296 stories by "Tim"
I’ve been posting links to interesting articles in the sidebar and on a separate Odds & Ends Tumblr, but on the off chance that (a) you didn’t notice or (b) you weren’t…
The New York Times recently wrote about the beauty of watching theater in a pub: "What works in our favor is the intimacy of the experience," said Tim Roseman, who shares the job of artistic…
They try to charge as much as the market will bear. They tack on a bunch of fees that no one understands, and when you get there, the seats are uncomfortable and too small….Isaac Butler, P…
Last week, I was a lucky recipient of a beautiful book of drama/poetry by Mac Wellman. All six longtime readers of this blog will remember that, a while back, I raved about hearing Mac read …
From a lovely article by Barbara Hammond on HotReview.org that could just as easily be called How to Stay a Playwright: Brush and floss as you’re not going to see a dentist except i…
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. Â You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead…
Oh, I love this McSweeney’s post so much. Written by Jason Guder, it’s an email solicitation from “Mr. Prince Hamlet, rightful heir to the throne of Denmark,” writing…
1. If you asked theater pros to rank Broadway's three hottest musical stars, everyone's list would say Hugh Jackman, Hugh Jackman, and Hugh Jackman. Now Michael Riedel reports Jackman's one-…
Change for all shows: -.18% Number of shows that increased over previous week: 12 Number of shows that decreased from previous week: 15 Biggest increase: GHETTO KLOWN ($100,759)(Final week) …
I've always looked for really good Arts programs that will give me an enjoyable way to keep current with our cultural life. Too often, the programs I attended lacked either the quality or th…
Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen for you, to you, and because of you….T. Alan Armstrong The center of the stage…
Signature Theatre Company, founded in 1991 by James Houghton, exists to honor and celebrate the playwright by making an extended commitment to his body of work. They do this by devoting an e…
How cool is this? Zombie Town: A Documentary Play won the 2011 Storer Boone Award for Best Original Play. Wish I could have been at the ceremony in New Orleans, but it was still pretty excit…
1. SPIDER-MAN set what must be a Broadway record for the biggest weekly increase in gross sales, jumping by $432,004 to a weekly total gross of $1,702,866, third highest on the street, But w…
Change for total of all shows: +6.86% Number of Shows that increased over previous week: 24 Number of Shows that decreased from previous week: 6 Highest average ticket price: $138.90 (THE BO…
A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire….Ben Jonso…
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway not- for-profit theater, whose mission is “to produce great plays simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble.” The company w…
Line as movement " prancing, skipping, twisting, and dancing " was the vehicle through which Hirschfeld conveyed the adrenaline rush of live theater and his absorption in the here and now, r…
The New Group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. While constantly evolving, they maintain an ensemble approach to their…
In April, the Intiman Theatre in Seattle abruptly canceled its season and laid off its staff. Now Jim Jewell, an arts administrator and playwright in Seattle, has posted an Open Letter…
First off, apologizes to any site visitors who were confounded during our tweaking of the site over the last week. Naturally a few things went awry, so thanks for bearing with us. Am…
From an article by Michael Billington in The Guardian: Where would Broadway be without the British taxpayer? I ask because it always strikes me as faintly ironic that the most flagrantly …
This morning at the Dramatists Guild’s first national conference, I was on a panel with @AndieArthur and Roland Tec of Extra Criticum, where we talked about blogs and twitter and tu…
There’s a fantastic Annie Baker interview by Hal Brooks up on HowlRound that presents a dilemma in that I basically want to copy and the paste the whole thing. Some of my favorite quot…
The FURY Factory festival kicked off tonight and runs June 7 – 26 in San Francisco. You can follow along on the FURY Factory Blog or on twitter at #furyfest. From the blog, about the f…
