“Five actors have won an employment tribunal that ruled they should be paid the national minimum wage for a fringe theatre show, despite the engagement having been advertised as profit share.”
Tag: 05.30.13
The New Arrested Development Isn’t Even A Series Anymore
Christopher Orr: “The new season of Arrested Development isn’t a season in any conventional understanding of the word, and the episodes aren’t really episodes … but rather a single, eight-hour work of dada televisual art.”
Stella Adler’s Notes On Acting Tennessee Williams
Slate’s The Vault turns up the great acting instructor’s teaching notes on Blanche DuBois and Amanda Wingfield.
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s Director Steps Down
“Benoit-Swan Pouffer has resigned as the artistic director of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet … Mr. Pouffer, who served as the artistic director since 2005, resigned roughly two weeks ago and left to pursue other opportunities, according to a statement released by the company.”
Distinguishing The Brain From The Mind
“In coming years, neuroscience will answer questions we don’t even yet know to ask. Sometimes, though, focus on the brain is misleading.”
Poetry Magazine Get New Top Editor
“Don Share, 56, who is currently the magazine’s senior editor, is the second new addition to the top ranks at the Poetry Foundation, which publishes the magazine.”
Movie Theatre Owners Want To Limit Length Of Trailers
“The owners are seemingly concerned that the trailers before the feature presentation become too long, running anywhere between two to three minutes, which can often add up to 20 minutes of previews.”
Andrew Greeley, 85
“Greeley was the author of more than 50 bestselling novels, many of them international mystery thrillers, and dozens of nonfiction works. His writing was translated into 12 languages and his career spanned five decades.”
Jazz Pianist Mulgrew Miller Dead At 57 From Stroke
“Mr. Miller developed his voice in the 1970s, combining the bright precision of bebop … with the clattering intrigue of modal jazz … His balanced but assertive style was a model of fluency, lucidity and bounce, and it influenced more than a generation of younger pianists.” A revered side man, he recorded well over 400 albums, including just under a dozen as soloist or bandleader.
What’s Been Missing From The Broadway Stage (Until, Maybe, This Season)
“Since Broadway’s golden age, in the middle of the last century, the most dramatic loss has not been great musicals or plays. Artistic highs remain as resilient as the lows. What has really shrunk is what’s in between: the well-made trifle, the middlebrow entertainment and, strikingly, the light comedy.”