Work for Theaters, Orchestra, Dance Troupes and Have Student Loans Forgiven?

Is working for a nonprofit theater -- or orchestra, dance troupe or gallery -- "public service"?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Glenn Beck Assails NYC's Brecht Forum

Will the cultural community in New York respond to Beck effectively? Or only half-heartedly?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Sweetest Verse, Not Prose Celebrating Broadway Shows: It's Twits Poetic

To publicize 100 performers reading 100 poems, submit one haiku.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Karine Plantadit

One of the stars of Broadway's Come Fly Away says the show is "in rhythm with America and what Americans will want to experience..."

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Theater C Announces Inaugural Season, Earns A for Vision

Melding puppetry and burlesque, video and dance, acrobatics and installations, hip hop, rock and salsa.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Some NY Arts Funding Cuts May Be Restored -- Will Gov. Paterson Agree?

Proposed cuts could be restored. Or could not be. Or could be. Or could not be. Maybe.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Politicians Act! "Will on the Hill" Returns to DC's Shakespeare Theatre

Bard scenes starring members of Congress, media personalities and DC insiders.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Frank Blocker

Says the actor playing 64 characters, "If you cannot love yourself for who you are - flaws and all - how can you love others?"

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Marielle Heller

Being a teenager, says the actress-playwright, "is always volatile and emotional...it's the most confusing time of our lives."

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

What the American Left Could Face in Arts Funding if the U.K. Tories Win

"Arts Funding: A New Approach" will look awfully good to British taxpayers hungry for economic tomorrows of their own.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

In a Perfect World, Anyone Can Whistle -- at a Theater Museum

Why must a theater museum only be about manuscripts and documents and posters and playbills and preserving the past?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

On the Complex Hagiography of Stephen Sondheim

Has press coverage of Stephen Sondheim done the great man wrong?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Year of Living Statistically, Part III: The Quality Question

Women have the economic power to support female playwrights, even to demand them. They seem to be choosing not to. Why?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Fay Ann Lee

"I think 'Ching Chong Chinaman' is a brilliant title, says Lee of Pan Asian Rep's new show. "It makes everyone stop in their tracks..."

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Stage Director Relaunches eBay Auction to Tattoo Arm for Shakespeare

Got $5 million to spare? You could help produce every Shakespeare play during 2012.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Michi Barall

The actress-playwright (and wife of playwright Chuck Mee) says her play "Rescue Me" isn't a matter of Iph, but when.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Give to the International Dublin Gay Theater Festival

Fundraising for this annual outing is no blarney.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

World Theater Day -- March 27 -- Will Spin You on Your Axis

Says spokesperson Dame Judi Dench: "World Theater Day is an opportunity to celebrate theater in all its myriad forms."

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

PR Guru Tells Indie Theaters: When the RSC Arrives, Make the Bard Your Bitch

"The Brits may do 'proper' Shakespeare," says veteran theater PR Karen Greco, "but NYC companies do it kick-ass."

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Come Blow Your Horn: Can Musical Education Be a Federal Rule?

Forget charter schools. Forget those children never left behind. Oh, and make them study the flute?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Pearl of Sullivan's Travels

J.R. Sullivan, the Pearl Theatre Company's new artistic director, is proving to be a classicist, a pragmatist and a realist.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Mikel Sarah Lambert

The mystery: a who is boxed in -- and the box is getting smaller.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

This Is What It Sounds Like When Critics Cry

A full-time theater critic and full-time film critic are no longer indispensable necessities at Variety. Are these the days of whine and roses?

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

5 Questions I've Never Been Asked: Matthew Freeman

Says the "Glee Club" playwright, ""We just know that you're either on the team, or you're not, you're either for the team, or you're on your own."

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

ART/NY Mobilizing Against Bloomberg Arts-Funding Cuts

If the community cannot get its act together, who will it blame if Bloomberg guts culture funding? Itself.

SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑