Actors on ‘The Waiter’ Tour Want to Join the Labor Union

[ad_1] A group of actors and stage managers employed by a company. non-union tour production The director of the musical “The Waiter” seeks union representation, encouraged by a growing focus on working conditions in the theater sector and the recent successes of the labor movement in other industries. The Actors’ Equity Association, a labor union …

Ari Wegner: A Cinematographer Who Knows Actors Down to Their Eyelashes

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Ari Wegner discovered filmmaking as an art form and a possible career in late high school. “The Power of the Dog” She grew up in an art-filled world in Melbourne, Australia, with a cinematographer, painter, and visual artist father and a “super-creative” mother who could become the first woman to win …

Reminiscent of a Novelist, a Real Family of Actors, and a Celebrity

[ad_1] There was little time left for the tragedy to begin. After all, childhood in the 19th century was never without the shadow of death, and the Booths were not spared: “Sixteen years have passed. The family grows, shrinks, grows. In 1838, children are counted at nine, including four who were about to arrive and …

5 Monologues, A Showcase for Asian-American Actors Each Over 60

[ad_1] Waters and Katigbak said the playwrights were not given specific clues, except that their monologue should be “in the moment.” Given that they were created during the pandemic, isolation—and a review of how loneliness metastasizes and manifests when family and friends abandon you—dominates nearly all studies. In a roundtable discussion earlier this month, players …

A Permanent Army of Actors Keeps Germany’s Theaters Going

[ad_1] BERLIN – One of Germany’s best-known theatrical exports is the Regietheater, a staging approach that gives directors godlike powers to rewrite and reinterpret plays as they see fit. The aesthetic sensibilities, philosophical preoccupations and egos of the directors here help set the tone and define the identities of the country’s most high-profile playhouses. But …

Theater Actors in England Left Unmasked After Months

[ad_1] Since England’s theaters reopened in July without restrictionsThere is one thing as remarkable as the action on stage: the lack of masks in the audience. Unlike Broadway theaters, patrons here were not required to cover their faces, and many attendees chose to ignore pre-show announcements that encouraged them to mask themselves. The few theater …

Jazz at Lincoln Center Reopens With Four Young Actors

[ad_1] Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra entertained late Tuesday morning as four trumpet players, all under 30, took their seats in the rehearsal room. “Young Lions!” He referred to the sharply dressed, tradition-minded bop-and-comers cohort that led baritone saxophonist Paul Nedzela during the Reagan and Clinton administrations toward a concert art with a classical-style …

Amid Climate Talks, An Actor’s Call to Action Appears on Stage

[ad_1] Actress Fehinti Balogun knows that theater can move people towards climate action, because that’s what it did for her. While preparing for a role in 2017 “Myth,” As a climate issue, she began reading books about climate change and was alarmed by the unusually hot summer she was experiencing in England. The play itself …

Get to Know Your Favorite Actors and Artists a Little Better

[ad_1] Those who read Union’s first book, “We Will Need More Wine,Know that the actor and activist is a brave, funny and irreverent storyteller. Whether she’s consulting a Hollywood shaman, constipated at an Atlanta strip club, or celebrating the birth of her long-awaited daughter, Kaavia, Union gets there again in this collection of stories from …