Gosh--I'm reading everyone's lists of favorite British actors and I see how many that I didn't think of that I also love.Though I'm also seeing a couple mistakes, if we are speaking strictly about the British (and how else can one speak about the British but strictly?)
I am sad to hear about the Kentucky Repertory Theatre in danger of closing.....but a couple of things in the article bothered me - in addition to the facts.....They have a subscription base of 500 and a budget of $600,000 - and they attract 30,000 people...and yet nobody gets "paid much." And the artistic director says that a season of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Hamlet" is unthinkable.What the hell kind of plays do they do? Did they do "High School Musical" last year?I was looking at their website - the productions they have photos for certainly don't look like they spend a lot of money on values....but it is a professional theatre, so they do have Equity salaries....not much money, but a BIG bite of the budget, I'm sure.Sorry the core actors and administrators and staff of eleven will lose their jobs....but maybe they can do "Cindersmella", "Cash on Delivery", and "Christmas Belles" someplace else. Or maybe DR CP can go down there and straighten them out.
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on February 02, 2009, 06:41:41 AMGosh--I'm reading everyone's lists of favorite British actors and I see how many that I didn't think of that I also love.Though I'm also seeing a couple mistakes, if we are speaking strictly about the British (and how else can one speak about the British but strictly?)That's what I was thinking so I checked out Miss Lansbury to make sure. I know that she spent time in Ireland in the 80s and I wanted to make sure she is not like Mr. Victor Herbert or Mr. George Bernard Shaw or Mr. Oscar Wilde of Irish desecent.
ALSO TODAY IN THEATRE HISTORY:That existential problem in tights, Elaine Stritch, was born today in 1925 in Detroit.
Mr. Sondheim, if you are lurking, where is the GROUNDHOG DAY musical you promised?
