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The “Theatre Loop” brings you theatre news…
…But don’t you dare criticize it or the theatres written about. “Theatre Loop” is the Chicago Tribune’s attempt to make up for the cutting of arts coverage in their print addition over the last two decades, as well as join the internet generation. Head critic Chris Jones is the primary writer, and tends to break... »
Chicago: Michael Merritt Awards this Monday, May 3rd.
Columbia College still won’t release the MerrittAwards.org URL, instead using it to promote their own theatre programs instead. They can’t even be bothered to mention the awards, the foundation, or even link to another source. So, despite this being the 17th year the Merritt Awards have been held, I’m stuck directing you to a... »
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... »
Three times as old as the number of working dimmers on my first gig
Which is even funnier to me now that a single raceway at one theatre I work at also has three times the dimmers as the first theatre I worked at. It’s my birthday today, so I’m going to keep this short. I’m not sure what I should ask for, since I already feel like I... »
Haven’t forgotten
Just a quick post to assure you that I haven’t forgotten about this blog. I am working on a couple articles and ideas that will be posted in the future. But I have been using Twitter more and more to do quick posts of information, or alert folks to articles that I think are... »
Nick Keenan on Theatreface.com today, 2pm EST
Nick Keenan, Chicago based Sound Designer, technical and arts blogger on his site Theatre for the Future, and (among other things) programmer of BackstageJobs.com and TheContactSheets.com, and all around awesome guy, will be chatting live on Theatreface.com starting in just a few minutes (2pm EST, 1pm CST). Check it out! »
A career in lighting may be brighter than most people think
Sometimes, the whole world is watching. »
Whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
There may actually be a window of time coming up where programmer (not to mention Sound Designer) extraordinaire Nick Keenan and myself can implement some upgrades and additions to BackstageJobs.com and TheContactSheets.com. I have some things I know we need to do, but I also know that you might have some ideas as... »
Theatre fire codes must be heeded, but good luck finding them
A BackstageJobs.com user’s e-mail lead me to this discovery. This person had discovered that the theatre they were working in had no fire extinguishers. This would seem odd to pretty much any theatre person in the US, if not the world. The reasoning given by building management was that because the sprinkler system could... »
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... »
Hudson & Gaines
