Is it possible, or even desirable, to make a living as an artist in the theatre? The blogging community has been chewing it over
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThe blogs are off as the legions of online amateur theatre reviewers take on their craggy old print-based critics
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMFancy being a musical producer in New York? For $1,000 you'll even be credited on the poster for a production of Godspell
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMBloggers debate whether conventional theatres can be spaces to 'think with', while the American actors' union comes in for criticism online
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMDoes the physical presence of actors make eroticism less exploitative on stage than on screen?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMUK theatre's post-cuts future is prefigured in the US, where venues have to charge punters through the nose to stay afloat
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMBloggers debate the pros and cons of theatregoers being dragged up on stage. And what will theatre look like in 20 years?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMBloggers wonder whether theatre students need to broaden their horizons. Plus: plays need the right-sized space to breathe, Tennessee Williams rarity discovered
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWith arts organisations struggling financially, corporate sponsors have a vital role to play - and that includes alcohol distributors
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMOur writer marvels at the Christmas cheer of theatre bloggers and asks who is most deserving of seasonal charity donations
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMOur writer marvels at the Christmas cheer of theatre bloggers and asks who is most deserving of seasonal charity donationsIt's that time of year again, when bloggers pour themselves a glass …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMTheatre is under attack around the world, bloggers find. Even the Red Cross seems to be getting in on the act
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMAmong many theatrical recipients of New Year honours was Anne Carroll, who has inspired young people for decades
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMA New York venue has begun offering childcare in a bid to get parents to buy tickets. Plus a tribute to an academic greatTheatres will do anything to get audiences through the doors. But, as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMMatt Trueman caused a furore by suggesting it was unethical for bloggers to review shows early. But are these amateur critics as innocent as they claim to be?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMWant to keep abreast of the global theatre scene? Let me sign off by saying there's no better way than trekking the blogosphereThis is, by my (very) rough calculations, my 175th Noises off b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMNew rail plans could leave a London theatre homeless; elsewhere bloggers discover the Bard is missing on Broadway and consider watching theatre in a foreign languageWe begin in campaigning m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:53AMThis week, theatre bloggers are debating the relationship between money and quality, the cost of drama training and actors in dangerCan you buy good theatre? The question comes from August S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AMTheatre bloggers size up the big issues including shrinking cast sizes, expanding activism and Rebekah Brooks's hairIs Broadway getting smaller? Ken Davenport of the Producer's Perspective, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59AMThe value of healthy relationships tops the bill as bloggers debate the funding motives of a theatre that is consulting artistsOur journey around the blogs begins this week at the Intiman th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AMIn this week's bloggers' roundup: is copyright cramping creativity? And what's with all the artistic manifestos?Let's turn first of all to the tricky issue of copyright. Nick Olivero of Boxc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMCan the uneasy marriage between playwrights and those who help promote their work be patched up? Bloggers offer relationship adviceThis week's Noises Off is riven with internecine conflict. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMThe explosion in Shakespeare stagings gets bloggers heated under their ruffs, while elsewhere theatres are struggling to stay hipIt turns out that the Rose theatre's Stephen Unwin isn't the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMPlayhouse closures have got bloggers training the spotlight on private subsidy. Plus, a rare peek into the rehearsal roomTheatres are dying. At least, so the blogs appear to believe. As the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMDoes art have health benefits, and can you consume too much of it? Bloggers chew the fatShould art be improving? That's what Isaac Butler of the Parabasis blog wants to know. He's responding…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AMMamet's latest book hones his attack on 'brain-dead' liberalism, to the delight of one blogger – and dismay of everyone elseIf there is one thing everyone knows about David Mamet these day…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20PMArnold Wesker is back – and being welcomed in the blogosphere as the perfect antidote to the brashness of youthDoes British theatre have an unhealthy obsession with youth? The US playwrigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AMThis week, a blogger gave drama a pivotal role in humanity's struggles to understand the cosmos. And musicals went MormonWhere does theatre fit when it comes to life, the universe and everyt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMAs the Tony Kushner affair rumbles on, Simon Stephens and Edward Albee have been musing on the art of modern theatre. Apparently it's all in the rulesWe begin in the company of the dramatist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:53AMDeborah Pearson took theatre's storytellers to town a few months ago. This week's bloggers told a very different taleA few weeks ago we looked at how Deborah Pearson was untangling the knott…
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