"An interdisciplinary artist who doesn’t dabble in composition, performance, filmmaking and choreography so much as create from a Gesamtkunstwerk state of mind, ... Monk is both a holdout of New York’s 'downtown' past and a sui generis American master." - The New York Times
André Royo (Bubbles in The Wire) on Drinking in America, sober: "My daughter never saw me act on stage before, so it was the first time for her. You've got to show her the reasons why dad's been away for moments in her life because of the craft." - Salon
"One nine-year-old girl is heard saying to her teacher: 'I'm absolutely sluggardized." A few weeks before, her year five class had been deciphering the word - meaning made lazy or idle - in one of Shakespeare's plays. Now she was using it correctly, to emphasise how exhausted she felt." - BBC
Julian Eltinge "represented a unique form of the art, one that emphasized fidelity to femininity instead of risqué repartee, outlandish outfits or high-energy lip syncing. He made a mint onstage and toured the world, sometimes while wearing a 23-inch corset and ... high-heeled shoes." - Washington Post
Treasure Lunan, who's playing Lysander at Portland Center Stage's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, says they feel welcome there. PCS Associate Artistic Director Chip Miller says, "When you have someone so talented, why would you limit what roles they could play?" - Oregon ArtsWatch
The structure consists of a 26-metre-long timber frame, shaped roughly like the number six with one long wall clad in mycelium – a biomaterial grown from the root structure of fungi that is increasingly being explored as a natural insulator and fire retardant. - Dezeen
"Scenic designer David Korins, … , who worked on Beetlejuice and Hamilton, put it this way: 'I've done some complicated and ambitious work on Broadway, and this is 100 times more complicated.'" - New York Magazine
Put simply, it has become extremely difficult for theatres to find enough competent craftspeople, even to recruit untrained laborers who can hammer sets, paint flats, or sew costumes for professional regional theatres—least of all folks experienced in the sub-specialty of theatre work. - American Theatre
“Halfway through the Broadway run, I started to feel the weight of doing this every single day. Everything was tight, so I talked to a physical therapist.” - The Guardian
"This spring, the professional regional theater in downtown Greensboro stopped selling tickets to shows while examining its options amid financial struggles. The group's volunteer board had hoped to find a path to save it as other regional theaters across the country shuttered in recent years." - Greensboro (NC) News and Record
"A comprehensive report published by Freelancers Make Theatre Work … reveals significant disparities in pay between male and female workers, amounting to a gap of 37.4%. … The sobering picture painted by the report continues, with average earnings for freelancers in the industry falling 17.5% below the U.K. national average salary." - Variety
"Will the NT reach for a safe pair of hands (as) arts funding is squeezed and theatre is clawing back revenue lost over the pandemic? Or will it continue Norris's project of opening up the venue to new audiences? … Here is The Guardian's shortlist of potential contenders." - The Guardian
“This theater is being reborn and has restored its great reputation,” said Aleksandr Rostov, the theater’s new, Russian-appointed creative director in a video to mark the first anniversary of the strike, which he addressed to Mariupol residents and “our beloved soldiers and our own Russian army.” - Wall Street Journal
Next month marks the 30th anniversary of Boom Chicago, an Amsterdam venue featuring Chicago-style improv comedy in English, where Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Amber Ruffin, and Jason Sudeikis are among the alumni. - The New York Times
“We've been basically in a recovery mode since the 2020-21 pandemic. And I think that's the real reason why things have been stressed more. We've had some management and infrastructure issues that didn't adapt well to those two major business disruptions.” - Jefferson Public Radio
