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I'm So Busy

By Liz Lydic   Posted 4.28.2016   Backstage, AACT, Theatre, community
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In the theatre world, we take on so much - from one production to another, juggling schedules and plans and calendars, troubleshooting issues that arise, managing other people. And for those of us involved with community theatre, we likely also have full-time, unrelated day jobs. Add in other obligations, hobbies, families, and it feels non-stop. Emails and calls build up, unanswered; invites and events unattended; forgetting to follow up with a ...

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We absolutely fell in love with this artical written by Olivia Clement for Playbill.com:

“When people look for work by artists of color, they look for very specific kind of work.” A. Rey Pamatmat explains why he plays by his own rules as an Asian-American playwright.

A. Rey Pamatmat had a very simple reason for wanting to write House Rules, currently produced Off-Broadway by Ma-Yi Theater Company. “The idea ...

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History of Tales of Tinseltown

By Michael Colby   Posted 4.12.2016   Backstage, History, Musicals, Movies, Hollywood
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“Strip the phony tinsel off Hollywood and you’ll find the real tinsel underneath.” –Oscar Levant

Hollywood Babylon. Rodgers & Hart. That’s Entertainment II. Those were some of the inspirations behind the creation of Tales of Tinseltown by composer Paul Katz and myself.

In the movie tribute, That’s Entertainment II (1976), there’s a section about a bunch of Hollywood stars who hopped on the musical movie bandwagon ...

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Haiku to the Playwright

By Melody Fernandez   Posted 4.5.2016   Backstage, Playwright, Script, Haiku
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Words in my mouth
Emotional death
The playwright wins again

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