“In an age of virtual learning, theatre educators have been met with new challenges of how to create theatre and engage their students in a new platform.”
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So what is it about a murder mystery that keeps audiences going back for more in its many art forms? From page to screen, from stage to dinner parties and beyond. As creative and broad minded audience members we will all embrace something different about the thrill of the murder mystery but I believe there is one thing that combines all of these-the formula. That is, the foundations-the magic ingredients if you will. Not secret ingredients but a recipe followed by all good crime writers that makes for a sure-fire hit.
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“Tom Hanks playing a character with a low test score and innocent mannerisms is not the same as a nondisabled actor playing a character that is distinguished by a disability in a storyline all about that disability.”
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“Disney is making strides in the progressive direction. To cast a male actor as Ursula would not be “unfortunate” at all.”
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“In response to the Black Lives Matter, the NYC theatre community is having conversations about the representation of black performers and what types of roles black performers are having to portray. And while the conversation about “The Book of Mormon” has happened plenty of times before, it’s certainly been reignited now.”
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“With the upcoming official release of Music this week, I write with a related frustration: This industry has a problem with support for Autism Speaks.”
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“When COVID first hit and performing arts venues were forced to shut down, a lot of us felt scared. We wondered whether we would still be able to create art in a way that was familiar and whether we’d ever be able to gather in the same space again. But the theatre improv community? They said, “Yes, and,” to the challenges they faced and tackled them head-on just as any good improviser would.”
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“A U.K. actress who was fired from the lead role in The Color Purple for past alleged homophobic remarks on social media claims she did not realize the character she was due to portray was a lesbian and would have refused to take on the role if she did.”
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“An actor in Ocala, FL has been charged with sexual battery after admitting to molesting a young boy he had met during a play at the local theatre. The abuse happened over a dozen times over a period of six months. In the wake of the arrest, the theatre has barred the actor from their stage but has not confirmed or denied knowing about the allegations while allowing the actor to appear in productions with minors.”
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“I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are is an incredibly fast read, because Bloom makes the reader feel like they are old friends getting lost in a zany conversation and wondering where the time went.”
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“‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’ is a case study that provides two approaches to online theatre-making, the perfect dichotomy in which to examine how we connect with an audience in the infinite abyss of the internet, and more specifically TikTok.”
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“To any male-identifying technicians who feel they’re superior, please listen to what I have to say.”
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