Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Director of Bob Marley musical sceptical about UK theatre's progress on diversity
Stage | The Guardian: British theatre is trying to get its house in order when it comes to diversity, but the director of a new West End musical about Bob Marley fears progress will not go far enough.
Dua Lipa's 'Studio 2054' Livestream Draws 5 Million-Plus Views
Variety: Dua Lipa’s “Studio 2054” livestream concert event drew a whopping 5 million-plus global views, according to an announcement from her reps — this tally is said to be a record for a paid livestream. That tally includes over 1.9 million unique log-ins from China, 95,000 from India and 263,264 tickets sold across the regular ticketing platforms, suggesting that the 5 million views number is “both conservative and a not-yet-final number,” the announcement says.
Context Over Cancel Culture: What Companies Can Do With Problematic Nutcracker Footage
Dance Magazine: With most live Nutcracker performances canceled this year, many companies are planning to present footage of past productions digitally instead. But for some, there's a snag: The video is from a few years ago, and the second act might come across as racist. Now what? How can companies still provide digital access for their communities to the beloved ballet—the one that attracts the most audience members all year—while not offending folks during the holiday season?
Reflecting on ‘Zumanity,’ so much more than a Las Vegas show
Las Vegas Weekly: “People say the craziest things to me. One woman from somewhere in the Midwest sent me a message years ago, saying our show completely changed her sexually,” says Christopher Kenney, who created the emcee drag character of Edie and portrayed the “Mistress of Sensuality” in Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity for more than 12 years. “She always felt like she had to be a certain kind of woman, or no man would find her attractive. She was incredibly insecure, and something about Zumanity made her feel sexy. … She said she was having more sex and was happier than she’d ever been in her life. And that’s so wonderful.”
How a Spider-Man musical became a theatrical disaster
BBC Culture: I It’s been 10 years since one of the most momentous nights of Glen Berger’s life. He was already an established off-Broadway playwright and children’s television writer, but on 28 November 2010, a musical he had scripted had its first preview at the Foxwoods Theatre in New York – and it was shaping up to be an international smash.
