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Friday, November 04, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 30, 2022

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

Minneapolis's Penumbra Theatre looks to the past to create its future

NPR: Recovering from the worst days of the pandemic has been daunting for America's 1,800 regional theaters. But some, thanks to philanthropic help, are using this moment as an opportunity for reinvention.

Posted by David at 10/26/2022 10:56:00 AM
Rust Settlement: Why Halyna Hutchins’ Widower Dropped Suit

The Hollywood Reporter: A year after Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of Rust, the producers, still facing civil litigation and under a cloud of potential criminal liability, are looking to finish the film in the next few months. Key to this gambit is a private settlement with Hutchins’ estate, announced Oct. 5, which is pending court approval. The plan both ends the wrongful death action brought by Hutchins’ family on Feb. 15 and makes her widower, Matthew, an executive producer on the movie.

Posted by David at 10/26/2022 11:06:00 AM
At Pornhub's Consent Event, Chloë Sevigny Reflects on On-Screen Sex

Variety: Johnson expanded on that in an interview with Variety, explaining that on a project that hires an intimacy coordinator, scenarios like what Sevigny described are far less likely to happen. “That’s challenging, talking about mutable contracts. But I will say, in my experience as an intimacy coordinator, we don’t have that happen on the day.

Posted by David at 10/27/2022 11:16:00 AM
'A vindictive, passive-aggressive move': Bay Area community theater faces allegations of racism, workplace misconduct

Datebook: When LaMont Ridgell learned in March that he’d be getting a different director for an upcoming production at Altarena Playhouse, he had questions. His role as a devout Catholic in “Quality of Life” hadn’t traditionally been played by a Black man, and he wanted to make sure his new director, Katina Letheule, also the artistic director of the Alameda community theater, had thought through what his casting would mean.

Posted by David at 10/27/2022 11:10:00 AM
MJ the Musical: A production that doesn’t look at the man in the mirror? No thanks

The Independent: When MJ the Musical – a major new Broadway show about Michael Jackson – opened earlier this year, a few reviews referenced the same song from the King of Pop’s back catalogue. “In MJ, No One’s Looking at the Man in the Mirror,” ran the headline from The New York Times. “Mesmerising parade of hits doesn’t look in the mirror,” went The Guardian’s. AP News was more direct – “Some thriller, lots bad” – while Vulture went niche, declaring that “MJ Exists in a Hyperbaric Chamber of Denial”.

Posted by David at 10/24/2022 10:12:00 AM

Friday, October 28, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 23, 2022

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Here are a few posts from last weeks Greenpage that might be worth your time...

Find Out Why Everyone Was Talking About Broadway's 1776 This Weekend

Playbill: If you spent any time on social media over the weekend as a theatre fan (and if you're not a theatre fan, you're not reading this) you probably saw that 1776 became quite the hot topic, specifically company member Sara Porkalob.

Posted by David at 10/18/2022 11:19:00 AM
Challenging “Certification”: Revising Hiring Practices in Fight and Intimacy Choreography

HowlRound Theatre Commons: As fight directors, designers of intimacy, actors, and dramaturgs that work with theatrical violence and violence pedagogy, we both have encountered a lot of language around “certification” as it pertains to fight and intimacy directors. Wanting to delve deeper into this notion of certification in fight and intimacy choreography, we sat down to share our experiences in the field, gain a clear picture on what training is currently available for fight directors and intimacy coordinators, and discuss alternative types of qualifications and credentials to look for when hiring in lieu of certification.

Posted by David at 10/19/2022 10:17:00 AM
The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem

WIRED: Jean-Luc Godard once claimed, regarding cinema, “When I die, it will be the end.” Godard passed away last month; film perseveres. Yet artificial intelligence has raised a kindred specter: that humans may go obsolete long before their artistic mediums do. Novels scribed by GPT-3; art conjured by DALL·E—machines could be making art long after people are gone. Actors are not exempt. As deepfakes evolve, fears are mounting that future films, TV shows, and commercials may not need them at all.

Posted by David at 10/18/2022 11:22:00 AM
Patti LuPone Explains Decision to Leave 'Worst Union' Actors' Equity

people.com/theater: Has Patti LuPone possibly taken her final bow on the Broadway stage? On Monday, she announced that she's leaving the Actors' Equity Association (AEA). The American Horror Story star, 73, explains to PEOPLE that she's done with what she calls the "worst union" after five decades as a member. A rep for AEA did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

Posted by David at 10/19/2022 10:13:00 AM
Maurice Hines on Why Black Tap Dancers Deserve More Credit

Dance Magazine: As youngsters, my brother, Gregory, and I went to the Apollo Theater in Harlem to watch tap greats like Teddy Hale, Bunny Briggs, the Step Brothers and Coles & Atkins. Most of those guys would come on the stage and just tap. They were making it up as they went along, and that’s what made them so exciting to watch. Later in our career, we paid homage to those legendary hoofers in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club.

Posted by David at 10/20/2022 02:51:00 PM

Friday, October 21, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Worth a Look

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

Disappointment, frustration surrounds abrupt cancellation of Fourth Wall’s ‘Perfect Arrangement’

The Quinnipiac Chronicle: Fourth Wall Theater, Quinnipiac University’s student-run theater organization, unexpectedly canceled its original fall 2022 production late last month, in light of what some cast members described as discomfort with the language used in the script.

Posted by David at 10/13/2022 10:42:00 AM
The Science and Emotions of Lincoln Center’s New Sound

The New Yorker: “I have a very specific answer to your question,” Jamie Bernstein told me. Bernstein is the daughter of Leonard Bernstein, the famed conductor and music director of the New York Philharmonic. “At the Moab Music Festival, one of the things they do is the Grotto Concert.” She described taking a boat down the Colorado River, into Canyonlands National Park, then walking a sandy path that led to a small cave.

Posted by David at 10/13/2022 10:36:00 AM
No 'season,' no 'subscription' in Magic Theatre's 2023 lineup

Datebook: Magic Theatre’s 2023 events aren’t a “season,” and audiences can’t “subscribe” to anything. Those changes, more than just semantics, are a bellwether of what’s to come under the new leadership of Sean San José, who on Wednesday, Oct. 12, announced the theater’s first lineup that he chose himself.

Posted by David at 10/13/2022 10:34:00 AM
The Woman King’s Jénel Stevens Leads the Way for Black Stuntwomen

www.theroot.com: If you’ve seen The Woman King, you know how badass it was to see all those Black women warriors dominating the big screen. It’s not something we get to see very often, and one of the reasons is that there aren’t a lot of Black women stunt performers in the business. Jénel Stevens, Viola Davis’ fight choreographer and stunt double in the film, spoke with The Root about creating more opportunities for Black women in the stunt world and passing the torch to the next generation.

Posted by David at 10/11/2022 11:11:00 AM
In this production of 'Hamilton,' everything is done in German

NPR: All of the elements of the Broadway hit have been translated into German, a complicated process especially for a show filled with English idioms.

Posted by David at 10/10/2022 10:43:00 AM

There are no bad ideas

Friday, November 04, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Worth a Look

Minneapolis's Penumbra Theatre looks to the past to create its future

Rust Settlement: Why Halyna Hutchins’ Widower Dropped Suit

At Pornhub's Consent Event, Chloë Sevigny Reflects on On-Screen Sex

'A vindictive, passive-aggressive move': Bay Area community theater faces allegations of racism, workplace misconduct

MJ the Musical: A production that doesn’t look at the man in the mirror? No thanks

Friday, October 28, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Worth a Look

Find Out Why Everyone Was Talking About Broadway's 1776 This Weekend

Challenging “Certification”: Revising Hiring Practices in Fight and Intimacy Choreography

The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem

Patti LuPone Explains Decision to Leave 'Worst Union' Actors' Equity

Maurice Hines on Why Black Tap Dancers Deserve More Credit

Friday, October 21, 2022

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Worth a Look

Disappointment, frustration surrounds abrupt cancellation of Fourth Wall’s ‘Perfect Arrangement’

The Science and Emotions of Lincoln Center’s New Sound

No 'season,' no 'subscription' in Magic Theatre's 2023 lineup

The Woman King’s Jénel Stevens Leads the Way for Black Stuntwomen

In this production of 'Hamilton,' everything is done in German

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