Robert Stanton for #FairWageOnstage considers the recent success of negotiations for salary increases for Off-Broadway actors and how theatre can support and lead the resistance to oppressive political administrations.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Approaching Dance: Transdisciplinary Methodologies and Modalities of the Moving Body in Performance atThe Doctoral Students Association 2017 Conference livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 11 May at 4:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 3:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Andrzej Wirth: A Century in the Landscape of Theatre livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 10 May at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
Ryan Donovan considers the critical reception of casting an actor with a disability in the current Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie.
Escapist vs. Socially Conscious Shows in the 2016–17 Season
4 May 2017
Jonathan Mandell looks at the Broadway season that just ended, dividing it into escapist entertainment and socially engaged theatre, and wondering which is more needed in times like these.
Director Alex Hare discusses using a town hall format for Chains Don’t Rattle Themselves, a song cycle performance about incarceration and how it affects individuals and their families.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented World Voices: International Play Festival 2017 livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Monday 1 May - Sunday 7 May.
The GC CUNY Doctoral Theatre Students' Association in collaboration with The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center and GC Public Programs in New York City presented The 2017 Edwin Booth Award: Taylor Mac livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday 28 April at 7:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 6:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4:00 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Remembering Dario Fo with Robert Brustein livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 24 April at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
South Coast Repertory presented the 2017 PPF Playwrights Panel: Why this play now? livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 23 April at 9 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago) / 12 p.m. EDT (Boston).
Cherry Lou Sy looks at the one-woman show Mary Speaks written and performed by Angela Polite, about using Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a vehicle to explore black grief.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Arab Classic Plays: Yusuf Idris (Egypt), Issam Mahfouz (Lebanon) + Sa’dallah Wannous (Syria) livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 19 April at 2:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 1:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 11:00 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented PS122: Past and Future with Vallejo Gantner, Mark Russell, and Jenny Schlenzka livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 17 April at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Monday 17 April at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Monday 10 April at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).
Jonathan Mandell considers his own and other reactions to the Broadway musical Come From Away, which have as much to do with what's happening in the world as on stage.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented a conversation with Richard Maxwell, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 3 April at 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 3:30 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles).
Suzan-Lori Parks livestreamed Watch Me Work from The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TVnetwork at howlround.tv on Monday 2 April at 2 p.m. PST (Vancouver, UTC -8) / 4 p.m. CST (Austin, UTC -6) / 5 p.m. EST (Montréal, UTC -5) / 10 p.m. GMT (London, UTC +0) / 23:00 CET (Berlin, UTC +1).
Broken Bone Bathtub and A Modern Theatre of Empathy
30 March 2017
Emily Cordes considers how Siobhan O’Loughlin’s immersive solo show Broken Bone Bathtub is a vehicle for audiences to find each other’s common humanity in a collaborative bath.
