Disaster!

Almanac: Bertrand Russell on fear of disaster by Terry Teachout

"Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster." Bertrand Russell, New Hopes for a Changing World

Netflix Refuses To Remove Footage Of Quebec Rail Disaster From 'Bird Box' And 'Travelers' by Artsjournal1

Video of the 2013 derailment and explosion of an oil-tanker train that killed 47 people in the town of Lac-Mégantic features in both Netflix original productions, and, despite heavy critici…

New European Internet Content Law Will Be A Disaster For The Internet by Artsjournal

“Taken together, these two rules will subject huge swaths of online expression to interception and arbitrary censorship, and give the largest news companies in Europe the power to deci…

Leaving the EU with no deal 'would be a disaster for creatives' " Equity by Georgia Snow

Equity has backed the idea of a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, claiming that leaving with no deal

'Beast Jesus' May Have Been An Art Conservation Disaster, But It Has Transformed The Town That Hosts It by Artsjournal1

The Lord really does move in mysterious ways, it seems. Not only has tourism to the Spanish town of Borja more than quadrupled, but revenues have funded places for the indigent in the local …

Samuel French Launches Natural Disaster Script Bank by American Theatre Editors

The Bank will provide scripts to high schools whose libraries have been destroyed by natural disasters.

National Disaster Script Bank Will Benefit High Schools Nationwide by Andrew Gans

Samuel French is collaborating with the Educational Theatre Association on the new project.

Review: In Circle X's 'Hole in the Sky,' one disaster gets averted while another unfolds onstage by F. Kathleen Foley

Ah, the perils and pleasures of live theater. Director Kate Jopson's al fresco production of Octavio Solis' "Hole in the Sky" was to premiere at the Courtship Ranch, a working ranch in Lake …

'Addressing a particular brand of disaster': OUTSIDE / FALLOUT " Edinburgh Fringe by Laura Kressly

Doom and gloom shows are a dime a dozen at the Fringe, and these two address a particular brand of disaster with varying results.

Evan Alexander Smith, Jamie Ann Romero, and More to Court Disaster in THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG National Tour by BroadwayWorld

The Cornley University Drama Society is excited to announce they have found enough students willing to live out of a suitcase for a year to fully cast the first national tour of the Olivier …

Pretty Woman review " Broadway romcom transfer is a tasteless disaster by Alexis Soloski

Nederlander Theater, New YorkThe dated gender politics of the Julia Roberts hit fail to receive an upgrade in a shallow musical that falls apart on stageTuneful, schlocky, and deeply offensi…

Grease and Disaster! Star Max Crumm Will Head Cast of New Off-Broadway Musical The Evolution of Mann by Andrew Gans

Performances will begin in September at The Cell.

Smash-Up on Interstate Five: A 4th of July Disaster Movie by Trav S.d.

I saved this post about the cheesy made-for-tv movie Smash-Up on Interstate 5 for today because it is set on July 4. I watched the film when it premiered in December, 1976 as part of the ori…

Recipe for disaster: what's behind the rise of 50s-style domesticity? by Emine Saner

Fetishised nostalgia for a bygone era of cosy domesticity and bake-offs is dangerous, say the team behind new play Home, I'm DarlingJudy Martin is a proud, archetypal 1950s housewife. She wa…

DISASTER Master Class: Never Can Say Goodbye by Music Theatre International

DISASTER Tucson Master Class (Part 2) by Music Theatre International

DISASTER Tucson Master Class (Part 1) by Music Theatre International

DISASTER Master Class: Hot Stuff by Music Theatre International

Seth Rudetsky Disaster rehearsal 6.4.18 by Playbill Video

Photo Flash: Connecticut Repertory Theatre Presents DISASTER! Starring Seth Rudetsky by BroadwayWorld

Connecticut Repertory Theatre CRT announces the casting for the first production of the2018 Nutmeg Summer Series Disaster, the hilarious new musical straight from Broadway. CRTwelcomes the c…

Podcasts: The Atomic Hobo " like the plot of a disaster movie

A series about preparations for nuclear attack is a fascinating glimpse into the bunker mentality

L'Amant Double/Ismael's Ghosts " two French disaster bulletins

Noted directors deliver films that are by turns arty, bewildering and messy

How Did Life Change After Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami? - Playwright Toshiki Okada examines the aftershocks of a disaster

Playwright Toshiki Okada examines the aftershocks of a disaster---The three characters in Time's Journey Through a Room, the latest collaboration between renowned Japanese playwright Toshiki…

Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick Will Reunite for Disaster! at Connecticut Repertory Theater by Adam Hetrick

Rudetsky will reprise his performance as Ted Scheider in the disco musical homage to classic disaster films of the 1970s.

Disaster's Maggie MacDowell and Phoebe by Told By Maggie Macdowell

"We got her in April, 2016. She was found under a park bench in Harlem. She was homeless, a little blonde, and walked 'zig-zaggy', so we named her Phoebe like the character from FRIENDS. I w…