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Recap: IATSE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Concludes Black History Month

IATSE: Although Black History Month concludes today, the IATSE Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee would like to highlight all of our Sisters, Brothers and Kin we celebrated and the impactful activities our members participated in to honor Black History Month.
Posted by David at 3/01/2022 10:22:00 AM

Many months later, how has the Walnut Street…

Broad Street Review: Running a theater is never easy. Running a theater during a pandemic seems damn near impossible. But running a theater during a pandemic with protests outside your opening night, and ongoing charges of systemic racism and inequity coming to a head inside? To many of Walnut Street Theatre’s (WST) critics, that sounds a bit like justice.
Posted by David at 3/02/2022 09:30:00 AM

Step One, Collaborate: Emerson Stage Plans a Season

HowlRound Theatre Commons: When professional theatres select their season, it is often a process of balancing the needs and values of the institution with the needs and interests of the audience. Even if the theatre’s goal is to broaden the audience’s palette, global perspective, or deeper community knowledge, there remains at least an awareness of—if not an emphasis on—the audience as stakeholders in the production or, in other words, as ticket buyers. In selecting a theatre season at an academic institution or training program, that emphasis shifts specifically and significantly from the stakeholders in the production to the stakeholders in the process: the students.
Posted by David at 3/02/2022 09:43:00 AM

Apex Legends: Lifeline's Accent Confusion Is a Representation Issue

The Mary Sue: Since the launch of Respawn’s Apex Legends, many have flocked to engage with the rich lore and background of each of the original eight-plus characters—all of whom exist within the greater Titanfall universe. As one of the few characters with accents representing the Caribbean in gaming, Ajay Che (a.k.a. Lifeline) has drawn a lot of questions about her accent and ethnicity from players who don’t want to feel like they’re being represented by a caricature.
Posted by David at 3/04/2022 10:13:00 AM

Associate and Resident Directors and Choreographers Unionize with SDC

Observer: Associate and Resident directors and choreographers have unionized with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), having won voluntary recognition from The Broadway League after months of organizing. They are now working on an interim agreement with The League and negotiating a date to discuss their long-term agreement.
Posted by David at 3/01/2022 10:14:00 AM

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

Ukrainian Film Producer Who Fled Kyiv Fears She’ll Never Return Home: ‘Nobody Knows What’s Next’

www.thewrap.com: Darya Bassel, a Ukrainian film producer and a programmer with the country’s largest documentary film festival, fears she may have left her home in Kyiv for the last time after fleeing the city earlier on Thursday, hours after Russia invaded the country.
Posted by David at 2/25/2022 09:52:00 AM

What’s Gender Got to Do With Acting Awards?

AMERICAN THEATRE?: Awards ceremonies are thorny, polarizing beasts. The very idea of giving out awards for art can seem like a direct contradiction of what art is meant to be. What is the value in singling out artists and their work? And why is it that performers are almost always singled out along the gender binary?
Posted by David at 2/25/2022 09:49:00 AM

Broadway's 'Paradise Square' is a 'nightmare' behind the scenes

nypost.com: There’s trouble in “Paradise.” The cast of the new Broadway musical “Paradise Square” was instructed by their union, Actors Equity, not to show up to rehearsal on Monday, multiple sources told The Post. And it wasn’t so producer Garth Drabinsky could give his 40-strong ensemble some Presidents’ Day relaxation.
Posted by David at 2/25/2022 09:53:00 AM

US Copyright Office Gets It Right (Again): AI-Generated Works Do Not Get A Copyright Monopoly

Techdirt: For years, throughout the entire monkey selfie lawsuit saga, we kept noting that the real reason a prestigious law firm like Irell & Manella filed such a patently bogus lawsuit was to position itself to be the go-to law firm to argue for AI-generated works deserving copyright. However, we've always argued that AI-generated works are (somewhat obviously) in the public domain, and get no copyright.
Posted by David at 2/23/2022 09:29:00 AM

After controversy, change, Suzi Bass Awards to honor Atlanta theater again

ARTS ATL: Two years after a controversy-stirring choice to not announce nominees for the 2019-2020 theater season, the Suzi Bass Awards are back to their practice of adjudicating productions, albeit with new eligibility requirements. The decision by Suzi Awards leaders to step back and make internal adjustments, spurred in large part by a push for equity, created tension within the organization and caused several judges to resign.
Posted by David at 2/24/2022 10:09:00 AM

There are no bad ideas

Friday, March 11, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, March 06, 2022

Worth a Look

Recap: IATSE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Concludes Black History Month

Many months later, how has the Walnut Street…

Step One, Collaborate: Emerson Stage Plans a Season

Apex Legends: Lifeline's Accent Confusion Is a Representation Issue

Associate and Resident Directors and Choreographers Unionize with SDC

Friday, March 04, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Worth a Look

Ukrainian Film Producer Who Fled Kyiv Fears She’ll Never Return Home: ‘Nobody Knows What’s Next’

What’s Gender Got to Do With Acting Awards?

Broadway's 'Paradise Square' is a 'nightmare' behind the scenes

US Copyright Office Gets It Right (Again): AI-Generated Works Do Not Get A Copyright Monopoly

After controversy, change, Suzi Bass Awards to honor Atlanta theater again

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