Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Lead actress in Arena Stage's fall run of “Toni Stone” says she felt unsafe onstage
The Washington Post: Arena Stage had big ambitions for its fall 2021 run of “Toni Stone,” a fact-based play about the first woman to play full-time professional baseball in the Negro Leagues. Directed by Tony winner Pam MacKinnon, the production marked Arena’s return to indoor, in-person theater 18 months into the pandemic. And there were even plans to simulcast a live performance to thousands of fans at Nationals Park on Sept. 26.
Turlock High School musical canceled due to ‘mature content’
Modesto Bee: Turlock High School canceled performances of a student musical this weekend because of “concerns that the content was too mature for a general audience that includes all age levels,” according to Turlock Unified School District spokeswoman Marie Russell.
Broadway Media to License Original Broadway Choreography to Kinky Boots, The Addams Family, Beauty and the Beast, More
Playbill: Broadway Media has partnered with Tony Award–winning choreographers to allow their Broadway choreography to be licensed by schools, amateur groups, and theatres. Originally launched by Jerry Mitchell and Paul Canaan as The Original Production, the project will now join the Broadway Media catalogue as Choreography Guides.
Why Misty Copeland should be American Ballet Theatre's new director
The Washington Post: American Ballet Theatre’s search for a new artistic director comes at a complicated time, when ballet is facing tough questions. How necessary is the art form to the contemporary moment? Can it draw audiences and funders back in force? Where are the younger, next-generation fans?
Broadway-Bound ‘1776’ Announces Female, Non-Binary And Trans Cast
Deadline: The Broadway-bound revival of the musical 1776, which begins a pre-New York engagement at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, next month, has announced a cast comprised fully of performers who identify as female, non-binary and trans.
