TBOT_S03E02 - Alan Harrison - SCENE CHANGE
The conversation explores the idea of nonprofit arts organizations shifting their focus from producing art to producing impact. The guest, Alan Harrison, shares his experience working in the nonprofit arts industry and discusses the need for arts organizations to align their work with the needs of the community. He emphasizes the importance of demonstrating measurable results and social value to justify the nonprofit status. The conversation also touches on the challenges of fundraising and the role of money in producing art. The guest's book, 'Scene Change: Why Today's Nonprofit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact,' serves as a foundation for the discussion.
TBOT_S02E17 - EP.50 - 50/50!
Celebrating our 50th Episode!
This conversation explores the challenges faced by nonprofit theaters in terms of funding and sustainability. It discusses the need for a new funding system and the importance of community support. The conversation also delves into the struggle of artists to make a living in theater and the need for creativity and adaptability. The role of marketing and promotion in generating interest and excitement for new shows is explored, along with the impact of long-running shows on new productions. The conversation concludes with a discussion on finding innovative ways to market live theater.
TBOT_S02E16 - EP.49 - Pollen Is In The Air
In this conversation, Mitch Weiss and Darnelle Radford discuss various topics related to theater. They share their theater experiences, including seeing the national tour of Frozen and Dreamgirls at the McCarter Theater. They also talk about the importance of opening nights and creating a special experience for the audience.
TBOT_S02E15 - EP.48 - Are You Not Entertained?
In this conversation, Mitch Weiss and Darnelle Radford discuss the relevance of award shows in the theater industry and the challenges faced by the theater community. They explore the need for subsidization in theater and the impact of ticket prices on accessibility. They also touch on the widening gap between the rich and the poor and its effect on the arts.
TBOT_S02E14 - EP.47 - BLACK OUT NIGHTS
In this conversation, Darnelle and Mitch discuss potential working titles for their podcast and the challenges of finding the right one. They also talk about the production of Little Shop of Horrors and the practice of replacing leads in long-running shows.
TBOT_S02E13 - EP.46 - Another 100 People
In this conversation, Mitch Weiss and Darnelle Radford discuss various topics related to the business of theater. They talk about the high cost of Broadway tickets and the challenges of opening new productions. They also explore the changing audience for theater and the decline in Broadway theaters.
TBOT_S02E12 - EP.45 - WINTER BREAK
In this conversation, Mitch Weiss and Darnelle Radford discuss the challenges and issues facing the theater industry. They explore topics such as resistance to change, work conditions, budgeting, audience expectations, the influence of celebrity, the need for development of new works, and the importance of fundraising and planning.
TBOT_S02E06 - EP.39 - It's A Calling?
WORKING TITLE:
IT’S A CALLING?
REJECTED TITLES:
Bit by the Bug!
LINKS:
The Good Enough Job - The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work: Stolzoff, Simone: 9780593538968: Amazon.com: Books
2024 Tony Awards - June 16, 2024 at Lincoln Center
https://playbill.com/article/the-2024-tony-awards-will-be-hosted-at-lincoln-center
New Home: The David H. Koch Theater
Date: June 16, 2024
Last Year (2023) at The United Palace Theater (OMITB)
The Drama! Unions and such.
The Review of Death, Rattle Dazzle, the Broadway show that never opened.
“Broadway Licensing Group” becomes “Broadway Licensing Global”
https://www.broadwaynews.com/exclusive-broadway-licensing-group-becomes-broadway-licensing-global/
SPAMALOT Musical - Revival
https://spamalotthemusical.com/
Previews begin October 31st.
"Actors’ Equity files with National Labor Relations Board to unionize Broadway production assistants"
The 2023 Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction Raised a Record-Breaking $1.2 Million (10/1/2023)
Purlie Victorious
Central Park - Apple TV
TBOT_S01E32 - All At Once
SHOWNOTES:
Let’s recap The Oscars as they relate to theater. Along with current events. Show closings and openings.
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WORKING TITLE:
Everything Everywhere All At Once
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REJECTED TITLES:
Every Drink Everywhere All At Once
Stay for the Sippy Cup
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Theatre Development Fund
Brendan Fraser Wins Academy Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role; See Which Stage Artists Won Big at the 95th Annual Oscars
Stage and screen star Brendan Fraser has won big at the 95th Annual Academy Awards, receiving the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his performance in The Whale.
Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale — adapted from his 2012 play of the same name — received several nominations this evening. It took home the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award, in addition to Fraser's win.
Many other stars of the stage were nominated at the Oscars, such as Stephanie Hsu, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, and Austin Butler, to name just a few. The biggest prize of the night, Best Picture, went to Everything Everywhere All At Once—which won seven Oscars. Though she didn't win, Broadway alum Hsu did perform the Oscar-nominated song "This Is a Life," with David Byrne during the ceremony.
Oscar Winners - https://abc.com/shows/oscars/news/winners/oscar-winners-2023-list
Breaking News: The Atlanta Lyric Theatre closes its doors after 42 years
NPR: "Adults complained about a teen theater production and the show's creators stepped in" by NPR's Elizabeth Blair - "Spelling Bee creators Rebecca Feldman and Rachel Sheinkin called Vanessa Allen in Middlefield. "They found my contact information and offered to make changes," Allen says incredulously. "It's heartbreaking for the kids if you cancel it in the middle of rehearsals and construction and the rest," says librettist Sheinkin
BAD BEHAVIOR AT THE THEATRE
Marketing for popular musicals is to be tempered to avoid phrases such as "best party in town" and "dancing in the aisles" in a bid to tackle poor audience behaviour. Ambassador Theatre Group, the largest theatre operator in the UK, is working with producers to tone down marketing that might encourage bad behaviour ...
FAT HAM by Pulitzer Prize Winner, James Ijames
https://www.fathambroadway.com/
Updates to Equity Audition Protocols
https://actorsequity.org/resources/Producers/casting-call-how-to/
Meet the Black Women Reshaping American Theater
https://www.shondaland.com/live/money/a43028502/meet-the-black-women-reshaping-american-theater/
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TBOT_S01E30 - 30th
WORKING TITLE:
We were also producers on Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
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REJECTED TITLES:
Quiet Hiring is a No No
GRAMMYS
"‘Into the Woods’ wins Best Musical Theater Album — plus more Broadway Grammy wins" by Broadway News' Ruthie Fierberg - "The Grammy in that category went to “Into the Woods,” honoring producers Rob Berman and Sean Patrick Flahaven and principal vocalists Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller and Phillipa Soo. …
[Lin-Manuel Miranda], along with vocalists Carolina Gaitán — La Gaita, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the cast of animated movie “Encanto” won for the film’s viral hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” “Encanto” also walked away with statues for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Tony nominee Renée Fleming won the Grammy for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for her “Voice of Nature — The Anthropocene.”" https://bway.ly/4fe6k4
"Viola Davis earns coveted EGOT status with Grammy win" by Broadway News' Ruthie Fierberg - "At the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, actor Viola Davis won in the category Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for the audiobook of her memoir “Finding Me.”" https://bway.ly/pzl5hd
CONGRESS-MAN: "George Santos Produced Broadway’s Ill-Fated Spider-Man Musical. At Least, He Claims He Did" by Bloomberg's Laura Davison - "Add Broadway producer to the long list of George Santos’s fabrications. While running for Congress in 2021, Santos told some potential donors he was a producer on the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, according to people familiar with the discussions. ... The lead producer, Michael Cohl, denied Santos’s involvement, saying through an assistant that he wasn’t a producer on the musical. Santos’s name also never appeared in the playbills for the show. A spokeswoman for Santos referred questions to his lawyer, Joseph W. Murray, who didn’t immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment." https://bway.ly/nelxfc
NPR: "Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice" by NPR's Chloe Veltman - "Many of the problems facing the nonprofit theater industry in the U.S. right now — from scant resources to the lack of diversity — have been around for ages. But before the pandemic, performing arts groups were so focused on raising the curtain each night it was easier to ignore long-standing problems than fix them. Now, thanks to a combination of lackluster ticket sales and an end to government relief, they have no choice but to try out new things in order to secure a future." https://bway.ly/krxn75
More stocism, less drama.
"Chicago announces $11 million in new support for the arts" by The Chicago Tribune's Doug George - https://bway.ly/mvlqwy
CNBC: "Working 11-hour days backstage on Broadway: ‘You have to be a little bit crazy’ but ‘I love it’" by CNBC's Gili Malinsky - "[Annie] Schroeder’s main task every show is checking ticket sales and sending numbers up to the producers. But as assistant company manager, she has her hands in much of the behind-the-scenes logistics of the show as well. “She’s a sister girl,” says cast member Michael Ivan Carrier, and she’s “the mother that needs to stay out of my room.”" https://bway.ly/rqn77q
Between Riverside and Crazy
https://2st.com/shows/between-riverside-and-crazy
Quiet Hiring - The other side to quiet quitting
THE LIGHT by Loy A. Webb opens this week.
https://theatreexile.org/shows/the-light/
Resources:
https://www.theatricalindex.com/
https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
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