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Friday, February 21, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, February 16, 2025

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FireAid Benefit Concerts Estimated to Have Raised $100M For L.A.

www.hollywoodreporter.com: The FireAid benefit concerts in Los Angeles, which took place on January 30 and featured performances from dozens of artists including Billie Eilish, Green Day and Stevie Nicks, are expected to have raised more than $100 million to support recovery across the city, organizers announced on Tuesday.

Posted by David at 2/11/2025 10:50:00 AM

Opinion | Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices Won’t Be Fully Replicated by A.I.

The New York Times: I imagine that soon enough, artificial intelligence will be able to recreate the sounds of the more than 100 voices I created for characters on “The Simpsons” over almost four decades. It makes me sad to think about it. Not to mention, it seems just plain wrong to steal my likeness or sound — or anyone else’s.

Posted by David at 2/11/2025 10:07:00 AM

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril

The New York Times: Striking stage crews have idled the nonprofit Atlantic Theater Company — the birthplace of the musicals “Spring Awakening,” “The Band’s Visit” and “Kimberly Akimbo,” which all transferred to Broadway and won Tonys. The strike, which began last month, comes amid a drive to unionize stagehands and crews at Off Broadway theaters.

Posted by David at 2/12/2025 10:32:00 AM

The Beatles' 'Now and Then' Was Made With AI (and That's Okay)

Lifehacker: I happened to catch some of the Grammy Awards last night, and while pop, rap, and country definitely took center stage, it was the Best Rock Performance category that most caught my attention. The award went to The Beatles for their song "Now and Then," which is a confusing sentence in 2025. You might be aware The Beatles operated largely in the 1960s, not the 2020s, and seeing as only half the group is still alive, winning a Grammy for a new song might sound a bit strange.

Posted by David at 2/13/2025 10:21:00 AM

New NEA Guidelines Require Compliance With Trump’s Anti-DEI, Anti-Trans Orders

AMERICAN THEATRE: Last week American artists and arts organizations learned that they won’t be spared from President Trump’s attempts to reshape the federal government in his image, which has roiled agencies all over Washington, D.C., and raised several legal and constitutional alarms since his inauguration last month.

Posted by David at 2/11/2025 10:47:00 AM

Friday, February 14, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, February 09, 2025

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

Black Theater Artists and Shakespeare

Folger Shakespeare Library: To commemorate Black History Month in February, we’re sharing some of our Shakespeare Unlimited podcast interviews and blog post Q&As with acclaimed Black theater artists—actors, directors, playwrights—and scholars about performing Shakespeare, then and now, and adapting and transforming Shakespeare plays for our time.

Posted by David at 2/04/2025 10:32:00 AM

Guthrie Theater heads into union negotiations, disagrees with management about DEIA

MPR News: A newsletter from the Guthrie Theater Front-Facing Staff Union, dated Friday, Jan. 25, announced that IATSE Local 13 and the front-facing departments at the Guthrie met with Guthrie senior management. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss creating a union contract — and quickly ran into disagreements about DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility), as well as other labor questions.

Posted by David at 2/03/2025 10:31:00 AM

Climate Policy Frameworks for the Ecological Transition of the Cultural Sector

HowlRound Theatre Commons: In 2012, Arts Council England (ACE) became the first national cultural body to make environmental reporting a condition of funding for all National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) and Major Museum Partners (MMPs) in the subsidized arts and culture sector. As part of their funding agreements, these organizations were required to develop environmental action plans and report annually on their environmental impacts, focusing initially on energy, water, and waste.

Posted by David at 2/06/2025 11:15:00 AM

At Intersection of Race and Intimacy, Drama Professor’s Work Onstage Informs Students Offstage

News - Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon University’s Kaja Dunn described the work of an intimacy coordinator in the performing arts as a combination of choreography, dramaturgy and physical intimacy. Intimacy coordinators work with actors during acts of simulated sexual contact and other forms of intimacy to determine where they are comfortable being touched, but — just as fight choreography is more than just coordinating punches and kicks — there’s much more to it.

Posted by David at 2/05/2025 10:32:00 AM

What Will It Take to Lure Production Back to L.A. in Wake of Fires?

variety.com: Survive till 2025, they said. They didn’t say what would come next. A week into the new year, wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena, causing an estimated $250 billion in damage. For the entertainment industry, they also disrupted production schedules, destroyed filming locations and left many workers without homes.

Posted by David at 2/05/2025 12:05:00 PM

Sunday, February 02, 2025

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National Endowment for the Arts reports on the state of nonprofit theaters nationwide

www.broadwaynews.com: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released findings on the key challenges faced by and new ways of working within the U.S. nonprofit theater sector. Major themes outlined in the report “Defying Gravity: Conversations with Leaders from Nonprofit Theater” include financial, workforce and communications challenges, as well as strategies for investing in future sustainability and audience engagement.

Posted by David at 1/28/2025 12:00:00 PM

How Did 'The Brutalist' Utilize AI in Post Production?

No Film School: Over the weekend, news broke on X that The Brutalist had used AI while refining some elements in post. Of course, we also learned that some of the other films many assumed would be nominated for Best Picture had also used AI in post-production. But since The Brutalist is the frontrunner, it bore the weight of most of the hot takes. This sent the internet down a rabbit hole of conversations, most weighing how AI should be used and whether or not the Academy should disqualify the movie from being able to compete.

Posted by David at 1/27/2025 12:05:00 PM

Crafting Grant Narratives - Approaches to Justifying Arts Funding

AMT Lab @ CMU: The grant economy is an enormous economic arena in which persuasion, data, and human judgment drive real economic impact. Institutional grant-makers hold a tremendous amount of capital and the associated power that comes with it. As of 2018, Harvard Kennedy School’s Global Philanthropy Report noted that there are more than 260,000 foundations across the globe which collectively hold over $1.5 trillion in assets. Annual expenditures for these foundations tops $150 billion, and over 90% of foundations are considered independent.

Posted by David at 1/31/2025 12:05:00 PM

Master Classes Offer Self-Discovery Through the Arts

News - Carnegie Mellon University: CJay Philip’s students sat on stage in a circle at the Cahill Performing Arts Center in Baltimore, speaking and singing gratitude in a call and response led by their teacher. It was the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and they had just finished a full day of master class workshops taught by Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama faculty.

Posted by David at 1/31/2025 10:47:00 AM

How “Well” Are Dancers, Really?

Dance Magazine: Last year’s Netflix hit “America’s Sweethearts,” a docuseries about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, displayed some maddeningly contradictory attitudes toward dancer health. One moment, performers were body shamed for failing to meet the team’s punishingly narrow standards; the next, they were scolded for not properly “fueling” themselves during practice.

Posted by David at 1/30/2025 11:44:00 AM

There are no bad ideas

Friday, February 21, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Worth a Look

FireAid Benefit Concerts Estimated to Have Raised $100M For L.A.

Opinion | Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices Won’t Be Fully Replicated by A.I.

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril

The Beatles' 'Now and Then' Was Made With AI (and That's Okay)

New NEA Guidelines Require Compliance With Trump’s Anti-DEI, Anti-Trans Orders

Friday, February 14, 2025

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, February 09, 2025

Worth a Look

Black Theater Artists and Shakespeare

Guthrie Theater heads into union negotiations, disagrees with management about DEIA

Climate Policy Frameworks for the Ecological Transition of the Cultural Sector

At Intersection of Race and Intimacy, Drama Professor’s Work Onstage Informs Students Offstage

What Will It Take to Lure Production Back to L.A. in Wake of Fires?

Sunday, February 02, 2025

Worth a Look

National Endowment for the Arts reports on the state of nonprofit theaters nationwide

How Did 'The Brutalist' Utilize AI in Post Production?

Crafting Grant Narratives - Approaches to Justifying Arts Funding

Master Classes Offer Self-Discovery Through the Arts

How “Well” Are Dancers, Really?

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