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Your crew are not non-profit corporations.
Those of you that follow my Twitter feed know I have been a bit testy lately due to a company being very late with their paychecks. Crew members finally received paychecks from them just over seven weeks after the job. This is not the first time this or other companies have been late in... »
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... »
Odds and ends for November 21, 2009
Roberts Brothers Coach Company driver William G. Douglas, of Austin, Texas died early Friday morning when his bus crashed south of Richmond, VA. Douglas was driving the lighting crew bus, one of four buses for the Miley Cyrus tour, when it went off the road and overturned on Interstate 85, near Dinwiddle, VA. Fourteen... »
Willows Theatre’s Concord, CA space to close.
Tonight’s closing night of “Barefoot in the Park” will also be final performance for the Willows Theatre in Concord, CA. The Willows had announced a scant 2 months ago that they needed $350,000 by November 1st or else they would have to close one or both of their theatres. They reportedly only raised half... »
Art and life
In the 72 hours between 10pm Thursday (when I got home from a show) and 10pm Sunday (when I expect to get home from a show), I will have spent 35 hours traveling to, traveling from, or being in a theatre. And this is an easy 3 day period compared to many. Some days... »
Cutbacks hurt everyone
Take a good look folks. This is what Disney Theatricals may be reduced to if the recession continues: Picture found on the wonderful site “…in a production of…“ »
Ransom demands must stop.
Playbill just reported yet another theatre that is having financial difficulty. This time it’s Willows Theatre, in Martinez, California. Unfortunately, they are resorting to a tactic that, while (thankfully) rarely used, is very good at getting attention. In this case, it is claiming that unless they get $350,000 by November 1, they will be... »
Missed cues
My vacation essentially ends tomorrow, not that its been steady or continuous anyway. I’ve missed writing about a lot of things. Nick and his group have been making the internet easier for theatres to utilize without treating them like children. The old Victory Gardens/Body Politic space is suddenly back on the market. Skylight Opera Theatre... »
Hudson & Gaines
