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Friday, November 12, 2021

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Sunday, November 07, 2021

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

Gennean Scott: Broadway Can and Will Change

AMERICAN THEATRE Last summer the live theatre industry’s commercial trade association, the Broadway League, plucked Gennean Scott (she/her) from Omaha, Neb., to fill a newly created position as the League’s first director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Hired from a national search conducted by Arts Consulting Group, Scott has been tasked with helping the industry navigate a more socially conscious time, when more equitable representation on- and offstage is becoming an increasingly non-negotiable requirement.
Posted by David at 11/05/2021 09:55:00 AM

Series of Social Justice Initiatives Announced In Conjunction with Broadway Production of CLYDE'S

www.broadwayworld.com: Second Stage Theater has announced a series of social justice initiatives centered around the upcoming Broadway production of Lynn Nottage's play, Clyde's, directed by Kate Whoriskey. A funny, moving, and inspiring new play, Clyde's centers around the lives of four formerly incarcerated kitchen staff working at a sandwich shop and looking to reclaim their lives.
Posted by David at 11/02/2021 09:47:00 AM

The B-Girl's Battle for Equality in a Male-Dominated Style

Dance Magazine : It was the late '90s, and breaking pioneer Ana "Rokafella" Garcia was in rehearsals for a major theater production with a crew of male breakers. A popular b-boy began making comments dripping with sexual innuendo about the only other woman in the group. With each consecutive rehearsal, the harassment progressed while other castmates stood by silently.
Posted by David at 11/04/2021 09:25:00 AM

Mandy Greenfield Resigns From Helm of Williamstown Theatre Fest

AMERICAN THEATRE: Artistic director Mandy Greenfield recently tendered her resignation as artistic director of Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), and the festival today announced the appointment of Jenny Gersten to the role of interim artistic director. Greenfield’s exit follows a storm of controversy and criticism about working conditions at the theatre.
Posted by David at 11/02/2021 09:44:00 AM

Hollywood Armorers Speak Out on ‘Rust’ Safety Issues, Guns on Sets

IndieWire : When Mike Tristano is working on a film or television production, his guns never leave his line of sight. The armorer, who has lent his decades of weapons expertise to “The Purge” and hundreds of other productions, follows strict safety protocols on sets to ensure that the guns being used cannot harm the cast or crew he works with.
Posted by David at 11/03/2021 09:46:00 AM

Friday, November 05, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Worth a Look

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

Donnelley Foundation survey shows arts organizations still hesitant to open in-person for fall season

Chicago Tribune: Since Illinois has reopened from the pandemic lockdown in 2020, normalcy is one thing that remains elusive. Case in point: a new survey by the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation that shows that despite overall theater industry comeback, smaller organizations are still struggling to reopen.
Posted by David at 10/27/2021 09:38:00 AM

Guns on stage are here to stay, some Chicago theater workers say

Chicago Sun-Times: Days after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured after actor Alec Baldwin fired a gun on the set of “Rust” during the filming of the movie in New Mexico, some Chicago theater workers say their procedures are safe and have no plans to stop using guns in stage productions here.
Posted by David at 10/27/2021 09:41:00 AM

Social justice was not at the core at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis for many years. Then Hana Sharif took over.

www.stlmag.com: I’m sitting in a dim auditorium next to Hana Sharif, the first Black woman to serve as artistic director of a major American regional theater—in her case, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis—and the stage in front of us at the Loretto–Hilton Center for the Performing Arts on Webster University’s campus is blazing with light and sound and sweat, but Sharif is not looking at it. She’s hunched over, thumbing notes into her iPhone on how to tweak it. This is an urgent task.
Posted by David at 10/26/2021 10:19:00 AM

New gender-neutral categories announced for Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Awards

DC Metro Theater Arts: The Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring outstanding achievements Off-Broadway (productions in Manhattan venues with 100-499 seats), has announced that its awards for acting will no longer be defined by gender. The actor and actress categories for both musicals and plays will instead move to Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical, Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play, and Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Play.
Posted by David at 10/29/2021 09:31:00 AM

Little Amal is a reminder of how vital art is

Culture | The Guardian: Your excellent leader (The Guardian view on Little Amal: telling the unpalatable truth, 20 October) is a timely reminder of the proper value of art in an era when irony seems to have expired with the appointment of culture secretaries such as Oliver Dowden and Nadine Dorries. In England, this apparent decline in how we see our culture has been accompanied by the slow erosion of integrity, over the past 35 years, in an increasingly politically compromised Arts Council.
Posted by David at 10/25/2021 09:35:00 AM

Friday, October 29, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

WEAR A MASK – WASH YOUR HANDS – WATCH YOUR DISTANCE

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus

There are no bad ideas

Friday, November 12, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, November 07, 2021

Worth a Look

Gennean Scott: Broadway Can and Will Change

Series of Social Justice Initiatives Announced In Conjunction with Broadway Production of CLYDE'S

The B-Girl's Battle for Equality in a Male-Dominated Style

Mandy Greenfield Resigns From Helm of Williamstown Theatre Fest

Hollywood Armorers Speak Out on ‘Rust’ Safety Issues, Guns on Sets

Friday, November 05, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Worth a Look

Donnelley Foundation survey shows arts organizations still hesitant to open in-person for fall season

Guns on stage are here to stay, some Chicago theater workers say

Social justice was not at the core at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis for many years. Then Hana Sharif took over.

New gender-neutral categories announced for Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Awards

Little Amal is a reminder of how vital art is

Friday, October 29, 2021

DP Weekly Wrap Up

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