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Friday, April 30, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Worth a Look

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

On the "Tyrannical Geniuses" of the Theater Industry, and Why the Bad Behavior Needs to Stop

TheaterMania: There's an old, oft-repeated story in the theater industry. Jerome Robbins, the alternately beloved, reviled, oppressive, virtuosic choreographer, was giving notes to his cast one day. Robbins was an exacting, abusive taskmaster — he was never known to let politeness stand in his way — and as he addressed his company, perhaps berating them for things that had gone wrong, he backed closer and closer and closer to the orchestra pit, eventually falling in. Nobody stopped him.
Posted by David at 4/23/2021 10:17:00 AM

Column: Making a capitalist case for Broadway

Chicago Tribune: In a recent article in American Theatre, the editor Rob Weinert-Kendt opined that regional theaters had “fallen short in a lot of ways by following a similar, Broadway-focused industrial model.” In the same online magazine, Brandon Ivie, the associate artistic director of the Village Theatre of Issaquah, Wash., wrote: “I’m looking ahead with an understanding that capitalism is the real enemy.”
Posted by David at 4/23/2021 10:16:00 AM

The Theater Industry Isn't Lacking in Visionary Leaders. They Just Aren't Given Seats at the Table.

TheaterMania: A couple of weeks ago, the Hollywood Reporter published a story about theater and film giant Scott Rudin and the decades of alleged mistreatment that employees suffered at his hands. This past weekend, the Washington Post broke the news that Rudin, in a moment of contrition, is planning to "step back" (whatever that means) from his role as lead producer on shows like The Music Man and To Kill a Mockingbird, so as not to disrupt Broadway's long-awaited return.
Posted by David at 4/21/2021 05:27:00 PM

How Can My Organization Attract and Retain Diverse Staff?

Bitter Gertrude: This is a question I’ve been asked often both as a consultant and as a professional colleague. I know that some people want to hear concrete, easy-to-implement answers, like “Use this program designed by someone who’s never set foot in your organization,” “Advertise here,” or “Do these three harm-reduction protocols that assume to know what harm you’re causing and assume anything they haven’t foreseen is irrelevant,” but, until you know why you’re having trouble attracting diverse applicants and retaining the diverse staff you hire, it’s all guesswork.
Posted by David at 4/20/2021 12:46:00 PM

PRISCILLA Producers Respond to Casting Controversy – 'We Believe We Have Cast the Very Best Performers to Portray all the Parts'

www.broadwayworld.com: It was recently announced that the UK tour of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert would be resuming in June 2021. However, the casting of the tour has caused backlash after a cis male was cast in the role of Bernadette after the production held an open casting call for trans performers. Miles Western, Nick Hayes and Edwin Ray are set to star in the musical.
Posted by David at 4/23/2021 10:20:00 AM

Friday, April 23, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Worth a Look

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

AEA, SAG-AFTRA and Local 802 AFM Release Joint Statement on the Need for Harassment-Free Workplaces in the Arts

www.broadwayworld.com: SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris, Actors' Equity Association President Kate Shindle and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 President and Executive Director Adam Krauthamer released the following joint statement: "Every worker deserves to do their job in an environment free of harassment of any kind, whether that harassment creates a toxic workplace or, certainly in the case of sexual harassment, when that behavior is also against the law.
Posted by David at 4/13/2021 11:29:00 AM

‘The heat is on’: top theatres act to root out ‘system failure’ of racism

Theatre | The Guardian: The Young Vic and Royal Court theatres have entered into a pioneering consultation process that aims to identify and root out systemic racism from their venues. The artistic directors of both London institutions have signed up to a two-year partnership with the social enterprise Sour Lemons that will interrogate the internal structures that uphold institutional racism, raise awareness and accountability, and listen to staff’s experiences of racism inside the buildings.
Posted by David at 4/14/2021 03:40:00 PM

As some S.F. artists get guaranteed income, how do we head off bad-faith arguments against it?

Datebook: When the city announced last month that it planned to launch a pilot program to give 100 artists $1,000 monthly payments for six months, my hope for all the performers I write about and love was tinged with worry. I frequently see a couple of bad-faith arguments in response to the idea of state support of the arts, and I didn’t want them to hijack the conversation about a promising idea
Posted by David at 4/13/2021 11:31:00 AM

Show them the money

Ghost Light | Chicago Reader: Back in 2019, I interviewed Chicago set designer Arnel Sancianco for a short Reader profile. In the course of our discussion, he mentioned that, while creating a sustainable career as a designer is never easy, he felt that his peers in costume design (a profession that tends to have more women in its ranks than other design fields) had a harder road. They frequently work without the benefit of full crews, leaving the designer to do a lot of the hands-on work of making and even sometimes maintaining costumes during a show's run. And they tended to be paid less overall.
Posted by David at 4/12/2021 11:58:00 AM

Guild of Music Supervisors Aims to Correct Deficiencies in Diversity

Variety: As an intense spotlight shines over Hollywood and the greater entertainment industry related to issues of parity when it comes to hiring practices, the Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS), whose board is made up of six women and five men, has proven to be the rare outlier.
Posted by David at 4/12/2021 11:55:00 AM

There are no bad ideas

Friday, April 30, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Worth a Look

On the "Tyrannical Geniuses" of the Theater Industry, and Why the Bad Behavior Needs to Stop

Column: Making a capitalist case for Broadway

The Theater Industry Isn't Lacking in Visionary Leaders. They Just Aren't Given Seats at the Table.

How Can My Organization Attract and Retain Diverse Staff?

PRISCILLA Producers Respond to Casting Controversy – 'We Believe We Have Cast the Very Best Performers to Portray all the Parts'

Friday, April 23, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Worth a Look

AEA, SAG-AFTRA and Local 802 AFM Release Joint Statement on the Need for Harassment-Free Workplaces in the Arts

‘The heat is on’: top theatres act to root out ‘system failure’ of racism

As some S.F. artists get guaranteed income, how do we head off bad-faith arguments against it?

Show them the money

Guild of Music Supervisors Aims to Correct Deficiencies in Diversity

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