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Bravo to them. Here’s the statement from the person who identified himself as the President of Kennedy Center:

“Any performer who isn’t professional enough to perform for patrons of all backgrounds, regardless of political affiliation, won’t be welcomed,” said Grennell. “In fact, we think it would be important to out those vapid and intolerant artists to ensure producers know who they shouldn’t hire - and that the public knows which shows have political litmus tests to sit in the audience. The Kennedy Center wants to be a place where people of all political stripes sit next to each other and never ask who someone voted for but instead enjoys a performance together.”

CNN on boycott

thatdarnzach said: "If you really want to know so bad, federal election contributions are public information and you can search to see who's contributed what to whom. That is the only way to objectively know where someone's support lies."

No, it’s not possible anymore to see who is really funding Federal elections post “Citizens United”.

It is one of the main reasons why things have gotten as bad as they are.

Zeppie2022 said: ""Yeah, Denzel. Gratitude to your team for making a few $49 student tickets available for each performance. “People don’t talk about that.” LOL. Is he freaking kidding? "

You do understand Broadway shows are a business, and the idea is to make money. They set prices to what the market will bear, it is called capitalism. There is nothing that says they have to set aside $49 student tickets to the show like all other shows. I truly doubt Denzel has anything to do with the pricing of the show. All he cares about ishis salary requirements were met."

Our taxes actually support Broadway shows like Othello through tax credits, to the tune of 25% of their production budgets (at least until it's stripped away by Hochul or Trump). State and city taxes also went into the renovation of Times Square and continue to pay for its upkeep, its policing.

So yes, it's capitalism for really rich people like Denzel and his backers that we are all paying for out of our own pockets. It's called American Capitalism.

The Broadway Tax Credit

Agreed, the film of Flower Drum Song is wonderful on so many levels but Adiarte is the heart of it.

TotallyEffed said: "It’s a masterpiece and should have swept the Tonys. Easily one of the best musicals written in the last 25 years."

I agree, it's wonderful and a great primer on how to stand up to sadistic bullies. Probably better than the book and the book is great.

This sounds very Biden/Harris... a single-minded focus on neoliberal identity politics that seems oblivious to historic warnings about the lure and power of state authoritarianism. 

ACL2006 said: "i do feel bad for people that work there. shows are getting cancelled and, of course, there's no sympathy or compensation from Dumpster."

And who have gotten no support from the major nyc and national nonprofit cultural organizations who are deluding themselves into thinking that by keeping their mouths shut Trump will go after their colleagues and not themselves.

Four short plays from the great 86 year old playwright Caryl Churchill, directed by James MacDonald. The highlight of the evening is the play in the second half, "Imp" with two fine performances by Deirdre O'Connell and John Ellison Conlee. There are also two exhilarating circus performances in between the short plays. More in my substack review.

Melissa25 said: "Since I have never read it, I have decided to read The Crucible as a prelude to seeing this. Amazingly the one and only copy at the NYPL is out. I would have thought they’d have multiple copies but maybe it’s not taught as much. Anyway I just wanted to share that the Kindle edition is only .99."

Or avoid paying .99 to a billionaire and read it on Archive.org which is an online lending library of digitized library books.

You do need to register for free and then the text is available for a loan period.

 https://archive.org/details/arthurmillerscol00mill/page/n5/mode/2up

sinister teashop said: "binau said:


''Every person in every Broadway show goes onto the chat rooms,'' says the ''Hairspray'' star Marissa Jaret Winokur, who ignored her fellow Tony winner Sutton Foster's advice to avoid them. ''Everyone's scared to admit it.''


Great quote.

I can tell you for a fact from my brief foray into substack theater criticism that actors go on theater chat and review sites. In my opinion, these are the most vulnerable people to negative criticism because there are so many factors that they are out of their control, like physical attributes and even miscasting. Perhaps a playwright might be as vulnerable to negative criticism because so much is riding on their contribution. But in my opinion, actors should stay away from chat sites because people can be unnecessarily cruel but more often they are just thoughtless.. their opinions come out of their heads without much consideration for how they might affect others.

singleticket's substack
 

"Ultimately, after extensive discussions and dialogue, the Atlantic Theater Company is poised to become the first not-for-profit theater company producing solely Off-Broadway in history to have a union agreement covering production classifications." 

Wow, fingers crossed...

All bets are off for any import from London, theatrical or otherwise, for the next few years. Tariffs, cultural shifts, a declining dollar and a resurgence of anti-American sentiment. I am sure UK theater producers will still want to make money but that is what we will get… just the cash grabs.