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Ask and you shall receive… an educated guess
Yesterday, news that Chicago’s Mercury Theatre was facing foreclosure made its way around the the web. Out of that, the size question was inevitably raised about the theatre, as it is an intimate space, but with a larger house than most with that size of a stage (my count was 285 seats at the... »
FCC gives the official finger to theatres and live entertainment
The Federal Communications Commission has ordered all users of wireless microphones to find new broadcast frequencies by June 12th, 2010. Friday’s order came after years of legal wrangling over the 700 megahertz band by Broadway (the only entertainment grouping that could afford to challenge it) and cellular phone and internet providers. The FCC’s order... »
The obligitory look back at 2009
I tell myself that I’m not going to do one of these, and then remember that they are marginally useful. Here’s just a few of the stories we looked at in the last year. Learn past or repeat… Chicago started off 2009 with the loss of its free downtown trolleys. Tourists (especially those heading to... »
Pic of the Day for December 18, 2009
A stagehand climbs to the front truss at a Bruce Springsteen concert. This great Pic of the Day is from Josefine Stenudd and is posted in her Flickr account. »
IATSE vs Bloomberg News’ (and others) bias.
A recent article in Bloomberg.com revealed that the top 5 IATSE stagehands at Carnegie Hall made an average of $430,543, with the Prop Master earning $530,044. These are high amounts to pretty much anyone. What is not mentioned in the original article is the fact that... »
Passings
The entertainment world lost some friends this past week. Ric Wagner, co-founder of Concerts in the Country, and other Maryland artistic endeavors, drowned while trying to rescue his son from the Atlantic Ocean September 21st. His son survived. Producer and artist manager Greg Ladanyi, died September 29th from sustaining a severe head trauma while on tour... »
Around the theatre web for August 8th, 2009
IATSE Local 482 has filed a grievance against the University of Illinois protesting U of I’s hiring of a non-union, out-of-state company to install hoist systems in the university’s Assembly Hall. Local 482 members have been picketing Assembly Hall for the last two weeks, claiming this violates their contract with the university. IATSE has... »
Storm causes stage to collapse in Canada, 1 dead, 60+ injured
A fast moving powerful storm sent Big Valley Jamboree attendees scrambling for cover just moments before collapsing the stage yesterday. The Jamboree, located about an hour outside of Edmonton, Alberta, was filled with thousands of people when the storm hit around 6:00pm Saturday. Above: the stage after the collapse. Click here to see the stage... »
Hudson & Gaines
