He says he stockpiled plays during the COVID lockdowns; he's had readings of two in the past two years, has another getting a full staging next year, and yet another sketched out for 2026. "I guess the full total is getting near to 100." - The Guardian
“I basically grew up watching this theatre, in many different inner iterations, creating work along the way, especially the new plays, which is what kept me here. It was too good of an opportunity to leave. To meet with living playwrights? Come on! It was the best.” - American Theatre
How did The Great Gatsby get excitement for its cast album flowing? TikTok, of course - and also YouTube, Instagram, and X/Twitter, not to mention a party for influencers on all of these channels. Brand strategy: Snag the kids now, and it’ll pay off later. - The New York Times
One program delivered lazy, sexist jokes and couldn’t be trained out of its ways. So that’s going great - but researchers keep saying it will improve. - BBC
David Henry Hwang wondered that, too. Yet he's part of an impressive team working on a show about the Large Hadron Collider and the discovery of the Higgs boson. "It took a year to get my head around how to tell this story," Hwang said. - The New York Times
This past weekend, the Goodman Theatre called off two performances of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil just before curtain time. On Saturday they couldn't round up enough understudies to cover all the sick cast members; on Sunday they had the same problem with backstage crew. - Chicago Tribune
Domingo wanted someone rooted in stagecraft to help as he made the film. Specifically, he “wanted his best friend, his San Francisco theatrical co-conspirator Sean San José, a San Mateo resident who co-founded Campo Santo ... and is currently director of San Francisco’s Magic Theatre.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Ashley Park is now in-demand on Netflix - but says the theatre’s the thing, even if it’s not Broadway. “I love community theater and high school theater youth groups — really any time I get to witness storytelling in its most pure and honest form.” - The New York Times
Is this real? Absolutely. Roy Cockrum won Powerball in 2014, and since then has given millions to nonprofits. “The question I put to artistic directors is, ‘Is there a project you’ve always dreamed of doing that you couldn’t afford?’” - The New York Times
That formula worked for Kelundra Smith, at least. One important detail: In criticism and in theatre, “you have to have a strong pitch.” - American Theatre
The company is really hoping to make enough money to produce As You Like It in September. "The 50th anniversary performance ... is supposed to mark its return to self-produced Shakespeare after operating exclusively as a rental house for other companies.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
The play, titled The Years and based on the memoir by 2022 Nobel literature prizewinner Annie Ernaux, was stopped for 10 minutes on Monday after several (mainly male) audience members asked for medical assistance following the graphic onstage depiction of an abortion. - The Guardian
"When it disclosed layoffs last July, the renowned nonprofit company said that it hoped to avoid a budget deficit in the year ending in August 2023. Instead, expenses exceeded revenue by $8 million that season, according to its most recent audited financial statement." - Broadway Journal
