Thursday, July 24, 2014

LITNY Crosspost: Making a Difference 201 with the League of Independent Theater by Guy Yedwab

The League of Independent Theater posted a top 10 from their meeting on "Making a Difference" during Indie Theater Week:LIT Making a Difference 201 – TOP 10Making a difference for… survi…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:59PM
Friday, May 30, 2014

SNEAK PEEK: Baby No More Times by Guy Yedwab

This isn't a review, because it was a work in progress, but I also saw Baby No More Times at the Jam On Toast festival from New Georges, playing at Dixon Place,It's a feminist pop music caba…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:39PM

REVIEW: Jane the Plain by Guy Yedwab

It's a typical story. Girl meets boy. Girl and boy get together. Boy distributes girl's sext all over school. Mirror-man and glowing girl fight an unearthly battle across the surface of the …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:31PM

REVIEW: Party Play by Guy Yedwab

Copyright Sasha Arutyunova 2014Some plays are big, on the grand scale of an epic. Other plays are tiny, occupying the infinite and narrow space between two people. Party Play, an original pr…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:58PM
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Promotion and Relegation: A Soccer Fan's Indie Theater Manifesto by Guy Yedwab

I woke up this morning and decided that I really wanted to see the Leyton Orient - Rotherham United game today. If you haven't heard of these clubs, I can't blame you -- they're third-tier t…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:50PM
Friday, May 23, 2014

LOCAL: LITNY News and Updates by Guy Yedwab

If you're reading this, you're interested in the intersection of arts and policy. (If you're not reading this... woah.)As the new webmaster of the League of Independent Theater (amongst many…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:55PM
Thursday, May 22, 2014

TECHNOLOGY: The Upcoming Politics of User Design by Guy Yedwab

I may look like a cultural pundit to you, but in my day job I work as a consultant in the Information Technology space. (I know, thrilling). As a result, I've spent the last five years worki…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 08:56PM
Friday, January 24, 2014

OPPORTUNITY: Cheap Space by Guy Yedwab

I know you need cheap space. There's two opportunities for it, courtesy of the League of Independent Theater.From the website -- first, the Charter Barter Program:The League’s Real Estate …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 08:51PM

I'm Still Here by Guy Yedwab

I promise.It's been a big bizarre change of pace for me in life.My day job continues to consume.I'm now the Director of Operations for the League of Independent Theater.I'm working on my own…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 08:24PM
Monday, September 9, 2013

LOCAL2013: Voter Guide for Artists by Guy Yedwab

I wanted to keep you more in touch with what the League of Independent Theater has been doing for this election (NYC city-wide). I got too tied up to blog about it. (I will likely blog more …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:36PM
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Is Theater Inherently Elitist? by Guy Yedwab

Question: Is Theater Inherently Elitist? Yes. Theater is labor, resource, and real estate intensive. Theater must therefore be expensive to recoup its costs. Or theater must rely on the …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:07PM
Friday, June 14, 2013

SHIT YOU SHOULD KNOW: DecideNYC.com by Guy Yedwab

Another part in our continuing series on Shit You Should Know. It's an election year. It's an important election. (Mayor, a majority of city council seats, and many other positions are ope…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:34AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

REVIEW: 3 Kinds of Exile by Guy Yedwab

Typically, I don't enjoy writing a negative review -- I try to find the positive in the production, or I don't write a review at all. I figure that usually a bad play -- if it made it far en…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:00PM
Monday, June 10, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013

LOCAL2013: **ACTION ITEM** Support LITNY's Endorsed Candidates by Guy Yedwab

The following is a press release from the League of Independent Theater, who are endorsing some key political players who are running for office -- all of whom have adopted our Performi…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:42AM
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

SHIT YOU SHOULD KNOW: Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library by Guy Yedwab

I haven't been updating much on the blog because my life is full of tangible things, but I haven't been dipping into theory or postulating as much. In the meantime, while I recharge my theo…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 06:12PM
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

LOCAL2013: Mayoral Forum in Brooklyn by Guy Yedwab

The following are raw notes from Monday Night's mayoral forum at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope. It's a lot of info, but I bolded the things that stuck out to me. John Liu …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:09PM
Sunday, April 21, 2013

LOCAL2013: Meet the Candidates Event -- Full Video by Guy Yedwab

Sorry I haven't been doing well updating you all about the campaign to support the arts in NYC. We've been knocking it out of the park. I'm incredibly excited about the potential in this ele…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:55PM
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

HOW WE MAKE THE CASE XII: From Arts Blog by Guy Yedwab

I had my own round-up of posts in the past about how we make the case, but for this year's national arts advocacy day, here's 10 reasons to support the arts. I'm going to bring this blog up…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:38PM
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

ART ECONOMICS: Getting Paid? by Guy Yedwab

The Onion tells you to "Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life": I have always been a big proponent of following your heart…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:04PM
Saturday, March 16, 2013

LOCAL2013: Meet The Candidates Forum III - Day 2 by Guy Yedwab

In the midst of an article about debate about a plan to bring housing to Pier 40: “It is my hope that we as a community can come together and work toward an achievable goal through an ope…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:59PM
Thursday, March 14, 2013

LOCAL2013: Meet The Candidates II - District Breakdown by Guy Yedwab

I've mentioned before the League of Independent Theater Meet the Candidates 2013 event which brought together 20-odd candidates to debate areas of arts policy as pertains to a specific …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:46PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

LOCAL2013: Meet the Candidates Forum... Met the Candidates! by Guy Yedwab

I'm pretty gosh-darn exhausted, but initial impressions upon getting home from the Meet the Candidates Forum was that a packed-full room of enthusiastic, interested artists was presente…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:30PM
Saturday, March 9, 2013

HOW WE MAKE THE CASE: It's Fair To Get Paid by Guy Yedwab

An artist really eloquently puts why it's important for artists to get paid for their work:   It's becoming a bigger and bigger cultural conversation, whether it's the Upright Cit…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:08PM
Thursday, March 7, 2013

LOCAL2013: The First Step Towards Having A Voice is to Show Up by Guy Yedwab

That's right. If you say you do socially conscious work, or you think that the City could be doing more to be supporting the arts, then you have no excuse not to come to the League of Indepe…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:41AM
Monday, February 11, 2013

ART ECONOMICS: Just When You Thought Artist Pay Could Go No Lower... by Guy Yedwab

... it goes negative! Performers in Hair paid a $495 enrollment fee to perform.

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:47PM
Saturday, February 9, 2013

TV: The Dysfunctional World of Sports Broadcasting by Guy Yedwab

If data-driven web-series are the future of television, then the horse-and-buggy is probably sports broadcasting. The content is every bit as desirable now as it was in years past, but the m…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:46PM

LOCAL2013: State of the Borough Address by Guy Yedwab

On Thursday, I attended Scott Stringer's final State of the Borough Address as Manhattan Borough President -- although really, it also served as a campaign event for his run for comptroller.…

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:28PM

TECHNOLOGY: Terrifying Fact of the Day by Guy Yedwab

You have to read this Salon article about how House of Cards is a new frontier of creating content based on what producers will think we like -- only using hard data rather than guesswork: …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 02:17PM
Friday, February 8, 2013

Cool Fact of the Day by Guy Yedwab

The Brooklyn Nets are not the first professional basketball team in Brooklyn. The Smart Set Athletic Club were. Because the Negro Basketball League counts.

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:37AM

LOCAL2013: League of Independent Theater Meet The Candidates Forum by Guy Yedwab

If you have ever said that you create "socially engaged work," read this whole post. If you have ever expressed frustration that public officials don't care about the arts, read this whole …

SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:10AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards