a poor player

We Interrupt this series…

Posted September 13th, 2007 by poorplayer and filed in Uncategorized

…to bring you this. I really liked its deeply personal tone and the sense of concern, as well the observations about today’s theatre scene. -twl

Theater Listings: Sept. 3 — 9 September 3, 2010
Selective listings by theater critics of The New York Times of noteworthy shows in New York. […]
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Urban Athlete: Chorus-Line Calisthenics September 3, 2010
For beginning hoofers or advanced, Broadway dance routines can be an alternative to the gym. […]
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Theater Review | 'It Must Be Him': Has-Been Writer Hopes to Break Out of a Slump September 3, 2010
In “It Must Be Him,” a comedy by Kenny Solms, Peter Scolari plays a television writer who’s trying to revive his career. […]
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Theater Review | 'Hedda Gabler': An Audience Visits With Hedda Gabler at Home, a Real Home September 2, 2010
A site-specific production of Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” is performed for an audience of two dozen in an East Village town house. […]
By BEN BRANTLEY
'Yank!' Won't Reach Broadway This Season September 2, 2010
The musical, about two World War II G.I.'s whose friendship turns into romance, has been delayed until the fall of 2011. […]
By PATRICK HEALY

Special Notice to our Community Arts Network friends August 31, 2010
Dear CAN friends and APInews subscribers, We are writing to let you know that we will be closing the Community Arts Network website on Labor Day, September 6, 2010. As you’re probably aware, we have spent much of the past year trying to develop a stable environment for CAN to move forward, but in the current economic environment those efforts have not been f […]
Education Department's i3 Grant Deadline: May 12 April 30, 2010
May 12, 2010, is the deadline to apply for the U.S. Department of Education's Investing in Innovation (i3) competition, part of the $5 billion investment in school reform in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Applications may be submitted by individual schools, school districts or entrepreneurial nonprofits in partnership with schools. Applicat […]
Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Arts Not a Frill April 29, 2010
"The arts can no longer be treated as a frill," said U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan in an address to the Arts Education Partnership National Forum, April 9, 2010. "Now-- as we move forward with reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--is the time to rethink and strengthen arts education. I believe education […]

Shakira Investigating New Arizona Law, Racial Profiling April 29, 2010
Colombian singer Shakira is visiting Phoenix today over concerns that a sweeping new state law cracking down on illegal immigration will lead to racial profiling, says Amanda Lee Myers in the Huffington Post (4/29/10.) The Grammy winner was set to meet with Phoenix's police chief and mayor to learn more about how the law will be implemented if it goes i […]
Measuring Impact of National and Community Service April 27, 2010
For those CAN readers interested in service and service-learning: The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently reported that Patrick Corvington, the head of the Corporation for National and Community Service, is developing a five-year strategic plan to transform the agency’s approach to service to become more "results oriented." Corvington, who describes […]
Arts Administrators: Are You Making Too Much $$? April 26, 2010
Times are tough, so many New York cultural executives are taking pay cuts, say Robin Pogrebin and Kate Taylor in the N.Y. Times (4/25/10) "Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, earned $2.7 million in the year that ended in June 2008, including several one-time bonuses and the cost of his apartment in the tower beside the museum. But in t […]

Back for the last time… and other advice August 29, 2010
Hello all. Just a quick blog. The semester has started up. It’s odd to be a senior this year. It certainly doesn’t feel like it. I managed to land Florindo/Brighella in The Venetian Twins. I’m a bit surprised to be honest; I didn’t have a good year of auditions. I guess we all hit a […]
And…We’re Off! August 29, 2010
Well, the first week went by so fast that we had no time to catch you up on anything at all! It’s utterly amazing how that happens year after year. What have we been up to? Well, meetings, auditions, classes, breaking in new faculty members – all sorts of stuff! Here is a very, very […]
Back to real life… kind of… August 28, 2010
And here goes another year at Fredonia. Luckily, and sadly, it’s the last for me. Senior year has officially started, which means that the summer is now officially over. The days of waking up in the morning and going to work at the theatre; hanging out with some great interns, staff members, and designers; running […]