Stage scribes are independent contractors and their organization isn’t a union, so they couldn’t be part of the multi-union deal with theater producers. More…
Tag: performing arts
The world’s coolest theatre is streaming a play every night for free
As every true stage fan knows, Berlin’s Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz has pretty much been the coolest theatre in the world since before most us were born. Its bold, iconoclastic, director-led productions have had a huge influence on global theatre, and under the current leadership of Thomas Ostermeier, its reputation has only swelled. More…
The New Yorker: Performing Artists and the Financial Fallout of the Coronavirus
By Emily Witt | March 22, 2020
New York’s cultural scene has taken hits before—after 9/11, during the recession that began in 2007, after Hurricane Sandy—but its elimination for an indefinite period of time is unprecedented. More…
Vimeo: Liz Lerman’s Atlas of Creative Tools: three samples (updated)
Three short samples of Liz Lerman’s in-process “Atlas of Creative Tools”
1) Beyond the Comfort Zone
2) the Toolbox Mentality
3) Work-in-Progress [in the digital space]
ChatterPack: A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!
Resource list of virtual tours; online learning; geography, nature, and history; music; arts and culture; literature online; learn a new skill; entertainment and more…
While At Home: I Am A Creative
Artists and freelancers have experienced substantial financial hardship since the COVID-related decrease in public gatherings. This collection of funds and grants aims to only include those that are actively dispersing funds and soliciting applicants. More…
Joe’s Pub Announces JOE’S PUB LIVE!, A Free Series of Live-Streamed and Archived Performances
After last week’s successful launch of Joe’s Pub LIVE!, Joe’s Pub, a program of The Public Theater, will continue itsa??free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. This initiative serves to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, so Joe’s Pub will share concerts with their audiences each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM Eastern. More…
Vulture: “There Is No ‘Surplus’ in Nonprofit”: How Off Broadway Is Coping With Closure
March 13, 2020 | By Helen Shaw
When Governor Cuomo’s office announced that Broadway would shut down on Thursday, March 12, in the face of COVID-19, the emails started to come in. Uptown, the state had made the call. But downtown, that decision had to happen artistic director by artistic director — tiny spaces, seating sometimes as few as 40 people, choosing to close. There are a handful still open, some to finish a run or get in one last show, and at Radio City Music Hall, Riverdance still stomped last night. (So did Stomp, 26 years into its run at the Orpheum.) But the dominoes were falling all over the city yesterday — shows, seasons, festivals, rehearsals, auditions, designer meetings, rental business, the works. More…
NY Times: No Theater? No Problem. Plays and Musicals Switch to Streaming
As bans on public gatherings have proliferated nationwide in response to coronavirus, shows and special programs are announcing streaming plans daily. More…
Opera of the Week
BMP is keeping the work of their artists out in the world as theaters are shuttered by offering an “Opera of the Week,” which will stream on their homepage. More…