TBOT_S01E25 - Dumbing Down The Audience - 25th Episode
Today on the podcast, we talk about Patti LuPone giving up on Equity while COVID calls for more encores. Also, what were we doing during this long intermission?
WORKING TITLE:
Move On
REJECTED TITLES:
Rotting Fish Stink at the Head
Swagtastic
LUPONE: "Patti LuPone Isn‘t Retiring but Broadway Has ‘Dumbed Down the Audience’ by Turning Into ‘Disneyland, a Circus and Las Vegas’" by Variety's Katie Reul and Marc Malkin - "“I just gave up my equity card, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t perform on-stage,” LuPone told Variety at Netflix’s “The School for Good and Evil” premiere Tuesday. “It’s 50 years that I’ve been a member of Actors Equity, and I think I need a break from the stage.” LuPone clarified that provisions in her former membership allow her to still make guest appearances on stage in the meantime, but without being a part of the labor union, she won’t be taking any major roles on Broadway any time soon." https://bway.ly/gl7z3h
"Two years after COVID hit, D-FW arts groups are still struggling to rebuild audiences. Why?" by KERA News' Tim Diovanni, Elizabeth Myong, and Michael Granberry - "Audiences are being more selective, according to researchers and arts leaders across the region. Some are scared to gather in crowded indoor venues. Others have lost the habit of attending. Still others are avoiding the hassle of driving and parking, instead staying at home and watching Netflix, Hulu or a host of other streaming options." https://bway.ly/tws1kk
"16th Street Theater in Berwyn is closing down; Raven artistic director announces exit" by The Chicago Tribune's Chris Jones - "The 16th Street Theater, a Berwyn-based Equity company with a 15-year history, has begun its last show. … Raven Theatre said Monday that its artistic director, Cody Estle, will exit his position as the long-standing North Side theater. Estle will next be artistic director of the larger Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee." https://bway.ly/mom9cj
"Leslie Jordan Dies at 67 Following Car Crash" by TheaterMania's Zachary Stewart - "Actor and social media personality Leslie Jordan has died at the age of 67. … His first solo play was Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far, which ran for several months in 1994 at the Soho Playhouse. In 2010, he appeared off-Broadway in his autobiographical solo show, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet." https://bway.ly/gsl0kq
"‘It’s really desperate’: cost of living crisis spells bleak times for British arts venues" by The Guardian's Esther Addley and Harriet Sherwood - "Theatres, meanwhile, are “verging on catastrophe” this winter according to one major operator, as a result of soaring energy bills and falling ticket sales due to the cost-of-living crisis, hard on the heels of two years of Covid closures." https://bway.ly/kplv3v
"Covid Still Heckling Broadway With Canceled Performances And Cast Substitutions" by Deadline's Greg Evans - "Covid isn’t done with New York’s theater scene just yet. At least four Broadway and major Off Broadway productions have either canceled or postponed performances or temporarily replaced principal cast members in the last week due to the virus." https://bway.ly/jw3mlc
Theater removes seat so 6-foot-9 Magic Johnson can attend Broadway show
https://pagesix.com/2022/10/17/theater-removes-seat-so-magic-johnson-can-attend-broadway-show/
Broadway Briefing
Into The Woods - Broadway
What are organizations looking for in leadership?
Local Equity Offices?
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