112 stories by "Suzi Steffen"
“It isn't just a numbers game, and it isn't just down to playwrights, but I hope that if we keep making conscious choices about the characters we write, then we won't just change theat…
“In both cases there are life experiences that make an actually autistic and an actually black actor better suited to playing the role in question. More than that, though, there is the…
“With backstage space in the 123-year-old building being severely limited, and no spare cash available to rent an office, Ms Squire instead parked the car outside the theatre, and work…
For Anne Boleyn: “In your lifetime you are the focus of every lurid story that the imagination of Europe can dream up. From the moment you enter public consciousness, you carry the pro…
“The typical demographic of the audience for the young company's work isn't enough to educate our young performers about the needs of an audience. How will they ever fulfil their poten…
Equity “surveyed its L.A. actors about ‘being a working theater professional in Los Angeles and what it’s like to be an Equity member,’ followed by focus groups and a…
“Their inquiry was dismissed with an unsigned email that read: ‘Our policy does not support Âcolonialism/Zionism. Therefore we do not host groups that support the colonisation…
“The girls were terrific. Silly and shy, coy and rambunctious, attention-seeking, wise beyond their years, strikingly immature, they strutted about the room like little heroines in a p…
“He has a very clear mandate. He wants to support large theater companies doing massive, out-of-the-ordinary artistic projects " the kinds of epics you might see at the National Theatr…
“Some prominent AEA members plan to picket their union's North Hollywood headquarters on Monday. With ballots for the controversial 99-seat plan referendum set to be mailed next week, …
“The average theatergoer is a 44-year-old woman who attends plays frequently, the report said. Not surprisingly, the report found that most people who go to Broadway plays are well-hee…
“Dr Fayard gave examples of performances of Richard III in Italy being inspired by Benito Mussolini’s fascist party, in Kuwait by Saddam Hussein and in the Eastern Bloc by the co…
“Women and gay men in their 20s and 30s describe being propositioned for sex by influential directors, casting directors and others who could help or hurt their careers. Young gay men …
“A theatre is not just a building. It is all the people who pass through it, and who " for however brief a time, a few days or weeks or years " call it home. The people may move on, bu…
“Charlie Low opened Forbidden City in 1938, and from exotic dancers to comedians to acrobats, he made sure the club had it all. It was even featured in major media outlets, including L…
“The Royal Court's Vicky Featherstone was asked what might have helped her when she was developing her career. ‘Childcare,’ came the reply " or at least some tax relief on …
“In an interview on Friday, he traced the impulse behind the gift to a trip several years ago to London, where he saw Nicholas Hytner's lavish adaptation of Philip Pullman's ‘His…
“Peterson offered the example of the prime-time, one-hour network show: Minimums dictate that a staff writer earns about $3,800 a week"and a fee of more than $36,000 for any episode fo…
“The topics of the day were listed on a white board: ‘Je Suis Charlie'; the governing African National Congress party's convention in Cape Town; results of the nationwide matric …
“Despite average cuts of 19%, local authorities in England are still spending around £1.6bn on arts, culture and libraries. They remain one of our biggest investors. Moreover, they …
“What further distinguishes Hamilton is that it uses rap to tell a story that has no direct connection to any usual rap subjects or characters. This reaches its most remarkable express…
“We call it LARP tourism " the chance to travel to worlds that don't exist.”
“In the years since leaving Canal Place, Southern Rep has almost settled in a new permanent location three times — in the Central Business District, Bywater and Mid-City. But eac…
“The lessons of Bloody Bloody are seen in American society today. Today, Native women are murdered at a rate higher than any other race in America. The majority of the perpetrators of …
“By the time the meeting broke up it looked as if a civil war were at hand and that, in an extreme rarity for the U.S. labor movement, a substantial force within a union was mobilizing…
