Film Industry Contraction Means Tough Job Market For New Graduates

“As home-entertainment revenue declined in the last five years, studios reduced spending on scripts from new writers, cut junior staff positions and severely curtailed deals with producers who once provided entry-level positions for film school graduates. Yet applications to university film, television and digital media programs surged in the last few years as students sought refuge from the weak economy in graduate schools and some colleges opened new programs.”

Opera Canceled Because Of Homophobia?

After the cancellation of a new opera written by Lee Hall, the Tony Award-winning book writer and lyricist of “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” its author says that discrimination against gays led to the collapse of the project, while a school whose students would have taken part in the opera said it had withdrawn because of concerns about strong language.

Joffrey Ballet Writes Letter Cancelling Beginning Of Season, Locks Out Dancers

“The drastic action — which constitutes a lockout not dissimilar to what the NFL is facing — is the result of an ongoing, unresolved contract negotiation between the ballet company and the dancers union, the American Guild of Musical Artists, which also represents major companies such as American Ballet Theatre in New York.”