More than 30, 000 participants are expected to turn out for AIDS Walk Los Angeles (AWLA) this Sunday Oct. 25…READ MORE.
Now We’re Talkin’
by Colin Mitchell | January 28, 2009
Tony Adams of the Chicago-based site Jay Raskolnikov offers a fantastic example of a theatre artist entering into a conversation with a critic that has reviewed his production. Respectful, intelligent, factual, a little heated, but in the end the kind of…
The LA Weekly Did WHAT?!?
by Colin Mitchell | January 14, 2009
What the fuck!?! WHAT THE FUCK?!?
Has the LA Weekly completely lost their fucking minds? I’m responding to the news that the LA Weekly has eviscerated the position of Theatre Editor at their paper. Not just fired the editor and hired…
How To Solve the SAG Crisis
by Colin Mitchell | January 6, 2009
I know, I know, waaaaay off-topic as far as the theatre world is concerned, but I felt compelled with all this Strike talk and schisming occurring within the Screen Actors Guild.
So. How to solve the whole SAG-AFTRA-AMPTP-Merger-Cum-Impending-Strike Crisis?
Get rid of…
Why Americans Don’t Go See Live Straight Theatre
by Colin Mitchell | January 6, 2009
First of all, the phrase “live straight theatre” is just kinda funny unto itself. But everyone knows what I’m talking about. Plays without music that are performed live on stage.
Clarification over.
Secondly, I’m responding to this report from the NEA concerning the…
We’re #12! We’re #12!
by Colin Mitchell | December 13, 2008
Oh, those wacky “Best Of” lists. How they compel and yet repulse simultaneously.Travel + Leisure has a whole slew of top 25 lists for best cities, categories include: nightlife, smarts, best views, best coffee houses, culture, peace and quiet, etc…
The one…
Is There Such A Thing As Conservative Theatre?
by Colin Mitchell | November 28, 2008
Found this nugget on the Wall Street Journal site. Thanks to Matt Wells at the needtheatre blog for the link. Raises an interesting question: Where are all the Conservative plays? Which raises an even MORE interesting query: Is theatre and conservativism anti-thetical?
In…
Why Politics and Theatre Matter
by Colin Mitchell | November 26, 2008
As most in the theatre community, especially the California theatre community, may know by now, Scott Eckern the Artistic Director of the California Music Theatre Company has resigned under pressure from advocates of No on Prop 8.
The Backstage Blog (aka…
A Challenge from a “Stranger”
by Colin Mitchell | November 24, 2008
Check out Brenda Kiley writing a manifesto of sorts in Seattle’s “The Stranger”, declaring the ten things American Theatre needs to do now to remain vital for the next generation of artists and theatre-goers.
Here are my capsule reactions to each and…
THE ARTIST’S VOICE
by Emilie Beck | November 21, 2008
Because we live in the country we do, we were recently able to make our political voices heard. For me, as for many, it’s been eight very long years of feeling that I had no voice at all. Besides my…
