TBOT_S01E30 - 30th
We recap the Grammys and how it connects to Theater, Quiet Hiring and AI-written musicals.
WORKING TITLE:
We were also producers on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
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REJECTED TITLES:
Quiet Hiring is a No No
GRAMMYS
"‘Into the Woods’ wins Best Musical Theater Album — plus more Broadway Grammy wins" by Broadway News' Ruthie Fierberg - "The Grammy in that category went to “Into the Woods,” honoring producers Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven and principal vocalists Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo. …
[Lin-Manuel Miranda], along with vocalists Carolina Gaitán — La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the cast of animated movie “Encanto” won for the film’s viral hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” “Encanto” also walked away with statues for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Tony nominee Renée Fleming won the Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for her “Voice of Nature — The Anthropocene.”" https://bway.ly/4fe6k4
"Viola Davis earns coveted EGOT status with Grammy win" by Broadway News' Ruthie Fierberg - "At the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, actor Viola Davis won in the category Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me.”" https://bway.ly/pzl5hd
CONGRESS-MAN: "George Santos Produced Broadway’s Ill-Fated Spider-Man Musical. At Least, He Claims He Did" by Bloomberg's Laura Davison - "Add Broadway producer to the long list of George Santos’s fabrications. While running for Congress in 2021, Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, according to people familiar with the discussions. ... The lead producer, Michael Cohl, denied Santos’s involvement, saying through an assistant that he wasn’t a producer on the musical. Santos’s name also never appeared in the playbills for the show. A spokeswoman for Santos referred questions to his lawyer, Joseph W. Murray, who didn’t immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment." https://bway.ly/nelxfc
NPR: "Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice" by NPR's Chloe Veltman - "Many of the problems facing the nonprofit theater industry in the U.S. right now — from scant resources to the lack of diversity — have been around for ages. But before the pandemic, performing arts groups were so focused on raising the curtain each night it was easier to ignore long-standing problems than fix them. Now, thanks to a combination of lackluster ticket sales and an end to government relief, they have no choice but to try out new things in order to secure a future." https://bway.ly/krxn75
More stocism, less drama.
"Chicago announces $11 million in new support for the arts" by The Chicago Tribune's Doug George - https://bway.ly/mvlqwy
CNBC: "Working 11-hour days backstage on Broadway: ‘You have to be a little bit crazy’ but ‘I love it’" by CNBC's Gili Malinsky - "[Annie] Schroeder’s main task every show is checking ticket sales and sending numbers up to the producers. But as assistant company manager, she has her hands in much of the behind-the-scenes logistics of the show as well. “She’s a sister girl,” says cast member Michael Ivan Carrier, and she’s “the mother that needs to stay out of my room.”" https://bway.ly/rqn77q
Between Riverside and Crazy
https://2st.com/shows/between-riverside-and-crazy
Quiet Hiring - The other side to quiet quitting
THE LIGHT by Loy A. Webb opens this week.
https://theatreexile.org/shows/the-light/
Resources:
https://www.theatricalindex.com/
https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
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