“There’s a whole world underneath the stage. It’s called a ‘trap room,’ and at the Royal Alex, it’s a tight space for sound gear, change areas and a wig station. The musicians are in the orchestra pit, working to a “click track” rhythm and with in-ear monitors to keep in time with the actions on stage. The sound man and a mixing board are upstairs, at the back of the house, where the volume levels of the actors’ wireless microphones are manipulated constantly, on the fly.”
Tag: 02.12.16
The Movies Used To Be An Escape From Work, And Now They’re All About Work
“The somber message of these movies — most of them contenders for best film or acting honors in this year’s Oscar race — is that we have become our jobs. ‘I think, therefore I am’ has been updated to ‘I work, therefore I exist.’ Not only has private life been squeezed out, but personal happiness, when it is captured, is also celebrated as a boon for productivity.”
What (The Hell) Went Wrong With St. Mark’s Bookshop, RIP?
“In a neighborhood that is wearily familiar with the closing of local fixtures (two recent blows were Sounds record store and De Robertis pastry shop), the demise of St. Mark’s Bookshop stands out as painfully, publicly prolonged — one former employee I spoke to compared it to ‘watching a puddle evaporate.'”
Cuba Is Getting The Full Hollywood Treatment
“‘It’s great that people from Hollywood want to come to Cuba, but it’s caught us at a bad moment,’ said Carlos Lechuga, a Cuban director. ‘We have stories to tell, and right now we don’t feel that we can do that.'”
Is The Art Market Self-Correcting Right Now?
“The shakiness comes amid tumult in stock markets around the world. Sagging oil prices, weakness in global banking sectors, and slowing economies in China and emerging markets all contributed to the markets’ volatile start to 2016.”
Making An Hour-Long Musical Every Week On A TV Schedule
“‘The development process for stage musicals is years and years to get 12 or 15 songs onstage,’ he says. With ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,’ the team ‘sometimes have just a few days to write 2-3 new ones.’ That’s fine with him, as his philosophy is that ‘all creative work takes exactly as long as the amount of time you’re given. It’s amazing how much you can get done if you have to.'”
No Surprise: The New ‘Harry Potter’ Book Isn’t Out ‘Til July, But Is Already A Bestseller
It’s actually going to be the rehearsal script for a Harry Potter-universe play opening in London on July 31, but that hasn’t stopped the book from hitting bestseller status based on pre-orders in the days after the announcement happened.
The Philadelphia Museum Of Art Is Over Facebook’s Art Censorship Policies
“In a statement to the museum, Facebook explained the painting was taken down for ‘containing excessive amounts of skin or suggestive content.’ On Friday, the museum uploaded the colorful image – which features a woman suggestively licking an ice cream cone — to its Facebook page with the following message … “
Behind The Scenes At #ThatsWhatSheSaid Before, During, And After The Cease And Desist Orders
“It definitely crossed my mind, if someone wanted to be a huge asshole or was so protective of their work that they didn’t want anyone whispering its name, that they could potentially have a problem with this idea.”
#Thatswhatshesaid Lawyer Responds To Samuel French Copyright Claim With A Lecture On Fair Use
“It makes sense that they thought that was happening and freaked. But that’s not what’s happening. Our play contains no major plot points from any of the other texts and we are in no way trying to restage any one of those productions.”