designed to make its renowned education more accessible to students from low and middle-income families. Announced on Nov. 20, the program guarantees tuition-free education for undergraduate students from families earning $75,000 or less annually and eliminates loans from financial aid packages for those with household incomes below $100,000.

Posted by David at 11/28/2024 11:28:00 AM

TV Writers Found 139,000 of Their Scripts Trained AI. Hell Broke Loose

theankler.com: Whenever AI came up during last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, it was a contentious issue, but one that seemed to exist as an abstraction, fodder for pithy picket signs. But last year’s theoretical fear became a real, deeply personal one with last week’s discovery by The Atlantic of more than 139,000 TV and film scripts in a data set being used to train AI.

Posted by David at 11/29/2024 11:30:00 AM

‘Les Misérables’ Returns Home

The New York Times: Globally, it’s the most famous French musical. One hundred and thirty million people have seen Jean Valjean face off against Javert, in 22 languages; its downtrodden characters have taken to the barricades in London’s West End nearly continuously since 1985. Everyone knows “Les Misérables.” Everyone — except the French.

Posted by David at 11/28/2024 01:53:00 PM

IAAPA Expo 2024 sets new attendance record

InPark Magazine: IAAPA Expo 2024 successfully wrapped up last week at the Orange County Convention Center, concluding a week that brought together 41,429 attendees and 37,066 verified attendees from across the globe. This year’s event set a new attendance record. Reflecting the growth and innovation in the industry, IAAPA Expo 2024 featured more than 1,100 exhibitors and approximately 27,000 buyers from more than 20,000 buying companies.

Posted by David at 11/28/2024 11:27:00 AM

Three years after fatal shooting on set, Alec Baldwin’s film ‘Rust’ has world premiere with dedication to cinematographer killed

PBS News: Alec Baldwin’s Western “Rust” had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago. Organizers called for a minute of silence before showing the film, which opened to a full house at the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage in the city of Torun.

Posted by David at 11/26/2024 10:42:00 AM

Sunday, November 24, 2024

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How Many People Does It Really Take To Make A Blockbuster Movie?

www.forbes.com: If you're one of those people who stays in their theater seat to watch the credits at the end of a film you'll know that movie-making is a labor-intensive business. Even though the densely-packed staff list zips by at quite a clip, it still usually takes more than five minutes before the curtain finally falls on a blockbuster movie. The credits are a sight to behold and can make even the most mundane movie appear to be an immense undertaking. Like most things in Hollywood, it is partly a work of magic.

Posted by David at 11/18/2024 01:49:00 PM

Augmented World Expo Has Become the Must-go Event for the XR Industry

www.roadtovr.com: In the early days there were many industry conferences that had a significant draw for the pioneers of XR’s modern epoch. There were XR pockets within big tech conferences like CES, GDC, and E3. There were company-specific events like Oculus Connect and Unity’s Vision Summit. And there were early grass-roots events like SVVR, VRLA, and a host of local meetups across the globe that built lasting networks of XR believers.

Posted by David at 11/21/2024 10:26:00 AM

IATSE President Pens Letter To Atlantic Theater Board, Condemns Lack Of Progress In Bargaining

www.broadwayworld.com: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' International President Matthew D. Loeb has written a letter to the Atlantic Theater Company's Board of Directors stressing the need for urgent intervention by leadership to settle outstanding crew negotiations and federal labor charges.

Posted by David at 11/21/2024 10:33:00 AM

Tobias Rylander On Changing The Human Experience

Live Design Online: Tobias Rylander, award-winning production, lighting, and conceptual designer, recently took part in More Than Human: Changing the Human Experience, a conversation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London that was part of the Global Design Forum. The event was moderated by Samta Nadeem, curatorial director of STIRWorld, and panelists included conceptual artist Hannah Marshall and artist/designer Melek Zeynep Bulut.

Posted by David at 11/20/2024 10:41:00 AM

The Robots Coming for Hollywood Labor

by Erik Barmack: Elon Musk recently brought a terrifying new world to Hollywood, and I’m not talking about his recent government exploits. Last month on the Warner Bros. lot, the heart of traditional filmmaking, Musk unveiled the latest versions of his Optimus Robot, an AI-enabled device that was pouring beer, interacting with guests and being remarkably . . . human.

Posted by David at 11/20/2024 10:19:00 AM

Friday, November 22, 2024

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

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AAPI Filmmaking Leaders on More Diverse Stories Post-Election

variety.com: One thing is for certain, the work that is already being done by AAPI-led organizations in the industry is going to continue — and that’s the underlying message. Nothing is going to change. If anything, the stories are going to get better, and there are going to be more.

Posted by David at 11/15/2024 10:28:00 AM

Sloan Student Prize Finalists Announced By MoMI/Sloan Foundation

variety.com: The Museum of the Moving Image and the Sloan Foundation have selected nine Sloan finalists, granting them the opportunity to work with mentors year-round and complete a science-themed screenplay. Two winners will receive a $20,000 prize.

Posted by David at 11/13/2024 10:28:00 AM

Gender Neutral Terms in Theatre

StageLync: As most in theatre know, a show is filled out with cast members called the ensemble. The ensemble is anyone in the cast who is not considered a named or principal role. The ensemble cast fill several important duties whether the audience is aware of it or not.

Posted by David at 11/13/2024 10:52:00 AM

Data Cultures Part II: Breaking Free from the Cycle of Disempowerment

AMT Lab @ CMU: Nonprofit organizations often find themselves needing to perform in multiple markets to survive, and these markets aren’t all customer-facing. Especially prevalent within the arts, companies will sell tickets, memberships, books, coffee, and more, all while competing behind the scenes for grants and major gifts. This drives the need to adopt specific market orientations by allocating labor and resources to whichever markets in which a firm wants to be competitive and successful. An overview of market orientation and its benefits can be found in Part I.

Posted by David at 11/14/2024 01:47:00 PM

Stagehand 101: Make it Safe

by Richard Cadena: There’s a thing that happens during the build of a show when it comes time to take a break. Someone, usually the crew leader, announces a break by saying, “Make it safe, go wash up.” The part about making it safe is important because there are hazards involved in building a show, and one of the most persistent is gravity. Gravity never takes a break.

Posted by David at 11/13/2024 10:32:00 AM

Friday, November 15, 2024

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There are no bad ideas

Friday, January 17, 2025

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Sunday, December 08, 2024

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Photo Captures Everyone Who Helped Restore the Notre Dame

Fleetwood Mac Producer Settles Lawsuit Over Broadway's ‘Stereophonic’

IATSE Joins Workplace Misconduct Reporting Platform MyConnext

Viewpoint: Pittsburgh needs to step up for the performing arts

How Do You Manage?

Friday, December 06, 2024

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Monday, December 02, 2024

Worth a Look

CMU launches Pathway Program to expand education accesibility

TV Writers Found 139,000 of Their Scripts Trained AI. Hell Broke Loose

‘Les Misérables’ Returns Home

IAAPA Expo 2024 sets new attendance record

Three years after fatal shooting on set, Alec Baldwin’s film ‘Rust’ has world premiere with dedication to cinematographer killed

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Worth a Look

How Many People Does It Really Take To Make A Blockbuster Movie?

Augmented World Expo Has Become the Must-go Event for the XR Industry

IATSE President Pens Letter To Atlantic Theater Board, Condemns Lack Of Progress In Bargaining

Tobias Rylander On Changing The Human Experience

The Robots Coming for Hollywood Labor

Friday, November 22, 2024

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Worth a Look

AAPI Filmmaking Leaders on More Diverse Stories Post-Election

Sloan Student Prize Finalists Announced By MoMI/Sloan Foundation

Gender Neutral Terms in Theatre

Data Cultures Part II: Breaking Free from the Cycle of Disempowerment

Stagehand 101: Make it Safe

Friday, November 15, 2024

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