“$3.1 million in box office sales, the highest ticket revenue for the company in at least two decades (as far back as the company’s records go). … Total season attendance approached 72,000.”
Tag: 08.06.15
Two London Papers Review First Preview Of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, And The Theatre Community Is Not Happy
The culprits were The Daily Mail and The Times, whose critic called it “Hamlet for kids raised on Moulin Rouge” – prompting theatre folk to suggest that the public should be able to read and judge the first drafts of her reviews.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.06.15
The Ystad Festival, Part 4
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-08-05
How have you engaged your staff to cultivate new leaders?
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-08-05
So you want to see a show?
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-08-06
Dance Died In The 1980s? Get Real
It was a decade that saw the loss of major dance figures. But it was also a decade in which dance renewed and reinvented itself…
How Do Labels Make Their Money In The New Music Industry Landscape?
Catalogue releases — old albums, reissues, greatest-hits packages and the like — are responsible for a big chunk of a label’s revenues.
Study: Women Had Less Than A Third Of All Speaking Roles In Hollywood Movies Over 7-Year Period
The University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism examined the 700 top-grossing films between 2007 and 2014 for the study, released Wednesday. The results, researchers said, reveal “a complete picture of Hollywood’s indisputable bias against featuring females, people of color and LGBT characters on screen.”
By The Numbers: Lack Of Diversity In Hollywood Movies Is Stark
“Even many casual observers may now be aware of the hurdles facing female directors, particularly when they try to storm the big studios. Yet those problems, as this latest study confirms, are simply part of a far larger picture. In 2014, not a single title in the top-grossing 100 fictional films starred a woman over 45.”
Major Shift In How People Pay (Or Don’t) For TV Has Media Companies Scrambling
“Media companies and distributors indicated that more people are cutting the cord and ditching pricey channel packages. Meanwhile, media company executives did damage control, putting a positive spin on the prospect of selling individual channels online.”
What To Do With Your Theatre App? Take People Backstage
“National Theatre Backstage officially launches next week and will curate media from existing outlets that the NT uses, such as YouTube and Soundcloud, alongside specially commissioned content. It will also include articles from the theatre’s archives. The app will enable audiences to buy digital programmes of the theatre’s plays.”
How My Father’s Stradivarius Was Stolen And Recovered 35 Years Later
“My father would dream of opening his violin case and seeing the Strad there again, but he never laid eyes on it again. He died in 2012, but the Stradivarius lived on — somewhere. Then, on the last day in June, I got a call from FBI Special Agent Christopher McKeogh.”