Cole Escola, Oh, Mary!’s creator and star, “has been a revered cult figure in the comedy and New York cabaret scenes for more than 15 years. But they’ve never come close to such exposure.” - Washington Post
The front of house folks and stagehands would like to have a word - perhaps a few words. So far, no one has even asked them what they think. - Oregon ArtsWatch
The reset “is the time before a show when the theatre becomes a hive of backstage buzz, as cast and crew ensure everything is in order before the audience take their seats.” One photographer described it as “pretty bonkers.” - The Observer (UK)
Bean's The Amorous Prince, or The Curious Husband was considered "too radical, too shocking" in its day, says director Natalie Cox. "Some of the things it made fun of, such as masculinity, were not au fait with what should have been on stage at that point. It just fell into obscurity." - BBC
Shields’s music director suggested she consider the opening, and soon enough, she had tossed her hat in the ring, and in May she won the vote by members, defeating two more-seasoned labor activists. - The New York Times
"The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled that the producer could not continue with his $50 million lawsuit alleging that the Actors’ Equity Association violated antitrust and various state laws, including defamation," and illegally prevented him from producing Broadway shows by boycotting him. - AP
Two weeks after the 85-year-old actor fell from the stage during a London performance of Player Kings, an abridged version of Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts One and Two in which he played Falstaff, McKellen announced his withdrawal from the regional tour of the production "to protect my full recovery." - BBC
This could go well, or it could go very wrong: “The building spans 9,300 square feet and includes the Throckmorton Theatre, which currently serves as the home for Mill Valley LiveArts, the area's only multidisciplinary performing arts organization.” - San Francisco Chronicle
Artistic director Carole Rothman is leaving Second Stage after 45 years; her successor is Evan Cabnet, currently leader of LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's emerging-artists program. "The leadership of the four Broadway nonprofits has not changed for decades, and the industry is closely watching (for the) new generation." - The New York Times
"It could be the most terrifying folk art in China. It is called shua ya, which literally means 'teeth playing'. … Performers need to manipulate four to 10 tusks in their mouths, using their lips, teeth, and breath to make them move, conveying the emotions of characters." - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
"Cultural figures supporting the women" — director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, two highly decorated fixtures of contemporary Russian theater — "say this is the first time in Russia’s post-Soviet era that a work of art is effectively being put on trial." - The New York Times
"The multimillion-dollar (facility) in Allston will expand the A.R.T.’s performance capabilities and meet rigorous standards for sustainability. The 80,000-square-foot building ... has been in the works since 2019, when a $100 million gift jumpstarted plans to move the theater from its longtime home at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square." - WBUR (Boston)
"Most of the country expected the election would be called in autumn, so when the announcement came that it would be done and dusted less than a month before the Fringe opens, comedians who dared to tackle politics in this volatile year were suddenly faced with serious rewrites." - The Observer (UK)
