Monday, January 30, 2012

 

SAG and AFTRA Boards Approve Merger Plan

Both SAG and AFTRA national boards approve and ballots will be sent out to members. Please vote yes on merger, here's why the unions should merge.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

 

SAG & AFTRA Reach Agreement on Merger Rec to National Boards

The unions are getting closer to merging, which is a very good thing. More on my LA acting blog.

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Friday, January 06, 2012

 

Production Tax Credit for Big Theatre in Illinois

The so-called Live Theatre Production Tax Credit, long sought by Broadway in Chicago, is designed to support Illinois engagements of pre-Broadway and long-running shows in theaters of 1,200 seats or more. It provides producers with tax credits in return for their spending in the State of Illnois; up to 20% of spending on such things as labor and marketing can be applied. The program is capped at $2 million per year

(from Chicago Tribune).

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Monday, January 02, 2012

 

Juror Jailed for Ditching Court to See a Show

A teenage juror, who interrupted a trial when he pretended to be ill so that he could go and see a London stage show, has been detained for 14 days...Banks [the juror] went to see the show Chicago in the West End.

(from The Guardian). He had it coming ;-).

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Monday, December 12, 2011

 

Chicago Pride

It's not the Willis Tower, it's the Sears Tower, I don't wear sneakers, I wear gym shoes. I don't drink soda, I drink pop. I don't go to the movies, I go to the show. Where I'm from is determimed by north, south, east, or west. I'm from the city with the best pizza, hot dogs and GUYros. I have taken the train, L, and subway at the same time without even leaving my seat. 40 degrees isn't cold. My basketball team has 6 rings. My football team did the super bowl shuffle. Your tall buildings don't impress me. Your country living don't move me. I don't need to put my city on a hat to tell where I'm from, the way I move explains enough! Repost if you are from THE CHI AND YOU LOVE IT! (from Erick Esteban).

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

 

Samuel French Ebooks and Digital Play Scripts

Today, Samuel French began offering someone their publications digitally. Read details on my LA Acting blog.

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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

 

Online Auditioning for Stage More Common

A rite of passage for young actors - waiting in long lines to be seen by Broadway casting directors, clutching head shots with I-hope-I-get-it fervor - has faded, as more producers and directors have abandoned the long-held assumption that they need to be in the room to assess stage presence and other qualities. While some casting directors have looked at audition tapes here and there over the years, the advent of YouTube, Skype, Facebook, Flip cameras and widely available video equipment has recently given technology a greater role in theater casting, providing a foot in the stage door for the technically savvy.
While no breakout theater star has been discovered solely through online auditions, several casting directors said it was only a matter of time.

(from The New York Times).

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

 

Taymor Tries to Heal Her Image

Breaking her silence about "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the Broadway musical from which she was fired in March, Julie Taymor tacitly criticized her former producers on Saturday afternoon for relying on audience focus groups and said that the rise of Twitter and blogs for instant theater criticism was damaging to shows

(from The New York Times). The most expensive Broadway production ever produced, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was already controversial before Julie Taymor left the production. Last year, before opening, the production separately injured 4 different actors with broken wrists, ribs, feet (or a toe), a concussion and internal bleeding.

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Sunday, June 12, 2011

 

Lookingglass Wins Tony Award for Excellence in Regional Theater

Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company has 22 ensemble members. Twenty-one of them will be in the confines of New York's Beacon Theatre on Sunday night when Lookingglass becomes the fifth Chicago company to win the Tony Award for excellence in regional theater.
You likely won't see them all on television

(from Chicago Tribune).

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How Much a Tony Win is Worth

On average, winners of the Tony for best musical saw their average weekly gross jump 48 percent, from $656,784 in the eight weeks before the ceremony to $972,006 in the eight weeks after. By contrast, the other nominees saw only a 21 percent increase in their weekly gross in the comparable time frames

(from The New York Times).

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Saturday, June 04, 2011

 

Mickey Grossman Memorial Service

Plans are being made at this time to hold a memorial service in Chicago on Monday, June 13th. Exact location and time TBD. If you have any questions, please contact Mickie Paskal or Jennifer Rudnicke at 312-527-0665

-Jennifer Rudnicke

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Saturday, May 14, 2011

 

Nobody Knows Anything

While originally written for the LA market, it applies to all of entertainment. My first guest post:

In Hollywood nobody knows anything. Clearly this is true. Otherwise every movie would be a hit. Every play would run forever. Every actor would be a millionaire, and every agent/manager/casting director would be too busy booking talent on brilliant and commercially wildly successful projects to get paid to attend workshops. We know nobody knows anything.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

 

Chicago Code Not Renewed

The show will not have a second season on its current network; no word yet if another outlet may pick it up.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

 

Combined Union Intitiation Dues

If SAG and AFTRA merge, how initiation dues should be handled.

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Monday, April 04, 2011

 

Acting Studio Chicago Free Class April 17, 1pm-4pm

Kurt Naebig's talk about the job of the actor and the auditioning process. Kurt will give you a taste of what it takes by discussing Michael Shurtleff's 12 Guideposts...considered by some of the top professionals in the industry as the most practical, most specific way to work as an actor. His book Audition is considered by many to be the 'bible for aspiring actors.'

Call 312-527-4566 to reserve. This is all I know about this; caveat actor.

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