The de-sanctified sanctuary was Manhattan's hottest nightclub for a while in the 1980s. Shifting fashion and excessive drug use eventually shut the club down, and nobody has yet managed to run a successful business out of the oddly-positioned but landmarked building. Will it work as a theater? - MSN (Curbed)
Peter Kay "broke off from his current mammoth arena tour to appear at Bolton's 390-capacity Octagon theatre on Sunday, raising £80,000 for the venue." - BBC
"A year and a half ago, when I wrote a critical review of a show by (a) small company, a theater colleague asked me why I’d persisted with the project. … Whom does such a review serve, especially for a show that draws such small audiences?" Lily Janiak offers an answer to that question. - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
Earlier this year, Brigitte Bandit became one of five plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenged Texas Senate Bill 12, which criminalized some drag performances if they occurred in the presence of minors. - The New Yorker
"Michael Barakiva … is an Armenian-Israeli American director and writer whose work has been seen at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage and the Hangar Theatre, where he served as artistic director. … The moves come after more than a year of change at the 108-year-old company." - Ideastream (Cleveland)
Even with a general climate of crisis in the theatre industry at large, Harlem organizations are expanding in both literal and metaphorical ways: embarking on ambitious renovations, celebrating landmark seasons, and uprooting traditional modes of storytelling. - American Theatre
“We represent the city – we are a city theatre. We want to be a crossroads where people can meet and share emotions and talk and be free.” - The Guardian
It's not just that they fear that authorities back home are keeping eyes and ears on them. Among most of the comedians themselves, there are topics that are considered inappropriate to broach: politics, censorship, Xi Jinping, and anything that might make China look bad. - AP
Large and small venues alike were shrinking before our very eyes. Concern grew that the fabulous invalid, as the theater has long been dubbed, might be down for the count. But brilliant work will not be denied. And there was enough of it to buoy our flagging morale. - Los Angeles Times
Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig is "the first professional stage production to merge two great traditions: Jewish storytelling and festive panto. … And the crossover, it transpires, is richer and more obvious than one might first imagine." - The Guardian
"'This is the hardest season yet,' said the president of the Off-Broadway League, citing the combined effects of smaller audiences, shifting philanthropic patterns, rising wages and costs, and labor shortages at a time when the emergency government assistance (from) the lengthy pandemic shutdown has largely run out." - The New York Times
Until recently, the artistic director has been thought of as the singular person whose vision drives the programming and culture of a theatre. That idea has both eroded and expanded over the last 15 years. - American Theatre
One of the Broadway kids performing in front of an audience of Broadway aficionados said, "I was expecting to have the best show ever and that happened." - The New York Times
After a play about Black Frenchwomen's experiences premiered in the summer in southern France, a series of racist attacks followed - and one actress dropped out before the play transferred to Paris. - The New York Times
