The theater, originally known as the Ohio Theater and located off Wooster Street in SoHo, was founded as a nonprofit in 1993, and before that provided a shared space for independent companies and artists to brainstorm and perform. - The New York Times
The expansion of short-term rentals has been pricing out Edinburgh residents for years. But the cost of accommodation for festival performers and visitors has soared even more quickly. "Audiences outside of the wealthy, and young audiences in particular," warn the venues, "will be excluded and the Fringe will wither away." - The Scotsman
Record tickets sales in Chicago's Theatre Week may indicate - finally - something's going OK for the COVID-bitten profession. - Daily Herald (Illinois)
He was the group's second artistic director, after Bill Rauch left for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. "Upon arrival he helped to define a new six-production series, the Justice Cycle, which explored how laws shape and disrupt communities." - American Theatre
In Edinburgh, for instance, "On a small number of occasions, they become aggressive, start shouting and swearing at our staff and it ends in violence. ... The reaction is 'I have paid for my ticket, I don't care if other people can't see or hear'." - BBC
The Phare Circus, founded in 1994 by an art therapist, provides education and training for young people, many poor, and a livelihood for artists with a performing arts school in Battambang (Cambodia's second city) and a professional circus troupe in Siem Reap, near Angkor Wat. - The Christian Science Monitor
"(The policy allows) any non-union theater worker to join who can demonstrate that they have worked professionally as an actor or stage manager within Equity's geographical jurisdiction. The 51,000-member union launched the Open Access policy in July of 2021, but it had a sunset date of May 1, 2023." - Deadline
"Sharp reductions in expenses coupled with large growth in government contributions and investments kept theatres afloat. ... As audiences return to live performances, theatres will be challenged to revive earned revenue income sources to counter reduced government relief and the effects of high inflation in 2022." - SMU Data Arts / Theatre Communications Group
"The key question is, what are the things that are being done in order to emerge from the pandemic in a sustainable way?" said Teresa Eyring, executive director and CEO of Theatre Communications Group, a support organization for the nation's performing arts sector. - NPR
"They have been verbally and physically assaulted by a small number of audience members while trying to do their job. Two weeks ago one of my staff was punched. This week one of them was pushed and spat on." - The National (Scotland)
"NBT is readying to build a new, 21-story Harlem facility that will house a new theater complex as well as retail and affordable housing units. Meanwhile, the theater is making a place for itself on Broadway for the first time with Fat Ham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by James Ijames." - Variety
"From March 2020 to April 2021, Parks wrote a short play a day. Sometimes, Parks would write multiple (sic). Other times, Parks would write fragments of a song, eventually creating 23 original songs for the theatrical piece that charts the family's journey through the pandemic." - The Guardian
"Thanks to a combination of lackluster ticket sales and an end to government relief, they have no choice but to try out new things." Here's a look at what three of them — Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Control Group Productions (Denver), and the West Village Rehearsal Co-Op (Manhattan) — are trying. - NPR
Sandy Powell, a multiple Oscar and BAFTA winner, says, "It terrifies me this has happened. ... What I would say to government is that working in the arts really is a proper job and that, especially when times are hard, entertainment is what people want." - The Observer (UK)
Sure, people are mostly back to live theatre - but " a newly formed nonprofit organization is collaborating to bring nonprofit Broadway ... into homes, schools and community centers." With high-quality streaming, at that. - Los Angeles Times
